The cast of 'A Doll's House', coming to Loyola University this month
New Orleans On Stage, September-October 2024
This Fall sees a rash, a glut and a slew of new theatrical productions, all coming to stages near you. There's everything from dark Scandinavian drama to rock school high jinx to singing crawfish. Here are some of the highlights of the New Orleans' theatre scene for September and October of 2024.
SEPTEMBER
19th-22nd
A Doll's House
Marquette Theatre at Loyola University
A seemingly perfect life unravels as Nora, a charming wife and mother, grapples with a shocking secret. A new production of Ibsen's classic drama, directed by Amy Herzog. More information and tickets.
12th
LPO: Opening Night – Symphonie Fantastique
Orpheum Theatre
The orchestra's start to the 2024-25 season, with Brian Raphael Nabors’ Pulse, as well as two well-known French compositions, Dukas’ beloved The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Berlioz’s thrilling masterpiece, Symphonie Fantastique. Tickets and more information
13th-22nd
School of Rock
Jefferson Performing Arts Center
Based on the hit film, this hilarious new musical follows Dewey Finn, a failed rock star who poses as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. This high-octane smash delivers face-melting guitar riffs and touching romance in equal doses. More information and tickets
13th -28th
Penny Dreadfuls
The Lower Depths Theatre, Loyola University
It’s Tennessee Williams as you’ve never seen him as these unhinged vignettes probe the macabre corners of the human psyche. Wacky, weird, and wild desire splatters in all directions. More information and tickets
14th-30th
Hairspray
Rivertown Theaters
The 1950s are out, and change is in the air. Hairspray, winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, is a family-friendly musical, piled bouffant-high with laughter, romance and deliriously tuneful songs. More information and tickets
20th
Hey! Ho! Let’s Go! 50 Years of CBGB!
Columbia Theater for the Performing Arts (Hammond, LA)
A punk rock concert featuring Splendid Failure and Friends, this high-energy show will kick off the Southeastern Louisiana University Centennial Celebration, as well as Fanfare 2024: A Festival of the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, and the 2024-25 Columbia Season. Proceeds will support children’s theater at the Kay Butler Performing Arts Project at Swamplight Theater in Ponchatoula. More information and tickets
21st-22nd
Songblazers
Saenger Theatre
Cirque Du Soleil’s new concept blazes through the city for two nights only. It’s a one-of-a-kind theatrical production celebrating country music, with acrobatics and live musical performance. More info and tickets / READ OUR PREVIEW
Sept 26th-Oct 6th
Out of the Boil
The New Marigny Theatre
Singing crawfish, environmental threats and a huge slice of solidarity, all to the tune of familiar pop hits. Writer Rel Farrar's debut musical has something for everyone. More information and tickets / READ OUR INTERVIEW WITH REL
26th-Oct 12th
Evil Dead 2: Drowned by Dawn
Midtown Hotel New Orleans
Aqua Mob, New Orleans’ acclaimed, first and only community-based water ballet ensemble brings its new show to a new venue. After discovering an audiotape that contains voices reading from the Book of the Dead, Ash’s girlfriend Linda becomes possessed by evil swimming spirits. More information and tickets
OCTOBER
3rd-20th
Murder For Two
Le Petit Theatre
The perfect blend of music, mayhem, and murder. In this 90-minute show, two performers play 13 roles – not to mention the piano – in a witty and winking homage to old-fashioned murder mysteries. More information and tickets
4th
Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life
Saenger Theatre
Stand-up comedy from Brett Goldstein, a breakthrough creative force being the co-executive producer, writer, and star
of the Peabody-winning Apple TV+ series, 'Ted Lasso'. More information and tickets
3rd-13th
Clue
Jefferson Performing Arts Center
Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount movie which was inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery. Information and ticketing
4th-14th
The Night Fiona Flawless Went Mad
AllWays Lounge
A new original musical written, directed and produced by Trey Ming. A dark comedy, with a stellar cast. After turning herself in for a double homicide, Fiona and her psychiatrist dive through convoluted memories in search of that pivotal moment when her otherwise-flawless mind disconnected from reality…the night she went mad. More information and tickets.
11th
Wit & Wrath: The Life and Times of Dorothy Parker
BB's Stage Door Canteen, The National WW2 Museum
With a biting wit and acid tongue, writer Dorothy Parker was among the most widely read—and quoted—women of the 1930s and beyond. In this one-woman show, Claudia Baumgarten brings the incomparable Parker to life, martini in hand, as she skewers the Jazz Age and vintage Hollywood with her incisive observations about society and culture. Information and tickets
15th-20th
Girl from the North Country
Saenger Theatre
Written and directed by Conor McPherson and featuring Tony Award-winning orchestrations by Simon Hale, Girl From The North Country reimagines 20 legendary songs of Bob Dylan as they’ve never been heard before. More information and tickets
22nd
Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert
Orpheum Theatre
For the first time ever, Jim Henson’s original masterpiece and musical fantasy film Labyrinth, starring the iconic David Bowie, will transport fans to Goblin City in an exciting fusion of film and live music on stage. More information and tickets
26th-30th
New Orleans Ballet Theater present Dracula
Orpheum Theatre
Back by popular demand, don’t miss NOBT’s newest production, choreographed by Oliver Halkowich. Using a mix of musical genres, you will be transported into a world of seduction, lust, and forbidden desire. More information and tickets
26th-Nov 11th
The Toxic Avenger
Rivertown Theaters
Based on Lloyd Kaufman's cult film and winner of the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical, The Toxic Avenger is a charming love story and laugh-out-loud musical that has it all. More information and tickets
This Fall sees a rash, a glut and a slew of new theatrical productions, all coming to stages near you. There's everything from dark Scandinavian drama to rock school high jinx to singing crawfish. Here are some of the highlights of the New Orleans' theatre scene for September and October of 2024.
