theater
AMADEUS. Hellenic Cultural
Center, 1200 Robert E. Lee Blvd., 832-0923. Peter Shaffer's Tony Award-winning
play set in 18th century Vienna presented in puppet adaptation format. Created
by Arthur Mintz and Steve Zissis, starring Mark Krasnoff, Ryan Reinike, Jesse
Meriwether, Raphaelle, Kim Collins, Oskie Creech and C. Caine Lee. Tickets $20.
Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, through Sept. 22. (Reviewed
in this issue.)
AMAZING PLACE, THIS NEW ORLEANS. True
Brew Theatre, 200 Julia St., 945-6798. Roberts Batson's solo performance
that brings to life the history and characters that helped shape the story of
New Orleans based on his Scandal Tours. Tickets $20. Performances 5 p.m. Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday. Open run.
ANYTHING GOES. Le Petit Theatre
du Vieux Carré, 616 St. Peter St., 522-9958. Classic Broadway musical
comedy by Cole Porter set aboard a cruise ship with adventures of passengers
that include a female nightclub singer and a group of British and American aristocrats.
Derek Franklin and Sonny Borey direct Karen Hebert, Jimmy Murphy and others.
Tickets $26 adults, $16 students. Performances 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2
p.m. Sunday, through Sept. 29.
THE BLACK AND WHITE BLUES. Le Chat
Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. A musical comedy documenting the cuisine
culture of New Orleans, told from the viewpoint of waiters and waitresses. Writer
Ricky Graham directs Russell Hodgkinson, Jorindas Junius and others. Tickets
$23, Mondays $18.50. Performances 7:30 p.m. Monday, 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday,
through Sept. 28.
BONES. Contemporary Arts Center,
Freeport McMoRan Theatre, 900 Camp St., 528-3800. New original play by local
writer Robert Florence, based on his real-life experiences working in a pet
graveyard, revolving around the eccentric behavior of workers and patrons at
the Royal Wedding Pet Cemetery. John Grimsley directs Harold Evans, Adella Gauthier,
Jennifer Pagan and Antonio Paone. Tickets $12. Performances 8 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through Sept. 15.
COLD READ. Le Chat Noir, 715 St.
Charles Ave., 581-5812. "Theater for writers" continues with Two in the
Bush by Kevin Allman, one of Le Chat Noir's One Act Play competition-winning
playwrights. Read by local actors, the work is a satire on higher education.
Free admission, one drink minimum. Performance 6 p.m. Wednesday
CRAZY FOR YOU. Rivertown Repertory Theatre,
325 Minor St., Kenner, 468-7221. Classic musical with score composed by
George Gershwin with story of 1930s socialite and ladies man Bobby Child striving
to reach goal of becoming a dancer against the wishes of his mom and wife. Alton
Geno directs Gary Rucker, Kelly Hirling Fouchi and Lorin Moore. Tickets $22
adults, $20 seniors and students, and $12 children ages 6 to 12; a pre-performance
buffet catered by Messina's $16. Performances 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m.
Sunday, through Sept. 29.
DEAR HEARTS AND GENTLE PEOPLE. Le
Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Cabaret performance with Phil
Melancon singing Perry Como's hits, including "Catch a Falling Star," "Sing
for Me" and "Round and Round." Also features Dianne Brant, Mary Flynn Thomas
and Heidi Campbell. Tickets $16. Performance 8 p.m. Tuesday, through Sept. 18.
GALATOIRE'S MONOLOGUES. Le Chat Noir, 715
St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Columnist Chris Rose leads readings by local
personalities of more than 150 letters responding to the firing of one of Galatoire's
old-line waiters. Sold out. Performance 7 p.m. Sunday.
THE KING AND I. Slidell Little Theatre, 2024 Nellie Drive,
Slidell, (985) 641-0324. Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical about
the culture clash when leading lady Anna meets the King of Siam. Jana Jones
directs. Tickets $15 adults, $8 children under 18. Performances 8 p.m. Friday
and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through Sept. 14.
LATE NIGHT CATECHISM. Le Petit Theatre
du Vieux Carré, Directors Studio, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081. The
"Sister" teaches an adult catechism class and alternately rewards and chastises
her students. Amanda Hebert stars. Tickets $26. Call box office for show times.
Open run.
POLITICS WITH A PUNCH. Le Chat Noir,
715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Roundtable discussion of local politics,
led by host Jeff Crouere and this month's panelists Aaron Broussard, Warren
Bell, Betty Guillard and Buddy Lemann. Tickets $21. 8 p.m. Tuesday.
ROMEO AND JULIET. W Hotel, Bacco
courtyard, 316 Chartres St., 522-2426. Hotel's courtyard holds new twists
on Shakespeare classic performed with colonial Mexican wardrobes and interactive
performance that moves the audience around the property. Directed and performed
by Mikko Presents theater troupe. Tickets $15, includes hors d'oeuvres from
Bacco, or $30 for hors d'oeuvres plus two-course meal and glass of wine. Performances
7 p.m. Monday, through Sept. 23.
