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New Orleans Opera Closes 81st Season With Operatic Thriller LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR


by Stephi Wild - February 28, 2024

The New Orleans Opera Association will close its 81st season with a hair-raising story of marriage, madness, and murder in LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR on March 22nd at 7:30 PM and 24th at 2:30 PM at the Mahalia Jackson Theater. ...

Les Ballets De Monte Carlo To Return To New Orleans With A LAC – SWAN LAKE, A Reimagining Of The Classic Fairy Tale


by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 26, 2024

The New Orleans Ballet Association will continue its 2023-24 Main Stage Season of dance on March 2, 2024, with Les Ballets de Monte Carlo in LAC (Swan Lake) at the Mahalia Jackson Theater. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...

Tori Amos Announces Summer US Tour Dates


by Michael Major - January 31, 2023

Tori Amos announced a US tour this summer to continue celebration of her highly acclaimed 2021 album, Ocean to Ocean. Following a sold-out World Tour throughout 2022, Tori will once again be performing with long-time collaborator bassist Jon Evans and renowned UK drummer Ash Soan, with special guest...

New Orleans Ballet Association Announces 2022-23 Main Stage Season


by Stephi Wild - August 15, 2022

The New Orleans Ballet Association (NOBA) announces its 2022-23 Main Stage Dance Season at the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts and Freda Lupin Memorial Hall, NOCCA. ...

New Orleans Ballet Association Presents American Ballet Theatre For The First Time In Almost 50 Years


by A.A. Cristi - April 21, 2022

New Orleans Ballet Association brings one of the world's greatest dance companies, American Ballet Theatre, to the Mahalia Jackson Theater for two performances of the beloved, comedic ballet, Don Quixote, accompanied by the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra on Saturday, May 14, 2022, at 7:30 p.m., an...

Tickets For NOBA's Final Main Stage Production Available Tomorrow


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 25, 2022

New Orleans Ballet Association will bring national treasure and international favorite American Ballet Theatre (ABT) to the Mahalia Jackson Theater on Saturday, May 14, 2022, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, May 15, 2022, at 2 p.m....

NOBA Announces Sale Date For TANGO FIRE


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 16, 2021

New Orleans Ballet Association is launching its 2021-22 Main Stage Season on January 22, 2022 at 8 p.m. at the Mahalia Jackson Theater with global phenomenon The Tango Fire Company of Buenos Aires' Tango Fire, the world's leading tango company. ...

The New Orleans Ballet Association Announces 2021-2022 Main Stage Dance Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 12, 2021

The New Orleans Ballet Association has announced its 2021-2022 Main Stage Dance Season at the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts. NOBA's collection of vibrant, sumptuous, captivating dance offerings represent the best and brightest of what the dance world has to offer today....

Past Shows

New Orleans Ballet Association presents Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater


The New Orleans Ballet Association (NOBA) presents the return of the iconic Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) for two main stage performances. Last seen ...

Mahler Symphony No. 9


* Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor * Symphony Chorus of New Orleans...

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3


* Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor * Yakov Kasman, piano...

PAGLIACCI AND CARMINA BURANA


This very special double-bill begins with Pagliacci (The Clowns), one of opera's most powerful stories of overwhelming jealously and its lethal passion, which features the ...

RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO'S PAGLIACCI AND CARL ORFF'S CARMINA BURANA


This very special double-bill begins with Pagliacci (The Clowns), one of opera's most powerful stories of overwhelming jealously and its lethal passion, which features the ...

 Complexions Contemporary Ballet


Choreographer Dwight Rhoden and superhuman dancer Desmond Richardson, bring their sleek, daredevil company back to New Orleans. Richardson will be retiring from the company as ...

Complexions Contemporary Ballet


With guest artist Wendy Whelan, principal, and the New York City Ballet Special NOBA commissioned world premiere Choreographer Dwight Rhoden and superhuman dancer Desmond Richardson, ...

Cirque Dreams Holidaze
Cirque Dreams Holidaze
3/14 - 4/15/2012


Experience the phenomenon of Disney’s The Lion King. Marvel at the breathtaking spectacle of animals brought to life by award-winning director Julie Taymor, whose visual ...

The Lion King
The Lion King
3/14 - 4/15/2012


Experience the phenomenon. The most eagerly awaited stage production ever will leap onto the stage. Visually stunning, technically astounding and with a musical score like ...

SALOME
SALOME
3/4


The Biblical story of King Herod's obssesion with his wildly tempermental step-daughter unfolds before your eyes, especially when the lecherous monarch is forced to grant ...

RICHARD STRAUSS' SALOME


The Biblical story of King Herod's obssesion with his wildly tempermental step-daughter unfolds before your eyes, especially when the lecherous monarch is forced to grant ...

Shostakovich Symphony No. 1


* Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor * Alexander Korsantia, piano...

Blue Man Group
Blue Man Group
1/31 - 2/5/2012


Experience the Phenomenon. BLUE MAN GROUP is best known for their wildly popular theatrical shows and concerts which combine comedy, music, and technology to produce ...

Prokofiev Symphony No. 5


* Stravinsky Firebird Suite * Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme * Prokofiev Symphony No. 5...

Great Russian Nutcracke


Ballet master and featured performers Andre Litvinov, ballet master Alexandra Elagina & Anatolie Ustimov, principal dancers “Knock-out dancer, thrilling” The New York Times; “Aristocratic” Plain ...

Cirque Dreams Holidaze
Cirque Dreams Holidaze
12/21 - 12/24/2011


irque Dreams Holidaze is "so full of enery it could end our dependence on oil" according to the New York Daily News and "stuffed with ...

South Pacific
South Pacific
11/29 - 12/4/2011


“Simply Wonderful! Beguiling Theatrical Magic!” hails the New York Post for the breathtaking new production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s SOUTH PACIFIC. A stunning reinvention produced ...

Rock of Ages
Rock of Ages
11/1 - 11/6/2011


Tony Award® Nominee and “American Idol” finalist, Constantine Maroulis, reprises his acclaimed performance as Drew in the First National Tour of the five-time Tony Award® ...

Mark Morris Dance Group


The phenomenally gifted American dance icon Mark Morris celebrates 30 years of creating intensely musical, endlessly inventive and joyously exuberant dances. Hailed as the “Mozart ...

The Addams Family
The Addams Family
9/15 - 9/24/2011


The weird and wonderful family comes to devilishly delightful life in THE ADDAMS FAMILY. This magnificently macabre new musical comedy is created by Jersey Boys ...

Videos


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Le Petit Theatre (3/7 - 4/7)
Annie in New Orleans Annie
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Mrs. Doubtfire in New Orleans Mrs. Doubtfire
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Marquette Theatre at Loyola (5/31 - 6/16)
Clue in New Orleans Clue
Saenger Theatre (6/18 - 6/23)
Noises Off in New Orleans Noises Off
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