Under the Broadway Lights.

Yesterday I went to a play that the Performing Arts class that my school does, I dropped out of it. All my friends were in it and they all did a wonderful job. The play was set in the 1930-40's and was about different people that live in New York, and that are in Broadway, dreaming of being in Broadway or operating a business around Broadway. My friend Joseph Gierisch was a hillbilly, Jerry, from Oklahoma who ran away from home to join Broadway with his friend, They get to New York but don't get into Broadway, instead they join a group of "Newsie's" that is ran by Manfred, played by Brad Bowler, who is trying to make a living by using others, including his sister Maggie, played by Aubrey Forsyth, who dreams of being in Broadway, but is stuck selling flowers in front of a theater, and befriends a star named Victoria, played by Shannon Hess, who trys to tell Maggie that it might not be the life she wants. David, played by Dan Bowler, Is Manfred's right hand man but wants to get out of the life he is living so he can make an honest living and take care of his sister who is ill and his new girlfriend. Sly Simmons, played by Nicholas Gierisch, Is a director at Broadway he is trying to find an assistant, but is a jerk to his secretary Evelyn, played by Brittani Mott, who wants to be his assistant and who is doing all the duties that an assistant is supposed to do, because she is a girl. Sly also is to busy with his theater life that he forgets his wife's birthday, witch leads to some difficulties. In the end everything worked out (of course)David gets all the people that work for Manfred to stand up to him and leave him, witch leaves Manfred broken, and lives happily ever after. Jerry and his friend Sherman, played by Seth McCausland, are happy with their new position in a newspaper. Maggie is discovered by Evelyn and will star in Sly Simmons next production, She is also the only one who gave Manfred a second chance by making him her chauffeur . Evelyn becomes Sly's assistant because she put him in his place and found him a new star for him. Sly quits being a jerk to everyone and makes it up to his wife, played by Karlee Brinkerhoff. So in the end everyone is happy. Tina Forsyth one of the mentors of the class wrote the entire play but not all the songs she used songs from other famous musicals, she did a very good job.
After the play I was invited to the Actors Party, I had a lot of fun hanging out with my friends and watching them perform, I am kinda bummed that I dropped out of the class though. oh well there is always next year.