Issue date: 2/23/10 Section: Current Affairs

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The Performance Theater at the Don Taft University Center was packed on opening night and the following night as tickets were quickly reserved. Before the musical, Stacy Rowitz, freshman business administration major said, "This is one of my favorite musicals and I can't wait to see what NSU has put together."

The mostly-female cast was directed by Bill J. Adams. The musical takes place in American suburbs in the 1950s where Tina, an eight year old, played by Jaimie Kautzmann declares, "I was born to entertain." Tina's mother, Judy Denmark, played by Lauren Butler is a talentless housewife with no interest in show business. Sylvia St. Croix, a sleazy agent, played by Jessica Gorwky, soon enters their lives and changes everything.

When Tina doesn't get the lead role in her school play, she and Sylvia convince her music teacher, Myron Thorn, played by Jonathan Sanz, to let her be an understudy for it. Tina then realizing that if anything were to happen to Louise Lerman, played by Ashley Cruz, she would play the lead role in "Pippi in Tahiti." As a result, Tina decides to kill Louise and the plot begins to unravel when some unexpected secrets come out.

That night the musical caused laughter and some gasps. Jessica Sabau, senior biology major said, "It was better than I had expected," while freshman marine biology student Mark Liberwitz said, "The actors did a great job portraying their characters." Overall, the musical was witty, tragic, and hilarious and brought out the stars in the Division of Performing and Visual Arts.

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