THE ZOO STORY. Mama's Blues, 616
N. Rampart St., 864-0357. Edward Albee's 1959 play about a drifter who plots
his own murder is considered the mother of American absurdist drama. Sarah Clifford
directs Bryan Spitzfaden and Adam Haver. Friday and Saturday tickets $10 adults,
$6 students, Sunday tickets Pay What You Can. Performances 8 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, 6 p.m. Sunday, through Sept. 29.
art
Venues preceded by an asterisk
are celebrating opening receptions this week. Call each space for information.
A GALLERY FOR FINE PHOTOGRAPHY 322
Royal St., 568-1313 -- Photos by Marion Post Wolcott, through Sept. 15.
*ABITA ART GALLERY 72078 Maple St.,
Abita Springs, (985) 867-3323 -- Paintings by John Akers, through October.
ACADEMY GALLERY New Orleans Academy of
Fine Arts, 5256 Magazine St., 899-8111 -- Recent projects including paintings
and models by Jose-Maria Cundin, through September.
ANTHONY KELLEY GALLERY 1933 Sophie Wright Place, 529-4443
-- Inaugural exhibit of gallery artists, through September.
ARIODANTE 535 Julia St., 524-3233
-- Fall Furniture Perspective, through October.
ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY 432 Julia St.,
522-1999 -- Grid Coordinates, group exhibition by gallery artists;
Natural Affinities, recent work by Mary Jane Parker, through Sept. 28.
BARRISTER'S GALLERY 1724 Oretha Castle
Haley Blvd., 525-2767 -- Displaced, group show of documentary photographs
of New Orleans housing projects, through September.
*BRUNNER GALLERY 215 N. Columbia
St., Covington, (985) 893-0444 -- Figures, work by Aubry Frederick
and Babette Wattigny, through Oct. 5.
CAMERON JONES 2127 Magazine St., 524-3119
-- Group show by 12 local artists including George Ufford, Marcel Flisiuk, Ruth
Marie Wright and Chris Clark, through September.
CARABAUX GALLERIES 3646 Magazine St., 894-1588
-- Paintings by William Tolliver and Belinda Flores-Shinshillas, through
September.
CAROL ROBINSON GALLERY 840 Napoleon Ave., 895-6130
-- Group show of gallery artists including Noah Saterstrom and Walter
Crump, through August.
CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER 900 Camp
St., 523-1216 -- Missing: Last Seen at the World Trade Center on September 11,
2001, through Sept. 14; When Time Stands Still, photos by David Halliday;
Southern Contemporary, group show of works from the Ogden Museum of Southern
Art.
DELGADO FINE ARTS GALLERY 615 City
Park Ave., 483-4048 -- Snipe Hunting in Lavonia: New Works by Anthony Carriere,
through Sept. 26.
DILLARD UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY Cook
Fine Arts and Communication Center, Collier Conference Center, 816-4711
-- Harrington House, new work by Amy Bryan, through September.
D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 524-3936
-- Glass sculpture by Gregory Geniusz, paintings by Kathy Sizeler, through September.
EVANS GALLERY 3815 Magazine St., 897-2688 -- New work
by Auguste Garufi and Jason Kimes, through September.
GALERIE ECLAT 3116 Magazine St., 896-2307 -- A View From
the Pass, new paintings by Sharon Mortillaro, through September.
GALERIE SIMONNE STERN 518 Julia
St., 529-1118 -- Optical Optimism, new-media group show, through
Oct. 2.
GEORGE SCHMIDT GALLERY 626 Julia
St., 592-0206 -- Just Us, courtroom drawings of Edwin Edwards, through
September.
GALLERIES AT THE SAULET 1420 Annunciation
St., 586-9800 -- New works by John Zeringue; mixed media on paper by Eduardo
Exposito; paintings by Caprica Joseph and Jordan Ivanov, through September.
HANSON GALLERY 229 Royal St., 524-8211
-- Group show of gallery artists including Steve Taylor, T.L. Lange and Thomas
Arvid, through Sept. 14.
HERIARD-CIMINO GALLERY 440 Julia
St., 525-7300 -- Group show of gallery artists, through September.
HUBER HOUSE GALLERY 1522 St. Charles
Ave., 561-0628 -- Paintings and prints by Al Federico, through September.
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY 841 Carondelet
St., 522-5471 -- Paperwork, group show featuring works on paper,
through Sept. 25.
KURT E. SCHON 510 St. Louis St.,
524-5462; 523 Royal St., 523-5902 -- Marine paintings from the 18th and
19th century, through September.
LEMIEUX GALLERIES 332 Julia St.,
522-5988 -- Right Here, paintings and drawings by Leslie Staub, through
September.
