Clubs, crosses and how to conduct yourself
Your arts and culture highlights for the next week in NOLA
A real mixed bag this week, with first nights, first tries and a story of the first time (probably) someone stood up to a snooty superstar.
“There’s no more rip-roaring a romp through the final week of Nazareth's Next Top Saviour than Jesus Christ Superstar. Celebrating some 50 years as theater’s premier biblical rock opera, JCS is more hi-voltage concert than scripture class...” Read our first night review of the touring production of Jesus Christ Superstar here.
“Smooth jazz is playing ominously, and though we do segue into some jaunty Gloria Estefan numbers for a while, the genre returns and becomes the prevailing musical motif. Seems like that should be a punishable crime in New Orleans.” A delayed flight at MSY gives us a chance to review The Club MSY, full review here.
“At his concert that night, jazz band leader Sharkey Bonano announces that he’s dedicating the next song to Beecham, and leads his musicians into a rendition of ‘I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead, You Rascal You’.” Famous conductor Sir Thomas Beecham gets taken down a peg or three, New Orleans style. Read the full story here.
Have a great week whatever you’re up to and as always, much love.