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Sunday, October 27, 2019

There's No Place Like the Theatre

The Wizard of Oz in Lake Charles for One More Performance

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A girl named Dorothy stands surrounded by a bunch of small people and she look astounded as she is handed a giant cloud-like lollipop. As ...
Friday, October 18, 2019

Hairspray Jr. Is Not Something to Be Mist

Play Takes Place Two More Times in Lake Charles

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A bunch of students stand in a yard playing some sort of dodgeball game that has many balls and not just one. In the front for everybody t...
Saturday, September 28, 2019

A Year with Frog and Toad Jumps to It

Play Takes Place Two More Times in Lake Charles, Louisiana

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A snail stands in the middle of the stage singing a song about how fast it can deliver the mail. Of course, it has been months since the ...
Sunday, September 15, 2019

Noises Off in Lake Charles, Louisiana for Six More Performances

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The director sits down and he immediately stands up because a cactus attacked his butt, or at least that is how it might as well have been ...
Saturday, May 11, 2019

Annie Jr. in Lake Charles, LA for Three More Performances

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A group of female orphans sing and dance on stage while one jumps into a huge laundry bin. Another one joins the first in the laundry bin...
Thursday, May 2, 2019

Spring Awakening in Lake Charles, LA for Three More Performances

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A group of 19th century German boys sit in a classroom reciting rote literature. When the teacher goes to talk to somebody else, a couple ...
Saturday, April 13, 2019

Bye Bye Birdie in Lake Charles, LA for Eight More Performances

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A crowd stands on a train platform with two reporters each trying to get a story about the singer Conrad Birdie. Whenever something is abo...
Saturday, March 30, 2019

The Little Mermaid, Jr. in Lake Charles for Two More Performances

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A bunch of seagulls dance and sing about how wonderful human stuff is. The birds argue over some of the terms humans use and all of the hu...
Saturday, February 9, 2019

Forever Plaid in Lake Charles, LA for Seven More Performances

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Four young singers in doo wop group similar to The Platters and The Diamonds, stand on stage singing into really long handles of plungers. ...
Friday, January 11, 2019

Songs for a New World in LakeCharles, LA for Two More Performanes!

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A woman walks along a balcony and sing and almost screams to Murray about the things that he never buys her. She lets him know she knows a...
Monday, December 17, 2018

Blog will be back

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I'm sorry that I've not written a blog in a long time. I am not exactly sure what happened to me, but I have had to take a break ...
Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Hypocrite - Theatre Etymology - Part 53

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Most people know that if they call somebody a hypocrite, that means they think that the person is pretending to be one way or pretends that...
Sunday, November 25, 2018

Hanky-Panky - Theatre Etymology - Part 52

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When people today hear "hanky-panky," they tend to think that it has to do with people engaging in sexual activity. After all, t...
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Saturday, November 24, 2018

Winter Wonderettes in Lake Charles, LA for Seven More Performances!

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Four girls, each dressed in their own color dress, stand in a line, singing Christmas carols. They've been hired as the entertainment f...
Saturday, November 17, 2018

Explode - Theatre Etymology - Part 51

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Most people know that explode basically means to burst open and usually to scatter pieces of whatever burst open all over the place. Of cou...
Thursday, November 15, 2018

Twinkle Toes - Theatre Etymology - Part 50

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If somebody is called twinkle toes, it tends to mean that he or she is light on his or her feet. It may also mean that the person is a goo...
Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Strut Your Stuff - Theatre Etymology - Part 49

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If you strut your stuff, it means that you act with confidence or that you show off your talents or fashion with pride. It can also mean t...
Tuesday, November 13, 2018

To Sing a Different Tune - Theatre Etymology - Part 48

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If somebody sings a different tune, it means they have changed their opinion about an issue or a person. This often means from bad to good...
Monday, November 12, 2018

To Get Into the Groove - Theatre Etymology - Part 47

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If you get into the groove of something, it means that you become comfortable with doing that thing. Today, it is used in the theatre to m...
Sunday, November 11, 2018

To Drag Your Feet - Theatre Etymology - Part 46

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To drag you feet can have a literal meaning of actually not picking up your feet and dragging them along the floor so a part of the foot to...
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