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November 4, 2015
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Riverhead Faculty and Community Theater group almost as long, she F noted that 42nd Street “has been a dream show for my mom and I probably since I started performing. I’ve always dreamed of playing Peggy Sawyer.” McGoey will also perform in the play. The production isn’t an easy one for the typical community theater actor. But the folks in Riverhead have been studying tap, thanks to classes offered at the school. “This is really going to showcase what they’ve learned,” McKenna predicted. Now pursuing her doctorate production and her Dad, Charles, is handling publicity – as the in Latin at Fordham University, showman, Jimmy Durante, said, McKenna went on to Harvard after RHS. She performed in several “Everybody’s getting into the act.” McKenna’s been tap dancing plays at the Ivy League enclave, since she was four. “I just love the choreographed shows for the Gilbert rhythm of it. You’re both a musician and Sullivan players and was the and a dancer.” A member of the artistic director for a taps group on
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Starring in 42nd Street is a dream come true for Erin McKenna. That she’s returning to her alma mater’s stage puts the shine on the Riverhead High School’s Class of 2005 valedictorian’s tap shoes. Her mom, Jan McGoey, is directing the
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The mother/daughter team, Jan McGoey and Erin McKenna, in NYC for a Broadway show. This week, they’re performing 42nd Street at Riverhead High School.
campus. Her mother has directed productions on the Riverhead stage “for many, many years,” McKenna reported. “But this is our big reunion. We haven’t done a musical in three years,” said the multitalented artist. (She’s also performed cabaret in the city.) Returning to her home stage feels great, if a little strange. McKenna explained that since the school’s undergone a major renovation, it looks very different. Still, she said, “It feels like coming home, working with the people I grew up with. It’s great to be back.” RFCT’s 42nd Street will feature singers, a troupe of 40 tap dancers, a full orchestra, professional costumes and sets, organizers promise. Classic songs include “We’re in the Money,” “Lullaby of Broadway,” and “42nd Street.” Based on a novel by Bradford Ropes, 42nd Street was subsequently adapted for the silver screen in 1933. In 1980, David Merrick produced it for Broadway, where it won the Tony Award for Best Musical and became a long running hit. McKenna’s character, Peggy Sawyer, is the classic shy country girl new to the big city. She lands a spot in the chorus of a Broadway production -- can a fella and a big break be far behind? Want to “come and meet those dancing feet?” The show will be held this weekend and next with performances Friday and Saturday nights at 8 PM, and Sundays at 2 PM. Tickets are $16 in advance, $20 at the door. Call 631-871-3908 for details.