Press Release: Southern Rep presents The Piano Teacher
Southern Rep presents The Piano Teacher
Southern Rep finishes its 23rd season with the regional premiere of the Off-Broadway hit The Piano Teacher.
The play begins as the story of a sweet, lonely, cookie-loving piano teacher but becomes a chilling mystery that keeps you guessing until the very end. Mrs. K lives alone, in a world of her own creation, but when she has the impulse to call her former piano students, two of them respond in a way she does not expect. It is a subtle and complex play that takes us down dark corridors with a woman who just wants to imagine a life that has always been simple and happy.
Review: Grey Gardens
A review by Bradley Troll
Leslie Castay and Janet Shea. Photo by John Barrois
"That's Grey Gardens for you," says George Gould Strong, Edith Beale's accompanist and sycophant, "Those on the outside clamoring to get in-those on the inside dying to get out." The world of this East Hampton estate centers around nothing more than those who come, those who go, and those who remain. But nearly forty years after the the world was shocked to discover the fate of Grey Gardens and its inhabitants, we continue to clamor for a peak inside one of America's most fascinating homes and families.
Press Release: Southern Rep and Le Petit present Grey Gardens
Southern Rep and Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré present the regional premiere of Grey Gardens: The Musical, directed by Southern Rep Artistic Director Aimée Hayes. This Tony Award-winning musical is being presented at Le Petit Theatre in the French Quarter starting May 6th and running through May 23rd.
The musical is based on the 1920’s documentary of Jackie O’s strange relations Big Edie and Little Edie Beale. This infamous mother daughter duo are a true “riches-to-rags” story, two giddily eccentric women who started as American aristocrats and ended up secluded in their decaying genteel mansion Grey Gardens.
Press Release: UNO presents Our Town
Theatre UNO will present the final production of its 2009-2010 season, Our Town on the Robert E. Nims stage beginning Thursday April 22 - Sunday May 2. All curtains are at 7:30 p.m. except the Sunday May 2 performance which will be at 2:30 p.m. For more information, please call 280-SHOW (7469). Tickets can also be purchased at the door prior to each performance.
Press Release: JPAS presents Footloose
The Jefferson Performing Arts Society (JPAS) is proud to kick off 2010 with the explosive musical FOOTLOOSE to the stage! Based on the popular 80's movie starring Kevin Bacon, JPAS' production of FOOTLOOSE, The Musical brings together a vibrant cast with the rockin' rhythms of 80's pop hits that is sure to have you on your feet and cutting Footloose! Behind the scenes, JPAS' FOOTLOOSE technical staff has designed a production that relies primarily on recycled and reused materials in an effort to make this production not only technically spectacular but also environmentally conscious. Directed and Choreographed by Frannie Rosenberg and Musically Directed by Natalie True, FOOTLOOSE is on stage January 29, 30 and February 5, 6 at 7:30PM and January 31 and February 7 at 2PM at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 400 Phlox Street in Metairie. Tickets are $15 for children (12 and under), $20 for students (with valid ID), $25-30 for seniors (65+)/military and $30-35 for adults. Group Discounts for 10+ available! For tickets call 504.885.2000 or visit Starring P. J. McKinne, Angela Paple, David Jacobs and Scott Sauber.
Press Release: JPAS presents Beauty and the Beast
Disney’s Broadway Smash Hit BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is back by popular demand just in time for the holiday season! Disney’s animated masterpiece attains new life and depth in this Tony Award-winning stage version. Step into the enchanted world of this modern Broadway classic that includes all the wonderful songs from the movie, as well as new ones created especially for the live show. The JPAS Production of DISNEY’S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is on stage Saturdays at 7:30PM and Sundays at 2PM, November 28 through December 13, 2009 at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 400 Phlox Street in Metairie. Tickets are $15 for children (12 and under), $20 for students (with valid ID), $25-30 for seniors (65+)/military and $30-35 for adults. Group Discounts for 10+ available! For tickets call 504.885.2000 or visit www.jpas.org.
Press Release: UNO Hosts Louisiana College Theatre Festival
Theatre UNO is pleased to announce the Louisiana College Theatre Festival, a part of the Kennedy Center American 
College Theatre Festival (KCACTF), as a special event in their 2009-2010 season.
The four day festival will include performances from NINE universities from across the state of Louisiana. This is one of the largest KCACTF state theatre festivals Louisiana has seen in quite some time.
Press Release: Silent Night of the Lambs
Put on your parkas and shine your snow boots: Running With Scissors is heading north for the holidays - waaaaay north! We're flying far above the Arctic Circle, to the land of Santa Claus, sleigh bells, and suspense, with Ryan Landry's camp comedy, Silent Night of the Lambs!
Life on the North Pole ain't what it used to be: Rudolph's long gone, Kris Kringle's in jail, and as if that weren't enough, now someone's offing the holiday's brightest stars! First, the Little Match Girl, then Tiny Tim -- jiminy Christmas, who's next?
Review: I Am My Own Wife
A review by Bradley Troll
A light touch of her pearls, a soft swish of the matronly black apron over the black lace of a modest skirt. She turns a squeaky crank and delicately places the needle to the record as the soft static of an Edison phonograph prepares to tell its symphonic story. Behind her--antiques. Clocks, record players, sideboards... looming just behind the lace scrim screens. And on a table, small representations of these things, lingering memories of the grandeur of her famous museum in Bernlin-Mahlsdorf.
JPAS Needs Your Help
While attending the delightful production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast at JPAS this past weekend (take your kids, it's a
wonderful evening!), an alarming situation was brought to my attention. We here at TheatreBelowSeaLevel urge you to read the following letter and give JPAS the support and help it so desperately needs and deserves.
AN URGENT LETTER FROM THE BOARD OF JEFFERSON PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY: The Jefferson Performing Arts Society (JPAS) is capable, uniquely qualified and has earned the right to manage the new Jefferson Performing Arts Center. Read more...