theater
AIDA. Saenger Theatre, 143 N. Rampart St., 522-5555.
Elton John and Tim Rice's musical love story, based on Verdi's opera. Tickets
$22-$59. Performances 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Thursday, Saturday and
Sunday.
... AND THE BALL AND ALL. North
Star Theatre, 347 Gerard St., Mandeville, (985) 626-1500 or (800) 924-5538.
Comedy celebrating New Orleans' culture, focusing on the women of the Mystic
Krewe of Terpsichore during Mardi Gras. Written and directed by Ricky Graham,
starring Amanda Hebert. Tickets $25. Performances 8 p.m. Friday, 5 p.m. and
8 p.m. Saturday; through Dec. 21.
AN EVENING IN DECEMBER. Le Chat
Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Original musical cabaret for the holidays
with Amy Alvarez and Jimmy Murphy. Tickets $16, with advance one-drink minimum
of $6. Special "for actors only" show 7 p.m. Sunday; free admission. Performances
8 p.m. nightly beginning Monday, Dec. 16.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL -- THE WHOLE STORY. Rock 'N' Bowl
Cafe, 4133 S. Carrollton Ave., 885-2113. Piazza Productions' annual spoof.
Written and directed by Rene Piazza, who stars as Scrooge. Tickets $14 adults,
$12 children under 12 (Monday tickets $7 for student/actor night). Performances
7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Monday, 2 p.m. Sunday.
COLD READ. Le Chat Noir, 715 St.
Charles Ave., 581-5812. "Theater for writers" series continues with a reading
of Mary Gleason's Ruddock. Free admission; one-drink minimum. 6 p.m.
Wednesday.
FLORA THE RED MENACE. Ty Tracy Theatre,
Gallier Hall, Lafayette Street at St. Charles Avenue, 565-7860. NORD Theatre
production of Tony Award-winning musical set in 1935 New York. Ty Tracy directs
Gabrielle Porter and Bryan Wagar. Tickets $10. Performances 8 p.m. Friday, 4
p.m. Saturday-Sunday; through Dec. 22.
FULLY COMMITTED. Le Chat Noir, 715
St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. New Orleans premiere of off-Broadway hit chronicling
a day in the life of a New York City artist. Sean Patterson stars in the one-man
show featuring more than 40 characters. Carl Walker directs. Tickets $25. Performances
8 p.m. Friday, 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday.
GRENADINE MCGUNKLE'S DOUBLE-WIDE CHRISTMAS.
Shim Sham Club, 615 Toulouse St., 739-4037. Running with Scissors'
musical parody featuring beleaguered housewife Grenadine McGunkle and her trailer-park
neighbors and family. Stars Dorian Rush, Flynn De Marco, Bianca Del Rio and
others. Tickets $15. Performances 8:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday; through Dec. 28.
HINCKLEY ON FOSTER: THE HEARING. The
Refuge, 2238 St. Claude Ave., 606-7124. Saga of John W. Hinckley Jr., the
man who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan in 1981 to impress actress Jodie
Foster. Tickets $10 or pay-what-you-can. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday,
7 p.m. Sunday; through Dec. 22.
LATE NIGHT CATECHISM. Le Petit Theatre
du Vieux Carre, 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.
LEND ME A TENOR. Slidell Little
Theatre, 2024 Nellie Drive, Slidell, (985) 641-0324. Farce of mistaken of
identities, set in the world of opera. Polly Hudgins directs. Call for ticket
info. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday; through Dec. 21.
MAHALIA. Anthony Bean Community
Theater, 1333 S. Carrollton Ave., 862-PLAY (7529). Musical documenting the
life and art of Mahalia Jackson, who rose from an impoverished New Orleans childhood
to become a world-renowned gospel singer. Anthony Bean directs Paulette Wright-Davis.
Tickets $18 general admission, $16 students and seniors. Performances 8 p.m.
Friday through Sunday.
THE NUTCRACKER. Jefferson Performing Arts Center,
400 Phlox St., Metairie, 885-2000. Jefferson Performing Arts Society's annual
production. Tickets $25-$27 adults, $12 students and children. Performances
7:30 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.
THE NUTCRACKER. Destrehan High School,
Destrehan, (985) 764-1969. River Region Ballet's presentation of holiday
classic. Antoinette Ferrara starts. Tickets $12 adults, $6 children advance,
$15 adults, $8 children at the door. Performances 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m.
Sunday.
THE NUTCRACKER. Tulane University,
Dixon Hall, 522-0996. The NORD/NOBA Center for Dance Step-Up Ensemble (students
ages 9 to 18) will perform selections from the work as part of the center's
annual holiday open house. Free admission. Performance 3 p.m. Sunday.
SANDERS FAMILY CHRISTMAS. Columbia Players Theater,
1320 N. Morrison Blvd., Hammond, (985) 542-8048. Musical comedy of old-fashioned
holiday spirit with Pastor Oglethorpe. Kay Butler directs. Tickets $10 adults,
$8 children and seniors. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday.
