High school musicals this week: 'Twelfth Night,' Python knights, a plant that bites

Peter D. Kramer
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Not many high schools in the Lower Hudson Valley do two-weekend runs of their musicals, but North Rockland and Pleasantville do. They'll wrap up their shows this weekend, just as the curtain rises on seven one-weekend musicals.

North Rockland closes out Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights” at 7 p.m., March 16, 17 and 18. Tickets are $15; $12 students, seniors, at nrhsdrama.BookTix.com.

Eddie Cigna is Benny in North Rockland High School's production of "In the Heights."
Eddie Cigna is Benny in North Rockland High School's production of "In the Heights."

Pleasantville says bye-bye to “Bye Bye Birdie” with two more performances, at 7:30 p.m., March 17 and 18. Tickets are $15 at the door.

In terms of new musicals this week, Clarkstown North presents "Twelfth Night," a musical setting of Shakespeare's most musical plays, starting as it does with the line "If music be the food of love, play on." Performances at 7 p.m., March 16, 17; 2 and 7 p.m., March 18. Tickets are $15, $12 for students and seniors. At the door or www.cueandcurtain.com/spring-musical

("Twelfth Night" is also still alive in our Musical Madness Tournament, alongside the other Shakespeare title, "Love's Labour's Lost, which runs in New Rochelle next weekend. Voting is now open in this week's Elite 8, with the winners heading to next week's Final Four. Vote here.)

Zoe Poulin sings the role of Viola in rehearsal for Clarkstown North High School's production of "Twelfth Night."
Zoe Poulin sings the role of Viola in rehearsal for Clarkstown North High School's production of "Twelfth Night."

Haldane High School in Cold Spring presents "Oklahoma!," a classic of the form by Rodgers & Hammerstein. Performances at 7 p.m., March 17 and 18, and 2 p.m., March 18 and 19. In advance, at www.showtix4u.com, tickets are $15, $8 for students and seniors. At the door, they're $18 and $10. New matinee special: Kids 8 and younger accompanied by an adult pay nothing.

Hendrick Hudson in Montrose is all-in on ABBA, staging "Mamma Mia!" with performances at 7 p.m., March 17 and 18, and 1 p.m., March 19. Tickets are $15, $10 for students and seniors. At showtix4u.com.

Alexandra Numeroff (Lisa), Mia O'Malley (Sophie), and Gianna Faulkner (Ali) sing "Honey Honey" in rehearsal for Hendrick Hudson High School's production of "Mamma Mia!"
Alexandra Numeroff (Lisa), Mia O'Malley (Sophie), and Gianna Faulkner (Ali) sing "Honey Honey" in rehearsal for Hendrick Hudson High School's production of "Mamma Mia!"

Nyack presents "Little Shop of Horrors," the one with the man- and (spoiler alert) woman-eating plant. Performances at 7:30 p.m., March 17, 18, 24; 1:30 and 7:30 p.m., March 25. Tickets are $12, $7 for students, seniors free. At the door.

Tappan Zee High School presents the Monty Python holy grail musical "Spamalot," with performances at 8 p.m., March 17 and 18, and at 2 p.m., March 19. Tickets are $10, $8 for students and seniors. Bonus: Seniors pay nothing on March 19. At the door.

Westlake High School in Thornwood presents "The Addams Family" the next two weekends, with performances at 8 p.m., March 17-18, and 24-25, and at 1 p.m., March 19. Tickets are $15, $10 for students and seniors. At https://www.mtplcsd.org/westlake_players

Dean Williams as Gomez wrestles with being trapped between his wife and his daughter in Westlake's production of "The Addams Family."
Dean Williams as Gomez wrestles with being trapped between his wife and his daughter in Westlake's production of "The Addams Family."

Woodlands High School in Hartsdale presents "Fame," about students in a performing-arts high school, at 7 p.m., March 17, 5 p.m., March 18, and 2 p.m., March 19. Tickets are $10 at the door.

Season's busiest weekend on horizon

The weekend of March 23 to 26 is the busiest one on the musical calendar in the Lower Hudson Valley this season, with 16 musicals opening and two finishing their two-weekend runs. The second-weekend shows are Nyack's "Little Shop" and Westlake's "The Addams Family."

The new shows include: "Mean Girls" at Horace Greeley and Edgemont; "9 to 5" at John Jay; "Love's Labour's Lost" at New Rochelle; "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" at Ossining; "High School Musical" at Port Chester; "Once Upon a Mattress" in Suffern; "Legally Blonde" at Albertus Magnus; "James and the Giant Peach" in Brewster; "Grease" at Clarkstown South; "Chicago: Teen Edition" at Dobbs Ferry; "Bat Boy" in Pelham; "Footloose" at Ramapo; "Bye Bye Birdie" at Sleepy Hollow; "The Wedding Singer" at Somers; and "Kiss Me, Kate" at Ursuline School in New Rochelle.

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