Get Ready for ‘Annie’
Those impossibly cute red ringlets are coming to High School North later this month with a production of “Annie,” Thursday, February 26, to Sunday, February 29. Thursday to Saturday, shows begin at 8 p.m. The Sunday performance is a 3 p.m. matinee. Tickets are $7 for Thursday and $10 for all other performances.
This perennially popular family musical based on Harold Gray’s “Little Orphan Annie” comic strip was created with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and book by Thomas Meehan. The show revolves around Annie, an 11-year-old girl living in an orphanage run by the evil Miss Hannigan. Holding fast to the dream that her parents will someday come to claim her, she accepts an invitation to billionaire Oliver Warbucks’ home for the holidays. And since there’s no surprise ending here, the irrestibly adorable Annie of course steals Warbucks’ heart, and he decides to adopt her.
Annie opened on Broadway at the Alvin Theater on April 21, 1977, ran for 2,”377 performances, making it the third longest-running musical of the 1970s. In 1982, the movie version was released starring Albert Finney, Aileen Quinn, Ann Reinking, and Carol Burnett.
For the first time, community members are invited to purchase tickets before the production begins. Tickets may be purchased by mail until February 12. Checks payable to West Windsor Plainsboro High School North Theater Company may be sent to Cherylanne Moffet, High School North, 90 Grovers Mill Road, Plainsboro 08536. Beginning Wednesday, February 18, tickets will be available at the school between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. For more information call 609-716-5100.
CD Release Party and Concert
Alex Kontorovich of Plainsboro, a West Windsor-Plainsboro High School graduate, Class of 1998, and the other members of Klez Dispensers have produced their second CD, “The New Jersey Freylekhs.” A reception will be held for them after Kleztravaganza, a concert at Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium, on Sunday, February 22, at 3 p.m. Tickets for the concert are $15. For reservations, call 609-258-5000. For more information, visit www.princeton.edu/klez.
Kontorovich plays the clarinet and baritone saxophone on tracks 15 and 16. He graduated from Princeton University in 2002 and is a graduate student at Columbia University.
Young Artists
Youth Arts Month will be celebrated with special exhibitions featuring artwork by students in grades 1 to 12 in the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District. David Serughetti, Community Middle School teacher, organized displays at Plainsboro Public Library, West Windsor Public Library, and the Plainsboro Municipal Building. The works will be on display through Tuesday, March 30.
An opening reception for the artists will take place at the Plainsboro Municipal Building on Friday, February 27, 7 to 9 p.m. For information, call Gerri Hutner at 609-716-5000, ext. 5046.
WW-P Kindergarten Registration
The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District will conduct kindergarten registration for the 2004-’05 school year, Tuesday to Thursday, March 16 to 18.
Registration will be held at Maurice Hawk, Dutch Neck, and Town Center elementary schools on the following dates:
Tuesday, March 16: 9:15 to 11 a.m., and 5:30 to 7 p.m.; Wednesday, March 17: 9:15 to 11 a.m., and 1 to 2:30 p.m.; and Thursday, March 18: 7:30 to 11 a.m., and 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Registration will be held at Wicoff Elementary School on Tuesday, March 16: 9:15 to 11 a.m., and 5:30 to 7 p.m.; Wednesday, March 17: 9:15 to 11 a.m., and 1 to 2:30 p.m.; and Thursday, March 18: 9:15 to 11 a.m., and 1 to 2:30 p.m.
To be eligible for kindergarten in the 2004-’05 school year, a child must be five years of age on or before October 1. A physical examination is required for entrance into kindergarten. In order to complete registration, the following documents must be presented: an original birth certificate or passport, immunization records, and an original proof of residency. Registration packets will be available in the main offices of the four elementary schools beginning the week of March 1.
For information call one of the elementary schools: Dutch Neck Elementary School, 609-716-5400; Maurice Hawk Elementary School, 609-716-5425; Town Center Elementary School, 609-580-6500; or J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School, 609-716-5450.
