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Rivertown Theaters Gearing Up For 7th Season With 7 Spectacular Shows

Rivertown Theaters Gearing Up For 7th Season With 7 Spectacular Shows

by BWW News Desk — August 2, 2018
Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts has planned a captivating lineup of productions for the 2018-2019 season beginning Sept.
BWW Previews: HAIR at Cutting Edge Theater - A Cut Above

BWW Previews: HAIR at Cutting Edge Theater - A Cut Above

by Angelle Albright — August 2, 2018
There's something truly cutting edge happening at a community theater just east of New Orleans in Slidell Louisiana, and it might just include a highly acclaimed haircut you can have there by day at Attractions Salon, but it is mostly what is happening in the back of the building at Cutting Edge The
NOBA Unveils 2018-2019 Season And Celebrates 50 Years Of Bringing Dance To Life

NOBA Unveils 2018-2019 Season And Celebrates 50 Years Of Bringing Dance To Life

by BWW News Desk — July 26, 2018
The New Orleans Ballet Association announces its 2018-2019 dance season packed with stellar performances by four brilliant and world-renowned dance companies, including Diavolo | Architecture in Motion, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and BODYTRAFFIC, and a special 50th
The Nola Project Announces Its 14th Season

The Nola Project Announces Its 14th Season

by BWW News Desk — July 23, 2018
The NOLA Project theatre company is proud to announce its 2018-19 Season of productions, the 14th since the company's founding in 2005.
VIEUX CARRE By Tennessee Williams Comes to New Orleans August

VIEUX CARRE By Tennessee Williams Comes to New Orleans August

by BWW News Desk — July 12, 2018
The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans returns to the Marigny Opera House for a second year with Vieux Carre by Tennessee Williams.
Photo Flash: Rivertown Theater's BEAUTY & THE BEAST Opens July 12

Photo Flash: Rivertown Theater's BEAUTY & THE BEAST Opens July 12

by BWW News Desk — July 11, 2018
As part of its Summer Theater Festival for Families, Rivertown Theaters will close out its 2017-2018 season with a lavish production of one of Disney's timeless Broadway musicals that continues to be a favorite with multi-generationsJuly 12 – 22.
Clare Cook to Participate in Hamilton Project Residency

Clare Cook to Participate in Hamilton Project Residency

by BWW News Desk — July 5, 2018
Clare Cook, founder of Basin Arts in Lafayette, has been selected to participate in the Hamilton Project Residency at Barn Arts Collective in Bass Harbor, Maine July 6-15.
Running Of The Bulls In New Orleans 2018 Whups Butts For Its 12th Year

Running Of The Bulls In New Orleans 2018 Whups Butts For Its 12th Year

by BWW News Desk — July 2, 2018
Nola Bulls, LLC steps up to the big leagues for the 12th edition of the ever-growing San Fermin in Nueva Orleans (SFNO) presented by The Advocate, a.
Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Opens July 12 At Rivertown Theater

Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Opens July 12 At Rivertown Theater

by BWW News Desk — June 29, 2018
As part of its Summer Theater Festival for Families, Rivertown Theaters will close out its 2017-2018 season with a lavish production of one of Disney's timeless Broadway musicals that continues to be a favorite with multi-generations July 12 - 22.
Broadway In New Orleans Welcomes Hancock Whitney As Series Sponsor

Broadway In New Orleans Welcomes Hancock Whitney As Series Sponsor

by BWW News Desk — June 27, 2018
Today, New Orleans Theatre Association and Broadway in New Orleans announced a new three-year agreement with Hancock Whitney beginning with the 2018-2019 season.
RAGTIME Comes to Summer Lyric Theatre

RAGTIME Comes to Summer Lyric Theatre

by BWW News Desk — June 27, 2018
Ragtime, one of the most powerful and vibrant musicals of this era, will be celebrating its 20th anniversary this July on the Dixon Hall stage.
MACBETH Rounds Out the 25th Shakespeare Festival

MACBETH Rounds Out the 25th Shakespeare Festival

by BWW News Desk — June 19, 2018
After a sold-out run of All's Well That Ends Well, New Orleans' own professional classical theatre company continues its 25th anniversary season with an electrifying production of Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth.
Rivertown Theaters Closes 2017-18 Season With DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Rivertown Theaters Closes 2017-18 Season With DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

by BWW News Desk — June 18, 2018
As part of its Summer Theater Festival for Families, Rivertown Theaters will close out its 2017-2018 season with a lavish production of one of Disney's timeless Broadway musicals that continues to be a favorite with multi-generations July 12 - 22.
BWW Review: MAMMA MIA! deserves its uproarious applause at Theatre Baton Rouge

