Theatre

Vandy pole vaulter sets sights on national record
April 3, 2008
Dorothy Champagne Voisin
April 7, 2008
Vandy pole vaulter sets sights on national record
April 3, 2008
Dorothy Champagne Voisin
April 7, 2008

Annie” (New Orleans)


April 11 through May 4, at LePetit Theatre, 616 St. Peter St., at 8 p.m. with 2 p.m. matinees on Sundays. Tickets are $32, adults, and $28 for students. For more info: (504) 522-2081. The store of a spunky Depression-era orphan determined to find her parents and the billiona.

“Regrets Only” (New Orleans)


April 11-27, at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturdays, 2 p.m. on Sundays, at the Marigny Theatre, 1030 Marigny St. For more info: (504) 218-8559. This comedy of Manhattan manners explores the latest topics in marriage, friendships and squandered riches.


“The Mending Monologues” (New Orleans)

April 13, at 5 and 8 p.m., at the Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St. For more info: (504) 210-0224 or www.cacno.org. Tickets are $20 general admission. An all-male performance includes monologues, poems and comedic sketches about relationships, gender wounds and abuse issues.


“Hair” (Baton Rouge)


April 16-20 and 22-30, at LSU’s Reilly Theatre, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25. For more info: (225) 578-3527. The hippie, rock, musical that changed Broadway forever returns for its 40th anniversary. Includes “Age of Aquarius,” “Good Morning Starshine” and “Hair.”

“Perfect Wedding” (Houma)


April 17-27, at 7:30 p.m., 2 p.m. on Sundays, at LePetit Theatre de Terrebonne, 7829 Main St. For more info: (985) 876-4278. A comedy about a bridegroom who finds himself in the bed of his honeymoon suite with the girlfriend of his best man and the tall tales that follow as the bridegroom and his pal try to hide the truth.


“Rumors” (Thibodaux)

April 18, 19, 24-27, at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturdays, 2 p.m. on Sundays, at the Thibodaux Playhouse, 314 St. Mary St. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8, children. For more info: (985) 446-1896. Neil Simon’s comedy about what happens when a group of well-heeled guests arrive at an anniversary party for the deputy mayor of New York and find him with a gunshot wound in the head, his wife gone and the party cancelled.

“Radio Gulf” (New Orleans)

Through April 20, at the Anthony Bean Community Theatre, 1333 S. Carrollton Ave. For more info: www.anthonybeantheater.com. Set in the 1990s, the drama is a look at the poor versus the newly rich in a class struggle.

“Always … Patsy Cline” (Reserve)

April 24-27, at 7:30 p.m., at the St. John Theatre, 115 West 4th St. For more info: (985) 536-6630. Kristen Brooks stars in this intimate look at the woman behind the legend. Includes 27 of Patsy’s popular country hits.

“Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” (Baton Rouge)

April 25 through May 11, at the Baton Rouge Little Theatre, 7155 Florida Blvd., at 7:30 p.m. with 2 p.m. matinees on weekends. Tickets are $23. For more info: (225) 924-6496. Small town vice and statewide political side-stepping take centerstage in this story about the demise of the Chicken Ranch.

“For Better” (New Orleans)

Through April 27, at the Southern Rep Theatre, 335 Canal St., third floor, at 8 p.m. with 3 p.m. matinees on Sundays. For more info: (504) 522-6545. A romantic comedy for the digital age, this production focuses on Karen and Max, who plan to get married if their jobs will ever let them be in the same city at the same time.

“Ruthless” (Westwego)

Through April 27, at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturdays, 2 p.m. on Sundays, at the Westwego Performing Arts Theatre, 177A Sala Ave. For more info: (504) 371-3330. A musical parody that takes its inspiration for classic shows such as “Gypsy,” “The Bad Seed,” “Mame” and “All About Eve.”