Hosts and hostesses seniors Duncan Michael, Victoria DeBoef, Renee Maynard, and junior Ross Smith will take audiences on a trip to New York City without leaving the comfort of the Benson Auditorium on Friday and Saturday evening at 7 p.m., and Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m.
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‘That Broadway Rhythm’ The impact of live theater on generations past and present JOSHUA JOHNSON editor-in-chief
‘Neon lights are bright on Broadway’
Lighting designers and technicians Colt Cannon and Steve Martin work day and night to illuminate the Benson year after year, page 1C.
‘Oh, I’ll do something incredible’ Students do more than perform for family and friends; each club competes for a cause, page 2C.
A little taste of the New York theater scene is making its Searcy debut this weekend in the form of Spring Sing 2017: “Curtain Up!” This year’s opening number, an adaptation of “Bigger” from the 2013 Tony Awards, reminds us that there is a “kid in the middle of nowhere who’s sitting there living for Tony performances … So we might reassure that kid, and do something to spur that kid, ‘cause I promise you all of us up here tonight: we were that kid.” According to senior Delta Gamma Rho club show director Caroline Nelson, she was that kid — except she was living for Spring Sing performances, even before becoming a Harding student. “I remember when I first saw Spring Sing, I was on the fence about coming to Harding,”Nelson said.“But they had fire and confetti and more people than you could count on the stage, and I just said, ‘Whoa. OK, this is interesting.’”
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