Fall may not be within the air, however it appears to be a superb time to go over the rainbow and take a look at a number of the upcoming productions set for native phases. Dance the yellow brick street from Tulane College to a theater in Slidell.
‘And your little canine, too.’
Toto
Dorothy, Toto, her trio of tagalongs and a few witches hit the stage through a twister (probably not) for Slidell Little Theatre’s staging of “The Wizard of Oz,” opening Aug. 22.
Based mostly on the L. Frank Baum 1900 kids’s ebook and the traditional 1939 MGM film, the stage musical options most of the beloved songs, together with “Over the Rainbow,” “We’re Off to See the Wizard” and “Munchkinland (Ding Canine! The Witch is Useless!).”
Heather Orgeron
Scott Sauber directs the Royal Shakespeare Co.’s model of the story that has Dorothy transported to a fantasy land the place she should defeat one depraved witch (the home already killed her sister) and assist her get house, alongside along with her fixed companion, Toto, the Cairn terrier.
Taking part in Dorothy is Lilly Monchgesang, with Heather Orgeron because the Depraved Witch of the West, Fred Martinez because the Wizard of Oz and Trenton Gilmore, Michael Chandler and Juleea Berthelot because the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion. Muffy Vanderbilt is Glinda, with Emily Maurer as Aunt Em and Lucas Bissett as Uncle Henry. Noach Osborne is the Captain of the Guard and Matthew Hitchcock is Nikko the cash commander.
Fred Martinez
Ensemble members embody Isabella Binder, Madison Bywater, Logan Chitwood, Adeline Devereux, Joshua Evans, Annaliese Giardina, Juliana Giardina, London Hauck, Brayden Heritage, Isabella Hosch, Danny Jepson, Lukas Jepson, Veronica Knock, Olivia Loomis, Angela Luque, Benjamin Luque, Nicholas Luque, Victoria Mattern, Lola Penton, Annie Rawle, Cecelia Rawle, Graham Rhodes, Audrie Saint Cyr, Maura Sandoz, Adaline Shehadeh, Sawyer Smith, Olsen Spilling, Sonni Talamo, Avery Thompson, Emily Thompson, Millie Tiblier and Olivia Vicidomina.
The present at 2024 Nellie Drive is at 7:30 p.m. (a brand new time for the playhouse) on Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays, plus Saturday matinees Aug. 30 and Sept. 6, by way of Sept 7 at 2024 Nellie Drive.
Tickets begin at $25. Go to slidelllittletheatre.org.
‘Dance Nation’ a previous efficiency at Tulane College’s Lupin Theatre, featured Victoria Visitor, Erin Weiss, Nya Philips, Douglas Corcoran, Sydney Schneider, Kelly Bond, Arushi Thakur and Jeffery Gunshol.
Tulane season forward
The Mainstage Season at Tulane College’s College of Liberal Arts features a broad palette of theater and dance starting from classics to new works and bounty of skills.
The theatrical choices begin with “The Lesson,” Eugene Inesco’s absurdist one-act play a couple of professor and his scholar and a revolving storyline. The present will run Oct. 15-19 on the Lupin Theatre, directed by Antony Sandoval.
“The Squirrels” by Robert Askins is a black comedy a couple of mixed-race household of squirrels, greed and prejudice. Ryder Thornton directs the present that runs Nov. 11-20 at Lupin.
Louisa Could Alcott’s novel is the idea for “Little Girls,” a musical that can be co-produced by the Newcomb Division of Music. The story of a Northern household of daughters throughout the Civil Battle can be directed by Laura Waringer and run April 15-19 at Lupin.
“Above the Oaks” begins the dance program for the college, with a night of scholar choreography underneath college adviser Jeffrey Gunshol. It is going to be staged Oct. 22-23 at McWilliams Corridor Dance Lab 300.
Dixon Corridor would be the website for “An Night of Dance” that includes the Newcomb Dance Firm performing works by Nora Gibson, visitor choreographer, and college choreographer Alice Pascal Escher, with others. The efficiency can be held Feb. 27 to March 1.
Tickets sometimes go on sale one month previous to the opening efficiency. For data, go to liberalarts.tulane.edu/theatre-dance/performances.
On stage this week, Aug. 14-20
Throughout a rehearsal, Mary Langley, enjoying Mary Warren, is questioned throughout the witch trials in ‘The Crucible,’ with, from left, Clint Johnson as Danforth, Ryan Bruce as Hathorne, Miles Hamauei as Hale and Jonathan Mares as Proctor.
“THE CRUCIBLE”: 7:30 p.m. Thursday; Massive Sofa, 1045 Need St. Fats Squirrel phases Arthur Miller’s fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that appears at betrayal, penalties and the way fact can typically grow to be a sufferer when hysteria takes maintain. Tickets begin at $25. fatsquirrelnola.sq..website.
“SCHOOL OF ROCK: THE MUSICAL”: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and a pair of:30 p.m. Sundays by way of Aug. 24; 30 by Ninety Theatre, 880 Lafayette St., Mandeville. Singer-without-a-band Dewey Finn turns the scholars of a snooty non-public faculty from honor rollers to onerous rock ‘n’ rollers to compete within the Battle of the Bands, all with out their dad and mom or the varsity directors discovering out. Tickets begin at $32. 30byninety.com.
