FITZMORRIS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

by Tara Bennett - October 13, 2025

What did our critic think of EXHAUSTED PAINT at Fat Squirrel? Fat Squirrel's production of EXHAUSTED PAINT: THE DEATH OF VAN GOGH takes an unconventional approach to Vincent van Gogh's story....

by Tara Bennett - September 09, 2025

MS. HOLMES & MS. WATSON - APT. 2B, Kate Hamill’s razor-sharp reimagining of the world’s most famous detective duo, finds its perfect home at Crescent City Stage....

by Tara Bennett - July 19, 2025

Tennessee Williams Theatre Company’s CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, now playing at the Marquette Theatre in New Orleans, does exactly that. It’s electric. It’s guttural. And it’s one of the boldest things I’ve seen TWTC do, and that’s saying something....

by Tara Bennett - May 21, 2025

If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if The Sopranos ran away and joined the circus, look no further than CLOWN BAR 2. The NOLA Project’s latest immersive experience is absurd, raunchy and riotously funny—with just enough heart beneath the greasepaint to make you unexpectedly emotional about mu...

by Tara Bennett - May 14, 2025

What happens when the written word becomes a lifeline? In TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS, Crescent City Stage delivers a stirring answer, offering audiences not just a play, but an experience in empathy and shared vulnerability....

by Tara Bennett - April 04, 2025

There’s a moment in ORPHEUS DESCENDING when Valentine Xavier, tall, lanky, with enough charisma to make a statue blush, enters a dry goods store in a dying Mississippi town, and you just know something is about to combust....

by Tara Bennett - January 13, 2025

Edward Albee’s WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? is a raw, relentless, and deeply unsettling theatrical titan. Since its debut in 1962, it has held its place as one of the most harrowing portraits of marital discontent and social decay in American theatre. The play dares its audience to sit through ne...

by Tara Bennett - October 23, 2024

Dorothy Parker, the sharp-tongued wit of the Jazz Age, remains one of America’s most fascinating literary figures. In WIT & WRATH: THE LIFE & TIMES OF DOROTHY PARKER, Claudia Baumgarten brings this iconic figure to life in a one-woman performance that not only celebrates Parker’s legendary humor but...

by Tara Bennett - October 11, 2024

It’s official. Le Petit Theatre’s MURDER FOR TWO is the can’t-miss show of the year!...

by Tara Bennett - September 25, 2024

The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company has launched the spooky season ahead of schedule with their production of PENNY DREADFULS: The Remarkable Rooming-House of Madame Le Monde....