A princess scorned, she finally gets her man…on a platter! The Biblical story of King Herod’s obsession with his wildly temperamental step-daughter unfolds shockingly before your eyes when the lecherous monarch is forced to grant Salome’s special demand in payment for her performance of the famous Dance of the Seven Veils – the head of [...]
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Hidden Treasures: Decorative Arts Edition
Hidden Treasures: Decorative Arts Edition Presented by Friends of the Cabildo Join the Friends of the Cabildo as the Louisiana State Museum’s impressive Newcomb Pottery Collection is opened for an exclusive behind-the-scenes viewing of one of the most significant American potteries of the first half of the 20th century. Katie Hall, Curator of the Decorative [...]
Beauty
WHAT: Beauty, by Steven Patterson WHO: Featuring Levy Easterly. Directed by Michael Martin, designed by Leah Farrelly WHERE: The Hatchery’s Garret Theater, above New Orleans Shaolin-Do [rear entrance], 4210 St Claude. WHEN: Friday Feb 24-Sunday March 10. Fridays & Saturdays 8pm, Sundays 5pm. HOW: All performances $10 or pay-what-you-can. For information and reservations, call 504.948.4167 [...]
THE DIVINE SISTER
Professional Regional Premier at Mid City Theatre 3540 Toulouse St. New Orleans A loving homage to every nun movie ever made, with enough risqué unholy jokes to bring every denomination to their knees. Where Hollywood and Theatre meet in happy, bawdy harmony, providing an evening of stage satire that only Ricky and Varla Jean can [...]
Casting Announced for Disney’s THE LION KING Broadway’s Award-Winning Best Musical
LSU Graduate Among Cast Members New Orleans’s Limited Premiere Engagement Plays Wednesday, March 14 To Sunday, April 15 at Mahalia Jackson Theater Casting has been announced for the New Orleans premiere engagement of Disney’s THE LION KING. New Orleans’ most eagerly awaited stage production ever will leap onto the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing [...]
Blue Man Group Electrifies New Orleans
By Sheri Bleuler McKee~NOLA’s Party Girl The Blue Man Group posed the question of “What is Art?” to New Orleanians’, and answered by performing some of their most provocative skits full of energy and life at Mahalia Jackson Theater. Their performance art is innovative and provokes audience member to rethink their way of communication in [...]
REDD LINEN NIGHT
Feb. 4, 2012 A Visual Arts Event, A Fundraiser, A Party! Join us at Ashé Cultural Arts Center’s Redd Linen Night, a visual arts show and fundraiser, honoring the memory of the Center’s co-founder and extraordinary visual artist DOUGLAS REDD (1947-2007). Redd Linen Night will feature Redd’s work and that of VISUAL ARTISTS Ron Bechet, [...]
ARTFULLY AWARE
This Friday, February 3rd, NOMA will be partnering with the organization, Artfully Aware. AFA is an international, non-profit group that connects communities, collaborates with local partners and generates positive change in people’s lives through advocacy events and innovative community development projects. AFA has developed relationships with the World Affairs Council, the United Nations (UN4U program), [...]
Opera Ball 2012 Pikovaya Dama
The Women’s Guild and the Junior Committee, of the New Orleans Opera Association, in the spirit of past Czars and Czarinas of Russia, invite you to join us for Opera Ball 2012, to be held on May 5, 2012, at the magnificent Empire Ballroom in the newly renovated Hyatt Regency Hotel. Composer Tchaikovsky’s opera inspiration, [...]
Southern Rep’s Production of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Comes Home to Elysian Fields avenue
New Orleans – Following our early January announcement that we must vacate our Canal Place venue of 20 years, Southern Rep announces the location of our upcoming production of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, by Tennessee Williams, directed by Big Easy Award-Winner, Jason Kirkpatrick, presented in collaboration with InSideOut Productions. We are thrilled to announce that [...]
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