Most of us expect certain happenings when we see musical theater—people sporadically bursting into song and dance, quick-witted one liners, facials that would be frightening in normal conversation, and bright lights that have our eyes saying “ohhhhh.”

They say timing is everything, and in one divine coincidence, on a random Tuesday in December of 1956, the timing was right for the jam session of the century to be laid to track. In the storefront studio of Sun Records in Memphis, four of rock n’ roll’s founding fathers assembled for an hours long free-form and impromptu play date where they recorded renditions of their favorite songs of gospel, rock, rockabilly and R&B.  

A stash of psychedelics that was hoarded at a Tulane frat house is now in the hands of authorities. State Police seized $10,000 worth of drugs from the Kappa Sigma fraternity house at 627 Broadway St. Friday after a pair of students from the Uptown university accepted a fresh shipment from the fuzz. Jules Staib and Wyatt Silverman, both 19 and Tulane students, were arrested after they accepted a package containing 107 grams of ecstasy (MDMA) from undercover state police officers.

For 80’s maniacs out there who miss leg warmers, leotards and cut-off sweatshirts, Flashdance: The Musical is thundering into the Mahalia Jackson Theatre (1419 Basin St). The musical is ready to set the stage a blaze with explosive dance and iconic music.

One of the nation's pre-eminent writers for the stage and Asian-American culture is coming to Loyola Monday. Tony award winner David Henry Hwang, who wrote M. Butterfly along with other notable works, will touch down at the Uptown campus for two events tomorrow at Loyola's Nunemaker Auditorium.

Dressing as a woman didn't help one of the men who robbed one of Tulane's favorite record stores. One half of the duo who allegedly robbed The Mushroom over the weekend was arrested today, according to police. Adonus Harris, 25, was picked up by the NOPD Violent Offenders Squad today after being pegged as a suspect, according to a statement from the Department's Second District. Harris, clad in a wig and black dress, entered The Mushroom in the 1000 block of Broadway about 10 p.m. Friday, and forced the clerk to open the shop's safe.

NoDef Drama Critic Jim Fitzmorris takes the Connection over to the Best Bank for the foremost and only 80s kitsch rollerskating musical in the metro area.

On the heels of New Orleans' recent staging of A Streetcar Named Desire about as close to the source as possible, Broadway decided Tennessee Williams' famed play was due for some reworking. That is to say, they cast African Americans in the lead roles. The update, which replaces Galatoire's with Dooky Chase and brushes the Kowalskis' Polish heritage aside, opened this weekend to, shall we say, mixed reviews. The main verdict? L.A. Law's Blair Underwood looks good, but he's no Brando.

NoDef Theatre Writer Helen Jaksch heads to Southern Rep to take in the final production to be staged at the Canal Place theater.

The Zeta Psi fraternity house on Broadway burned in a three-alarm blaze in the early hours of Sunday morning. The house, located on the 7000 block of the Tulane University-adjacent thoroughfare, hosted a Halloween party Saturday night. No one was inside the house when the fire began, and it was out within 90 minutes. Decorations made the fire more difficult to extinguish, the New Orleans Fire Department said. A NOPD Captain was injured in the blaze. Coverage: Da Paper WWL