Funny Girl: Just one of the shows on stage this March in New Orleans
New Orleans On Stage: March 2025
Mardi Gras season is over, making way for our city's stages once again. Here are our curated highlights for New Orleans On Stage, March 2025.
8th
Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark Live in Concert
Mahalia Jackson Theatre
The epic adventures of Indiana Jones are even more thrilling as John Williams’ beloved score is played live by your LPO with the film on the big screen.
Info and ticketing
11th-16th
Funny Girl
Saenger Theater
The sensational Broadway revival dazzles with one of the most celebrated musical scores of all time, including classic songs “Don’t Rain On My Parade,” “I’m the Greatest Star,” and “People.” This bittersweet comedy is the story of the indomitable Fanny Brice, a girl from the Lower East Side who dreamed of a life on the stage. Everyone told her she’d never be a star, but then something funny happened—she became one of the most beloved performers in history.
Info and ticketing
13th
Jersey Boys
Le Petit Theatre
With phenomenal music, memorable characters, and great storytelling, Jersey Boys follows the fascinating evolution of four blue-collar kids who became one of the greatest successes in pop music history.
Info and ticketing
13th
LPO: Dořák Cello Concerto
Orpheum Theatre
A piece inspired by Peruvian folklore by Gabriela Lena Frank, followed by a work by Frederick Delius depicting the lush landscape of turn-of-the-century Florida. The night concludes with Dvořák’s stormy and thematic Cello Concerto, performed by extraordinarily gifted cellist Joshua Roman.
Info and ticketing
13th-23rd
Joe & Marilyn: A Love Story
Westwego Performing Arts Theatre
An intimate look into Marilyn’s relationship with baseball star Joe DiMaggio. This two-person play is a series of vignettes spanning their tragic relationship, from their first meeting to their brief marriage.
Info and ticketing
19th
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra: Debussy & Ravel
New Marigny Theater
This program highlighting French music is sure to enchant, beginning with Debussy’s poetic and dreamy Petite Suite. Le Tombeau de Couperin is Ravel’s rhythmic tribute to the music of 18th century France, and the performance closes with modern French composer Poulenc’s Sinfonietta, a playful exploration of musical character.
Info and ticketing
21st
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Mahalia Jackson Theatre
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrates 66 years as one of America’s most famous and beloved companies, bringing the African American experience and dance traditions to the world’s stages.
Info and ticketing
26th
André Bohren in Concert
New Marigny Theater
André Bohren is a lifelong musician, having played professionally from the age of 14. Growing up in a musical environment and picking up many different instruments helped keep his interests varied. André is a well-versed classical pianist who pulls from a deep repertoire built from a lifetime of study.
Info and ticketing
27th
LPO: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Orpheum Theatre
This program opens with Grammy Award-winning composer Jessie Montgomery’s work inspired by the multi-cultural sounds of New York City, followed by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s dramatic incidental music for the Shakespeare play Othello. We close with one of Tchaikovsky’s most powerful and emotive symphonies, the No. 5 in E minor.
Info and ticketing
27th - April 3rd
Orpheus Descending
Marquette Theatre
On a cold late winter night, a mysterious stranger wanders into a small southern town, and all the women in the city are lit up with desire. This puts the stranger in the crosshairs of the town’s men, and the place that seemed like a nice place to settle down becomes a pressure cooker. Will he survive until spring?
Info and ticketing
27th - April 6th
Every Brilliant Thing
Big Couch
A production by The NOLA Project. Based on true and untrue stories, Every Brilliant Thing is a life-affirming story of how to achieve hope through focusing on the smallest miracles of life.
Info and ticketing
28th
World Ballet Company: The Great Gatsby
Orpheum Theatre
Step into the jazzy world of the Roaring Twenties with this new production of the World Ballet Company. See the glitz, glamor, and tragic romance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s timeless novel LIVE on stage, featuring a multinational cast of 40 professional ballet dancers, an all-star creative team, lustrous hand-crafted costumes, and lavish, groundbreaking sets.
Info and ticketing
28th - April 6th
Billy Elliot: The Musical
Jefferson Performing Arts Center
Billy Elliot tells the story of a young boy from a coal mining village in northeast England who transcends class and circumstance to become a ballet star.
