Drood takes musicals to new heights
Francesca DeRosa
Reporter
This year’s winter musical, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, will be the first NCHS production in which the actors literally take to the air.
Though it lasts only briefly, a few members of the cast will be hoisted into the air by a system of pulleys, which are manned by a troop of athletic students recruited especially for the purpose. The scene is played out with graceful somersaults and a lot of effort by the crew pulling the ropes…
