My New Orleans
02/10/2021
METAIRIE, La (press release) – Jefferson Performing Arts Society brings its third production of the new year to the Jefferson Performing Arts Center with the timeless 1940s dark comedy Arsenic and Old Lace from Feb. 26-March 7, 2021.
The popular play by Joseph Kesselring was originally staged on Broadway before becoming the classic film directed by Frank Capra, starring Cary Grant as drama critic Mortimer Brewster. This fast-paced farce features homicidal maniacs that all hail from the same family, including a serial killer brother on the lam and two sweet aunts who have been poisoning their boardinghouse residents for years. Then there’s the uncle who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt!
Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director Photo: Craig Bailey/Perspective Photo. The governing board of the Mass Cultural Council announces today that Michael J. Bobbitt will serve as the Agency’s next Executive Director. Bobbitt, currently the Artistic Director of the New Repertory Theatre in Watertown, MA, will officially join the Agency on February 1, 2021, thereby becoming the most senior cultural official in the Commonwealth. “The Council’s search for our next Executive Director truly left no stone unturned,” said Nina Fialkow, Chair, Mass Cultural Council. “We are delighted Michael will join us in February and are eager to begin this new period together. I am confident the Agency will continue to lead and serve the Massachusetts cultural sector impactfully under his direction.”
âAn R Rated Christmas Carolâ
The NOLA Project typically does a play reading of a holiday show, usually an irreverent one. The theater company closes out its year and Podplay series with âAn Rated R Christmas Carol.â It includes the familiar characters from Charles Dickensâ classic story, but itâs got more of a Mel Brooks comedy take thatâs R-rated, not X, says author and company artistic director A.J. Allegra. The show is a radio play currently available as a podcast on nolaproject.com.
JAMNOLA
Through Jan. 3, 2021
New Orleansâ first experiential museum, a sort of art and culture fun house that opened in summer, is decorated for the season and there are some holiday extras. Thereâs a Santa in a giant snow globe, a tribute to Fred Parker, also known as the 7th Ward Santa, and a float from the Krewe of Krampus. George Porter Jr. created a holiday playlist as well. Find tickets and info on jamnola.com.