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With the production of
Brigadoon early
in 1957 (the
year before we arrived at OHS), under the leadership of popular musical
director, Allan Segal
(who had just arrived at OHS after a brief career as a Broadway
musician), our school established a tradition of
outstanding annual productions of wonderful Broadway musicals every spring
(Click here for a
complete history of
over 50 years of OHS spring musicals from 1957 through 2009.)
and other dramatic and comedic plays
presented by each graduating class as its "Senior Play," all in our own very
fine ("fee-fee, fi-fi, fo-fo, fum")
audi – tori
–
um.
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Our auditorium
during the first school year (1955-'56) in the then brand new building |
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The spring musicals were produced for
presentation to the community through the joint
efforts of our drama and music departments. Despite the fact that Broadway was only 25
miles away, the people of our little town loved to attend these musicals and the
senior plays put on by
the students. Of course, we didn't charge Broadway prices. For
example, during our three years, tickets for any of our musical productions were
75¢ for students and $1.25 for others!
And invariably, many of us who participated in our
school musicals and senior
plays, whether as performers or behind the scenes, consider these experiences
among their fondest high school memories, and among the most important
educational influences in their social development.
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The school musicals presented during our three years at OHS and our
class of 1960
senior play, respectively, were
(click on the titles for more about
them, including photos):
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(presented in the 1957-'58 school year) |
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(presented in the 1958-'59 school
year) |
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(presented in the 1959-'60 school
year)
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(presented by our senior class in the
1959-'60
school year)
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