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To see Brian Sands' column featuring Bette, Bathhouse & Beyond’s Seth Sikes and stand-up comedian Matthew Broussard, cli...
31/08/2026

To see Brian Sands' column featuring Bette, Bathhouse & Beyond’s Seth Sikes and stand-up comedian Matthew Broussard, click on the link below--

Bette, Bathhouse & Beyond’s Seth Sikes After 9 years, Bette, Bathhouse & Beyond has become quite the Southern Decadence tradition. Inspired by Bette Midler’s legendary performances at New York City’s infamous Continental Baths, this immersive celebration produced by NYC impresario (and erstwhi...

To see Brian Sands' reviews of Broadway's "Schmigadoon!", "Titaníque", and "Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)...
19/08/2026

To see Brian Sands' reviews of Broadway's "Schmigadoon!", "Titaníque", and "Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)", and off-B'way's "Birthright", click on the link below--

New in New York Heading up to New York recently, what with orange dust from Canadian wildfires drifting east and news of tragic wars making headlines, I was in the mood for something that would bring a smile to my face. So no Death of a Salesman for me (tho everyone I know who saw […]

To see the winner of the Critics’ Choice Gay Appreciation Award, and Brian Sands' write-up of The Tennessee Williams The...
31/07/2026

To see the winner of the Critics’ Choice Gay Appreciation Award, and Brian Sands' write-up of The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company’s "The Rose Tattoo", as well as a memorial tribute to Karen Shields, click on the link below...

2026 Critics’ Choice Gay Appreciation Award winner On behalf of Tony Leggio and myself, I am delighted to announce that the winner of this year’s Critics’ Choice Gay Appreciation Award (GAA) is Crescent City Stage’s production of Primary Trust, Eboni Booth’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play abo...

To see the nominees for the Critics’ Choice Gay Appreciation Award, a review of The New Orleans Shakespeare Festival's "...
14/07/2026

To see the nominees for the Critics’ Choice Gay Appreciation Award, a review of The New Orleans Shakespeare Festival's "Macbeth", and previews of some of the shows running this summer as well as some Southern Decadence events, click on the link below--

Critics’ Choice Gay Appreciation Award On behalf of Tony Leggio and myself, I am pleased to announce the nominees for this year’s Critics’ Choice Award that will be presented as part of the 36th Gay Appreciation Awards (GAA). They are: Carousel produced by Summer Lyric Theatre at Tulane Univer...

To see Brian Sands' reviews of The NOCCA Stage Company’s "Echoes of the Heart", and Fat Squirrel’s "Miss Julie and Venus...
28/06/2026

To see Brian Sands' reviews of The NOCCA Stage Company’s "Echoes of the Heart", and Fat Squirrel’s "Miss Julie and Venus in Fur", as well as a memorial tribute to R’Myni Watson, click on the link below--

Echoes of the Heart at NOCCA’s Press Street Station Sometimes you don’t realize how much you’ve missed something until you reencounter it after too long an absence. For example, billed as “a cabaret experience”, The NOCCA Stage Company’s recent original song cycle Echoes of the Heart too...

To see Brian Sands' reviews of "Once" at Le Petit, "Monty Python’s Spamalot" which played at the Saenger Theatre, and th...
19/06/2026

To see Brian Sands' reviews of "Once" at Le Petit, "Monty Python’s Spamalot" which played at the Saenger Theatre, and the New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane’s "King Lear", as well as a memorial tribute to Michael C. Forest, click on the link below--

Once at Le Petit Theatre through June 21 Based on the Oscar-winning movie that was kinda based on real life, Once is a “Czech girl meets Irish boy, boy almost gets girl, boy goes back to old girlfriend” tale. Or “Guy” and “Girl” as they’re called here. That Once rejects a “and they l...

To see Brian Sands' reviews of The NOLA Project’s "Medea", and "Carmen Miranda: Samba in Technicolor" that played at the...
19/06/2026

To see Brian Sands' reviews of The NOLA Project’s "Medea", and "Carmen Miranda: Samba in Technicolor" that played at the WWII Museum’s Stage Door Canteen, click on the link below--

Medea at the Greenway Station through May 30 Do NOT miss The NOLA Project’s gripping production of Medea, Euripides’ still all-too-relevant 2,500-year-old tragedy, at the Greenway Station. Do NOT miss Natalie Boyd’s phenomenal performance as Medea, the granddaughter of the sungod Helios, who i...

To see Brian Sands' reviews of Crescent City Stage’s "Primary Trust" at the CAC, and Le Petit's "God of Carnage", as wel...
16/05/2026

To see Brian Sands' reviews of Crescent City Stage’s "Primary Trust" at the CAC, and Le Petit's "God of Carnage", as well as a memorial tribute to David Cuthbert, click on the link below--

Primary Trust at the Contemporary Arts Center through May 24 Heading over to the Contemporary Arts Center to see Crescent City Stage’s production of Primary Trust, I knew very little about it other than that it had won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2024. I wondered if it would be like such previ...

To see Brian Sands' reviews of JPA's "Jagged Little Pill", "Last Night at the Rue Bayou", and N.O. Ballet Theatre's "Cin...
04/05/2026

To see Brian Sands' reviews of JPA's "Jagged Little Pill", "Last Night at the Rue Bayou", and N.O. Ballet Theatre's "Cinderella", click on the link below--

Jagged Little Pill at Jefferson Performing Arts Center There’s not much to say about the recent Jefferson Performing Arts (JPA) production of Jagged Little Pill other than “Bravo!” for presenting this new, challenging musical and doing such a fine job with it. Using songs from Alanis Morissett...

To see previews of upcoming shows plus what's new in NYC including "Cats: The Jellicle Ball", "Giant" and exhibits at th...
01/05/2026

To see previews of upcoming shows plus what's new in NYC including "Cats: The Jellicle Ball", "Giant" and exhibits at the Morgan (Mozart), the Met (Raphael), and MoMA (Frida Kahlo/Diego Rivera), click on the link below--

Curtain Up What with French Quarter Fest and Jazzfest, there isn’t as much theatrical activity, especially on the Southshore, going on this April. Still, there are quite a few shows worth checking out on both sides of Lake Pontchartrain this month and next. Le Petit Theatre continues its 109th sea...

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