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Summer Lyric Theatre returns for 2025 season
Tulane University's Summer Lyric Theatre is back onstage for its 58th season.
The latest: This summer's production includes "A Chorus Line," "Company" and "Carousel."
What they're saying: "All three of the shows, in their own way, are classics and beloved," said artistic director Leonard Raybon.
If you go: The season opens with "A Chorus Line," which runs June 19 to 22.
It's followed by "Company" from July 10-13, and the season concludes with "Carousel" from July 31 to Aug. 3. Get tickets.
The intrigue: Raybon has helmed the summer theater series for the past three years as interim artistic director, but he took over the title permanently this year.
In the interim years, he says, his focus was to hold the program steady before handing off to whoever was officially tapped for the position.
But now, he's hoping to shake things up a little bit.
"I am thinking about the future, how to get us to be the most financially healthy we can be so we can ... let's say, do something more experimental for a wider, more diverse audience and not always rely on the big name shows that are more likely to sell the tickets," he says.
