Starting Friday, April 5, the courtyard of the Michalopoulos Studio will host Les Gitans, a piece by the Reese Johanson Collective. While only two words are uttered throughout the piece (in two different languages, no less), this movement-based performance aims to speak to all types of audiences. 

The cool front moving in means fall is fast approaching, and the breeze is bringing a heaping helping of fall theatre offerings with it. From Paris to Shanghai to the underbelly of New York City, Jessa Bingham runs down where New Orleans stages are transporting us over the next few months. 

NoDef Drama Critic Jim Fitzmorris shines the spotlight on the local theatrical explosion that follows JazzFest: 5 shows opening in 2 weeks.

Today some festival kicks off in City Park, the weekly Friday 'Poolside BBQ' kicks off at Country Club, Jim Fotzmorris' play, From A Lng Way Off' premieres in Westwego, and Rocky Horror Picture Show gets freaky at the Prytania. In less frightening times, Harvard College was founded (1636), President Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor (1886), Mussolini took control of the Italian government (1922), Bill Gates was born (1955) and Hall of Fame basketball coach Red Auerbach died (2006).