There's plenty to see in the coming days on local stages, from a film-turned-musical to a some interesting twists on classics. How far will a man go to see his kids? Drag, anyone? When the show is "Mrs. Doubtfire," the musical comedy hit based on the Robin Williams film (which was based on Anne Fine's 1987 novel), the results are hilarious, heartwarming and packed with singing and dancing … and a lot of concealer. Rob McClure, the Tony-nominated actor who first brought the stage character to life, will appear as...

Louisiana lawmakers are still fighting hard to keep the state’s second majority-Black House district from ever seeing the light of day. Last week, three federal judges rejected a map drawn that contained a second majority-Black district. Gov. Jeff Landry and state Attorney General Liz Murrill both supported the map. The rejected map was drawn in January after a judge blocked a map from 2022 that only had one Black-majority district and five mostly white districts, in a state with a population that’s about one-third Black, according to AP. A group...

The series, set in New Orleans, features Emmy-nominated Giancarlo Esposito (”Breaking Bad,” “The Mandalorian”) as Gray, a broken and broke driver with a criminal past who reluctantly returns to his shadowy ways to pay the bills and eventually avenge the death of his teenage son. Mbakop’s character is not a fan of Parish ― or his more sophisticated, even-keeled younger brother, who goes by Horse and runs their very dirty human trafficking operation. “In African culture, the father usually gives the elder brother the family business,” said Mbakop, who has...

Hertsgaard is the author of seven previous books that have been translated into a total of seventeen languages. He is the environment correspondent for The Nation and the executive director of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now Deborah “Big Red” Cotton and I met by getting shot together. It was a Mother’s Day afternoon during Barack Obama’s second term as America’s first Black president. We were two of 19 people gunned down in the biggest mass shooting in the modern history of New Orleans, a city stained by racism...

A.J. Croce was eight days shy of his second birthday when he lost his father, folk-soft rock star Jim Croce, but he is helping to keep the late balladeer's music alive. Since last year, the younger Croce has sold out venues across the country with his "Croce Plays Croce 50th Anniversary Show," which comes to the Southern Theatre, 21 E. Main St., on Sept. 8. Tickets start at $49.50 and can be purchased at the CBUSArts Ticket Center at the Ohio Theatre, 39 E. State St., online at capa.com, cbusarts.com...

DELRAY BEACH — For the second consecutive year, Delray Beach has earned the prestigious Blue Flag designation. It's a national award given to beaches that meet a set of criteria ranging from safety to environmental standards. That's not all. Late last month, Delray Beach also was nominated as one of 20 Florida beaches in USA Today’s 2024 "10Best" Readers’ Choice Awards. Currently, it holds the No. 1 spot. The vote will close May 20. It's not the first time the beach has been recognized for its accolades. Last year, the...

Hot temperatures call for ice cream and snow cones, and luckily, there are lots of places in and around Fayetteville to indulge. Among them are ice cream shops with cold sweat-inducing spicy flavors; snow cone stands serving up finely shaved ice with dozens of syrups to choose from; and frozen treats made with just fruit and sugar. Here are a few in the city or a short drive away. While Gillis Hill Farm in Fayetteville dates to the mid-1700s, the ice cream operation started about two decades ago. From a...

Wearing a blue pin-striped suit, golden necktie and two-toned Oxford shoes, William Voiles waited for his chance to see a judge on Monday morning in Municipal and Traffic Court. He was charged with owning a wild animal—an opossum to be specific—without the proper permit. If found guilty, Voiles could be slapped with a fine of $275. Saffron, the opossum, was seized by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries officers patrolling the French Quarter in the last days of Carnival. He hasn’t seen the creature—which customarily rode around in the basket...

Two Louisiana singers have battled their teammates and knocked out competitors, singing country, pop and alternative hits and securing their spot in the Top 12 on "The Voice."

Now, Zoe Levert of New Orleans and Mandeville native Karen Waldrup need your votes to stay on the show.

Levert and Waldrup each performed live on the NBC singing competition Monday night.

Levert, who is on John Legend's team, sang "Stick Season" by Noah Kahan (and covered by Olivia Rodrigo).

An extra day and the lure of an appearance by the Rolling Stones pushed attendance at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival to a half a million people, organizers said Monday. That was the second highest attendance in the festival's history — just behind the 600,000 attendees in 2001. In 2023, more than 460,000 people passed through the festival’s gates. “This year’s Festival presented as plainly as ever the beauty of Jazz Fest,” festival producer Quint Davis said in a statement. “Watching the Rolling Stones perform with New...