Macbeth
July 6-22
Lupin Theatre, Dixon Hall
Tulane University, New Orleans
(504) 865-5105
Sponsored by the New Orleans
Shakespeare Festival at Tulane,
Macbeth and his scheming wife execute
a ruthless plan that launches a string of
murders in this updated version of The
Great Bard’s timeless tragedy. Fri.-Sat.
7:30 pm; Sun. 1:30 pm.
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Articulate Fluid Open Mic
July 11
The Art Klub
1941 Arts Street, New Orleans
The Articulate Presents is an outreach
program geared toward aiding
individuals in finding their voice
through written expression. Comedians
and comediennes, poets, storytellers
and all other manner of interpretive
performers are welcome to come with
a prepared piece or collaborate with
friends. Free. 7-9 pm.
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King Lear
July 11
Lupin Theatre, Dixon Hall
Tulane University, New Orleans
(504) 865-5105
The New Orleans Shakespeare
Festival presents a staged reading of
Shakespeare’s moving tragedy King
Lear. As he reckons with aging, King
Lear divides his kingdom between his
three daughters. But something nasty
is brewing just below the surface and
everyone’s life is changed in an instant.
Free and open to the public. 7:30 pm.
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Ragtime
July 12-15
Dixon Hall
Tulane University, New Orleans
(504) 865-5269
E.L. Doctorow’s 1975 novel of
immigrant life in and around New
York City in the early 1900s and the
musical it was based on gets its firstever
staging by Summer Lyric Theatre
at Tulane with a stellar cast of local
actors. Fri.-Sat. 8 pm; Sun. 2 pm.
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Beauty and the Beast
July 12-22
Rivertown Theaters for the Performing
Arts
325 Minor Street, Kenner
(504) 461-9475
ENTERTAINMENT
NOTE: All performances are ticketed events unless otherwise noted.
Rivertown Theater invites you to “Be
Our Guest” for this staging of one of
the classic Broadway musicals of all
time. Love conquers hate as Belle
helps break an evil spell and bring a
hideous-looking creature back to a
normal life. Featuring the songs of
Alan Menken, Tim Rice and Howard
Ashman. Wed.-Sun. 7:30 pm; Sun.
2 pm.
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By Any Scenes Necessary
Julius Caesar
July 18
Lupin Theatre, Dixon Hall
Tulane University, New Orleans
(504) 865-5105
The New Orleans Shakespeare
Festival once again partners with
the NOLA Project ensemble for a
unique, one-night-only event. By Any
Scenes Necessary is a riotous theatre/
improv hybrid that will attempt
to recreate Shakespeare’s tragic
masterpiece Julius Caesar without
a script. Actors and long-form
improvisers will tell the story using
only their imagination. 7:30 pm.
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New Orleans Piano Institute &
Keyboard Festival
July 21-29
Loyola University
6363 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans
(504) 899-4826
Held in conjunction with the
New Orleans International Piano
Competition, the Keyboard Festival
presents a series of free performances
by students at this year’s institute.
Pianist Alexandre Moutouzkine
will open the festival with a recital
featuring violinist Chloé Kiffer on
July 22. Call for details.
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New Orleans International
Piano Competition
July 22-29
Loyola University
6363 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans
(504) 899-4826
Sponsored by the Musical Arts
Society of New Orleans, this biennial
event brings twelve of the world's
most talented, up-and-coming
pianists are invited to New Orleans
for a week of magnificent piano
playing as semifinalists competing
for prizes totaling over $35,000. Call
for details.
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The Wizard of Oz
July 27-29
Teatro Wego
177 Sala Avenue, Westwego
(504)885-2000
L. Frank Baum’s classic tale of
a young girl who takes a magical
journey “over the rainbow” comes to
life in this production, staged at the
Jefferson Performing Arts Society’s
West Bank theater complex by The
Jefferson Performing Arts Society
Youth. Fri.-Sat. 7:30 pm; Sun. 2 pm.
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Newsies
August 2-5
Dixon Hall
Tulane University, New Orleans
(504) 865-5269
Closing out its 51st season, Tulane
Summer Lyric Theatre presents the
regional premiere of Newsies, the
story of an 1899 strike by young boys
hawking newspapers on the streets of
New York City and the victory they
won with help from people in high
places. Fri.-Sat. 8 pm; Sun. 2 pm.
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Tennessee Williams’ “Vieux
Carre”
August 3-18
Marigny Opera House
725 St. Ferdinand Street, New Orleans
(504) 948-9998
Staged by the Tennessee Williams
Theater Company of New Orleans
and set in a dilapidated boarding
house on Toulouse Street in the
French Quarter in the late 1930s, the
story focuses on a nameless, newly
transplanted, innocent, aspiring
St. Louis writer who is struggling
with his literary career, poverty and
loneliness. Call for show times.
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Bring It! Live
August 3
Saenger Theatre
1111 Canal Street, New Orleans
(504) 525-1052
Miss D and her Dancing Dolls, the
stars of Lifetime’s hit series Bring It!
will be coming to the Saenger with an
all new “Bring It! Live” 2018 summer
tour hip-hop majorette competition.
8 pm.
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Mary Poppins Jr.
August 3-5
Jefferson Performing Arts Center
6000 Airline Drive, Metairie
(504) 885-2000
Jefferson Performing Arts Society
presents its Youth Summer Musical
Intensive Production featuring
everyone’s favorite “practically
perfect” nanny in this magical
adventure based on the awardwinning
Broadway musical and
classic Walt Disney film. Fri.-Sat.
7:30 pm; Sun. 2 pm.
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Musical Tribute To The Meters
Songs
Leo Nocentelli & Friends
August 18
Tipitina’s
501 Napoleon Avenue, New Orleans
(504) 895-8477
Multi-award-winning guitarist and
Grammy Lifetime Achievement
Award recipient Leo Nocentelli will
be presenting a musical tribute to the
songs that he wrote for The Meters, a
groundbreaking funk and R&B band
he co-founded in the early 1960s.
Onstage with Leo will be
Such musical luminaries as Anders
Osborne, Dave Malone of The
Radiators, Deacon John and
other special guests. Call for tickets
and information.
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Lulu White: The Queen of
Storyville
August 18-26
Jefferson Performing Arts Center
6000 Airline Drive, Metairie
(504) 885-2000
Created and performed by Anais
St. John and produced by Jonathan
Mares Productions, this world
premiere cabaret-style show
musically recreates the life and
career of Lulu White, one of the
most famous madams of New
Orleans’s Storyville era. Sat. 7:30 pm;
Sun. 2 pm.
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Tony Bennett in Concert
August 25
Saenger Theatre
1111 Canal Street, New Orleans
(504) 525-1052
With a singing career spanning more
than 60 years and with dozens of
platinum and gold albums to his
credit, Tony Bennett touches the
hearts and souls of audiences with
his legendary vocals and charming
stage presence. His daughter, Antonia
Bennett, will open the show. 8 pm.
CULTURAL EVENTS
IN AND AROUND NEW ORLEANS
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