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November 2, 2008 - Chicago
Impresario's Friends and Jam Theatricals presents Chicago at the Monroe Civic Center W.L. "Jack" Howard Theatre, Monroe, LA November 2, 2008. Performance at 7:00 p.m.
Barry and Fran Weissler brought the concert version of Chicago, now titled Chicago: The Musical directly to Broadway, where it opened on November 14, 1996. The show set a record for recovering its initial costs faster than any other musical in history. This is likely due to the stripped down nature of the show: the set is nothing more than a giant bandstand, and the costumes are minimalist and black.
November 8, 2008 - Mario Carbotta, Flute
The Monroe Symphony Orchestra presents Mario Carbotta, Flute at the First Assembly of God, West Monroe, LA November 8, 2008. Performance at 7:00 p.m.
The Monroe Symphony Orchestra welcomes Italian flutist Mario Carbotta to open the 2008-2009 season in a program including Mozart�s beautiful Concerto No. 1 for Flute and Orchestra in G Major and Symphony No. 1 in D Major by Schubert.
Overture to Cosi fan tutte, K. 588 - Mozart
Concerto No. 1 for Flute and Orchestra in G Major, K. 313 - Mozart
Symphony No. 1 in D Major, D. 82 - Schubert
November 8, 2008 - Cavelleria Rusticana/ Pagliacci
The Shreveport Opera presents Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci at The RiverView Theater, 600 Clyde Fant Parkway, Shreveport, LA on Saturday, November 8, 2008. For tickets, call (318) 227-9503.
Cavalleria rusticana (Rustic Chivalry) is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from a Sicilian short story written by Giovanni Verga. Considered one of the classic verismo operas, it premiered on May 17, 1890 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome. Since 1893, it has often been performed in a so-called Cav/Pag double-bill with Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo.
November 21, 2008 - Fall Fusion Dance Concern
Theatre & Dance Works at ULM presents Fall Fusion Dance Concert at Brown Auditorium, 700 University Ave., Monroe, LA on November 21, 2008. For tickets, call (318) 342-3185.
November 22, 2008 - Cinderella
Louisiana Delta Ballet presents Cinderella Saturday, November 22, 2008. Performance at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $25 per person.
December 1, 2008 - Scrooge - A Christmas Carol
The Twin City Ballet Company presents Scrooge - A Christmas Carol at the Monroe Civic Center Jack Howard Theatre, Monroe, LA on October 18, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. For tickets, call (318) 388-3011.
Twin City Ballet Company will usher in the holiday season with Scrooge � A Christmas Carol. This delightful story is an adaptation of the Charles Dickens� classic and will entertain all ages with new choreography, sets and costumes. The evening will also showcase the Twin City Ballet Company dancers in new pieces that will reflect their passion for dance.
December 6, 2008 - Many Moods of Christmas
The Monroe Symphony Orchestra presents Many Moods of Christmas at the West Monroe Convention Center, West Monroe, LA Saturday, December 6, 2008. Performance at 4:00 p.m.
The sounds of the season will fill the West Monroe Convention Center as the Monroe Symphony Orchestra and the Monroe Symphony Chorus join together to present an afternoon of well-known holiday classics.
February 4, 2009 - Dance Theater of Harlem Ensemble
The Twin City Ballet Company presents The Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble at The University of Louisiana Brown Auditorium, Monroe, LA on February 4, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. For tickets, call (318)388-3011.
The Twin City Ballet Company and the University of Louisiana at Monroe�s School of Visual and Performing Arts are partnering to bring to Monroe the famed Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble�s Dancing Through Barriers. This interactive production is a lecture-performance with a special matinee for students as well as the evening family show. It will offer fine dancing, artistic insight and the important message: "You get out of life what you put in it."
February 5, 2009 - Dance Theater of Harlem
The Arts Council of Central Louisiana presents The Dance Theatre of Harlem at the Coughlin-Saunders Performing Arts Center, Alexandria, La on Thursday, February 5, 2009. Performance at 7:00 p.m. Call (318) 484-4474 for ticket prices.
