Million Dollar Quartet
January 12-28
Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts
325 Minor Street, Kenner
(504) 461-9475
Million Dollar Quartet is the smashhit
musical inspired by the famed
Sun Records recording session that
brought together rock ‘n’ roll icons
Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee
Lewis and Carl Perkins for the first
and only time on December 4, 1956.
8 pm Thu.-Sat.; 2 pm Sun.
Brahms Symphony No. 1
January 12 & 13
Orpheum Theater
129 Roosevelt Way, New Orleans
(504) 523-6530
The Louisiana Philharmonic
Orchestra performs Samuel Barber’s
Overture to School for Scandal, Sergei
Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme
of Paganini featuring guest soloist
Xiaohui Yang on piano and Johannes
Brahms’ Symphony No. 1. 7:30 p.m.
Foreign to Myself
January 12-14 & 19-21
Robert E. Nims Theatre, University of
New Orleans
2000 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans
Goat in the Road Productions boldly
tackles issues faced by armed forces
veterans returning to civilian life,
especially those diagnosed with Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
and feelings of alienation. Show
time and ticket info at http://www.
goatintheroadproductions.org/.
Open-Ended
January 13
The Art Klub
1941 Arts Street, New Orleans
Artivism Dance Theatre will
perform a series of dances by Daniel
MasterPIECE Jones, along with the
Allie Porter Band, as well as world
premieres of dances originated by the
company under the artistic direction
of Sophia Rabinovitz. 8 p.m.
Musical Offerings:
Chamber Music
January 14
St. Mary’s Church, Old Ursuline Convent
1100 Chartres St., New Orleans
(504) 523-6530
Sponsored by the Louisiana
Philharmonic Orchestra, this
concert features 2016 New Orleans
International Piano Competition
Gold Medalist, Xiaohui Yang
performing Erno Dohnányi’s Sextet
in C Major. Also on the program are
works by Bach and Osvaldo Golijov.
2:30 p.m.
Jurassic Park: Film with Live
Orchestra
January 20 & 21
Orpheum Theater
129 Roosevelt Way, New Orleans
(504) 523-6530
The Louisiana Philharmonic
Orchestra will be performing the
soundtrack for science fiction thriller,
Jurassic Park. The LPO will play
John Williams’ award-winning score
while the film is being projected at
the Orpheum Theater in HD. 7:30
pm Sat. and 2:30 pm Sun.
Hair and Other Stories
January 24-28
Contemporary Arts Center
900 Camp St., New Orleans
(504) 528-3805
Founded in 1984 by choreographer
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Urban Bush
Women (UBW) seeks to bring the
untold and under-told histories and
stories of disenfranchised people to
light through dance from a womancentered
perspective and as members
of the African Diaspora community.
7:30 pm Wed.-Sat.; 3 pm Sun.
Tabasco: A Burlesque Opera
January 25-28
Le Petit Theatre
616 Chartres St., New Orleans
(504) 522-2081
Staged under the auspices of the
New Orleans Opera Association,
this lively 1894 musical was recently
reconstructed by local conductor Paul
Mauffray. Set in Tangiers, Morocco a
shipwrecked Irish sailor saves his life
by seasoning the local sultan’s food
with the red-hot condiment. 8 pm
Thu.-Fri.; 2:30 pm Sat.-Sun.
Made in New Orleans: Jazz
Ballets
January 26-28
Marigny Opera House
725 St. Ferdinand Street
The Marigny Opera Ballet presents
contemporary ballets set to original
jazz scores by some of New Orleans’
finest musicians. The evening
features premieres by choreographers
Kellis McSparrin-Oldenburg and
Gretchen Erickson, plus the return of
“Wary Heat” by Diogo de Lima. 8 pm
Fri.-Sat.; 7 pm Sun.
Tango Fire
January 27
Mahalia Jackson Theater
1419 Basin St. (Louis Armstrong Park),
New Orleans
(504) 522-0996
The New Orleans Ballet Association
presents ten glamorous tango dancers
and a quartet of the finest musicians,
with a blazing hot, Broadway-style
show of tango from Argentina.
Directed by international superstar
German Cornejo. 8 pm.
Music in Transition
January 30
St Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church,
1545 State St., New Orleans
Musaica, a nine-member chamber
ensemble of wind and string
instruments, will present works by
composers Germaine Tailleferre and
Max Reger and will feature Arnold
Schoenberg's
“Verklarte Nacht” (Transfigured
Night) for String Sextet. Free;
donations encouraged. 7:30 pm.
An American in Paris
January 30-February 4
Saenger Theatre
1111 Canal St., New Orleans
(504) 525-1052
Broadway in New Orleans presents
An American in Paris, the new hit
musical about an American soldier,
a mysterious French girl, and an
indomitable European city, each
yearning for a new beginning in the
aftermath of war. Show times vary;
call theater for more information.
Lise de la Salle, Piano Recital
February 20
Dixon Hall, Tulane University
(504) 895-0690
Award-winning French concert
pianist, Lise de la Salle, performs
a program of works by Bach, Liszt,
Poulenc and Thomas Enhco in this
recital sponsored by New Orleans
Friends of Music. 8 pm.
The Color Purple
February 20-25
Saenger Theatre
1111 Canal St., New Orleans
(504) 525-1052
Alice Walker’s 1982 Pulitzer Prizewinning
novel, adapted into a 2016
Tony Award-winning Best Musical
Revival, returns to New Orleans in
the latest offering of the Broadway
in New Orleans series. The story
portrays a young African American
woman’s journey to love and triumph
in the American South. Show times
vary; call theatre for tickets and
information.
Big Easy to the Big Apple
February 22 & 24
Orpheum Theater
129 Roosevelt Way, New Orleans
(504) 523-6530
On February 27 the Louisiana
Philharmonic Orchestra will travel
to New York City to perform in
world-renowned Carnegie Hall.
Before leaving for their milestone
performance there, the LPO will
perform the same pieces on two
nights at the Orpheum Theater, two
of which are tributes to composer
Philip Glass on his 80th birthday.
8 pm.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
February 23-March 4
Jefferson Performing Arts Center
6400 Airline Drive, Metairie
(504) 885-2000
Based on the Victor Hugo novel with
songs from the Disney animated
film, the Jefferson Performing Arts
Society stages the gripping tale of
Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer
of Notre Dame Cathedral and the
beautiful gypsy, Esmeralda. 7:30 pm
Fri.-Sat.; 2 pm Sun.
Romeo & Juliette
February 24
Mahalia Jackson Theater
1419 Basin St. (Louis Armstrong Park),
New Orleans
(504) 522-0996
France’s Les Ballets de Monte-
Carlo gives Shakespeare’s tale of the
famous star-crossed lovers an exotic
French twist in this imaginative
interpretation sponsored by the
New Orleans Ballet Association and
performed to the Prokofiev score.
8 pm.
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