'Schoolhouse Rock Live, Jr' at Gilmartin School - My Review

Gilmartin School in Waterbury has managed in their short existence to present five annual musical productions. This year they brought back the first show that began it all in 2011, ‘Schoolhouse Rock Live, Jr.’ The elementary school’s principal Donald R. Burzler, Ph.D expressed his heartfelt appreciation in the program to the adults who worked with the this talented cast of students and provided the very enthusiastic preshow announcements. (He also had a brief cameo as a bandit.) A handful of the oldest students had appeared in that first production of SHR and must have enjoyed singing the catchy tunes once again.

Gilmartin faculty member Emily Summa played the role of Teach, a young teacher facing her first day of school. The young actors acted out the learning jingles that used to appear between television cartoons on Saturday mornings. Dressed in colorful tees, their own jeans and beads, they danced and sang their way through the parts of speech, the magical three, the circulatory system, the solar system and American history. It was all very energetic and brought back wonderful memories of the production in which I appeared as the beginning teacher at another school with the same talented director, David Gardino.

Click here to read my entire review on Onstage.

Congratulations to the Gilmartin students, staff and volunteers that brought another fun show to this young Waterbury school.

Pictured: Members of the cast of SHR Photos by Nancy Sasso Janis