Teacher keeps kids guessing with witty musical reveal. Millions are watching on TikTok
Usually, musicals intend to have the audience on the edge of their seats, but for one high school class in Iowa, the actors and singers were the ones living in suspense.
Over several days, Indianola High School choir teacher Myles Finn used the process of elimination to whittle the choices of which musical the class would put on in 2023.
Musicals such as “Mama Mia,” “Into the Woods” and “Mary Poppins” would be picked off the whiteboard, leaving fewer and fewer options remaining and building the excitement of the class.
Inadvertently, Finn found himself entertaining millions of watchers on TikTok with a creative way to kick off the school year.
Now, he has over 27 million views on his big musical reveal, an elaborate plan that reminded viewers of their time in high school and made them jealous of Finn’s students.
“I wish my teachers were this fun in high school!” one viewer joked.
“Teachers like this ... they make the biggest impact,” another commented fondly.
Finn kept his students and TikTok watchers on the brink of suspense that bubbled over on the final day of the musical reveal. There were two options left: “Beauty and the Beast” or “Mary Poppins.”
Finn peeled them off the board and crumpled them in his hand as the room full of students (and the comment section of TikTok) buzzed in excitement.
“Me, a nearly 40-year-old woman: What are we doing for the spring play? I must know!” one person commented, invested in the suspense.
What followed was an intricate series of pre-recorded videos, a scavenger hunt among the choir room risers and a drum roll leading up to the final musical reveal, which everyone immediately figured out as the speakers blared an iconic four-note theme on the organ followed by two snaps of the fingers — “The Addams Family.”
Finn’s class erupted, eager for the rehearsals to begin.
“Just watched the most amazing, talented, and compassionate teacher ever just put together such a beautiful moment! You, sir, need a crown,” one viewer commented.
“I was just as excited as those kids in the room,” another commented.
This story was originally published September 1, 2022 at 2:30 PM with the headline "Teacher keeps kids guessing with witty musical reveal. Millions are watching on TikTok."
