New Orleans 2023 Spring Theater Guide
The best plays, musicals, ballets, and orchestra concerts to see this spring
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Last Updated: Wednesday, April 12, 2023 3:49 PM by Lauren Saizan
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As New Orleans welcomes spring, we see the final performances in 2022/2023 season for several groups. From local productions to national tours, new and revitalized works, ballet and Broadway, and theater festivals, there’s something for everyone to see in New Orleans this spring. Mark your calendars for the shows below and see them while you can.
Where: Saenger Theatre
When: February 28 to March 5
Tickets: $30+
Rich with musical hits you know and love, Fiddler on the Roof is the heartwarming story of fathers and daughters, husbands and wives, and life, love, and laughter.
Where: Le Petit Theatre
When: March 9-26
Tickets: $35+
The 1955 Pulitzer-Prize winner for Drama, Tennessee Williams’ iconic classic, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, follows the familial struggles of the Pollitts in their patriarch’s Mississippi Delta plantation home.
Where: Mahalia Jackson Theatre for the Performing Arts
When: March 11
Tickets: $35-$169
Travel down the rabbit hole MOMIX-style with Artistic Director Moses Pendleton’s newest creation, ALICE, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s classic, Alice in Wonderland. As Alice’s body grows and shrinks and grows again, Pendleton’s dancers extend themselves by means of props, ropes, and other dancers.
Where: Mahalia Jackson Theatre for the Performing Arts
When: March 24 and 26
Tickets: $32-$227
The classic opera from Giacomo Puccini tells the tragic story of a forbidden love affair.
Where: Saenger Theatre
When: April 5-16
Tickets: $35+
This dance-y, razzle dazzle, movie-based musical will transport the audience to Paris in a tale of splendor and romance.
Where: Le Petit Theatre
When: April 20 to May 7
Tickets: $35+
August Wilson’s How I Learned What I Learned is an autobiographic play chronicling the author’s journey through life as a Black artist in America.
Where: Marigny Opera House
When: April 21-23
Tickets: $35+
The final show in the Marigny Opera Ballet’s season is Panorama, a presentation of three short ballets from the company’s repertoire, including a premiere.
Where: Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts
When: April 22
Tickets: $35-$169
Making its New Orleans debut (and one of only four cities nationwide), the State Ballet of Georgia brings two of Georgian-American choreographer George Balanchine’s greatest masterpieces, Serenade and Concerto Barocco, to the Mahalia Jackson Theater stage.
Where: Sydney & Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden
When: May 10-28
Tickets: $20-$55
Shakespeare’s classic is brought to life in the whimsy of the Besthoff Sculpture Garden this spring.
Where: Orpheum Theatre
When: May 13-14
Tickets: $38.50+
New Orleans Ballet Theatre presents the classic ballet, Romeo and Juliet, this May.
Where: Le Petit Theatre
When: May 18 to June 4
Tickets: $35+
Based on a novel of the same name by Mark Haddon, this story focuses on a mystery surrounding the death of a neighbor’s dog that is investigated by young Christopher Boone, who is on the autism spectrum.
Where: Saenger Theatre
When: May 30 to June 4
Tickets: $35+
Aaron Sorkin’s thought-provoking Broadway adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece stops at the Saenger this spring.
The We Will Dream New Works Festival is a theater festival running from March 19-June 17. Within the season, see four new works:
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Lauren Saizan is a New Orleans native raised in the Gentilly neighborhood. In addition to being the editorial and online content manager for New Orleans & Company, she is also a member of Mélange Dance Company. Lauren has performed professionally in many venues across the city, including the Sydney & Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, the New Orleans Museum of Art, Longue Vue House & Gardens, and Marigny Opera House. When not writing or dancing, she can be spotted sipping the Blue Eyes tea at French Truck, attending a concert downtown, or visiting a local library.