On May 18, five-time Tony winner, two-time Grammy winner and two-time Emmy nominee Audra McDonald will perform at NOCCA, accompanied by pianist/interviewer Seth Rudetsky. [Read more...]
ARTS
Theater: Megan Mullally Performs in Broadway at NOCCA
April 2, 2013 by
Next up in Broadway at NOCCA, on April 6, is Megan Mullally, best known for her Emmy-winning turn in “Will and Grace,” but also an accomplished singer and stage performer. [Read more...]
March Arts: Two Performances Not to Be Missed
March 5, 2013 by
Two time Tony winner Sutton Foster is performing in New Orleans on March 2 as part of the Broadway at NOCCA series featured in the February issue of this magazine. Recently, I conversed with the multi-talented star. [Read more...]
ARTS | Ballet Hispanico
December 5, 2012 by
On December 8, the Mahalia Jackson Theater will host Ballet Hispanico [Read more...]
ARTS | New Orleans: America’s First City of Opera
October 9, 2012 by
Placido Domingo returns to the Mahalia Jackson Theater [Read more...]
ART NEWS | Defenders of Culture
October 8, 2012 by
A Q&A with Aimee Smallwood, CEO of the Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation [Read more...]
Arts in May
May 14, 2012 by
The Women of Katrina, the Joffrey Ballet, and Shakespeare in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden [Read more...]
Terrance Osborne
April 26, 2012 by
Spring Arts in the City
March 5, 2012 by
The Lion King and the Newcomb Pottery Collection [Read more...]
Celebrate the Holidays at Loyola
December 5, 2011 by
Southern Rep Paints the Town ‘Red’
November 4, 2011 by
Play helps mark 25 years of the acclaimed theater company
[Read more...]
Film That Matters
October 4, 2011 by
The New Orleans Film Festival celebrates its 22nd season [Read more...]
A Coup for the City
September 6, 2011 by
An Annual Homecoming
August 3, 2011 by
New Orleans native directs and choreographs for The Drowsy Chaperone at Summer Lyric Theater [Read more...]
State Civil Rights Museum Sponsors First Exhibition
July 6, 2011 by
“Race: Are We So Different” runs through September 25 at the Old U.S. Mint [Read more...]
Once Upon a Time in New Orleans …
May 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Eric Peterson as the lovable green ogre takes audiences to the far-away land of ‘Shrek the Musical’ [Read more...]
A One-Man Show with a Universal Theme
March 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Playwright/actor Carlo Alban
puts a compassionate face
on his family’s personal
immigration story [Read more...]
Left of Center
February 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment
On the West Bank, the Jefferson
Performing Arts Society
presents cutting-edge theater [Read more...]
The Illustrated Man
January 3, 2011 by Leave a Comment
A new exhibition captures the life’s work of Tennessee Williams, as seen through Al Hirschfeld’s legendary drawings [Read more...]
Art on the Horizon
December 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Prospect.1.5 highlights New Orleans artists while previewing the next Big Easy biennial [Read more...]
Love, Love Them Do
November 8, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Beatles mania comes to New Orleans and then heads to Broadway [Read more...]
New Horizons
October 15, 2010 by
Susan M. Taylor, the new director of the New Orleans Museum of Art, plans to expand on the vision of her predecessor
It’s Showtime!
September 18, 2010 by
The new performing arts season starts with a bang [Read more...]
Artists to the Rescue
August 16, 2010 by
Mignon Faget and the painter Tuna create very different works for a common cause [Read more...]
Bounce Is Back
May 7, 2010 by
An exhibit at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art spotlights the New Orleans rap and hip-hop scene [Read more...]
Taking the Longue Vue
April 9, 2010 by
The nonprofit institution continues the spirit of philanthropy begun by Edgar and Edith Stern [Read more...]
The Little Theater That Could
March 5, 2010 by
Gary Solomon, the man behind Le Petit’s resurgence, talks about the importance of the French Quarter icon
Worth a Thousand Words … and More
February 5, 2010 by
The pictures taken by an amateur photographer get recognition at the Historic New Orleans Collection
War Stories
January 8, 2010 by
The Battle of New Orleans Anniversary commemorates a piece of Chalmette’s–and the nation’s–history each year [Read more...]
