You Can't Take It with You at Loyola University-New Orleans

Interview: Elizabeth Newcomer & Tenea Intriago of CRY IT OUT At Crescent City Stage

January 24, 2023

New Orleans production company Crescent City Stage is about to kick off 2023 with its latest production of CRY IT OUT by Molly Smith Metzler. This comedy takes an honest (and sharp) look at the double-edged sword of motherhood in all the joys and tribulations that come with it. Directed by Jana Mestecky, CRY IT OUT will run Jan. 26-Feb. 9, 2023, at the Marquette Theater at Loyola University.

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CLOTHES FOR A SUMMER HOTEL By Tennessee Williams Begins This Week in New Orleans

September 06, 2022

The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans returns to the Lower Depths Theatre on the campus of Loyola University New Orleans to present a spooky offering for this autumn.

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CLOTHES FOR A SUMMER HOTEL By Tennessee Williams Comes to New Orleans in September

August 22, 2022

The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans returns to the Lower Depths Theatre on the campus of Loyola University New Orleans to present a spooky offering for this autumn.

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BWW Blog: Third Week Blues: Giving Yourself Balance

January 30, 2020

It's the third week of the semester, and I can already feel myself losing steam. My eyes droop, my limbs feel heavy, and all I find myself doing is sluggishly wandering from classroom to classroom like some kind of backpack-wearing zombie. A combination between exhaustion and depression, it's not uncommon to start feeling this way once the back-to-school excitement has worn off. Seeing your friends again is exciting- being flooded by hundreds of upcoming deadlines isn't.

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Tennessee Williams Literary Festival Announces Today's Events

March 24, 2018

Particularly in light of the 2016 documentary I Am Not Your Negro, author and civil rights activist James Baldwin is garnering new attention and appreciation for his astute analyses of race, class, and sexuality in U.S. culture. Our reading group will take up his groundbreaking semi-autobiographical first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953). Attendees are invited to read this seminal text that brought mid-20th Century African-American literature out of the shadow of Richard Wright while deftly exploring the post-Civil War Great Migration, its southern roots, its religious inflections, and its generational tensions. The suggested edition is the most recent paperback (ISBN 978-0345806543). Traditional New Orleans fare of coffee and beignets at Muriel's Jackson Square with lively discussion to follow led by Festival favorite and Southern literary scholar Gary Richards. Seating is limited to 50 persons; pre-registration is required.

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BWW Interview: N'Jameh Camara Brings Nettie to Life in THE COLOR PURPLE at the Saenger Theatre

February 20, 2018

Every once in a while we have the opportunity to experience a piece of theatre that not only is a beautiful work of art and technically incredible, but is also deeply moving and makes us think about our lives in a way we haven't before. We have that opportunity beginning tonight when THE COLOR PURPLE opens at the Saenger Theatre.

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