by Caroline Ayres, Staff Writer
South Lakes High School’s Theater and Chorus program wrapped up in January with a show-stopping spectacular featuring laughs, tears, and outstanding choreography. Broadway Night 2025, "100 Years of Broadway," took audiences on an exciting and educational journey through a century of Broadway music, from "Oklahoma!" to "In the Heights."
Led by South Lakes teachers Emily Moser (chorus) and Michael Viola (theater), the show featured musical numbers spanning from the 1930s to the present day. Between each Broadway era, educational videos provided insight into the social and cultural shifts that influenced the shows of their time. The featured eras included Broadway Beginnings, The Golden Age, Changing Times, Contemporary, and The New Millennium.
The production had something for everyone, from high-energy numbers like "Today’s the Day" from "Good News," "Anything You Can Do" from "Annie Get Your Gun," and the showstopping closer "Empire State of Mind" from "Hell’s Kitchen," to emotionally powerful ballads like "I Dreamed a Dream" from "Les Misérables" and "Still Hurting" from "The Last Five Years."
Broadway Night brings kids of all ages together on and off of stage, with high school student leaders not just acting on stage, but off of it as well through directing, choreographing, building sets, and helping train younger participants from middle and elementary schools. Elementary students performed a "Beauty and the Beast" medley, while middle schoolers took the stage with "Pure Imagination" from "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," and "Revolting Children," a teaser for Langston Hughes Middle School’s upcoming production of "Matilda." Middle and elementary school students also joined the high school performers for the grand finale.
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