BITTER/SWEET: A celebration of thwarted ambition, unrequited love and hilarious disappointment is a new cabaret show playing at Le Chat Noir (weekends in May) that savors agony and ecstasy, pleasure and pain! Featuring the vocal talents of four of New Orleans' rising theatre talents, it's a musical journey through the Broadway and pop songbook, with old favorites and new surprises. The young adult cast of Richard Arnold, Trina Beck, Natalie Boyd, Meredith Long, and Michael Tramontin tells personal stories through both Broadway and pop songbook lyrics and tunes, with old favorites and new surprises. Conceived by Richard Arnold and Sean ...Read More
BITTER/SWEET: A celebration of thwarted ambition, unrequited love and hilarious disappointment is a new cabaret show playing at Le Chat Noir (weekends in May) that savors agony and ecstasy, pleasure and pain! Featuring the vocal talents of four of New Orleans' rising theatre talents, it's a musical journey through the Broadway and pop songbook, with old favorites and new surprises. The young adult cast of Richard Arnold, Trina Beck, Natalie Boyd, Meredith Long, and Michael Tramontin tells personal stories through both Broadway and pop songbook lyrics and tunes, with old favorites and new surprises. Conceived by Richard Arnold and Sean Patterson, who also serves as Writer and Director. Musical Direction by Frankie Kelly.
"It's really interesting to see where the musical compass of a younger generation of cabaret stars points; this is not your mother's sacrosanct Rogers and Hammerstein Revue, but it stays true to the great cabaret tradition of selecting songs (both from newer Broadway shows and the pop charts) with lyrics that tell personal stories and speak to the audience through the vocalists. This may be the brave new world that keeps the art form of cabaret alive and vibrant!" Barbara Motley, Le Chat Noir
Dates: Previews Friday-Saturday, May 4-5 (reduced rate). Opens Friday, May 10th. Thursdays at 8pm (May 17) Fridays at 8pm (May 4,11,18,25) Saturdays at 8pm (May 5,12,19,26) Sunday at 2pm (May 13)
Sunday at 8pm (May 27) *Special Actors' performance with reduced drink prices during and after the show
Tickets: $26, which includes a $5 bar credit (Call (504) 581-5812).
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