Over the last six months, three major arts organizations in New Orleans have appointed new leaders in executive positions. Please join the Joan Mitchell Center in welcoming them into the community on Thursday, June 20th at 6pm. More than just an opportunity to introduce their visions and plans for their… More
Friday 06/28/2013 Early Show Doors 730 PM Show 800 PM Late Show Doors 1000 PM Show 1030 PM Ages 18+ More
Friday 06/28/2013 Doors 0800 PM Show 0830 PM Ages 18+ More
Stephen Sondheim created a stunning tour de force with A Little Night Music, based on Ingmar Bergman’s vivacious 1955 film, Smiles of a Summer Night. Set in 1900 Sweden, A Little Night Music explores the tangled web of affairs centered around actress Desirée Armfeldt and the men who love her… More
Celebrate a time honored Louisiana tradition - the lighting of the bonfires on the banks of the Mississippi River! The Bonfire Express includes round-trip transportation to view the bonfires that light the way for Papa Noel (our Cajun Santa Claus) to bayou country. For many years this Cajun community has… More
La Cage aux Folles is a dazzling, multi Tony Award winning celebration of uniqueness and glamour with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Harvey Fierstein based on Jean Poiret’s 1973 play. La Cage aux Folles tells the story of Georges, the owner of a glitzy nightclub… More
Another op’nin, but not just another show! Cole Porter’s Broadway treasure, Kiss Me, Kate, the first winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical, is a clever reimagining of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. This captivating “play within a play,” a device the Bard used in his own writing,… More
Upstairs New Orleans Premiere UPSTAIRS is a new dramatic musical about the deadliest crime against gays in U.S. History, the 1973 Arson fire at the Up Stairs Lounge in New Orleans, Louisiana, a tragedy that languishes in obscurity, its victims seldom remembered, its perpetrator unknown. UPSTAIRS will have its World… More
The Festival nurtures emerging and established performing artists by presenting fun, fearless and affordable theater to the community and creating ties between artists, audiences, businesses and local organizations. New Orleans has always been a city that embraces artists, where creativity has flourished and the avant-garde has gravitated. These are the… More
COME 30 MINS. EARLY AND ENTER OUR MIDWAY OF SILLY GAMES and play with our lively cast who will entertain and thrill you before the main show. When the performance sparkles to life, there are apples converging on clowns and lonely Charlie Chaplins searching the sad seas. Don't forget to… More
Know a talented youngster who belongs on the stage? Have him/her hone this gift at AP Comedy Camp, a summer improv camp held at The New Movement (NOLA). A renowned comedy theater and training center, The New Movement will offer two weeks of comedy camp to aspiring young performers this… More
Come see the evil Queen, the dashing prince and Snow White herself in Patchwork Players zany reimagining of Grimm's time-honored fairy tale. Patchwork Players has been presenting delightfully wacky retellings of classic stories. The Patchwork Players brings to life SNOW WHITE, as only they can! With the Patchworker's silly sense… More
Jonathan Mares Productions presents the local premiere of the intense, dark comedy KILLER JOE, written by Tony and Pulitzer Prize award winning playwright, Tracy Letts. More
Theatre Camp features singing, dancing, and acting culminating in a final production of “Once Upon a Mattress,” the Rodgers and Hammerstein spin of the classic fairy tale, “The Princess and the Pea.” This three-week camp combines entertainment skills with a fun-filled theatre experience. Session II is open to girls and… More
Thursday 05/30/2013 Doors 0800 PM Show 0800 PM Price Free Ages all More
Cripple Creek is bringing the regional premiere of Bruce Norris’ “Clybourne Park,” the hottest ticket on Broadway of 2012 to New Orleans at The Shadowbox Theatre! A response to Lorraine Hansberry’s masterpiece “A Raisin in the Sun,” “Clybourne Park” has won numerous awards including the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama… More
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