SEPTEMBER
19th-22nd
A Doll's House
Marquette Theatre at Loyola University
A seemingly perfect life unravels as Nora, a charming wife and mother, grapples with a shocking secret. A new production of Ibsen's classic drama, directed by Amy Herzog. More information and tickets.
12th
LPO: Opening Night – Symphonie Fantastique
Orpheum Theatre
The orchestra's start to the 2024-25 season, with Brian Raphael Nabors’ Pulse, as well as two well-known French compositions, Dukas’ beloved The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Berlioz’s thrilling masterpiece, Symphonie Fantastique. Tickets and more information
13th-22nd
School of Rock
Jefferson Performing Arts Center
Based on the hit film, this hilarious new musical follows Dewey Finn, a failed rock star who poses as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. This high-octane smash delivers face-melting guitar riffs and touching romance in equal doses. More information and tickets
13th -28th
Penny Dreadfuls
The Lower Depths Theatre, Loyola University
It’s Tennessee Williams as you’ve never seen him as these unhinged vignettes probe the macabre corners of the human psyche. Wacky, weird, and wild desire splatters in all directions. More information and tickets
14th-30th
Hairspray
Rivertown Theaters
The 1950s are out, and change is in the air. Hairspray, winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, is a family-friendly musical, piled bouffant-high with laughter, romance and deliriously tuneful songs. More information and tickets
20th
Hey! Ho! Let’s Go! 50 Years of CBGB!
Columbia Theater for the Performing Arts (Hammond, LA)
A punk rock concert featuring Splendid Failure and Friends, this high-energy show will kick off the Southeastern Louisiana University Centennial Celebration, as well as Fanfare 2024: A Festival of the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, and the 2024-25 Columbia Season. Proceeds will support children’s theater at the Kay Butler Performing Arts Project at Swamplight Theater in Ponchatoula. More information and tickets
21st-22nd
Songblazers
Saenger Theatre
Cirque Du Soleil’s new concept blazes through the city for two nights only. It’s a one-of-a-kind theatrical production celebrating country music, with acrobatics and live musical performance. More info and tickets / READ OUR PREVIEW
Sept 26th-Oct 6th
Out of the Boil
The New Marigny Theatre
Singing crawfish, environmental threats and a huge slice of solidarity, all to the tune of familiar pop hits. Writer Rel Farrar's debut musical has something for everyone. More information and tickets / READ OUR INTERVIEW WITH REL
26th-Oct 12th
Evil Dead 2: Drowned by Dawn
Midtown Hotel New Orleans
Aqua Mob, New Orleans’ acclaimed, first and only community-based water ballet ensemble brings its new show to a new venue. After discovering an audiotape that contains voices reading from the Book of the Dead, Ash’s girlfriend Linda becomes possessed by evil swimming spirits. More information and tickets
OCTOBER
3rd-20th
Murder For Two
Le Petit Theatre
The perfect blend of music, mayhem, and murder. In this 90-minute show, two performers play 13 roles – not to mention the piano – in a witty and winking homage to old-fashioned murder mysteries. More information and tickets
4th
Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life
Saenger Theatre
Stand-up comedy from Brett Goldstein, a breakthrough creative force being the co-executive producer, writer, and star
of the Peabody-winning Apple TV+ series, 'Ted Lasso'. More information and tickets
3rd-13th
Clue
Jefferson Performing Arts Center
Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount movie which was inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery. Information and ticketing
4th-14th
The Night Fiona Flawless Went Mad
AllWays Lounge
A new original musical written, directed and produced by Trey Ming. A dark comedy, with a stellar cast. After turning herself in for a double homicide, Fiona and her psychiatrist dive through convoluted memories in search of that pivotal moment when her otherwise-flawless mind disconnected from reality…the night she went mad. More information and tickets.
11th
Wit & Wrath: The Life and Times of Dorothy Parker
BB's Stage Door Canteen, The National WW2 Museum
With a biting wit and acid tongue, writer Dorothy Parker was among the most widely read—and quoted—women of the 1930s and beyond. In this one-woman show, Claudia Baumgarten brings the incomparable Parker to life, martini in hand, as she skewers the Jazz Age and vintage Hollywood with her incisive observations about society and culture. Information and tickets
15th-20th
Girl from the North Country
Saenger Theatre
Written and directed by Conor McPherson and featuring Tony Award-winning orchestrations by Simon Hale, Girl From The North Country reimagines 20 legendary songs of Bob Dylan as they’ve never been heard before. More information and tickets
22nd
Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert
Orpheum Theatre
For the first time ever, Jim Henson’s original masterpiece and musical fantasy film Labyrinth, starring the iconic David Bowie, will transport fans to Goblin City in an exciting fusion of film and live music on stage. More information and tickets
26th-30th
New Orleans Ballet Theater present Dracula
Orpheum Theatre
Back by popular demand, don’t miss NOBT’s newest production, choreographed by Oliver Halkowich. Using a mix of musical genres, you will be transported into a world of seduction, lust, and forbidden desire. More information and tickets
26th-Nov 11th
The Toxic Avenger
Rivertown Theaters
Based on Lloyd Kaufman's cult film and winner of the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical, The Toxic Avenger is a charming love story and laugh-out-loud musical that has it all. More information and tickets