The 1960's

The great social changes of the 1960's were echoed in Columbus High School Theatre as well.  Out went veteran teacher and drama coach, Mildred A. Murray, and in came young hot shot, T. Joe Tower.  This personnel change would last for the next three decades.   Something else new to the program during the 1960's was a talent show-style event called, The Sensational Sixties.  These yearly programs seemed to involve nearly the entire student body, and were hugely attended in Memorial Gym.  While many of the skits lampooned popular entertainment and local celebrities (usually including a chorus of young men dressed as young women), there were also legitimate songs and dances.   Another big change started in the choral department.  They began to produce full-scale musicals, like those in the movies and on Broadway.  By the end of the decade, Tower and the theatre department were helping out with these productions on a regular basis, eventually overseeing them in the next decade.     1969-1970      Impromptu 1968-1969      Yes, Yes, A Thousand Times, Yes!, Pure Gold, The Sandbox, Sensational      Sixties:  Lunar Lookout, The Sound of Music 1967-1968      You Can't Take It with You, A Christmas Carol, The Lottery, Sensational      Sixties:  Shades of All Seasons, South Pacific 1966-1967      If Boys Wore Skirts, Sensational Sixties:  Comics Incorporated, Oklahoma! 1965-1966      Pride and Prejudice, Sensational Sixties:  Let's Play Monopoly 1964-1965      Sure as You're Born, Sensational Sixties:  Gateway to Storyland 1963-1964      Pillow Talks, Solid Gold Cadillac, Sensational Sixties:  Tribute to New York 1962-1963      Mistress Melon, case of the Silent Caroller, Cinderella Complex, Sensational      Sixties:  This is the Army, Mr. Jones 1961-1962      The Curious Savage, Little Women, Tammy Tell Me True, Teen and 20,      Sensational Sixties:  Showboat/The Best Things in Life are Free 1960- 1961      Around the World in Eighty Days, Annie Get Your Gun, Sensational Sixties:       Just in Time/School Daze 1959-1960      The Thread That, Sensational Sixties:  Operation Moonglow/On Stage     Visit other North Drama Eras   The 2000's          The 1990's          The 1980's         The 1970's         The 1960's   The 1950's          The 1940's           The 1930's          The 1920's and Earlier