by Laiba Khan
(New York City--January
11, 2018) Twenty
students in Dr. Laje Gashi and Mrs. Christine Kawtari’s French Club took the
opportunity to see the classic musical The
Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella,
Principal of High Tech High School.
The Phantom of the Opera, based on Gaston Leroux’s 1910 novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, offers the tale
of a young soprano, Christine Daaé, who becomes the object of affection of the titular
character, who lives mysteriously in the catacombs under the Paris Opera House.
The show, celebrating the thirtieth anniversary
of its phenomenal run this year, has the distinction of being the longest
running musical in Broadway history.
“The French Club
devotes itself to the appreciation of French culture,” states Mously Lo, a
resident of Jersey City, “so it was only fitting that we were given the chance
to experience a live retelling of a French classic.”
During intermission, students
discussed cultural and linguistic references laden in the musical, which they ably
recalled from their French classes.
