Beethoven’s 9th and Schubert’s
“Unfinished” Symphony
September 13 & 15
Orpheum Theater
129 Roosevelt Way, New Orleans
(504) 523-6530
The Louisiana Philharmonic
Orchestra opens its season with
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and
its famous “Ode to Joy” sung by four
soloists from the NOVA Masterworks
Choir. Also on the program is
Schubert’s “Unfinished Symphony.”
Carlos Miguel Prieto conducts. 7:30
p.m.
The Music Man
September 14-October 7
Rivertown Theaters for the Performing
Arts
325 Minor Street, Kenner
(504) 461-9475
“There’s Trouble in River City” when
Harold Hill comes to a small town
in Iowa to organize a marching band.
This great American classic is a sixtime,
Tony Award-winning musical
comedy that has been entertaining
audiences since 1957. Thu.-Sat. 8
pm; Sun. 2 pm.
Creation du Monde
September 17
Munholland United Methodist Church
1201 Metairie Rd, Metairie
(504) 304-8608
Musaica, a New Orleans-based
chamber music ensemble, plays
a program of Jewish composers
including a string quartet by Felix
Mendelssohn, a Darius Milhaud
piano quintet and two other pieces.
7:30 pm
Creation du Monde
September 19
Marigny Opera House
725 St. Ferdinand Street, New Orleans
(504) 948-9998
(Same program and information as
above)
Shear Madness
September 21-October 28
Westwego Performing Arts Center
177 Sala Avenue, Westwego
(504) 885-2000
The Jefferson Performing Arts Society
presents this popular “WHOdunit”
comedy in which the audience
matches wits with the suspects to
catch the killer of the lady upstairs
from the Shear Madness Hair Salon.
Fri.-Sat. 7:30 pm; Sun. 2 pm.
Diavolo: Architecture in
Motion
September 22
Mahalia Jackson Theater
Louis Armstrong Park, New Orleans
(504) 522-0996
The New Orleans Ballet Association
opens its 2018-19 season with
the return of Diavolo, the widely
popular dance company that wowed
millions of viewers on “America’s
Got Talent.” Pushing the limits of
dance as extreme sport and defying
gravity, these intrepid dancer-athletes
perform a new action-theater show
that is a thrilling spectacle for the
entire family. 8 pm.
Turandot
September 28 & 30
Mahalia Jackson Theater for the
Performing Arts
Louis Armstrong Park, New Orleans
(504) 529-3000
The New Orleans Opera Association
opens its 2018-19 season with
Puccini’s majestic lyric drama set in
ancient China involving a beautiful
but deadly princess and a mysterious
prince who eventually wins her heart.
Soaring arias and colorful sets make
this one of the classic operas in the
standard repertoire. Fri. 8 pm and
Sun. 2:30 pm.
A Doll’s House, Part 2
October 3-21
Southern Rep Theatre
2541 Bayou Road, New Orleans
(504) 522-6545
Southern Rep stages its first
production in its new home with this
bold comedy that’s both insightful
and heartfelt. When Nora knocks
on the door of the house she left
15 years ago, the whole family is in
for a surprise and they navigate an
emotional obstacle course of regret,
recrimination and reconciliation.
Directed by Aimee Hayes. Call for
show times.
Satchmo at the Waldorf
October 5-21
Le Petit Theatre
616 St. Peter Street, New Orleans
(504) 522-2081
New Orleans’ beloved jazz legend,
Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong is at the
center of this three-character play
takes place in March 1971 backstage
at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in
NYC four months before his death.
Directed by Maxwell Williams. Thu.-
Sat. 7:30 pm; Sun. 3 pm.
Courtney Bryan in Concert
October 5
New Orleans Jazz Museum, Old US
Mint
400 Esplanade Ave., New Orleans
(504) 568-6993
Join the Musical Arts Society of New
Orleans for an evening concert with
Courtney Bryan who will perform her
works for solo piano and recorded
sound. 7 pm.
Stories Without Words
October 18-November 3
The Fortress of Lushington
2215 Burgundy Street
(301) 412-1707
The Radical Buffoons, a New
Orleans-based performing
arts troupe, premieres a new
choreographic work combining dance
and theatrical arts and elements of
music videos into a single production
featuring a five-member ensemble.
All shows at 8 pm.
The Pillowman
October 18-November 3
Lusher Lion’s Gate Theatre
5624 Freret St., New Orleans
(504) 302-9117
The NOLA Project presents Martin
McDonagh’s Tony Award-winning
play centering on the interrogation of
an author in an unnamed totalitarian
state and the gruesome content of
his short stories which are similar to
a series of murders committed there.
Thu.-Sat. 8 pm; Sun. 3 pm.
Peter Pan
October 19-28
Jefferson Performing Arts Center
6400 Airline Drive, Metairie
(504) 885-2000
Broadway's timeless classic musical
whisks you away to a place where
dreams are born and no one ever
grows up. Peter and his mischievous
fairy sidekick, Tinkerbell, visit the
nursery of the Darling children late
one night and, with a sprinkle of pixie
dust, begin a magical journey across
the stars. Fri.-Sat. 7:30 pm; Sun. 2
pm.
Les Lions de Reconstruction
October 19-21
Marigny Opera House
725 St. Ferdinand Street, New Orleans
(504) 948-9998
“From Black Codes to the Ballot
Box,” this newly created opera
by Opera Creole celebrates and
commemorates 19th century New
Orleans free people of coler who
were composers and freedom
fighters. 7 pm.
Dance Theatre of Harlem
October 20
Mahalia Jackson Theater
Louis Armstrong Park, New Orleans
(504) 522-0996
The globally renowned DTH puts
power en pointe with works by
George Balanchine, Darrell Grand
Moultrie, Christopher Wheeldon
and Geoffrey Holder, featuring four
guest artists from NOBA’s Center for
Dance and Holder’s wife Carmen de
Lavallade and his son Leo. 8 pm.
Zardis in Performance
October 27
Carver Theater
2101 Orleans Ave., New Orleans
(504) 304-0460
New Orleans vocalist Zardis will be
presenting an evening of jazz, R&B
and soul standards at the recently
restored historic Carver Theater
in Treme. The event is an official
reopening fundraiser for the theater
and Zardis will be honoring renowned
chef Leah Chase from the nearby
Restaurant Dooky Chase. Call for
show time.
Follies of 1915
November 1-4
Marigny Opera House
725 St. Ferdinand Street, New Orleans
(504) 948-9998
Marigny Opera Ballet kicks off –
literally! – its fifth season with this
sparkling, full-length comedy of
errors set to the period music by New
Orleans’ New Leviathan Oriental
Foxtrot Orchestra. Choreography
by Kellis McSparrin-Oldenburg. Call
for show times.
CULTURAL EVENTS
IN AND AROUND NEW ORLEANS
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2018
NOTE: All performances are ticketed events unless otherwise noted.
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