Deacon Edward J. "Muss" Blanchard
March 2, 2007
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March 6, 2007“Waiting in the Wings” (Houma) March 1-11, at 7:30 p.m., with 2 p.m. matinees on Sundays. (There is no performance on March 5.) At the Le Petit Theatre de Terrebonne, 123 North St. For more info: (985) 876-4278. The Noel Coward play speaks of the lives and conflicts among the residents of an English retirement home for actresses called The Wings.
“Wild Party” (Westwego) March 2-4, 9-11 and 16-18, at 7:30 p.m., with 2 p.m. curtain times on Sundays, at the Westwego Performing Arts Theatre, Sala Ave. Tickets are $26 adults, $23 seniors, $19 students and $12 children. For more info: (504) 885-2000 or (504) 371-3330. Adapted from a book-length poem written in and about the Roaring Twenties, Andrew Lippa’s play tells the story of one crazy evening in the Manhattan apartment shared by Queenie and Burrs, a vaudeville dancer and a vaudeville clown. This play is rated “R” for adult content.
“And Then There Were None” (Kenner) March 2 through March 18. Performances are at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. on Sundays, at Rivertown Repertory Theatre, 325 Minor St. Tickets are $2 for adults, $20 for seniors (55 and up) and students, and $10 for children ages 6-12. A buffet is served by Messina’s an hour before each show. Meals are an additional $18. Agatha Christie’s mystery comedy (originally titled “Ten Little Indians”) unfolds as eight guestsnall strangers to each other and their hostsnare lured to an island and marooned. They are accused of getting away with murder and then one drops deadnpoisoned.
“Tunes” (New Orleans) March 2-25, at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, with 2 p.m. curtain times on Sundays, at the Le Petit Theatre, 616 St. Peter St. For more info: (504) 522-2081. Tickets are $28 for general admission, $25 for students. Several local lyricists worked with Fred Palmisano on a treasure trove of songs fist introduced and produced by Luis Q. Barroso at the theatre’s Childrens Corner in 1976.
“Nickel and Dimed” (New Orleans) Through March 3, at 8 p.m. at UNO Theatre. Tickets are available at the box office, (504) 554-2335. Joan Holden’s comic epic is shadowed with tragedy. At age 55, Barbara is working double shifts, sharing a tiny room, living on fast food, begging from food pantries, gulping Ibuprofen and struggling to make ends meet.
“The Pajama Game” (Baton Rouge) March 9-25, 8 p.m., with 2 p.m. matinees on Sundays, at the Baton Rouge Little Theater, 7155 Florida Blvd. Tickets are $21. For more info: (225) 924-6496 or www.brlt.org. The dangers of a workplace romance are explored to hysterical effect in this romantic comedy musical. An unlikely romance buds between new superintendent Sid Sorokin and Babe Williams, leader of the union grievance committee.
“To Kill A Mockingbird” (Thibodaux) March 15-17, at 7:30 p.m., and March 18 at 3 p.m., at Nicholls State University’s Talbot Theater. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for students, and are available at the Mass Communications Office, (985) 448-4586. Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel comes to stage in this coming-of-age story. The plot struggles with racial prejudices, justice in a small southern town, and a young girl’s attempt to make sense of the world around her.
“The Heidi Chronicles” (Baton Rouge) Through March 18, at 7:30 p.m., at LSU’s Reilly Theatre. Tickets are available online through www.swinepalace.org.
