Events At A Glance

Feb '12

Gallery: Wicked & Habitat for Humanity.

More than 25 members of the cast and crew from the national touring company of the musical Wicked, playing at the Mahalia Jackson Theater in New Orleans March 25-April 11, helped build a Habitat for Humanity house under construction in Harvey. Wednesday. The cast chose the project to help with New Orleans’ continuing recovery effort. All photos courtesy of Susan Poag, Times-Picayune.

Actor Justin Brill, who plays the part of Boq in Wicked, installs soffit Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Cast and crew from the national touring company of the musical Wicked
Actress Renee Lawless-Orsini, paints, Wednesday, April 7, 2010.
Actor Justin Brill, who plays the part of Boq in Wicked, passes down a measuring tape while installing soffit Wednesday, April 7, 2010.
New Habitat homeowner Travis Cheatum, center in green shirt and ball cap, holds insulation as it is cut Wednesday, April 7, 2010. Cheatum has put in 250 hours of the 350 hours required by Habitat for their homeownership program.
Richard Kline, who plays the Wizard, helps cut soffit Wednesday, April 7, 2010. Also pictured is Travis Cheatum, the Habitat new homeowner, who has already put in 250 hours out of the 350 hours required to participate in the home ownership program. Cheatum expects to be in his new house by the end of the summer.
Colleen Dangerfield goes up to install trim and Renee Lawless-Orsini, paints, Wednesday, April 7, 2010. Dangerfield works in merchandising for the show and cast member Lawless-Orsini plays the part of the midwife.