MARGUERITE OESTREICHER FINE ARTS
720 Julia St., 581-9253 -- New portraits by Alexander Stolin, through September.
NEIGHBORHOOD GALLERY 1410 Oretha
Castle Haley Blvd., 524-8800 -- Festival of Color, works by Thomas
Edward Gallagher, through September.
N.O. SCHOOL OF GLASSWORKS & PRINTMAKING
STUDIO 727 Magazine St., 529-7277 -- Fusion of Glass, Culinary,
and Musical Artistry, works by Curtiss Brock, Josh Cohen and Angela Wilson,
through Oct. 5.
OBJETS TROUVE 3713 Magazine St., 897-5066
-- Paintings by Gabe Hausmann, through September.
OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHER ART 603
Julia St., 539-9600 -- From the Outside (In): Visionary Art From the
Ogden Museum, through Sept. 27.
THE PICKERY 433 Orange St., 561-5661
-- The Liquid Revival, group show, through September.
*POET'S GALLERY 3113 Magazine St.,
899-4100 -- Interiors, paintings by Rob Goldsmith, through Oct. 19.
SOREN CHRISTENSEN 400 Julia St., 569-9501
-- Paintings by Carol Pelletier, through Sept. 28.
SPACE GALLERY 4528 Magazine St.,
897-9119 -- Woman, as Thou Art, monoprints by Lori Markman, through
September.
STELLA JONES GALLERY Bank One Center,
201 St. Charles Ave., 568-9050 -- Windows of the Soul, Series
VII, new work by Yvonne Edwards-Tucker and Michele Wood, through September.
STEVE MARTIN STUDIO/GALLERY 624
Julia St., 566-1390 -- Horses and Hounds, paintings by Jennifer Cocoma Hustis,
through September.
SYLVIA SCHMIDT GALLERY 400A Julia
St., 522-2000 -- Images of Water, group show, through Sept. 25.
WAITING ROOM GALLERY 904 Pauline
St., 949-1805 -- Paintings and shadowboxes by Colombian artist Soco Ocampo,
through Oct. 26.
WILLIAMS & JOSEPH GALLERY 713 Royal
St., 566-7009 -- Photographs by Christopher Porche West, through
August; recent work by Barrett Debusk, through October.
WYNDY MOREHEAD FINE ARTS 3926 Magazine
St., 269-8333 -- New work by Christy Diniz Liffman, through September.
spare spaces
DANTE'S KITCHEN 736 Dante St., 861-3121
-- Photography exhibit featuring work by Cheryl Gerber, Sarah Essex, Eugenie
Uhl and David Spielan, through Sept. 28.
WORLD TRADE CENTER 2 Canal St., 581-4888 --
Artists on the Verge, group show, through Sept. 13.
museums
HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION
533 Royal St., 523-4662; Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres St., 598-7171
-- A Visible Presence, a Legacy of Service: 275 Years of the Ursulines in New
Orleans, through Dec. 14.
NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART 1 Collins
Diboll Circle, City Park, 488-2631 -- Enduring Vision: 17th to 20th Century
Japanese Painting from the Gitter-Yelen Collection, through Oct. 26.
SLIDELL CULTURAL CENTER 444 Erlanger
St., Slidell, (985) 646-4375 -- Paintings by Elemore Morgan Jr., through
Sept. 28.
books
Tuesday 10
CONTEMPORARY FICTION BOOK GROUP. Barnes
& Noble Booksellers, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 455-5135. Group
holds monthly meeting to discuss Ann Tyler's Back When We Were Grownups.
Free admission. 7 p.m.
Wednesday 11
WISDOM DHARMA CIRCLE. Borders Books, Music & Cafe, 3131
Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 835-1363. Weekly reading and discussion
group focuses on Buddhist teachings, now discussing The Daodejing of Laozi.
Free admission. 7 p.m. (Call 394-2207 to verify meeting dates and times.)
Thursday 12
GREG GARRETT. UNO Downtown Theater, Gold Room, 619 Carondelet
St., 539-9580. UNO's Creative Writing Workshop presents reading by the Faulkner
Award-winning author of his new novel, Free Bird. Free admission. 7 p.m.
Saturday 14
GREG GARRETT. Barnes & Noble Booksellers,
3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 455-5135. Faulkner Award-winning
author signs and discusses his new novel, Free Bird. Free admission.
2 p.m.
R.J. MITCHELL. Barnes & Noble Booksellers,
3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 455-5135. Author signs Immerman.
Free admission. 4 p.m.
Monday 16
CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION GROUP. Borders
Books, Music & Cafe, 3131 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 835-1363. Weekly
reading and discussion group for parents and educators, currently discussing
A Mind at a Time by Dr. Mel Levine. RSVP at least 24 hours in advance
by calling 889-2769. Free admission. 7 p.m.