BWW Review: MAMMA MIA! deserves its uproarious applause at Theatre Baton Rouge

by Tara Bennett — June 15, 2018
What's the next best thing to a vacation on a Greek island? Seeing 'MAMMA MIA!,' this season's last mainstage show at Theatre Baton Rouge that equals to two hours of musical fun.
Lenne Klingaman is Dawn in National Tour of WAITRESS

Lenne Klingaman is Dawn in National Tour of WAITRESS

by Heidi Scheuermann — June 12, 2018
Sugar, butter, flour! Sara Bareilles' musical WAITRESS opens at the Saenger Theatre tonight! It's about a young woman named Jenna who works at a bakery and is trying to figure out her life.
BWW Review: Bryan Batt Gives Heavenly Performance in AN ACT OF GOD at Le Petit Theatr

BWW Review: Bryan Batt Gives Heavenly Performance in AN ACT OF GOD at Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre

by Heidi Scheuermann — June 11, 2018
AN ACT OF GOD gives quite a twist to religion as we know it.
AIN'T ALWAYS BEEN SAVED Heads To New Orleans

AIN'T ALWAYS BEEN SAVED Heads To New Orleans

by BWW News Desk — June 9, 2018
A spiritually uplifting, hilarious, powerful and timely new gospel comedy stage play, Ain't Always Been Saved, is heading to New Orleans, LA.
Windowsill Pies' Unique Creation Crowned Official Pie Of WAITRESS New Orleans

Windowsill Pies' Unique Creation Crowned Official Pie Of WAITRESS New Orleans

by BWW News Desk — June 1, 2018
Windowsill Pies' Lazy Summer Strawberry and Cream Pie has been named the "Official Pie of WAITRESS New Orleans.
AIN'T ALWAYS BEEN SAVED Heads To New Orleans

AIN'T ALWAYS BEEN SAVED Heads To New Orleans

by BWW News Desk — May 29, 2018
A spiritually uplifting, hilarious, powerful and timely new gospel comedy stage play, Ain't Always Been Saved, is heading to New Orleans, LA.
TWFest Partners With NOMA For Arts & Letters Series

TWFest Partners With NOMA For Arts & Letters Series

by BWW News Desk — May 24, 2018
The Arts & Letters series at the New Orleans Museum of Art welcomes authors, poets, journalists, playwrights, and literary scholars to the museum for public conversations that reflect on literature at the intersection of arts and culture.
ALL'S WELL Comes to Shakespeare Fest

ALL'S WELL Comes to Shakespeare Fest

by BWW News Desk — May 17, 2018
While New Orleans celebrates its 300th birthday, the Festival commemorates an anniversary of its own.
Southern Rep Theatre Announces 2018-19 Season Productions

Southern Rep Theatre Announces 2018-19 Season Productions

by BWW News Desk — May 17, 2018
Southern Rep Theatre announces its 2018-19 Mainstage Season, its 32nd, featuring the regional premieres of THE WOLVES by Sarah DeLappe and A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 by Lucas Hnath as well as three world premieres: AZUL by New Orleans native Christina Quintana, FLOWERS FOR HALLIE - a celebration of Maha
The NOCCA Institute's Artists-in-Residence Program Awarded A Grant From The National

The NOCCA Institute's Artists-in-Residence Program Awarded A Grant From The National Endowment For The Arts

by BWW News Desk — May 17, 2018
The NOCCA Institute to receive $40,000 grantfrom the National Endowment for the Arts [New Orleans, LA]-National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $80 million in grants as part of the NEA's second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2018.
Patchwork Players Begins Another Season At Rivertown Theaters With CINDERELLA

Patchwork Players Begins Another Season At Rivertown Theaters With CINDERELLA

by BWW News Desk — May 16, 2018
Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts will continue its 2018 summer season with more delightful productions for the whole family as the popular Patchwork Players makes Rivertown its home and presents Cinderella June 4 - 10 on the Lagniappe Stage.
Photo Flash: NOLA  Artists Grapple with Gentrification in SEA OF COMMON CATASTROPHE

Photo Flash: NOLA Artists Grapple with Gentrification in SEA OF COMMON CATASTROPHE

by BWW News Desk — May 14, 2018
Irondale is proud to present the New York premiere of Sea of Common Catastrophe, a surreal multimedia theater work that grapples with complicity in the face of rapid urban change.

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