THE SANTALAND DIARIES. Southern Rep Theatre, Shops at Canal Place,
third floor, 522-6545. Humorist David Sedaris' holiday experiences working
as an elf at Macy's in New York City. John Grimsley directs Gary Rucker. Tickets
$20, with discounts for students, seniors and theater professionals. Performances
8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday; through Dec. 22.
THE SANTA SHOW. Bacco Restaurant,
316 Chartres St., 522-2426. Mikko's Christmas spoof features a hapless
elf attempting to keep Santa's kids' television show afloat. Tickets $30, includes
a three-course meal from Bacco. Performance 7:30 p.m. Monday Dec. 9 and 16.
SHIM SHAM REVUE. Shim Sham Club,
615 Toulouse St., 739-4037. Burlesque performance by the Southern Jeze-Belles
with holiday theme, "The 12 Dames of Christmas." Features Ronnie Magri's Shim
Sham Revue Band, emcee Joe E. Merlot and guest performers Debbie Davis, Marcy
Hesseling and Becky Allen. Tickets $17 advance, $20 at door. Performances 8
p.m. and 10 p.m. Sunday, through Dec. 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 -- Photographs by Josephine Sacabo, through December.
ABITA ART GALLERY 72078 Maple St., Abita Springs,
(985) 867-3323 -- Group show by gallery artists, through December.
ANTHONY KELLEY GALLERY 1933 Sophie Wright Place, 529-4443 --
Works by Clementine Hunter and Charles Chambers, through December.
A.R.K. 511 Marigny St., 566-7989 --
Outside, new works by Revo artist/painter Andrew Madinc, through December.
ARTEGG STUDIOS 1001 S. Broad St.,
822-4002 -- Works by Joseph Pearson and other local artists,
through December.
ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY 432 Julia St., 522-1999
-- Sculptures by Jesus Moroles, glass work by Mitchell Gaudet, through December.
ASHE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER 1712 Oretha
Castle Haley Blvd., 569-9070 -- Rhythm 'n' Hues, artwork by Chuck
Siler, through Dec. 10.
BARRISTER'S GALLERY 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.,
525-2767 -- Works by Michael Murrell and Pam Longobardi, through Dec. 23.
(Reviewed in this issue.)
BREWER LANDRY GALLERY 2022 Magazine
St., 522-2022 -- Blues and folk art by Susan Landry, through December.
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 December.
CARABAUX GALLERIES 3646 Magazine St., 894-1588
-- New paintings by Belinda Flores-Shinshillas, through December.
CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER 900 Camp St., 523-1216 -- Works by
Christian Marclay, Stephen Paul Day and Sybille Peretti, through Dec. 15.
CRESCENT GALLERY 531 Wilkinson Row,
525-5255 -- A Re-View of Select Works, group show, through Dec. 24.
DELGADO FINE ARTS GALLERY 615 City Park Ave., 483-4048
-- Deception of Being, recent paintings by Ron Bechet, through Jan. 30,
2003.
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY 841 Carondelet
St., 522-5471 -- 5 Practical Uses for Capes, new paintings and other works
by Matthew Cox, through Jan. 2, 2003.
GALERIE LAFITTE 533 St. Louis St., 524-0105 --
Follow the Fish, new paintings by Jordan Ivanov, through December.
GALERIE SIMONNE STERN 518 Julia
St., 529-1118 -- New paintings by Richard Johnson, through December.
HANSON GALLERY 229 Royal St., 524-8211
-- Works by gallery artists including Raymond Douillet and new works
by Thomas Arvid, through December.
HERIARD-CIMINO GALLERY 440 Julia St., 525-7300 --
Drawings and sculpture by Gregory B. Saunders, through December.
JEAN BRAGG GALLERY 3901 Magazine St., 895-7375 -- Paintings
of the French Quarter, through December.
KOLEKTIV GALLERY 2112 Magazine St., 566-9933 -- Group show featuring
works by local artists, through December.
KURT E. SCHON 510 St. Louis St., 524-5462; 523 Royal St.,
523-5902 -- Depictions of Shakespeare scenes by French and English artists,
through December.
LALLYBROCH GALLERY 3648 Magazine
St., 899-101 -- Shadowboxes by Jon Bright, through December.
LEMIEUX GALLERIES 332 Julia St., 522-5988 -- A Landscape
of Human Emotions, new paintings and drawings by Leslie Elliottsmith, through
Dec. 28.
THOMAS MANN GALLERY/GALLERY I/O 1812 Magazine St.,
581-2113 -- Ornametal, through December.
MARGUERITE OESTREICHER FINE ARTS 720 Julia St., 581-9253 --
Navigating Light, new works by Raine Bedsole, through Dec. 28.
MARIO VILLA GALLERY 3908 Magazine
St., 895-8731 -- Portraits, and a Few Nudes, new paintings by Carol Leake,
through January 2003.
