“Our students are excellent, but being excellent doesn’t mean it’s not a lot of work,” Wittman said. The group performs on and off campus throughout the academic year. Members attend twice-weekly classes, for which they get one hour of practicum credit, as well as additional rehearsals. In its second year at Lynchburg, Curtain Call holds annual auditions. “It makes me think about sitting on the couch with my dad and brothers, watching Life of Brian, laughing, and enjoying the movie and company.” “I have always been a big fan of Monty Python and Spamalot, so this song always brings me lots of joy,” Young said. Young, a tenor who spent last fall in England with the Gloucester Cathedral Choir, said he’s also looking forward to performing a solo in “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life,” a lighthearted ditty from Spamalot and Monty Python’s Life of Brian. The ladies also seem to be doing great with ‘The World Will Know.’ I think performing gender-backwards pieces is important to help illustrate that music is inclusive of anyone and everyone.” Ellee Evans ’19 “I’m personally not very familiar with Chicago, but the ‘Cellblock Tango’ is such a fun and funny piece to sing. “I am very excited to do the gender-backwards Broadway,” Chris Young ’20 said a few weeks before opening night.
One highlight of the show is what Wittman called the “Backwards Section.” During this gender-bending set, Curtain Call’s women will perform “The World Will Know,” a rousing song from Newsies, and the men will sing the slinky “Cellblock Tango” from Chicago. “They’re having to create characters for each number that they’re part of.” Curtain Call rehearses for its upcoming Cabaret. “In a cabaret style, each song becomes its own little play, with a beginning and middle and end to it,” Loretta Wittman, Curtain Call’s director, explained. The songs are performed in cabaret or revue style. Due to mature themes, the show is not recommended for children.Ĭurtain Call Cabaret includes musical numbers from some of the hottest Broadway plays and films, including Spamalot, Les Miserables, The Greatest Showman, and others.
Friday and Saturday, March 29 and 30, in the Dillard Fine Arts Center Theatre. Curtain Call, the University of Lynchburg’s musical theatre ensemble, will perform at 7:30 p.m.
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