William Smashey Jr.

"Bring on the Monsters," says the cast and crew of Oakcrest High School's production of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical (Theatre for Young Audiences Edition). The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is the story of a young boy named Percy Jackson, who discovers he is a demigod. This "special characteristic" doesn't always make things easy for him, so his mother decides to send him away to a camp where he will be surrounded by other demigods. Here he is faced with the...

The scene is lit with red lights as a blonde curly-haired woman accompanies a gentleman up the stairs to her bedroom. The two seem to be enjoying themselves when all of a sudden, BANG! FLASH!... The lights go out on the couple, and Lindenwold High School's production of Chicago: Teen Edition begins. Chicago, the musical, is based on a 1926 play and was written in the mid 1970s. It first came to Broadway in 1975 under the direction of renowned choreographer Bob Fosse. It was revived in 1996,...