“Joie de Vivre”, a musical theatrical production, is slated to be held in Guyana on December 4 and 8 and will feature renditions from renowned musical performers out of the Laramade Musical Theatre out of New York. The event will be held at the National Cultural Centre.
The Laramade Musical Theatre comprises 10 members whose focus is in musical theatre, the Big Band era and Caribbean folklore. Their most recent performances have been in honour of the Barbados Independence celebration at the Wyngate Theater in New York, and the Jimi Hollaway Jazz Production at The Terrace on the Park location, in New York.
However, the presentation is a book musical that tells the story of a group of artistes at a night club who desperately want to be liberated from their domineering manager but feel trapped by their circumstances. It therefore follows the character arc of one who becomes empowered to change the course of her life.
In addition to the musical extravaganza, eight theatre icons of Guyana’s stage will be honoured. These include Ron Robinson, Francis Quamina Farrier, Daphney Rogers, Margaret Lawrence, Desiree Edghill and the late Habeeb Khan, the late Keith Andre Subryan and Robert Naraine.
The production is written and directed by Launce Northe and is choreographed by Oral Welshman.
