Terrebonne’s people, places featured in “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
June 28, 2012
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June 29, 2012
“TAMING OF THE SHREW” – Through July 1
This William Shakespeare masterpiece is billed as “a rockin’ 70-minute, family-friendly version of Shakespeare’s timeless battle of the sexes.” Modern adaptations of the story range from the TV series and film, “10 Things I Hate About You,” to the hit musical, “Kiss Me Kate.” The high-energy comedy tracks the wildly spirited Kate and machisimo-driven Petruchio as they scream, fight and woo their way into one another’s heart.
Louisiana State University, Studio Theatre, Music & Dramatic Arts Building, Dalrymple Drive. www.swinepalace.org. ($10)
“SOUTH PACIFIC” – July 6-29
Epic musical romance centering on a group of American sailors and Navy nurses stationed in the South Pacific during World War II. Includes Rodgers and Hammerstein hits “Some Enchanted Evening,” “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair,” “Bali Ha’I,” “Happy Talk” and “There’s Nothing Like a Dame.”
Baton Rouge Little Theater, 7155 Florida Blvd., Baton Rouge. www.brlt.org. (225) 924-6496. ($29)
DOLLY PARTON’S “9 TO 5: The MUSICAL” – July 12-29
Three women – an overworked office manager, a jilted wife and an objectified secretary – conspire to depose their smarmy boss and begin making woman-friendly changes in the workplace.
Le Petit Theatre de Terrebonne, 7829 Main St., Houma. www.houmalittletheatre.com. (985) 876-4278 ($15)
“ANYTHING GOES” – July 12-15
Cole Porter’s classic focuses on the madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London. Stowaway Billy Crocker is in love with heiress Hope Harcourt, who is engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Billy gets a little help wooing Hope from his pals, nightclub singer Reno Sweeney and Public Enemy No. 13, Moonface Martin.
Tulane University, 104 Dixon Hall, New Orleans. http://summerlyric.tulane.edu. (504) 865-5269. ($28)
“C’EST LA VIE” – July 13-15
It’s 1950 Paris in a smoky little cabaret called Chez Laplee. Irresistible songbirds Dominique and Fatiguee melt your troubles away.
Mid City Theatre, 3540 Toulouse St., New Orleans. www.MidCityTheatre.com. (504) 488-1460. ($20)
“THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (Abridged)” – July 17-22
Three actors perform all 37 works of the immortal bard and is described as “90 minutes of high-speed, over-the-top hilarity.”
LSU’s Studio Theatre, 105 Music & Dramatic Arts Building, Baton Rouge. www.swinepalace.org. (225) 578-3527. ($10)
“DEBAUCHERY” – July 18
A soap opera about a wealthy, eccentric family just trying to find love, family and infamy in New Orleans. Will Buff tell Cartier that he’s really Nick – long lost husband of her sister, Chanel? Will Chanel continue her marriage to dull, predictable Larsen, or will she consummate her coitus-interuptus honeymoon with Nick, who is now Buff? And, if Buff was impotent during his marriage to Cartier, who fathered the twins?
Southern Rep, 365 Canal St., Suite 34, New Orleans. www.southernrep.com. (504) 523-9857. ($10)
“THE SHAKER CHAIR” – July 20-28
In a world filled with uncertainties, Marion finds solace in her routines until a friend convinces her to join an overnight mission to protest a pig farm spewing sewage into the community’s ground water. When the mission gets out of her comfort zone, Marion faces tough questions: What do you do when the systems in place no longer effectively protect the people and the land they live on? Is it more dangerous to respond to injustice with violence or to do nothing at all? If you do not stand up for community, who will?
AllWays Lounge & Theatre, 2240 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans. theallwayslounge.com. (504) 218-5778. ($20)
“6X6” – July 25
Six staged readings of new 10-minute plays exploring local themes.
Southern Rep, 365 Canal St., Suite 34, New Orleans. www.southernrep.com. (504) 523-9857. ($10)
“THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE” – July 26-29 and Aug. 2-4
Six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn’t everything and that losing doesn’t necessarily make you a loser. This tale of overachievers’ angst chronicles the experience of youth vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime.
Thibodaux Playhouse, Wetlands Acadian Cultural Theatre, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve, 314 St., Thibodaux. www.thibodauxplayhouse.com. (985) 446-1896 ($20)
“SEUSSICAL” – June 27-July 1
Horton the Elephant finds himself faced with a double challenge – not only must he protect his tiny friend Jojo (and all the invisible Whos) from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must also guard an abandoned egg, left to his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him, the only one who recognizes “his kind and his powerful heart.”
St. John Theatre, 115 W. 4th St., Reserve. www.stjohntheatre.com. (985) 536-6630.
Three actors perform all 37 works of the immortal bard.
