Plymouth High School drummers, Nathan Dubinin, Tyler Humphrey and Sam Tomasik, practice their ?Show Stopper? routine for this weekend?s variety show at PHS. The Tri Kappa Art Show will also be held this weekend, so viewers can browse the artwork before and after the variety show. Pilot Photo/Rusty Nixon

By Rusty Nixon Correspondent
PLYMOUTH — They say variety is the spice of life —  and it’s also the basis of Plymouth’s High School’s Variety Show for 2007.
This Friday and Saturday, the Plymouth High School Fine Arts Department will be presenting its annual spring production.
This year a variety show entitled “After Dark” will be presented. The show involves 120 students who are part of the pit band, jazz bnd, chorus, Crimson Connection, emcees, skits, dancers and stage crew.
During both evenings, Tri-Kappa will also be having the annual PHS Student Art Show in the auditorium lobby, so patrons can take in the exhibits before and after show time.
The variety show has something for everybody, according to cast members Josh Beguin and James Tinman.
“There’s something for you if you like music, if you like dancing if you like funny skits,” said Beguin. “If you want to see what the kids think of the teachers, too.”
“It’s kind of like a show for somebody with attention problems,” said Tinman. “You have music — you get tired of that and bam, there’s some dancing. You get tired of that, bam, somebody’s there with a funny skit.”
While there is adult direction for the show, for the most part it’s the students’ production. Most of the sketches are student-written and the music is student-arranged.
Those wishing a part in the show had to audition and be accepted.
“You write it and you bring it in and do it and you get the boot, or the OK,” said Beguin.
“You only have a few minutes to get their attention,” said Tinman. “You have to get to the funny early, get to the funny often and just keep it funny.
“I’m in a skit, and I don’t mean to toot my own horn — but it’s great.”
While Tinman’s sketch is great, both agree that the show’s piece sheds a new light on the “secret” life of custodians.
“It literally blows your mind,” said Tinman.
Director Charlotte Tyree admits that the whole show “blows her mind.” At least the coordination of it.
“There are so many things going on that juggling is the hardest part,” she said about rehearsal for the show. “You’ve got some at softball, some at track, some at baseball games, so really the only night we’ll have the full cast here at the same time is show night…hopefully.”