Delgado Community College will present the musical Candide Oct. 22 – Nov. 8, 2009, in the 3rd Floor Drama Hall in Building One/Isaac Delgado Hall on the college’s City Park Campus (615 City Park Ave., New Orleans, La.).
Based on the novel by Voltaire, Candide is a satirical commentary on the ironies and paradoxes of the 18th Century philosophy of “optimism,” a topic still relevant to today’s headlines. The hero, Candide, travels through a world filled with misery and suffering, seeking the “best of all possible worlds.” He discovers that the only road to happiness is through work and personal accomplishment. Yet the creators of Candide keep us laughing as our hero encounters catastrophe after catastrophe along the road to this realization.
With soaring music by Leonard Bernstein, a biting script by Hugh Wheeler and brilliant lyrics by Richard Wilbur, Stephen Sondheim and John LaTouche, Candide reminds us of our modern world and the struggles each of us must face within it.
The production is directed by Timothy K. Baker, with musical direction by Karl Harrod. The student cast features Greg Nacozy, Bill Mader, Alexa Fitzpatrick, Eldridge Stephens, Megan Whittle and Rhonda Wilkinson.
Performances are Oct. 22, 23, 24 and Nov. 4, 5, 6, 7 at 8 p.m. Sunday performances on Oct. 25 and Nov. 8 are at 7 p.m. Please note: There are no performances during the Halloween weekend.
General Admission is $14, Senior Citizens $12 and Delgado Students and Faculty $10. For further information and reservations, call (504) 671-6360.