Broadway show to debut in New Orleans

White Noice, a new musical that will open on Broadway in October, debuts Thursday at Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carré. This new “cautionary musical” follows a pair of sisters who lead a pop band that mixes irresistible harmonies with coded rhetoric promoting messages of white power to produce chart-blazing hits. With a radio rock/hip-hop score and high-octane choreography, White Noise fuses today’s blog and headline stories into a narrative that challenges our conventional wisdom about freedom of speech, entertainment, and the dramatic effects of pop culture on the greater public. Eight shows through July 26. Tickets are $40 to $60. Visit whitenoisebroadway.com or lepetittheatre.com for showtimes and details.