An Homage to Josephine Baker - Marigny Opera House
LE PETIT THEATRE lepetittheatre . com
Choir Boy January 14 – 30 Nominated for a Tony Award in 2019 , the soaring , music-filled Choir Boy takes place at the Charles R . Drew Prep School for Boys , which has been dedicated to the education of strong , ethical black men . One talented student has been waiting for years to take his rightful place as the leader of the legendary gospel choir . But can he make his way through the hallowed halls of this institution if he sings in his own key ?
THE CIVIC civicnola . com
DJ Soul Sister ’ s 10th Annual New Year ’ s Eve Soul Train December 31 Ring in the New Year with the queen of rare groove , DJ Soul Sister , whose high energy , infamous sets feature funk , soul , rare groove , underground disco , jazz fusion , true-school hip hop and more .
MARIGNY OPERA HOUSE neworleansopera . org
New Orleans Jazz Nutcracker December 3 – 5 , 11 – 12 Marigny Opera Ballet ’ s world premiere of an original , full-length Nutcracker performance featuring a jazz score by New Orleans great
Lawrence Sieberth . Set in Jackson Square on Christmas Eve , a young girl is transported through the Kingdom of Rain to the Kingdom of Sweets , and then back to her bench on the Square .
New Orleans Opera Association : An Homage to Josephine Baker January 6 – 9 Thomas Cipullo ’ s single-scene , one-act opera imagines a backstage moment with Josephine Baker before her final performance . JOSEPHINE the ballet , directly following JOSEPHINE the opera , will feature five dancers from the Marigny Opera Ballet . The new ballet is a recreation of a Parisian revue circa 1925 , and will include six songs of the period , which will be mastered into a soundtrack by New Orleans jazz great Lawrence Sieberth .
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Raw Fruit January 14 – 16 Raw Fruit is a collection of stories that reveals the essence of ancestral values , which have been woven into the cultural fabric of our lives . This multidisciplinary work uses the technology of the kitchen to examine legacy , identity , socialization , unity and friction inside the southern Black family dynamic . Raw Fruit is a celebration of New Orleans culture juxtaposed to the complexities of the African-American experience in the south .
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