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Southern Rep and the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival are pleased to announce that they will partner to bring the multi-faceted annual festival THE NEW PLAY BACCHANAL to New Orleans, January 10 - 12, 2014.

Southern Rep will partner with the University of New Orleans (UNO) English Department's Creative Writing Workshop for the '13-'14 school year by inviting students to participate in its Lagniappe Series play slam, 6x6, and other New Play Development activities.

The director, choreographer and a dozen members of the cast of HAIR, now on stage at Le Petit Theatre, will present an educational program for students entitled 'Music and Movement,' as part of Le Petit's 'Because We Can' theatre arts initiative, tomorrow, Wednesday, November 13, 2013, from 9:30 to

New Orleans trombonist and composer Rick Trolsen will lead his alternative jazz/rock combo, Neslort, in a Jazz Underground concert at Loyola University New Orleans Thursday, Nov.

Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts in Kenner's Rivertown will present the popular holiday favorite, 'Annie', directed by co-artistic director Kelly Fouchi from December 6 - 22, 2013.

Southern Rep will partner with the University of New Orleans (UNO) English Department's Creative Writing Workshop for the '13-'14 school year by inviting students to participate in its Lagniappe Series play slam, 6x6, and other New Play Development activities.

This past weekend was opening weekend of a brand new musical entitled THIS STAGE OF LOVE written by Robert Sturcken and directed by Ed Morvant at Fuhrmann Performing Arts in Covington, Louisiana.

The first two weekends in November, the Shadowbox Theatre will host the SoloMania Festival (www.

paper chairs is thrilled to kick-off its fall with a resurrection of Murder Ballad Murder Mystery.

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, presented by JPAS Conservatory, will open tonight, November 1.

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The Saenger Theatre adds even more star power to its grand opening celebration with music legend Diana Ross performing tonight, Oct.

Come Join the Fun at the Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel for Downtown Development District's Canal Street Lighting on Tuesday November 26, 2013 at the Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel from 5-7 PM.

The world of William Shakespeare comes to life in November as the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance at Loyola University New Orleans presents the bard's groundbreaking dramatic masterpiece, "The Merchant of Venice," an unforgettable tale of mercy and justice, generosity and greed.

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, presented by JPAS Conservatory, will open on Friday, November 1.

Two-time Tony Award nominee and Broadway legend Andre De Shields, has been invited to be the featured speaker at the Conference of the International Council of Fine Arts Deans (ICFAD).

The first two weekends in November, the Shadowbox Theatre will host the SoloMania Festival (www.

GOGOL ANNEX (NYC/Toronto) is pleased to announce the world premiere of Antebellum, a portrait of the notorious, the famed, and the wicked in pre-Civil War era New Orleans.

Liberty DeVitto, legendary musician and long-time drummer for Billy Joel, headlines a panel of national musicians and experts gathering at Loyola University New Orleans Saturday, Oct.

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MISS GULCH RETURNS!, a one-man, one-piano musical tour de force by Fred Barton, will star Bob Edes JR.

THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, has announced a lottery ticket policy for the National Tour, which begins tonight, October 15 at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans and plays a limited two week engagement through Sunday, October 27.

In celebration of the 200th Anniversary of Jane Austen's masterpiece, Southern Rep is partnering with the Jane Austen Society of Louisiana to present a limited, two week engagement of PRIDE & PREJUDICE adapted by Jon Jory, November 13 - 24, at the beautiful Ursuline Academy theatre.

Italian drummer and composer Andrea Marcelli joins saxophonist Woody Witt in a concert to continue the Jazz Underground Series at Loyola University New Orleans Thursday, Oct.

How many times have you gone to see a theatrical production, and you are blown away by the music? I speak for myself when I say the music is what makes these productions so great, so emotional, so memorable.