Henry Vu and William James Lavely in Schoolhouse Rock Live!.
Henry Vu and William James Lavely in ReAct Theatre's Schoolhouse Rock Live!.

My guess is there are more people who get the fond nostalgic feels about Schoolhouse Rock than there are people who hate it or don’t even know about it at all. Granted, the animated, educational series of musical shorts touching on history, grammar, math, science and politics might have had its original run from 1973 to 1985, but it was revived for a while in the ’90s, and grade school teachers are likely still showing it to their students. A quick poll of millennial staffers finds that “I’m Just a Bill” (1976) and “Conjunction Junction” (1973) are the top two faves, which just goes to show you this shit is timeless.

David Hsieh's ReAct Theatre presents both of the aforementioned jams, along with various others (like “Lolly, Lolly, Lolly” and “Interplant Janet”) during their 90-minute stage production at 12th Avenue Arts. Final shows this weekend.