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Forty energetic students at Fassett Middle School are prepared to transport theatergoers back to the Roaring Twenties with this year’s musical, “Bugsy Malone Jr.,” which will be staged March 26, 27 and 28.
This isn’t your ordinary gangster story – the “sopranos” in this story are really sopranos.
The musical, based on the 1976 movie starring Scott Baio and Jody Foster, is a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Jazz Age, with ice cream served at the speakeasy, and gangsters “spraying” each other with guns that shoot silly string.
It seems Fat Sam (Jacob Harrison), who runs one of the most popular clubs in town, is in danger of being closed down by Dandy Danielle (Alison Susor) and her menacing all-female gang (Danielle Lorenzen, Jessy Bohland, Paige Arman, Shannon Barney, and Cooper Isbell).
Enter baby-faced Bugsy Malone (Maxx Gordon), a killer with the ladies and a definite asset to Fat Sam. Unfortunately, Bugsy has also caught the eye of Sam’s girlfriend Tallulah (Mariah McDougle) - though he’s set his designs on showgirl Blousy Brown (Taylor Daniel).
Add Fat Sam’s not-so-bright-gang (Connor Rheinbolt, Jared Miller, Jared Jacob, and Ben McCoy), some show girls (Courtney Quinlan, Madison Phillips, Alyssa Fussell, Hannah Kesling, and Harleigh Isbell), and a honky-tonk score by composer Paul Williams, and audience members won’t be able to contain their laughter, or stop tapping their toes.
Angela Cooney, sixth-grade teacher at Fassett, has put together a talented production team that includes colleague Karen Angst as musical director, Lisa Gordon as director, Bridget Harrington and Heather Klatt as choreographers, as well as a host of parent and student volunteers.
“We are especially grateful to Oregon Community Theater for their unending encouragement and support,” Cooney said. “ Their expertise has allowed us to put on shows here at Fassett that rival many high school productions.”
Curtain times are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for students and seniors. Reserved tickets are available at Fassett Middle School in Oregon, as well as at the door.
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