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In the Historic 1927 Downtown Arabian Theatre -- 5th Avenue -- Laurel, Mississippi Ticket Info
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 Wizard of Oz August 18-21 & 26-27 |
 A Tuna Christmas December 8-11, 2011 |
 Streetcar Named Desire February 23-26, 2012 |
 Visions of Broadway April 19-22, 2012 |
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Tragic Characters A Streetcar Named Desire February 23-26, 2012 Directed by It's the Pulitzer Prize winning play written by Mississippi native Tennessee Williams, and features Laurel's own most famous fictional character, Blanche DuBois. Some say Blanche was based on a notorious real-life teacher from our area that was run out of town because of her shady reputation. She ended up living in New Orleans' steamy French Quarter with her sister and brother-in-law, Stella and Stanley Kowalski. Blanche is a fading relic of the Old South, but a classic Southern belle who delivers that famous line "Whoever you are, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." A Streetcar Named Desire opened on Broadway in 1947, and had a highly successful NYC revival in 1992 starring Jessica Lange and Alec Baldwin. It's won eight Tony Awards in its various Broadway productions, and negotiations are now underway for a Spring 2012 NYC revival with Blair Underwood set to play Stanley. The 1951 movie with Vivian Leigh and Marlon Brando was a huge hit as well, and won four Academy Awards. Locally, our own LLT production in 1978 was breathtakingly headlined by one of original theatre founders, Page Harris.
Director Amanda Robertson Gwin will be looking for a full cast of Southern
characters. Come on down, ladies, if you're a Blanche or a Stella.....and men, she's
gonna need a big ol' brute of a man to play Stanley!
Musical Characters Visions of Broadway April 19-22, 2012 Directed by Frankie Bennett It's a season ending musical revue!
Broadway is brimming with great musicals that sometimes bypass local community theatres.
Next spring, Visions of Broadway-A Frankie B. Revue will bring to
life the songs from those shows right on our very own LLT stage. Gracing the Arabian
audiences will be musical characters from classics that have been recently revived on
Broadway such as Guys & Dolls and West Side Story; show tunes from
current Broadway hits that have never been produced on the LLT stage (but might one day!)
such as Mary Poppins, Catch Me If You Can, and Follies; and even great
musical numbers from shows that possibly will never come to the local stage in
their entirety due to limitations of budget, size or content such as Young Frankenstein
and Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Director Frankie Bennett has put together
her own Visions of Broadway with a revue that is certain
to be star-studded with many of your favorite LLT performers.
Children's Characters Alice in Wonderland May 31-June 10, 2012 Directed by Brenda Parker It's our annual Summer Kid's Camp with an intensive one week workshop where students will have the unique learning opportunity to gain both on-stage and off-stage experience. The students will learn the audition, rehearsal and performance process, and have an unbelievably memorable time doing it. Kids have an unbounding imagination, and their desire to sing and dance and participate in the performing arts will make for a highlight of their summer. Seasoned LLT veteran performers and directors will lead classes this week in workshops that will enrich the kids' lives and will culminate with performances of Disney's musical version of Lewis Carroll's madcap adventure, Alice In Wonderland. It's full of all those great children's characters like the Mad Hatter, Twiddledum & Tweedledee, the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the mad Queen of Hearts and of course, Alice herself. The show features memorable Disney songs "I'm Late," "The Unbirthday Song," and "Zip-A-Dee-Do-Dah." Director Brenda Parker will head up the camp that will be open to students from 1st grade through college. Pre-registration is required since the camp will sell out in advance. To make sure you receive info and details on registering, drop a line to LLTLaurelMS@aol.com to be included on our mailing list. THE ARABIAN GETS SOME TLC!!! 
New balcony window treatment gets installed on the front of the Arabian Theatre
The Arabian was originally built in 1927 behind a portion of the Pinehurst Hotel with a common wall
joining the two. Ever since the Pinehurst was demolished in 1988 and left us with a bare front wall,
we've dreamed of adding decorative features to our front exterior so the Arabian would look more like
the theatres that were built back in the 1920s.
A Super-Special Find!! Look at This NEWLY RECOVERED HISTORIC This stained glass piece originally hung in the Pinehurst Hotel to mark a secret side entrance into the Arabian Theatre. That entrance was closed sometime in the late 40s or early 50s, and the stained glass piece was saved by someone on the demolition crew that was tearing down the Pinehurst in 1988. His family recently uncovered it and we were able to eventually pick it up for our own collection. It was just unveiled to the public and is now hanging in the foyer of the Arabian, but will eventually be moved to the new "Pinehurst Room" addition we hope to build in the next couple of years. REMEMBER LLT IN YOUR GIFT GIVING
As a non-profit organization, LLT has always depended upon "the kindness of strangers". We've survived
and thrived for 51 years thanks to the great support of everyone in the community.
BACKSTAGE VOLUNTEERS We're always looking for folks that would like to help backstage on sets, props and costumes. Do you sew? Like to help slap some paint on a wall? Do a little hammering? Drop us a line. |
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Coming up at the Arabian February 23-26 Our 51st Season's Drama
A Streetcar February 27-28 Auditions
Visions of Broadway
NEW ARCHIVES
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NEW SHOWTIMES!!! We'll start all of our evening performances this season at 7:30PM instead of the old 8:00PM start time. Sunday matinees will still begin at 2PM. As always, the auditorium opens a half hour before each performance.
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Buy a season membership ticket and you get 4 punches to use through the year to see all of our
productions. BLAST FROM THE PAST LLT began in 1961 and our Arabian Theatre was opened in 1927. We'll feature old photos in this section that will change frequently. 
2008-Arabian Proscenium Arch Click image to enlarge. NOWICKI & HUGHES STAR IN A TUNA CHRISTMAS 
Jackie Thomas & Steven Nowicki from 1998's Little Shop of Horrors 
Ken Culpepper, Wess Hughes & Edward Boone from 1982's memorable 1776 GOT ANY OLD PHOTOS OR STORIES OF LLT OR THE ARABIAN??? We're looking for more old pictures of the Arabian Theatre, or any of the 197 shows we've produced at LLT over the last five decades. If you have any, you can scan and email it to us at LLTLaurelMS@aol.com, or drop a line and we'll just borrow it long enough to make a copy and return the original to you. If you have a great story you'd like to share, write it up and send it on. We'll be sharing throughout the season on our website. |
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P. O. Box 2131 Laurel, MS 39442 LLTLaurelMS@aol.com Reservations And Ticket Info 601.428.0140 (reservations taken only the week of each show) |