It has been a year of triumph for Harry Connick, Jr., with his universally heralded appearance in the celebrated revival of The Pajama Game. Even with his focus on Broadway, however, thoughts of his home town have never been far from Connick's mind.

"New Orleans is a city of paradox. Sin, salvation, sex, sanctification, so intertwined yet so separate. The blurred lines from the dark blue of Mardi Gras night to the periwinkle of Ash Wednesday morning" is the way Connick summarizes the gritty and grandiose, soulful... more