Introduced more than 40 years ago by Arthur Mitchell as a "presentation on the art and science of the making of a dancer," The Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble will present a lecture-performance titled "Dancing Through the Barriers". Much like a "traveling university," this interactive production offers fine dancing and artistic insight with excerpts from the Dance Theatre of Harlem�s repertoire and several one-act ballets.
February 7, 2009 - Winter Pops Concert
The Monroe Symphony Orchestra presents Winter Pops Concert at the Monroe Civic Center Arena, Monroe, LA Saturday, February 7, 2009. Performance at 7:00 p.m.
The ever-popular Winter Pops Concert features award-winning piano virtuoso and versatile entertainer Vladimir Zaitsev. Zaitsev�s virtuosic performance offers a wide variety of musical selections while incorporating a Victor Borge style of comedy and the flamboyant air of Liberace.
February 22, 2009 - Hairspray
Impresario's Friends and Jam Theatricals presents Hairspray at the Monroe Civic Center W.L. "Jack" Howard Theatre, Monroe, LA February 22, 2009. Performance at 7:00 p.m.
Hairspray is a musical with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman and a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on the 1988 John Waters movie Hairspray. The songs include 1960s-style dance music and "downtown" rhythm and blues. In 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, plump teenager Tracy Turnblad's dream is to dance on The Corny Collins Show, a local TV dance program based on the real-life Buddy Deane Show. When Tracy wins a role on the show, she becomes a celebrity overnight. She then launches a campaign to racially integrate the show. "Hairspray" is a social commentary on the injustices of parts of American society in the 1960s.
March 28, 2009 - Susan Olson, Alto and Richard Seiler, Piano
The Monroe Symphony Orchestra presents Susan Olson, alto and Richard Seiler, piano at the Monroe Civic Center Jack Howard Theatre, Monroe, LA Saturday, March 28, 2009. Performance at 7:00 p.m.
Susan Olson, alto, and Richard Seiler, piano, appear as guest artists with the Monroe Symphony Orchestra in a program of all American music. These amazingly talented local artists will provide an evening of beautiful music.
Made in America - Tower
Piano Concerto - Anderson
Old American Songs - Copland
Chichester Psalms - Bernstein
March 28, 2009 - Cosi Fan Tutte
The Shreveport Opera presents Cosi Fan Tutte at The RiverView Theater, 600 Clyde Fant Parkway, Shreveport, LA on March 28, 2009. For tickets, call (318) 227-9503.
Cosi fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti (Thus Do They All, or The School For Lovers) K. 588, is an opera buffa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto was written by Lorenzo da Ponte.
Cosi fan tutte (often shortened to Cos� in the English-speaking world) is one of the three Mozart operas for which da Ponte wrote the libretto. The other two da Ponte-Mozart collaborations were Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni.
Cosi was written and composed at the suggestion of the Emperor Joseph II. The libretto was originally intended to be set to music by Mozart's contemporary Antonio Salieri but Salieri only completed parts of the first act and then broke off work on the opera.
The title, Cosi fan tutte, literally means "Thus do all [women]" but it is often translated as "Women are like that". The words are sung by the three men in Act II, Scene xiii, just before the finale. Da Ponte had used the line "Cos� fan tutte le belle" earlier in Le nozze di Figaro (in Act I, Scene vii).
April 2-5, 2009 - Anything Goes
Theater & Dance Works at ULM presents Anything Goes at Brown Auditorium, 700 University Ave., Monroe, LA on April 2-5, 2009. For tickets, call (318) 342-3185.
April 4, 2009 - Power & Grace: An Easter Celebration
Louisiana Delta Ballet presents Power & Grace: An Easter Celebration Saturday, April 4, 2009. Performance at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $20 per adult, $15 for students (17 and under) & seniors (55 and older).
