Fall Arts Preview: Theater
Pinkalicious
Based on the popular children's book, a young girl can't resist anything pink — until she turns pink herself.
FourFront Theatre
Teatro Wego
Through Oct. 4
Viagra Falls
The fun is just beginning for these retirees.
Jefferson Performing Arts Center (JPAS)
Teatro Wego
Oct. 2-18
The Kingfish
John "Spud" McConnell stars in the one-man show about Huey P. Long.
The Roosevelt Hotel
Through Oct. 11
Opus
A high-caliber string ensemble adjusts to its first female member.
Southern Rep
Through Oct. 11
Andrea Marcovicci
The cabaret singer performs.
Le Chat Noir
Oct. 1-4
Loup Garou
Who or what is the mysterious werewolf haunting south Louisiana?
ArtSpot Productions/Mondo Bizarro
City Park
Oct. 8-25
Bless Ya Boys
A salute to the New Orleans Saints and the team's die-hard fans.
Le Chat Noir
Oct. 15-24
The Rocky Horror Show
Richard O'Brien's vampy, campy rock 'n' roll musical is right on time for Halloween.
JPAS
Westwego Performing Arts Center
Oct. 23-Nov. 7
Camp Chaos
Actor's Theatre stages an original spoof of the horror film genre.
Actor's Theatre of New Orleans
Oct. 8-24
Finer Noble Gases
Stoner rock band members sharing an apartment are shaken from their stupor by the death of their television.
NOLA Project
Marigny Theatre/AllWays Lounge
Oct. 9-25
The Laramie Project — 10 Years Later
A staged reading of the Tectonic Theater Company's updated work.
Le Chat Noir
Oct. 12
Luis Bravo's Forever Tango
A company of 14 Argentine dancers traces the history of tango.
Mahalia Jackson Theater
Oct. 15
Damn Yankees
A man is torn between his love for his wife and his love for the game.
Le Petit Theatre
Oct. 15-Nov. 1
The Songs of Eartha Kitt
Anais St. John sings the music of Eartha Kitt.
Le Chat Noir
Oct. 18
Livin' Janis
Dorian Rush channels Janis Joplin.
Le Chat Noir
Oct. 21 & Nov. 27-29
Shane Shane
This queer one-man cabaret act features song, dance and plenty of cardboard headdresses.
AllWays Lounge
Oct. 22
The Clean Up Woman
A career woman hires domestic help and realizes the maid may be picking up her husband in addition to the dirty laundry around the house.
Mahalia Jackson Theater
Oct. 25
Cats
A mystical breed of cats share their secret customs and talents in the long-running Broadway hit.
Broadway Across America
Mahalia Jackson Theater
Oct. 27-Nov. 1
Perle Noir's Gowns and Tassels Burlesque Benefit
Dancer Perle Noir presents a burlesque show to raise money to compete in the Burlesque Hall of Fame Pageant.
AllWays Lounge
Oct. 28
A Raisin in the Sun
A Southside Chicago family is torn by members' different plans for a better future.
Anthony Bean Community Theater
Oct. 30-Nov. 22
I Am My Own Wife
A German transvestite outwits the Nazis and the Communists in this Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning one-man show.
Southern Rep
Nov. 4-Dec. 6
Four Dogs & a Bone
Everybody involved in a low-budget film tries to take over the project.
Actor's Theatre of New Orleans
Nov. 5-21
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Six adolescent overachievers struggle to fit in, win and learn life's truly valuable lessons.
FourFront Theatre
Le Petit Theatre
Nov. 6-22
New Orleans Fringe Festival
The second-year festival presents a broad slate of alternative theater and performance art at various locations.
Nov. 11-15
Sandi Roads Presents Hot Flashes
Becky Allen and Karen Hebert star in a comedy about women getting together to solve the problems of the world, commiserate about aging and celebrate life.
JPAS
Teatro Wego
Nov. 13-19
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
The musical classic is a story of magic and discovering true love.
JPAS
Jefferson Performing Arts Center
Nov. 28-Dec. 13
The Color Purple
The Broadway musical is based on Alice Walker's novel about Southern black women who find the strength to survive poverty and exploitation and take control of their lives.
Broadway Across America
Mahalia Jackson Theater
Dec. 1-6
A Christmas Carol — The Whole Story – The Movie!
Rene J.F. Piazza takes his annual comic holiday spoof to a whole new medium.
Actor's Theatre of New Orleans
Dec. 3-20
Irving Berlin's White Christmas
The stage adaptation of the film features extra Irving Berlin songs and big musical numbers.
Le Petit Theatre
Dec. 3-20
Silent Night of the Lambs
Running With Scissors cannibalizes the holiday classics.
Le Chat Noir
Dec. 3-27
The Santaland Diaries
The stage adaptation of David Sedaris' account of working during the holidays as an elf assistant to Santa at Macy's in New York City.
Actor's Theatre of New Orleans
Dec. 4-19
Major Archibald Swelling's Salve
Historical Louisiana figures shake up state politics from the grave.
Cripple Creek
Marigny Theatre
Dec. 4-12
The Reason
Anthony Bean writes and directs a hip-hop holiday musical.
Anthony Bean Theater
Dec. 4-20
A Christmas Carol
JPAS Theatre Kids presents the musical children's version of Dickens' classic.
JPAS
Westwego Performing Arts Center
Dec. 11-20
