The Best Performing Arts Venue in New Orleans, Louisiana

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For a relatively small city, New Orleans has a remarkably vibrant and varied performing-arts community. While there are many traditional performance venues around town, one of the most exciting movements in recent years is the fringe theater action along Saint Claude Avenue, in the Bywater neighborhood. The annual Fringe Theater Festival brings pop-up performances, but there are also some permanent venues as well.

Prytania Theatre

Uptown

A visit to the city's last single-screen movie house, hidden in a residential area of Uptown, is a reminder of the days when neighborhood movie theaters offered entertainment as well as air-conditioned relief from the summer heat. The Prytania shows first-run crowd-pleasers, plus the occasional smaller independent feature and classic film. Concessions sells coffee, soft drinks, alcoholic beverages, and snacks up front. Prytania Theatre also has a larger, multi-screen venue downtown.

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5339 Prytania St., New Orleans, LA, 70115, USA
504-891–2787
www.theprytania.com/uptown

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