Dream Team
December 9, 2009 by
The New Orleans Museum of Art and Disney pair up in an exclusive exhibition of animation artwork [Read more...]
Acting Up
November 17, 2009 by
The Fringe Festival finds New Orleans to be a perfect fit [Read more...]
Young at Art
October 27, 2009 by
NOCCA allows students to explore their talents in an enriching and challenging environment [Read more...]
Season’s Greetings
September 14, 2009 by
As 2009–2010 shows, the performing arts are alive and well in New Orleans [Read more...]
Culture Club
August 20, 2009 by
Mary Len Costa helps the creative community through the Arts Council of New Orleans [Read more...]
Raw Deal
June 4, 2009 by
With Staten Island as the backdrop, noir thriller Fresh Kills delves into the psychology of abuse [Read more...]
Summer With Shakespeare
June 4, 2009 by
Tulane’s theater festival is much ado about something [Read more...]
Deconstructing Katrina
May 4, 2009 by
Through a trilogy of plays, author John Biguenet looks back at what the hurricane wrought [Read more...]
And Justice for All
May 4, 2009 by
American Violet tells the story of one mother’s quest to do the right thing [Read more...]
Captured on Canvas
April 2, 2009 by
Jazz Fest artist James Michalopoulos lives, breathes and paints New Orleans [Read more...]
The Big Picture
April 2, 2009 by
The Office of Film and Video nurtures the growth of New Orleans’ burgeoning film industry [Read more...]
John Berendt Is Not Writing a Book
March 5, 2009 by
The Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil author talks about his career and the book he’s not working on [Read more...]
Let’s Get Literary
March 5, 2009 by
The Tennessee Williams festival showcases theater icon Frances Sternhagen [Read more...]
Against All Odds
January 29, 2009 by
The John Ehret state basketball champions get honored on the big screen [Read more...]
The Artful Krewe
January 29, 2009 by
As with tradition, Rex and its commissioned artist have their designs on Mardi Gras [Read more...]
Big Easy Reads
January 29, 2009 by
Two distinctly different novels set in New Orleans [Read more...]
Haunted by History
December 30, 2008 by
Two women come to terms with the horrors of the Holocaust in a new documentary [Read more...]
In Good Company
December 30, 2008 by
The community at large benefits from NOBA’s role as both arts educator and dance presenter
Out of the Shadows
December 8, 2008 by
JPAS programs get the spotlight they deserve in a first-rate arts center [Read more...]
Life in Reverse
December 8, 2008 by
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button stars Brad Pitt as well as the City of New Orleans [Read more...]
One for the Books
November 10, 2008 by
The Words & Music conference attracts writers and all those who love literature [Read more...]
Reeling Them In
October 9, 2008 by
The New Orleans Film Festival expands its offerings and its audience [Read more...]
A Royal Affair
August 25, 2008 by
Dirty Linen Night lets you stroll the Quarter and support local artists (while drinking damn good martinis) [Read more...]
Props to ‘Pops’
July 14, 2008 by
The Satchmo SummerFest honors our native son and the founding father of jazz [Read more...]
Remembrance of Things Past
June 1, 2008 by
With its latest expansion, the National World War II Museum plans to tell the whole story of the war [Read more...]
And the Orchestra Played On
May 17, 2008 by
Carlos Miguel Prieto has been instrumental in the LPO’s comeback [Read more...]
Bygone Days of the Big Easy
May 17, 2008 by
A compendium of rare photographs captures the soul of New Orleans [Read more...]
Strokes of Genius
May 17, 2008 by
Self-trained artist and savvy businessman Lionel Milton comes home to open his own gallery [Read more...]
The Gang’s All Here
April 9, 2008 by
West Side Story is added to the New Orleans Opera Association’s repertory [Read more...]
Art in the park
December 16, 2007 by
NOMA is back and better than ever with three stellar exhibitions [Read more...]
