Friday, March 1, 2013
Tickets for Saturday's performance are also going fast.
The story of how Elle Woods gets her groove back after being dumped by her boyfriend is resonating with Chatham audiences. Chatham High School's production of "Legally Blonde" sold out for the Friday night performance--even the Standing Room Only tickets. Tickets are still available for the 1 p.m. Saturday show, and the 7:30 p.m. Saturday show is close to selling out also. Kelly Cole, who plays Elle Woods, and Dexter, who plays her dog Bruiser, will sit and sign autographs following the Saturday matinee performance at 1 p.m. "We thought that might appeal to some of the kids in the audience," Lynn Polan, the play's director said. Based on the 2001 movie of the same name, "the story is of a California blonde sorority girl who gets dumped by …
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The story of a young woman's road to 'self-discovery' is something anyone can relate to, director says.
Senior citizens gathered for a matinee final dress rehearsal of Chatham High School's spring musical "Legally Blonde" Wednesday afternoon. The show included a dinner for the seniors in Chatham High's cafeteria following the final dress rehearsal, courtesy of the Chatham High Theater Department. Kelly Cole, who plays Elle Woods, and Dexter, who plays her dog Bruiser, will sit and sign autographs following the Saturday matinee performance at 1 p.m. "We thought that might appeal to some of the kids in the audience," Lynn Polan, the play's director said. Based on the 2001 movie of the same name, "the story is of a California blonde sorority girl who gets dumped by her boyfriend," Polan said, and the "self-discovery story" is something anyone …
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Elle Woods and her dog Bruiser will sit for photos with fans following the Saturday, March 2 matinee performance.
The Chatham High School Theater Department is trying something new this year. For their springtime compedy "Legally Blonde," they will also hold an opportunity for fans to get their photo taken with Elle Woods and her dog Bruiser following the Saturday matinee. "We thought that might appeal to some of the kids in the audience," Lynn Polan, the play's director said. The Theater Department already makes overtures to senior citizens in the community. In 2010 they started to invite seniors to their final dress rehearsal before performances, with a dinner following. Now, with the story of the intelligent and charming Elle (played by Kelly Cole) and Bruiser (played by Dexter) coming to the high school stage, Polan recognized a unique opportunity…
Thursday, February 7, 2013
The Theater Department presents 'Legally Blonde' Feb. 27 and 28 and March 1 and 2
On Feb. 27, Lynn Polan brings "Legally Blonde" from Hollywood and the Great White Way to the halls of Chatham High School. The Theater Department and a cast of 54 students bring the story of Elle Woods and her road to self-discovery to the community for three performances Feb. 27 and 28 and March 1 and 2. Based on the 2001 movie of the same name, "the story is of a California blonde sorority girl who gets dumped by her boyfriend," Polan said, something anyone who has ever been dumped can relate to. When her ex-boyfriend enrolls in Harvard Law School, Elle follows him to Cambridge with a single-minded determination to get him back again. "She finds out in the course of things that she has a brain. She discovers there's some meat to her," …
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
The play tells the story of a factory in Essex County in the early 20th century.
Lynn Polan, Chatham High School's theater director, told Chatham Patch in March 2011 that she wanted the chance to direct a production of "Radium Girls." This year, she's done it. The play by D.W. Gregory tells the story of five factory workers from Orange who sued their employer in a landmark court case which established the right of individual workers who contract occupational diseases to sue their employers. "There was a factory in New Jersey where they had girls painting glow-in-the-dark watches and clocks with radium-laced paint, and they all got sick and died from radiation poisoning," Polan said. The women were told the paint was harmless and ingested deadly amounts of radium by licking their paintbrushes to sharpen them. Some also …
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Auditions for Chatham High School's fall drama were held last week, and rehearsals
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Sunday, September 16, 2012
Auditions for Chatham High School's fall drama, "Radium Girls," were held Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 10 and 11. Lynn Polan, Chatham High's theater director, has been looking forward to directing "Radium Girls" since summer 2010. She discussed it in an interview with Chatham Patch in March 2011. "There was a factory in New Jersey where they had girls painting glow-in-the-dark watches and clocks with radium-laced paint, and they all got sick and died from radiation poisoning," Polan said. The play by D.W. Gregory tells the story of five factory workers from Orange who sued their employer in a landmark court case which established the right of individual workers who contract occupational diseases to sue their employers. The women were told the…
Friday, November 18, 2011
The Chatham High School Theater's fall production shows Friday and Saturday.
The Chatham High School Theater Department presents "Metamorphoses" this weekend for their fall production. "Metamorphoses" is "a clever and imaginative play based on the Greek myths of Ovid," according a press release from Lynn Polan, the theater department director at Chatham High. Using humor and compassion, the play tells the story of eight mythological stories, including Orpheus and Eurydice in the underworld and King Midas and the Golden Touch. The play shows at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at the Chatham High auditorium. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased online in advance or at the door, or at the main lobby at Chatham High from 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. The performance is appropriate for all ages. In Other Arts News Four Chatham …
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