Music Man in full throttle

RMI USP student Duke Gaston shows his billiard playing form as he plays the character Harold Hill during a rehearsal of the Music Man in Majuro. The play will be staged for a week next month at the International Conference Center in Majuro. Photo: Hilary Hosia.
RMI USP student Duke Gaston shows his billiard playing form as he plays the character Harold Hill during a rehearsal of the Music Man in Majuro. The play will be staged for a week next month at the International Conference Center in Majuro. Photo: Hilary Hosia.

The stage for the Music Man at Marshall Islands High School has seen a whirlwind of dance rehearsals in full throttle mode prior to the departure of visiting choreographer Nina Roy earlier this week. And in the midst of ongoing dance practices, several lead cast members rotate with music teacher Jerre Bennet in an adjacent room for their special parts practicing on the piano.

The play, directed by Dartmouth Emeritus Prof. Andrew Garrod will be staged at the ICC in Majuro from March 11-16.

Read more about this in the February 15, 2019 edition of the Marshall Islands Journal.