Island families, music lovers and theatre buffs flocked to the Performing Arts Center over the weekend for the regional high school’s production of Les Misérables.

A 16-piece orchestra will back up a cast featuring scores of Islanders in the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School production of Les Misérables, opening March 31.

At the performing arts center, there would have been standing ovations. Instead, applause came in the form of blaring car horns for the regional high school production of It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play.

The regional high school theatre department is presenting It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play at the drive-in this weekend and on WMVY in the coming weeks.

Six solo musicians and a rock group, all seniors at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, took the virtual stage on Zoom and YouTube Friday.

With dancing, music, costumes and storytelling, Big Fish: The Musical dazzled audiences at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School Performing Arts Center.

Big Fish, opening Feb. 13 at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, is a 21st-century musical inspired by the enduring tradition of heroic journeys.

As You Like It opens on Thursday, Feb. 14. Director Brooke Ditchfield said she wanted to continue to stretch her students after last year's hit West Side Story.

Opening night is Thursday, Feb. 16 at the Performing Arts Center for Guys and Dolls, this year's high school musical that stars a talented ensemble of performers.

This weekend, for a night of murder and media scandals, Islanders can turn off the television and head to the Performing Arts Center, where the high school production of Chicago premieres Friday.