NEIGHBORHOOD GALLERY 1410 Oretha
Castle Haley Blvd., 524-8800 -- Sharing the Best of Both Continents,
works by Judy Dixon, through Dec. 30.
N.O. SCHOOL OF GLASSWORKS & PRINTMAKING
STUDIO 727 Magazine St., 529-7277 -- Festival of Angels, works
by Teri Walker, Andrew Brott and Gerald Haessig, through December.
SABLE V GLASS ART AND CONTEMPORARY CRAFT GALLERY 3420
Magazine St., 894-4444 -- Italian Ice, group show featuring glass
work by more than 12 Italian artists, through Dec. 26.
SPACE GALLERY 4528 Magazine St., 897-9119 -- Motley, group
show featuring artists including Spencer Livingston and Margaret Murphy, through
December.
STELLA JONES GALLERY Bank One Center,
201 St. Charles Ave., 568-9050 -- Windows of the Soul Series VIII,
works by Syd Carpenter and Sonya Clark, through December.
SYLVIA SCHMIDT GALLERY 400A Julia
St., 522-2000 -- A Sense of Place, new works in clay by Dana Chapman, through
Dec. 28.
*UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS FINE ART GALLERY
2000 Lakeshore Drive, 280-6493 -- Senior Project Exhibition,
featuring painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture by undergraduate
students, through December.
VINCENT MANN GALLERY 713 Bienville
St., 523-2342 -- Barbizon Paintings of France, featuring works by
Alexander Defaux, Edmond Petitjean and Lucien Griveau, through December.
WAITING ROOM GALLERY 904 Pauline St., 949-1805 --
Latinas Americanas, multi-media works by Theresa Herrera, Cynthia Ramirez,
Soco Ocampo and Patsy Rico, through Dec. 14.
WILLIAMS & JOSEPH GALLERY 713 Royal
St., 566-7009 -- Glass work by Barry Entner, recent work by Barrett
Debusk, through December.
spare spaces
HOTEL INTERCONTINENTAL 444 St. Charles
Ave., 469-3581 -- Photography by Jennifer A. O'Brien, through Jan.
14, 2003.
LIVE ART STUDIO 4207 Dumaine St., 484-7245 --
Paintings by Eric Hartman, ceramics by Craig Henry, paintings by Josanne Sjostrand,
wall hangings and ceramics by Annie Zipkin, through December.
PAMPERED SOUL & BODY DAY SPA 4826
Magazine St., 895-5333 -- Hidden Imagery, recent paintings by Tama
Distler, through March 2003.
POYDRAS CENTER 650 Poydras St.,
539-9600 -- Sculpture by Arthur Silverman, presented by the Ogden Museum
of Southern Art.
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.
LOUISIANA MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
1210 Gov. Nicholls St., 243-6423 -- The Historic 1811 LA Slave Revolt;
the Slave Castles of West Africa; the African Roots of the Underground Railroad,
through December.
NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART 1 Collins Diboll Circle,
City Park, 488-2631 -- Raised To the Trade: Creole Building Arts of New
Orleans, through Jan. 12, 2003; Noah's Art: Animals in Prints and Drawings,
through Dec. 29; A Decorative Arts Bestiary, through Feb. 16, 2003.
OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART 603
Julia St., 539-9600 -- Enrique Alferez -- Art and Life, through Dec. 6.
OLD U.S. MINT 400 Esplanade Ave.,
568-6990 -- Jazz, original plates and works by Henri Matisse, through Jan.
12, 2003.
THE PRESBYTERE 751 Chartres St.,
568-6968 -- The Golden Age of Carnival Design, through August 2003.
books
Saturday 14
MACKIE SHILSTONE. Barnes & Noble,
3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 455-5135. Shilstone signs his book
Maximum Energy for Life. Free admission. Noon.
PATRICK DUNNE AND HENRI SCHINDLER. Beaucoup
Books, 5414 Magazine St., 895-2663. Dunne signs The Epicurean Collector
and Schindler signs Mardi Gras Treasures: Costume Designs of the Golden
Age. Free admission. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
JOHN GERY. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia
St., 899-7323. Author signs Davenport's Version. Free admission.
1:30 p.m.
LEE FEINSWOG. Borders Books, Music
& Cafe, 3131 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 835-1363. Sportswriter signs
his book Tales from the LSU Sideline. Free admission. 7 p.m.
Sunday 15
DIXIE KANE. Barnes & Noble, 3721 Veterans Memorial
Blvd., Metairie, 455-5135. Local author signs her new romance novel, Dreaming
of You. Free admission. 1 p.m.
JAMIE MENUTIS AND DEBBY WOOD. Barnes
& Noble, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 455-5135. Authors sign
local restaurant guide Where the Natives Feast in New Orleans. Free admission.
1 p.m.
A.J. MARGAVIO AND JEROME J. SALOMONE. Barnes
& Noble, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 455-5135. Authors sign
their history of Italians in Louisiana, Bread and Respect. Free admission.
2 p.m.
