Newsies x2

Friday night was the opening performance of Newsies by the Community and Siren School at Siren, WI.  Great niece Megan was cast in the leading female role of Katherine.

The show was fantastic.  Early in the first act, there is a song by the entire cast of 'newsies' and it brought tears to my eyes.  The voices sounded so strong, confident and well blended.  It was impressive.  I had not seen this musical before, only knew the basic story, but from the very first song, I was completely drawn into the story and the lives of these street-children.

Megan had a couple of solos and sang several songs with 2 or 3 of her castmates.

I needed several tissues to get through the performance.

She was stunning.

I had never heard her sing before, I had seen her on stage at Luck for one of the drama club's performances, but nothing that would hold a candle to this role.

Megan sang with confidence and her lines were given with such strong stage presence.  Wow.

After, she thanked us all for coming; her entire immediate family, all grandparents, and many close friends were there to support her and cheer her on.

Megan and 'newsies'.  The young man is red is Gunnar, he's the bf.

The drive home turned crappy just past McKinley, 40 mph for about 35 miles, I did not enjoy it.  I was really glad to see these tracks once I was parked in my garage.

I went back on Sunday for the matinee show.  Again it was a full house, and the kids did even better.

They were all sad to see it come to an end, as was I.

Bravo! to the entire cast and crew.

They burst into song as they were lining up for this crew photo in the lobby.

I can't wait to see where she performs next, I'm going to love this.