The role of the Leading Player, played by Ben Vereen in the original Tony award-winning production, will be shared by five students. Robert Pemberton, an actor now based in New York, directed the Center's first six shows. Diana Covington-Greer has served as musical director and conductor for every production. For details, call 780-4646. Boys may wear regular or black khaki pants.
Uniforms are mandatory in Long Beach, California, middle schools.
The year following the program's implementation, overall school crime decreased 36 percent, fights decreased 51 percent and weapons offenses decreased by 50 percent. An orientation of students who attend Henderson's feeder elementary schools and their parents will be held May 17 at 10 a.m. Uniforms will be modeled. For more information, parents may call principal R. Dionne Ward at 780-8288. For additional information, call 780-7911.