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A Night in New Orleans
In A Night In New Orleans, Jack and Annie travel to the Crescent City to encourage a young Louis Armstrong to share his singular musical talent with the world. Along the way, the brother and sister team encounter Louisiana’s most famous pirate ghost, and, with the help of their new friend Louis, discover that music is truly everywhere – and convince the young musician that no heartfelt dream is too big to realize.
In 2011, Will Osborne collaborated with Ain't Misbehavin' co-creator Murray Horwitz and legendary New Orleans composer and National Medal of Arts recipient Allen Toussaint to create A Night in New Orleans. The show received its first professional production in 2012 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center where it was offered free of charge to every 3rd grader in Newark.
Song Samples
A Night in New Orleans is available for production with a full score for a live jazz band OR with performance tracks recorded by some of New Orleans’ finest jazz musicians, including Mr. Toussaint himself at the piano and multi Grammy award winner Terence Blanchard.
The following samples are from these performance tracks.
“There's magic in the music and the music's everywhere!"
~ Jack, Annie, and Young Louis Armstrong
Genre
Adventure
Cast Size
(7 performers: 2 men, 1 woman, 4 any)
Length
50 Minutes
Characters
A Night in New Orleans is based on the bestselling Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #14: A Good Night for Ghosts, by Mary Pope Osborne.
Theatre For Young Audiences
A Night in New Orleans is part of our Theatre for Young Audiences collection. These original musicals are designed to be produced and performed by professional theatres and touring productions.
