May Theatre

“Will Rogers Follies” (Westwego) May 4-6, 11-13 and 18-20, at 7:30 p.m., 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. Follows the life of stage, screen, radio, newspaper hero Will Rogers. The popular humorist and performer died in a plane crash in 1935. His life is viewed through the lens of the Ziegfeld Follies, which he often headlined in his heyday.

“Shut Up, Sweet Charlotte” (New Orleans) April 6-22, 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.

“Home Free” (Houma) through May 6, at 7:30 p.m., with 2 p.m. matinees on Sundays. (There is no performance on April 30.) At the Le Petit Theatre de Terrebonne, 123 North St. For more info: (985) 876-4278. A would-be mystery writer works out a scheme to pay her monthly rent through “support” from two men.

“Cocktail” (Baton Rouge) through May 6, at 8 p.m., at the Swine Palace, Reilly Theatre, Tower Drive. Set in 1995, the Thai pharmaceutial scientis Krisana Kraisintu began manufacturing a generic version of the anti-HIV drug AZT. Against all odds, she singlehandedly saved the lives of thousands of AIDs patients who were given access to affordable life-saving drugs for the first time. For more info: (225) 578-3527 or, online, www.swinepalace.org.

Updated Fables” (Houma) May 11-13, at 7 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m., at the Le Petit Theatre de Terrebonne in Downtown Houma. The play consists of six wellknown stories updated to the present, with characters right out of the fables. Admission is $5. All proceeds go toward SoLa Center for the Arts programs. For more info: (985) 876-2222.

“Honk!” auditions (Houma) May 7-8, at 7 p.m., at the Le Petit Theatre de Terrebonne. Director Pat Hornsby Crochet is looking for 16-20 people of varying ages. There are roles for six to eight teen/adult males; six to eight teen/adult females; and four to six roles for children ages 8 to 12. Auditions will consist of singing, dancing and reading. Each participant should prepare a short song to be sun without accompaniment. “Honk!” is a musical version of Hans Christian Anderson’s classic story “The Ugly Duckling.” Show dates are July 12-15, 18-22 and 25-29. For more info: www.houmalittletheatre.com.