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 26^th and runs through March 14^th. 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. gin, 1 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.