Info and ticketing
Mardi Gras season is over, making way for our city's stages once again. Here are our curated highlights for New Orleans On Stage, March 2025.
8th
Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark Live in Concert
Mahalia Jackson Theatre
The epic adventures of Indiana Jones are even more thrilling as John Williams’ beloved score is played live by your LPO with the film on the big screen.
Info and ticketing
11th-16th
Funny Girl
Saenger Theater
The sensational Broadway revival dazzles with one of the most celebrated musical scores of all time, including classic songs “Don’t Rain On My Parade,” “I’m the Greatest Star,” and “People.” This bittersweet comedy is the story of the indomitable Fanny Brice, a girl from the Lower East Side who dreamed of a life on the stage. Everyone told her she’d never be a star, but then something funny happened—she became one of the most beloved performers in history.
Info and ticketing
13th
Jersey Boys
Le Petit Theatre
With phenomenal music, memorable characters, and great storytelling, Jersey Boys follows the fascinating evolution of four blue-collar kids who became one of the greatest successes in pop music history.
Info and ticketing
13th
LPO: Dořák Cello Concerto
Orpheum Theatre
A piece inspired by Peruvian folklore by Gabriela Lena Frank, followed by a work by Frederick Delius depicting the lush landscape of turn-of-the-century Florida. The night concludes with Dvořák’s stormy and thematic Cello Concerto, performed by extraordinarily gifted cellist Joshua Roman.
Info and ticketing
13th-23rd
Joe & Marilyn: A Love Story
Westwego Performing Arts Theatre
An intimate look into Marilyn’s relationship with baseball star Joe DiMaggio. This two-person play is a series of vignettes spanning their tragic relationship, from their first meeting to their brief marriage.
Info and ticketing
19th
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra: Debussy & Ravel
New Marigny Theater
This program highlighting French music is sure to enchant, beginning with Debussy’s poetic and dreamy Petite Suite. Le Tombeau de Couperin is Ravel’s rhythmic tribute to the music of 18th century France, and the performance closes with modern French composer Poulenc’s Sinfonietta, a playful exploration of musical character.
Info and ticketing
21st
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Mahalia Jackson Theatre
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrates 66 years as one of America’s most famous and beloved companies, bringing the African American experience and dance traditions to the world’s stages.
Info and ticketing
26th
André Bohren in Concert
New Marigny Theater
André Bohren is a lifelong musician, having played professionally from the age of 14. Growing up in a musical environment and picking up many different instruments helped keep his interests varied. André is a well-versed classical pianist who pulls from a deep repertoire built from a lifetime of study.
Info and ticketing
27th
LPO: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Orpheum Theatre
This program opens with Grammy Award-winning composer Jessie Montgomery’s work inspired by the multi-cultural sounds of New York City, followed by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s dramatic incidental music for the Shakespeare play Othello. We close with one of Tchaikovsky’s most powerful and emotive symphonies, the No. 5 in E minor.
Info and ticketing
27th - April 3rd
Orpheus Descending
Marquette Theatre
On a cold late winter night, a mysterious stranger wanders into a small southern town, and all the women in the city are lit up with desire. This puts the stranger in the crosshairs of the town’s men, and the place that seemed like a nice place to settle down becomes a pressure cooker. Will he survive until spring?
Info and ticketing
27th - April 6th
Every Brilliant Thing
Big Couch
A production by The NOLA Project. Based on true and untrue stories, Every Brilliant Thing is a life-affirming story of how to achieve hope through focusing on the smallest miracles of life.
Info and ticketing
28th
World Ballet Company: The Great Gatsby
Orpheum Theatre
Step into the jazzy world of the Roaring Twenties with this new production of the World Ballet Company. See the glitz, glamor, and tragic romance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s timeless novel LIVE on stage, featuring a multinational cast of 40 professional ballet dancers, an all-star creative team, lustrous hand-crafted costumes, and lavish, groundbreaking sets.
Info and ticketing
28th - April 6th
Billy Elliot: The Musical
Jefferson Performing Arts Center
Billy Elliot tells the story of a young boy from a coal mining village in northeast England who transcends class and circumstance to become a ballet star.
Info and ticketing