April 17-19, 2009 - Ballet Under the Stars
The Twin City Ballet Company presents Ballet Under the Stars at the Kiroli Park Amphitheater, West Monroe, LA April 17-19, 2009. For tickets, call (318) 388-3011.
Twin City Ballet Company's eleventh annual Ballet Under the Stars will feature an enchanting eveing of original works choreographed especially for this venue. You�ll love being "under the stars" watching an evening of gorgeous entertainment featuring Twin City Ballet dancers at their best. Join us at the Amphitheater in West Monroe�s beautiful Kiroli Park for a magnificent finale for an extraordinary season created for dance lovers of all ages.
May 1, 2009 - Spring Fusion Dance Concert
Theatre & Dance Works at ULM presents Spring Fusion Dance Concert at Brown Auditorium, 700 University Ave., Monroe, LA on May 1, 2009. For tickets, call (318) 342-3185.
May 2, 2009 - Dust Poets
The Monroe Symphony Orchestra presents Dust Poets at Kiroli Park, West Monroe, LA Saturday, May 2, 2009. Performance at 6:00 p.m.
The Dust Poets, a five-piece acoustic folk-pop group from Canada, join the Monroe Symphony Orchestra for an enjoyable evening of music in beautiful Kiroli Park. Known for their infectious spirit, powerful stage presence, genre-bending originals, hot instrumental chops, and extraordinary four-part vocal harmonies, the Dust Poets offer an excellent conclusion to the 2008-2009 season.
May 2, 2009 - Manon Lescaut
The Shreveport Opera presents Manon Lescaut at The RiverView Theater, 600 Clyde Fant Parkway, Shreveport, LA on May 2, 2009. For tickets, call (318) 227-9503.
Manon Lescaut is an opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini. The story is based on the 1731 novel L�histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by the Abb� Pr�vost.
The libretto is in Italian. It was somehow cobbled together by five librettists whom Puccini employed (or went through): Ruggero Leoncavallo, Marco Praga, Giuseppe Giacosa, Domenico Oliva and Luigi Illica. The publisher, Giulio Ricordi, and the composer himself also contributed to the libretto. So confused was the authorship of the libretto that no one was credited on the title page of the original score.
May 24, 2009 - 3rd Annual Memorial Day USO Show
The Arts Council of Central Louisiana presents The 3rd Annual Memorial Day USO Show at the Coughlin-Saunders Performing Arts Center, Alexandria, La on Sunday, May 24, 2009. Performance at 3:00 p.m. Call (318) 484-4474 for ticket prices.
Central Louisiana's own Red River Jazz Band, will present its third annual "USO Big Band Celebration." The 20-plus member band, under the direction of James "Boosie" Lacombe, will perform a list of big band classics from Glen Miller, Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey and other beloved jazz composers. Sit back and enjoy the music or share a dance with your favorite partner on the dance floor.
2008
November 2, 2008 - Chicago
November 8, 2008 - Mario Carbotta, Flute
November 8, 2008 - Cavelleria Rusticana/ Pagliacci
November 21, 2008 - Fall Fusion Dance Concern
December 1, 2008 - Scrooge - A Christmas Carol
December 6, 2008 - Many Moods of Christmas
2009
February 4, 2009 - Dance Theater of Harlem Ensemble
February 5, 2009 - Dance Theater of Harlem
February 7, 2009 - Winter Pops Concert
February 22, 2009 - Hairspray
March 28, 2009 - Susan Olson, Alto and Richard
Seiler, Piano
March 28, 2009 - Cosi Fan Tutte
April 2-5, 2009 - Anything Goes
April 4, 2009 - Power & Grace: An Easter Celebration
April 17-19, 2009 - Ballet Under the Stars
May 1, 2009 - Spring Fusion Dance Concert
May 2, 2009 - Dust Poets
May 2, 2009 - Manon Lescaut
May 24, 2009 - 3rd Annual Memorial Day USO Show
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