Comics, showgirls, nuns and Jazz Dads
Your free, weekly, curated guide to arts and culture in New Orleans
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A brimming issue this week: Comedian Ariel Elias returns to NOLA, we round up stage shows and events for May, review musicals and movies, and size up the Jazz Dads…
Everybody’s in LA: Former NOLA resident Ariel Elias went viral with a famous clip a couple of years ago, and now tours nationally - we caught up with her success as she arrives in the city for four shows [click here]
Review: Harold and Saint Claude: Our reviewer Dorian Hatchett went to see a moving new musical, and found pain and joy in equal measure [click here]
Meet the Jazz Dads: It’s high season for the Hawaiian-shirted denizens of the city’s biggest music festival. Here’s our field guide [click here]
The Last Showgirl: Pamela Anderson reinvents herself in this Vegas-set movie (now streaming). We review the fading glamor of showgirl life [click here]
What’s On Stage, May 2025: Doubt, The Wiz, and Tiny Beautiful Things are among the many stage shows taking place this month. There’s also dance, ballet, classical music and new plays by local writers [click here]
Festivals and events, May 2025: The last weekend of Jazz Fest, Greek Fest and more in our newest monthly calendar [click here]
Your curated, weekly arts and culture diary has a wealth of Jazz Fest-adjacent events, plus theater, huge book sales and cool things happening at the zoo and aquarium [click here]
NEWS: Previews of some of the plays we mentioned, plus a culinary pop-up with the flavours of Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, and beyond [click here]
Thank you for reading as always - have a fun, safe week and we’ll see you next week.
Much love,
Paul O
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