Anne's Arts & Activities Blog

Andrew Scanlan, Kaitlyn Hallock, Ryan Daughenbaugh and Chris Borland make their way down the Yellow Brick Road in dress rehearsal for "The Wizard of Oz," being presented Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Bradford High Auditorium. These four actors, along with Evan Close, Lexie Thurston, Ariel DeFrank and Cole Vecchio (and co-director Andrew Dutka) stopped by our studios earlier this week to talk about the show. You can hear part one of the interview here . Part Two Stay tuned for part three. Photo courtesy of Kimberly Hallock The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

Bradford Little Theatre newcomers Ariel DeFrank, Melanie Bizzarro and Lori Johnson will join BLT veteran Andee Cole to make up the cast of the musical “The Marvelous Wonderettes.” The musical kicks off the BLT season with shows at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, October 25-27 and a matinee at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28. All performances will be held at the First Presbyterian Church hall on East Corydon Street. Created and written by Roger Bean, the two-act musical shows the girl quartet entertaining at their 1958 senior prom and again ten years later at their class reunion. More than two dozen songs from those years will be in the show, including "Son of a Preacher Man" "Secret Love," "Lipstick on Your Collar" and "Rescue Me." Director Cindy Graham said that while three of the singers are new to the BLT stage, all four of them are experienced performers. DeFrank won “Fretzican Idol” while a student at Fretz Middle School...

Bradford Area High School Drama Club will present “Kill Me Deadly" (A Noir Comedy) by Bill Robens on March 29 and 30 at the school auditorium. “This show takes film noir, puts it on stage, and adds an element of humor. It is such a fun piece," said club advisor and show director Melissa Krepp. Curtain will rise at 7 p.m. each night. Tickets at $2 for students and $5 for adults are available from cast and crew, at the door, at the school office and at Tina’s Hallmark. The cast includes Lexie Thurston as Mona Livingston, the steamy jazz singer; Cole Vecchio as Charlie Nickels, the Dick Tracy-like detective, Leah Krainz as Veronica Clairmont, the sexy heiress, Nick Forquer as Clive Clairmont, the "idiot savant," as well as many other quirky and entertaining characters of 1947 Hollywood played by Michael McLanahan, Ariel Defrank, Mike Smith, Angela Barger, DeeJay Rickman, Hannah Leposa, and Georgie Auteri. The running crew includes Sarah Howard, Victoria Robinson, Broo...