By OWEN BOSS
Staff Writer
EASTHAMPTON - The stage is set, the bright lights are shining and the cast and crew of this year's Easthampton High School Parents Council musical "Funny Girl" are ready for Thursday's opening.
More than 40 local students have been hard at work this week, holding nightly dress rehearsals in the auditorium at White Brook Middle School.
Auditions for the musical were held in October and cast and crew have spent the last three months learning lines and songs, lighting cues and scene changes.
The musical will star recently crowned Easthampton Junior Miss Shealyn Berube, who takes the lead role of Fanny Brice, as well as EHS junior Joe Katusich as her love interest, Nick Arnstein.
The musical is set in pre-World War I New York and is based on the life and career of Broadway and film star Fanny Brice and her stormy relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nicky Arnstein.
According to EHS junior Elizabeth Burdeau, who is serving as student producer, the cast and crew consist of about a dozen seventh- and eighth-graders and more than 30 local high school students.
"This play has a lot more really interesting characters that are really different from each other than we've had in school plays in the past," Burdeau said.
The production opens Thursday night in the White Brook Middle School auditorium at 6 p.m. Other performances are Friday at 7 p.m.; Saturday at 7 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m.
Tickets are available in advance and at the door. Theatergoers are encouraged to order ahead of time by calling 413-247-9288.
Owen Boss can be reached at oboss@gazettenet.com
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