This clip is from a current New Jersey high school production of Guys and Dolls.
Yes, it's the time of year when high schools all over the nation are performing Broadway shows and the energy, vitality and sheer chutzpah of the young casts in these shows gives us great, renewed faith that Broadway musicals will not only endure but actually flourish in the decades ahead.
And after the events of the past week, doesn't this high school scene make you feel good?
Watch Robbie Angarone as he performs the role of Nicely Nicely Johnson with Sit Down You're Rocking The Boat.
I love Robbie's enthusiasm and the joy he takes in his role, but it's tempered by a budding professionalism as well. He doesn't hog the scene or overplay his role. He shares it all with every performer on the stage. In that sense, it's remarkably mature and focused for someone his age. The timing is sopt-on, too. His instincts are so right.
Hey, maybe we'll see Robbie on Broadway some day!
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