History In action

Marblehead Home Style Article on the MLT Archive Project

https://marbleheadhomestyle-cnhi.newsmemory.com?selDate=20210901&goTo=026&artid=1

This is a very nice article with plenty of pictures that wonderfully describes the collection and preservation of MLT’s history .

There are, however, a few corrections that we would like to make to some of the references about MLT alums…

While in High School, Alex Newall performed in “Once on This Island” and “Hairspray” at MLT and then went on to star in “Once on The Island on Broadway.”

Erik Hayden performed as Tevya in Fiddler in the 8th grade at Marblehead Middle School and performed in “Gypsy” at MLT and then went on to star as Buddy Holly in national tour of the “Buddy Holly Story.”

While in High School, Nate Bertone designed several MLT shows and after graduating from Carnegie Mellon he assisted Scenic Designer Beowolf Baritt on the Broadway production of “A Bronx Tale.”

Rob Delaney performed in the Marblehead High School production of “West Side Story,” not the MLT production.

Finally, Betty Lautner perform in several Broadway production in addition to being a singer on the Ed Sullivan Show before moving to Marblehead. Her first production with MLT was “Brigadoon” in 1977