School of Rock review

Tom Fox

Ms. Guarino

3/1/20

Review: School Of Rock

School Of Rock starts off with a comedic performance from a small band who are competing with each other for the spotlight. The lead singer tries making it clear to the guitarist that she is not the star. The overall plot of this story is the woman who started off the play as the lead guitar player is kicked out of the band and is looking for work and gets a call from a prep school asking her to fill in as a substitute music teacher for good pay and an unknown amount of time. She shows up very late the first day making a questionable first impression asking about ridiculous things like getting paid before she works and leaving the school day early. However after teaching for a bit she finds out that the students have a lot of potential and she forms a rock band. 

I think that the lighting and the way the actors were portrayed was perfect for the mood and energy that was trying to be communicated with the audience. The lead actress did a great job with her character, the way that she acted on stage made the play a lot more entertaining and she made the actors and actresses around her better. I think that the moral and theme of the play was communicated very well and it wanted to show that even if something doesn’t seem ideal at first it can turn out to be one of the best things that could’ve happened to you. Two characters that I felt were opposite of one another were the substitute music teacher and the school principal. I got this feeling because they started off on the wrong foot with each other and never really agreed after that. 

One moment that in the play that I thought was important and that stuck with me was when the teacher found out that her students had the talent that she made seem they were almost hiding from her. I thought this was important because it felt like it was the turning point in the play and the class and teacher really came together and were having a lot of fun finding out they were going to and preparing for the battle of the bands. Even though School Of Rock didn’t win the battle of the bands in the end the crowd after the show was chanting their name making it clear that they were the favorite band. 

Overall I enjoyed the play. I thought that it was comedic at a lot of parts and taught a valuable lesson in life that it’s not about the destination it’s about the journey no matter what you are doing and you can always learn and get better.