Monday, February 15, 2021


                                                 l-r: Theresa Sharp, Rachael Knapps, Skylar
                                                        Broussard, and Jennifer Bullock


Clear the Decks! Light the Lights!  The Magic is Back!!

Slidell Little Theatre is ready to re-open its doors! Little Shop of Horrors opens on February 26th - with socially distanced seating so don’t be left out…reserve your tickets now! As safety is our first concern, all parties will be socially-distanced and masks are required. Go to our website at: www.SlidellLittleTheatre.org to reserve your seats now.

Skyler Broussard and Larry Johnson, Jr. 

And now a page from the Way Back Machine…SLT 2009!






Want to design a poster for one of the shows for SLT’s 2021-2022 season? We are looking for amateur or professional graphic artists of all ages to design a poster. Artists whose work is selected will receive their published work in poster form and two tickets to their show. If interested, please email: vpmarketing@SlidellLittleTheatre.org


Pandemic Picks

More movies and series to stream while you are waiting for the theatre to open….

This time we are recommending the Canadian Broadcasting Company’s series, Slings and Arrows. This dark comedy series follows the fictional New Burbage Shakespeare Festival company. Each six-show season follows the off -stage lives of the company and on-stage development of one of Shakespeare’s plays (Hamlet – season 1, Macbeth – season 2 and Hamlet- season 3). A funny and all-too-true look at “Life Upon the Wicked Stage.”

You can watch it free on YouTube.


Broadway Bakin’

In the issue, we devote this space to the Brits! Our own SLT version of the Great English Bake-off. Ready...Set...Bake!

First off, Dame Judi Dench’s recipe for Rum and Chocolate Fudge. 

(We’ll let you figure out the metrics…)

Ingredients


How to: 

Base line a 22cm square pan.

Put the sugar, double cream and the liquid glucose in a heavy-based large pan.

Heat slowly together, stirring continually, until all the sugar is melted. Once the sugar is melted bring slowly to a boil stirring very occasionally and gently just to make sure the mixture does not burn.

Boil gently (this may take about 20 minutes) until the mixture reaches a temperature of 118°C on a sugar thermometer or when the mixture forms a soft ball when a little is dropped from a teaspoon into cold water.

Turn off the heat and add the rum flavouring and milk chocolate beat really well until smooth. Pour into the prepared tin. Be very careful when pouring this, as it can be very hot.

Leave the fudge to set overnight in the fridge. Turn out and cut into squares.


And finally... because there’s nothing like a stiff martini to wash down fudge…

James Cordon and Stanley Tucci Make a Martini

Cheers! To Your Very Good Health!
















Monday, February 1, 2021

 


Curtain Up!!!!!

The SLT stage will soon be lit again as the Little Shop of Horrors opens for business.  The first mainstage production since the COVID-19 closure, Little Shop opens February 26th and runs through March 14th. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m.

Director Larry Johnson, Jr. has reassembled many of the actors cast last Spring before the shutdown. Familiar faces to SLT audiences will include Skylar Broussard, Jennifer Bullock, Nicholas Anthony Smith, along with Larry Johnson, Jr. Derrick Schlumbrect returns to the SLT stage after moving back to the Slidell area.

Seating will be limited. SLT adheres to all CDC COVID-19 protocols. For ticket information, visit the SLT website at www.SlidellLittleTheatre.org






Pandemic Picks

While we are all waiting for live theatres to open, we thought we would give you some of our favorite at-home movies and shows that are about all things theatrical.

For starters, check out the hysterical Waiting for Guffman, the "mockumentary" about the small-town community of Blaine, Missouri, as they prepare for the 150th anniversary of their town by putting on an elaborate stage play. Hoping to create a triumphant work, they pin their hopes and dreams on an outrageous former New York theater director who promises to deliver a famous Broadway producer in time for the premiere.

This 1997 film features Schitt’s Creek stars Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara along with Christopher Guest and Fred Willard as all the “theatre types” you know only too well. Rated R. Available for rent on YouTube or Prime.


Broadway Bakin’

These days,  when we’re not bingin’ – we’re bakin’!  So let’s get Baking with the Stars…

Julie Andrew's Carrot Cake

For the cakes

Ingredients

§  1 + ¾ cups pastry flour

§  2 + ¼ ounces corn meal

§  1 + ½ teaspoon baking powder

§  1 + ½ teaspoon baking soda

§  1 teaspoon allspice

§  1 teaspoon cinnamon

§  ½ teaspoon nutmeg

§  ½ teaspoon cloves

§  ¼ teaspoon salt

§  2 cups shredded carrots

§  1 + ¼ cups water

§  2 cups golden carrots

§  ½ cup honey

§  2 tablespoons vegetable oil

§  1 teaspoon vanilla extract

 

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F. In a large bowl, combine all ingredients. Grease two 9-inch round pans. Pour half of the batter into each pan. Bake for 25 minutes. While cakes cool, make frosting.

For the frosting

Ingredients

§  1 lb. + 2 ounces tofu (we used extra-firm tofu)

§  2 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon honey

§  1 teaspoon orange zest

§  ¼ teaspoon orange extract

§  ¼ cup shredded coconut, toasted (plus extra for topping cake)

Directions

In a food processor, mixing bowl or large bowl with hand mixer, combine all ingredients until smooth and creamy. Place half of frosting on top of bottom cake. Do not frost the sides. Place the second cake on top. Frost with the remaining icing. Sprinkle remaining toasted coconut on top. Enjoy!

And a little something to wash it down. Here is a recipe for the “Official” Hamilton lobby drink….

Hamilton’s Founder’s Fizz
Serves: 1

Combine 1.5 oz. gin1 oz. simple syrup, a splash of lime juice and ice in a cocktail shaker. Cover and shake vigorously. Strain into highball glass filled with ice and fill with seltzer.