HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State’s Fine and Performing Arts department broke their nearly 18-month long hiatus Thursday night with the return of “Broadway Night.” The show was held at the Burrow Center for the Fine and Performing Arts at 7:00 p.m., with entry covered by a $10 donation.
Broadway Night was under the direction of Musical, Lighting Design and Sound Design Director Tiffany Richter, along with Technical Director Ricky Burks and Choreographer Tahauny Cleghorn. The show program listed every performance for the night and read, “Wallace State presents a student-led Cabaret night of hits from some of your favorite Broadway shows! Featuring the music of The Wiz, Something Rotten!, Little Shop of Horrors, and so many others, be ready to laugh, cry and sing along!”
Director Tiffany Richter shared with The Tribune, “Wallace State’s annual Broadway cabaret is a great night of entertainment. Our students put together the pieces they want to showcase, and it always ends up being funny, moving and SO impressive. It’s a perfect night to support our performance trip to Disney World, and all of the other performance opportunities we have coming up this year, after a year-and-a-half of not getting to perform in person!”
Performances were as listed:
Act I
“Everybody Rejoice/Brand New Day” from “The Wiz” – Company
“Here I Am” from “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” – Skylar Valenta
“Out of Your Head” from “A Bronx Tale” – Courtney Bryant/ Garrett Royster
“O What a Beautiful Mornin’” from “Oklahoma” – Riley Adams
“Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer” from “Cats” – Rayce and McCoy Cleghorn
“Neverland” from “Finding Neverland” – Devon Campbell
“Right Hand Man” from “Something Rotten” – McCoy Cleghorn
“Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” from “Beautiful” – Annsley Nuss
“The Other Side” from “The Greatest Showman” – Rayce Cleghorn/ Riley Adams
“My Strongest Suit” from “Aida” – Female Ensemble
“Livin’ it Up on Top” from “Hadestown” – Courtney Bryant
Act II
“Next to Lovin’” from “Shenandoah” – Male Ensemble
“If You Hadn’t but You Did” from “Two on the Aisle” – Tori Dahlgren
“Falling Slowly” from “Once” – Rayce Cleghorn/ Hannah Watson
“Run Away with Me” from “The Mad Ones” – Rayce Cleghorn
“Suddenly Seymour” from “Little Shop of Horrors” – Devon Campbell/ Tori Dahlgren
“Hard to be the Bard” from “Something Rotten” – Rayce Cleghorn
“Meadowlark” from “The Baker’s Wife” – McCoy Clehorn
“Raise You Up/ Just Be” from “Kinky Boots” – Company
The event was also attended by Duke Cleghorn, a former member of the Fine and Performing Arts Department at Wallace State and has played five of the musical numbers for the show. Cleghorn spoke on the long-awaited return of live performances, saying, “I am so excited for the students to get to share this wonderful show with the community! Last year was hard and for performers, not being able to perform was a really awful situation to find ourselves in.”
He continued, “Despite the globally devastating pandemic, these students figured out safe and unique ways to share their gifts and talents with the world. Now, they get to share their work with a live audience, and the upcoming season is going to be fantastic!”
Upcoming events for the Wallace State Fine and Performing Arts Department are:
November 5 – 7, 2021 – “Poe’s Midnight Dreary,” by Richard McElvain, presented by the Wallace State Theatre program in the Betty Leeth Haynes Theater
November 19 – 21, 2021 – “The Nutcracker Clara’s Dream,” by the Allegro Dance Theatre and Ballet South in Betty Leeth Haynes Theater
December 9, 2021 – Christmas Spectacular by the Wallace State Fine and Performing Arts program in the Betty Leeth Haynes Theater
February 10, 2022 – Jazz Band/ Singers Concert in the Betty Leeth Haynes Theater
March 18 – 20, 2022 – “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” by Wallace State Theatre in the Betty Leeth Haynes Theater
April 7 – 9, 2022 – “Dazzle Me, Disney!” by the Wallace State Singers in the Betty Leeth Haynes Theater
April 15, 2022 – Jazz Band Dance in the Burrow Center for the Fine and Performing Arts
April 22, 2022 – Dance Spring Showcase by the Allegro Dance Theatre in the Betty Leeth Haynes Theater
April 26, 2022 – “Spring Under the Stars” by the Wallace State Concert Choir and Concert Band at the Burrow Center for the Fine and Performing Arts
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