For this year’s annual spring musical, the Middlesex theatre department brought to life one of America’s most iconic, hilarious, and wacky families. Gomez, Patricia, Pugsley, Wednesday, Uncle Fester, Grandmama, and of course, Lurch, were joined by a vibrant (and macabre) supporting cast to regale audiences for two nights in their performance of The Addams Family Musical. While construction continues on…
The Addams Family May 4th and 5th 8:00 PM The Cage While spring seems like a normal time for a love story, there is nothing normal about this family and when loves strikes, they strike back! In The Addams Family, America’s darkest family comes to life in an original musical comedy about love, family, honesty and growing up. Over fifty student…
In addition to athletic spring training trips by our baseball, lacrosse, and boys’ and girls’ crew teams, the Arts Department took its biennial Theatre Trip to London over spring break. On top of two days of theatre workshops with a teacher from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, a trip to Shakespeare’s hometown of Stratford, a seminar with the theatre critic for the International New York Times, and…
In early February, seven Middlesex artists received regional awards in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. This week, the annual competition announced the contest’s National Medalists, and two Middlesex seniors, Anna Yum and Itsy Seeman, learned that their works were selected as Silver Medal winners from over 330,000 submissions across the country. Enjoy their winning submissions below, along with descriptions…
In 2017 over 330,000 works of art were submitted to the annual Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, and last week seven Middlesex artists were recognized for their exceptional work. Students in grades 7-12 were eligible to submit work in 29 different categories of art and writing, and several Middlesex artists were granted the prestigious “Gold Key” Award reserved for the…
The Holiday Concert is the School’s annual celebration of the winter holidays in music. Over the years, these concerts have presented a wide array of musical styles, from Renaissance motets to Duke Ellington. The 2017 concert featured selections from Mozart’s 1780 composition, Vesperae solennes de confessore. A chorus of over 100 students, faculty and staff joined together to sing holiday favorites…
On November 14th and 15th, the Middlesex theatre department presented Wilson Wants It All in a spectacular and thought-provoking performance. Taking place in 2050, Wilson Wants It All depicted the future of a divided nation that is in the hands of a single man as he manipulates the fate of twin daughters, heirs to an American political dynasty. Imaginative, challenging, and peppered with…
This fall, many Middlesex visual artists have channeled their creative energy towards the political sphere, and recently several of our talented artists have been honored for their outstanding work. In November, over 800 students submitted cartoons to the New York Times annual Editorial Cartoon Contest, and Middlesex students Veronica DeMornay-O’Neal and Itsy Seeman ’18 were selected as Runner-Up and Honorable Mention, respectively,…
Wilson Wants It All November 9th and 10th, 2017 7:30 PM The ThRink In 2050, the future of a divided nation is in the hands of a single man as he manipulates the fate of twin daughters, heirs to an American political dynasty. Separated at birth, they now find themselves caught on opposite sides of an escalating U.S. conflict. Following…
Since its official opening on June 10th, the Rachel Carson Music and Campus Center has been receiving rave reviews within the community. Recently, that acclaim has extended far beyond the community as word spreads about the building’s unique evolution from an old steam plant to a state-of-the-art, sustainable Campus Center. Most notably, the Boston Globe featured the Rachel Carson Center in…