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March 18, 2023

Newsies Production Takes on the Press, Child Labor, and Love

Sanie and Barnes as Jack Kelly and Katherine Plumber. Photo taken by John Donald Yesterday was opening night for M-A Drama’s Newsies, a Disney broadway musical based on the Newsboys Strike…

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November 18, 2021

M-A Drama Lives in a Pineapple Under the Sea

M-A Drama is back in-person with renewed vigor, wrapping up the first of two weekends of Spongebob SquarePants the musical. Actors brought the beloved television show to life with their…

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March 17, 2018

Joseph amazes audiences with colorful music and characters

Last night, M-A drama performed its opening show of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” in the M-A PAC to a full house and roused the audience to a standing…

Andrew Tan

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October 29, 2017

The Crucible bewitches audiences

M-A drama's production of The Crucible by Arthur Miller begins on a grim stage, with a plain wooden cross in the center and backlit, bare trees for effect. After a…

Sarah Marks

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March 17, 2017

New Advanced Productions Class Puts on Play “Rumors”

On March 10 the new Advanced Productions class opened a full-scale production, Rumors, the farcical story of a calamitous dinner party of high society New Yorkers. The audience was full…

Kate Mulhern

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February 24, 2017

Review: The Addams Family musical is a hit

Despite the cemeteries, torture chambers, and ghosts, “The Addams Family” is a surprisingly heartwarming tale about finding love and learning to embrace life. Witty lines and political references make the…

Mara Cavallaro

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October 20, 2016

Fall Play Preview: You Can’t Take it With You

The fall play, "You Can't Take it With You," premieres this Friday, October 21st at 7 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center. The plot centers around the zany antics of…

Caroline Fenyo and Emily Young

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May 17, 2016

Urinetown: Musical Satire Relevant to the Bay Area

I had the privilege of seeing the opening night of Grab Bag Theater’s Urinetown. The show uses dark humor and dramatic musical numbers to warn audience members that their way…

Sarah Orttung

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