… It’s like stepping back into history and getting to relive it that way.” Lobby memorabilia honors Biloxi Little Theatre history in the playhouse, showcasing photos and clippings from its first production, “Bus Stop.” Photo courtesy Biloxi Little Theatreĭylan Devenny of Gulfport, a software engineer by day and now actor after-hours, plays the lead role of Paul. “With how much everything has advanced, there are things in this show some in the cast have never seen or experienced. “Corie gets a princess phone, a rotary, and (director) Judy said, ‘Do you even know what that is?’” she said, laughing. In her 20s, Smith finds humor in the period piece’s setting of a small apartment in 1960s New York, as well as in Neil Simon’s lines. She’s been doing community theater on the coast since age 5 and has about a half-dozen BLT shows under her belt. “They’re going to be fantastic.”īailey Smith of Ocean Springs, a medical assistant, flexes her community-theater chops as spontaneous newlywed Corie. “It all becomes a different show with a different cast,” she said. Judy Madden, who found her niche at BLT 30 years ago, sits in the director’s chair for “Barefoot,” a comedy she first directed two decades back. There’s talk of marking the milestone with a fancier, gala version of their annual Bravo Awards celebration-“our own little Tony Awards,” Johnson said. This is actually BLT’s 76th year, but with pandemic closings, it gets the 75th season designation. The play about a buttoned-down lawyer and his free-spirit wife on the heels of their honeymoon and the arrival of her loopy mom puts an upbeat exclamation point on the season’s wrap. This year, Biloxi Little Theatre closes its milestone 75th season with Neil Simon’s hit romantic comedy “Barefoot in the Park,” which will have performances from May 13 to May 15 and from May 20 to May 22 at the BLT playhouse (220 Lee St., Biloxi). “We had a great team, and that’s how our shows get put together.” ‘Barefoot in the Park’ After Biloxi Little Theatre’s production of “Barefoot in the Park” concludes on May 22, 2022, the community theater will still put on a children’s show, a teen show and a musical revue through the summer. The barricade rotated on the stage, a slim crew member inside turning the prop to create the effect. The revealed set piece elicited audible gasps from the audience. On opening night, a traveler curtain far upstage hid the completed barricade until the time came. “We love to hear about how we can’t do something so (that) we can turn around and do it,” BLT Board President Teresa Johnson said of her and Choreographer LeAnne Womble-Reilly’s commitment to realize their vision. James McKinney (pictured) performed in Biloxi Little Theatre’s 2013 production of “Les Misérables.” Photo courtesy Biloxi Little Theatre BLT’s stage measures at a mere 28-by-26 feet, and “Les Miz” is known as one of the world’s biggest musicals. “You can’t build that barricade,” folks told them about the visually stunning, crucial set piece in the Paris-set musical. They picked up objects from the side of the road and cut plywood into the shape of a grand piano to place on top. Biloxi Little Theatre cast members scoured the Gulf Coast in 2013 for materials they could use to build the signature barricade required for the troupe to produce “Les Misérables,” which had just become available to license.
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