Showing posts with label Lafayette High School. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lafayette High School. Show all posts
Friday, February 4, 2011
Theatre--Performance (Musical Theatre) Cancellations
The Lafayette High School musical Into the Woods have postponed their Friday performance. Tomorrow (Saturday) night's performance will go on as scheduled and a performance has been added on Monday night (February 7th) at 7 pm.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Theatre--Performance
Lafayette High School presents Little Shop of Horrors! opening to the public on Thursday, April 23rd and running until Saturday, April 25th. Tickets are $7 and are available in the front office of the school. Performances begin at 7 pm.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Theatre--Review
Ray Blum reviews Lafayette High School's production of Guys and Dolls in the April 25th edition of the Daily Advertiser.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Theatre--Review
This is the first review by Donald "Doc" Voorhies. Doc has been active as a player and director with both Evangeline Players and IPAL since 2006. He most recently directed Little Shop of Horrors in New Iberia and is presently in To Kill a Mockingbird in St. Martinville.
Guys and Dolls, the legendary Frank Loesser musical, is fifty-eight. But as presented by Lafayette High School as its spring musical, it has a vitality, excitement, and quality that makes every moment a joy! Guys and Dolls tells the story of Nathan Detroit, a New York City Gambler, and his fiancée (for 14 years) Adelaide. The plot centers on Nathan’s efforts to find a place for “the game” and Adelaide’s efforts to get Nathan to actually marry her. Filled with great musical numbers, including at least five songs that became (what used to be called) hits, it provides great humor, great dance, and great song.
The large cast of students at Lafayette High certainly lived up to the potential of the show. Leading the cast was Josh Coen as Nathan and Alex Hollerman as Adelaide. Coen’s singing and acting brought out the schemer in Nathan, and entertained the audience throughout. Hollerman was simply sensational as Adelaide – whether belting out songs like “Bushel and a Peck” or enthralling the audience with the humor and melodies of “Adelaide’s Lament,” her accent (remarkable), stage presence (formidable) and abilities (numerous) brought down the house. These leads were ably assisted by Jared Price as Sky Masterson and Alicia Neto as Sarah Brown who gave a most realistic interpretation of the secondary love story and by Phillip Boudreaux, Josef Rowe, and Johnny Johnson as sidekicks and co-conspirators with Detroit. Seth Minix was perfect as the serious Arvide.
Production values were high. Particularly well executed in this production were the large (very large) production numbers like “Bushel and a Peck” and “Take Back Your Mink” (doll night club numbers) and “Luck Be a Lady” (guy dance number) and “Havana” (a night club number). These were done with humor, originality, and dancing skill remarkable for high school students. The set and costumes were evocative of the 50’s era, and transitions between the many and varied scenes were virtually instantaneous. The rather large band was “right on” and did not overwhelm and singers on stage. Both the overture and exit music were an enjoyable concert in their own right. Bravo!
Director Paula Horn is to be congratulated for such an ambitious undertaking, done with such fidelity to the original. The discipline and coordination of the cast, stage crew, and musicians was remarkable. Choreographer Allison Barron, musical directors Holly Grefe and Marcus McCullough, and band director Scotty Walker brought the kids in the show up to a standard not always reached in a High School Musical. In the finale the entire cast (I believe over 70) was on stage and it was a remarkable sight to see! Luck was a lady to me and other theatergoers that night!
--Donald "Doc" Voorhies
Guys and Dolls, the legendary Frank Loesser musical, is fifty-eight. But as presented by Lafayette High School as its spring musical, it has a vitality, excitement, and quality that makes every moment a joy! Guys and Dolls tells the story of Nathan Detroit, a New York City Gambler, and his fiancée (for 14 years) Adelaide. The plot centers on Nathan’s efforts to find a place for “the game” and Adelaide’s efforts to get Nathan to actually marry her. Filled with great musical numbers, including at least five songs that became (what used to be called) hits, it provides great humor, great dance, and great song.
The large cast of students at Lafayette High certainly lived up to the potential of the show. Leading the cast was Josh Coen as Nathan and Alex Hollerman as Adelaide. Coen’s singing and acting brought out the schemer in Nathan, and entertained the audience throughout. Hollerman was simply sensational as Adelaide – whether belting out songs like “Bushel and a Peck” or enthralling the audience with the humor and melodies of “Adelaide’s Lament,” her accent (remarkable), stage presence (formidable) and abilities (numerous) brought down the house. These leads were ably assisted by Jared Price as Sky Masterson and Alicia Neto as Sarah Brown who gave a most realistic interpretation of the secondary love story and by Phillip Boudreaux, Josef Rowe, and Johnny Johnson as sidekicks and co-conspirators with Detroit. Seth Minix was perfect as the serious Arvide.
Production values were high. Particularly well executed in this production were the large (very large) production numbers like “Bushel and a Peck” and “Take Back Your Mink” (doll night club numbers) and “Luck Be a Lady” (guy dance number) and “Havana” (a night club number). These were done with humor, originality, and dancing skill remarkable for high school students. The set and costumes were evocative of the 50’s era, and transitions between the many and varied scenes were virtually instantaneous. The rather large band was “right on” and did not overwhelm and singers on stage. Both the overture and exit music were an enjoyable concert in their own right. Bravo!
Director Paula Horn is to be congratulated for such an ambitious undertaking, done with such fidelity to the original. The discipline and coordination of the cast, stage crew, and musicians was remarkable. Choreographer Allison Barron, musical directors Holly Grefe and Marcus McCullough, and band director Scotty Walker brought the kids in the show up to a standard not always reached in a High School Musical. In the finale the entire cast (I believe over 70) was on stage and it was a remarkable sight to see! Luck was a lady to me and other theatergoers that night!
--Donald "Doc" Voorhies
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Theatre--Performance
Lafayette High School will present Guys and Dolls, beginning with two school performances on April 16th and 17th at 9:15 am at Lafayette High. Tickets for those performances will be $5.00.
The evening opening performance will be on Thursday, April 17th and run through Saturday the 19th. The shows will start at 7 pm. Tickets will be $10.
For more information, call (337)984-4327.
The evening opening performance will be on Thursday, April 17th and run through Saturday the 19th. The shows will start at 7 pm. Tickets will be $10.
For more information, call (337)984-4327.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Theatre--Article
Herman Fusilier has written an article about the upcoming Lafayette High production of Guys and Dolls in the April 11th edition of the Daily Advertiser.
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