42nd Street - Urdang Academy

Urdang 3 rd Year Musical Presentations

Going to see an Urdang show is always a real treat. The season has started to have a preview of who the next west end performing stars could be. 

I went to see some of these budding young performers in the show 42nd Street Show at the Pleasance Theatre. This is how they get to show off their talents in acting, dancing and singing. This show has a good deal of tap dancing, so they have to be real hoofers.

Lillian Reeves (Dance Captain) and Marianna Macari-Ferris (Vocal Captain) did an outstanding job in making sure that all the students, in this cast of thirty, performed to their best. Keeping everyone in line is no easy task.

The staring roles were all performed very well. The main character Dorothy Brock was played by Katerina Shadbolt was outstanding and Peggy Sawyer was also delivering to a high standard.

Julian Marsh was portrayed by Ashley Woellner who has a strong singing voice and acted well.  

Lauren Gray also stood out for role as Maggie Jones.

The entire ensemble carried the musical with brilliant understanding of what it was taking to focus on.

We can look forward to bright future with this group of students, when they finish their training later on this year.