The Washington STEAM Magnet Glee Club Presents “The Wiz”



The Wiz will be presented on May 19th and 20th by the Washington STEAM Magnet Academy Glee Club! This show will be the Glee Club’s 25th Broadway show! Music Director/teacher, Cindy Abbott, is excited about this show because it is fully directed by her former student, alum, Robert Williams. After playing a salesman in Washington’s 6th grade production of Music Man, The Captain in Anything Goes in 7th grade, and the lead, Vandergelder, in his 8th grade Hello Dolly, he went to LACHSA, and then completed a degree in Musical Theatre at Baldwin­Wallace.

The Wiz is Robert’s third show, after How To Succeed and last year’s amazing Once on this Island. For The Wiz, Robert has designed the set, including a catwalk that comes out around the orchestra pit and a massive staircase structure that goes up to the throne for the Wiz. Students helped design aspects of the set, correlating with the STEAM theme of the school and are spending weekends helping at school constructing it. Robert is adding special effects for the comings and goings of the Wiz and witches, as well as body microphones to hear Dorothy, Alexis Beard, and her friends, the Scarecrow, Ali Shakoor, the Tin Man, Rashad Bagnerise, and the Lion, Damian Diaz, as they “Ease on Down the Road.”

Beautiful gowns have been designed for Addapearle, Aylin Sanchez, Evilene, Ty Gatmaitan, and Glinda, Angela Sierra.

The Wiz plays on May 19th and 20th at 7:00 p.m. at Washington STEAM Magnet Academy auditorium, 1505 N. Marengo, Pasadena. Tickets are $5 and may be purchased at the door.

For more information, visit www.WSMAgleeclub.org or (626) 422-2899.

 

 

 

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