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Everyone’s Talking About This Scrappy High School Play That Went Viral for Being Cool

A high school play is scoring some major buzz staging an unlikely flick: Ridley Scott’s 1979 hit movie Alien. And from the looks of the lighting and costume design, New Jersey’s North Bergen High School put on quite the show. They brought the film to life onstage for two nights only, Friday and Saturday. That’s a short stint, but it was filled with enough dazzling visuals and a student-cut trailer that it’s made a lasting impression. At the center of the spotlight of “Alien: The Play,” there’s a truly elaborate “xenomorph” costume that thrust the production into social media relevance. The over-the-top extraterrestrial effects and sixteen students carried this show, which looks like it was as sheer, exuberant fun. After 17-year-old student and crew member Justin Pierson posted a thread on reddit, users quickly rocketed the thread up the ranks. “My school did a play version of Alien.

 

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