Whats going to happen to the New Orleans Theatre Seaon?

You guys, lay off. It may not have come off as very sensitive but I don't think they meant to come off that way. Obviously it isn't their first concern - that goes without saying. But there are far less trivial threads that have been started since this hurricane hit and you don't see people writing "why are you talking about Matt's last day in Piazza when people are in crisis". It was an honest question...maybe not very well thought out, but not purposely offensive.

That's two days in a row you have been my hero, Popular!

Seriously, if this person had posted "When are they FINALLY going to get Les Miserables open in New Orleans so I can go see it!" then I would have been on them like stink on poop...but I didn't get the impression that they were trying to insinuate that he was saying anything like that other than perhaps the excessive use of question marks - and that's a stretch. I'll choose to give the benefit of the doubt and say it was just worded a bit poorly.

Now - minirant aside - I can't imagine that anything scheduled in New Orleans will actually go on there within the next 6 months at least. It could realistically be years before any semblance of normal is reached.

Updated On: 9/1/05 at 09:10 PM

I figure they'll be writing a lot of "rain" checks to season subscribers...

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There will be no ANYTHING in New Orleans for at least nine months.

Maybe some other city like Houston will declare itself the new home of Mardi Gras - if they really want to welcome drunkenness, public urination and "girls gone wild".

The Saints will play their games at some college stadium, most likely. Let's face it, the people with season tickets are mostly the rich whote folks who got out safely and can afford to travel.

This is slightly off topic but I just wanted to say that I live in the Northern part of Louisiana which is being flooded not with water but with people from the Southern parishes who are fleeing the devastation. And although I've not been surprised by the kindness and generousity that has been extended by the Northern communities to many of our neighbors in need, I have been VERY surpised by the patience, gratitude, lack of bitterness and anger that many of the victims have displayed. So many are just grateful for their lives, despite having lost so much.

And you'd be surprised that so many have a sense of humor about the matter. Maybe the shock hasn't set in yet and nerves are not yet frayed by having to sleep too many nights on the floors of over-taxed relatives or friends. But so far, people are almost eerily nice.

My point is, I don't think that many of those people would begrudge anyone the entertainment of arguing about frivolous concerns.

Well, with the tickets to the Lion King, at least can get some sleep for three hours!