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The shooting occurred in theater 14 [9] during the 7:10 p.m. screening of Trainwreck, held at the Grand 16 movie theater in Lafayette. [10] [11] John Russell Houser, 59, went to the theater alone, bought a ticket ten minutes late into the movie, [12] and sat for several minutes in the theater's second-to-last row.
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — A lone gunman sitting in a packed movie theater stood up about 20 minutes into the showing of "Trainwreck" and began firing into the crowd, killing two and wounding at ...
Notable corporations with headquarters or a large presence in the Lafayette area have included Amazon, [15] [16] Brookshire Grocery Company, [17] CGI, [18] JP Morgan Chase, Ochsner Health System, [19] Petroleum Helicopters International, [20] and Rouses Markets. [21] Lafayette is home to a diverse population from Louisiana Creole and Cajun ...
From 1550 on, one finds humanist theatre written in French. Prominent figures such as Catherine de' Medici provided financial support for many humanist plays; in 1554, for example, she commissioned a translation of Gian Giorgio Trissino’s La Sofonisba, which was the first tragedy to appear in the French language. [2]
The theatre has also been known as the Théâtre de la République and popularly as "La Maison de Molière" (The House of Molière). It acquired the latter name from the troupe of the best-known playwright associated with the Comédie-Française, Molière. He was considered the patron of French actors.
For 50 years, Festivals Acadiens et Créoles has been a staple in Lafayette, celebrating the heritage of Louisiana's French-speaking communities.
The Grand Théâtre reopened in December 1962, with the French version of Verdi's Don Carlos. Since this revival, several renowned directors have managed the Geneva opera house: in chronological order, Marcel Lamy (1962–1965), Herbert Graf (1965–1973), Jean-Claude Riber (1973–1980), Hugues Gall (1980–1995), Renée Auphan (1995–2001 ...
Lafayette escaped but returned in a vain attempt to rescue his horse. He became trapped in the burning building and perished. Ten of his fellow players from the company were also killed in the fire. The theatre burned to the ground. The body of Lafayette was apparently soon found and sent to Glasgow for cremation. Two days after the fire ...