The kids are all right: ParamountAurora's terrific SchoolofRock benefits from 21 young dynamos. ChicagoTheater
"School of Rock" -- ★ ★ ★ ½ To prepare the young actors for Paramount Theatre's"School of Rock," director Trent Stork added three extra weeks of rehearsal and introduced some unusual incentives. Stork and the creative team established a system that awarded gold stars to young performers for their initiative and improvement.
Nick Druzbanski plays rock guitarist Dewey Finn, an amiable slacker whose development arrested somewhere in his late teens or early 20s. Ousted from his band and wearing out his welcome at the home of best friend Ned and Ned's prickly girlfriend Patty , Dewey wrangles his way into a substitute teaching gig at the prestigious Horace Green Preparatory School run by no-nonsense principal Rosalie Mullins .
Veronica Garza, center, plays Horace Green Prep principal Rosalie Mullins in"School of Rock," running through June 4 at Aurora's Paramount Theatre. - Courtesy of Liz Lauren The book by Julian Fellowes is amusing, as are Glen Slater's lyrics . The score includes new rock-infused music by Andrew Lloyd Webber along with songs credited to Black, Warren Fitzgerald, Mike White and Samuel Buonagurio.
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