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...Orleans for a convention or a trade show this year, Bourbon Street beckons like an out-of-work college pal, the one with the six-figure severance. Have a few hours to kill before the plastics panel? Come over and check out my toys: speakeasies blaring old-time jazz; cabarets straight out of Bob Fosse's filmography; and the local favorite, the Hurricane, a fruit cocktail that masks the rum you're downing like Kool...
After lunch and some antique shopping along nearby Magazine Street, it's time to move on to some jazz. A classic combo is dinner at Jacques Imo's, an uptown neighborhood shack with some of the best food in the city (its mouth-watering fried chicken is served with the house salad), and music at the Maple Leaf Bar next door. Don't expect to lounge at the Maple Leaf; it's packed by 11 on most nights. But if favorites like the Rebirth Brass Band, a group of ex--street musicians, are playing, you'll be dancing anyway...
...Frenchmen Street, the place locals go for a good time, away from the bead-tossing, shirt-lifting tourists. In the past few years several clubs have opened on Frenchmen. The newest, a dimly lit, posh hangout called the Hookah Café, has two spacious seating areas in which to catch jazz acts. The Spotted Cat, across the street, offers a more energized, down-home Frenchman experience. In either case, you've moved beyond Bourbon. And for that, you deserve a cold Hurricane.Onecold Hurricane...
...relatives--the cranky uncles, the chain-smoking aunt in Boca Raton who regales a friend on the phone with tales of her daughter's lesbian wedding--and enough one-liners and physical business to keep his fans happy. But he's also paying tribute to his family, especially his jazz-loving father (who produced concerts by such greats as Billie Holiday), and working out some unresolved guilt (over the fight they had about chemistry homework the night his father died). Written in part with Alan Zweibel and directed by Des McAnuff, 700 Sundays doesn't escape sentimentality...
Cheng cites the talent level on the team as a main factor of their stellar results so far. The current 16-member team contains an eclectic range of dance backgrounds: Broadway, ballet, hip-hop, jazz and cheer...