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theater
AMAZING PLACE, THIS NEW ORLEANS. True Brew Theatre, 200 Julia St., 945-6789. Roberts Batson's solo performance about the history and characters that helped shape New Orleans, based on his Scandal Tours. Tickets $20. Performances 4:45 p.m. Thursdays and Saturdays. Open run.
THE BLACK & WHITE BLUES. Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Big Easy Entertainment Award-nominated musical about waiters and the service industry, written by locals Harry Mayronne Jr. and Ricky Graham. Tickets $20. 7:30 p.m. Monday. Open run. (See complete list of nominees in this issue.)
CRESCENT CITY RADIO. Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Taping
of radio show with the theme "New Orleans Rites of Spring." WWNO's Fred Kasten
presents host Ronnie Virgets, with local characters, house band Astral Project
with guest Willie Tee, Ricky Graham and the Live Nude Radio Players, writer Chris
Wiltz on French Quarter bordello owner Norma Wallace, and historian Bruce Raeburn.
Tickets $11 plus $6 one-drink minimum. 8 p.m. Sunday March 16.
THE FOREIGNER. Rivertown Repertory Theater, 325 Minor St., Kenner, 468-7221. Comedy with group of devious characters forced to deal with a stranger speaking no English. Gary Rucker directs Greg Di Leo, Mike Mallory, Julie Vorus, Amy Alvarez. Tickets $20 adults, $18 seniors and students, $10 children 6-12. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
FULLY COMMITTED. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carré, 616 St. Peter
St., 522-2081. All Kinds of Theatre remounts the off-Broadway comedy and one-man show, with a struggling actor working at an upscale Manhattan restaurant. This production earned nominations for director Carl Walker and actor Sean Patterson. Preview tickets $16, regular performances $26. Preview shows 8:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 6 p.m. Sunday March 14-15; regular performances through April 6. (See complete list of nominees in this issue.)
GENJI MONOGATARI. Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 400 Phlox St., Metairie, 885-2000. The
Hiroshi Hori Puppet Theatre of Japan presents ancient Japanese art form of
puppetry telling the life story of prince in the 11th century. Tickets $12-$18.
Performance 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. Saenger Theater, 143 N. Rampart St., 524-2490. Touring
production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Weber's classic musical. Stars former
Skid Row lead singer Sebastian Bach as Jesus Christ and original Broadway production/film
version co-star Carl Anderson as Judas Iscariot. Tickets $20-$48. Performances
8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Thursday, Saturday-Sunday. (See A&E feature in
this issue.)
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 showtimes. Open run.
A LESSON BEFORE DYING. Loyola University, Marquette Theater, 865-3824. Set in 1940s rural Louisiana, a black teenager is sentenced to death for the murder of a white storeowner he did not commit. Lane Savadove directs. Tickets $10 general, $7 students and seniors. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday.
QUEEN OF BINGO. True Brew Theater, 200 Julia St., 362-4451. Comedy about two sisters who play bingo to make up for what is missing from their lives. Dane Rhodes directs Becky Allen, Sandy Bravender, Doris Methe and Michael Sullivan. Tickets $22.50. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Open run.
THE ROSE TATTOO. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carré, 616 St. Peter
St., 522-2081. Official production for the Tennessee Williams New Orleans Literary Festival about a widowed Sicilian seamstress getting a second chance at love. John Grimsley directs Shelley Poncy, Michael Arata and others. Tickets $21. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday; through April 6.
SMALL CRAFT WARNINGS. Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. MESA Productions presents this offering from the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, set in a rundown bar in 1973, housing an eclectic group of outcasts from society. Stacey Arton directs Maggie Eldred, Dane Rhodes, Martin Covert, Veronica Russell. Tickets $21 evening shows, $19 matinees. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, through April 5.
UNCLE EARL. Slidell Little Theatre, 2024 Nellie Drive, Slidell, (985) 641-0324. Writer/director George Sanchez presents a comedy-biography of Earl K. Long, the man and the politician. Jack Cerny plays Long. There will be a special matinee performance Sunday. Tickets $20 general, $5 for 18-and-under. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, through March 22.
art
Venues preceded by an asterisk are celebrating opening receptions this week. Call each space for information.
THE ACADEMY GALLERY New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, 5256 Magazine St., 899-8111 -- Self-portraits show with works by 45 artists, through April 1.
ARIODANTE 535 Julia St., 524-3233 -- Debutante Salon, paintings
by Kat Fullilove, and jewelry by Ashley King, Steffany Appleton and Betsy Meyers,
through March.
ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY 432 Julia St., 522-1999 -- Joint showcase
of works by photographer Debbie Fleming Caffery, and painters Francis X. Pavy
and Elemore Morgan Jr., through March 29.
BARRISTER'S GALLERY 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767 -- On the Verge, political
show of paintings and sculpture by William Warren and Pati D'Amico, through
March 29.
BASSETTI FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHS 233 Chartres St., 529-9811 -- Apariciones, photographs by Jack Spencer, through April.
BREWER LANDRY GALLERY 2022 Magazine St., 522-2022 -- Folk, Fine and Pop Art, group show of mixed-media works by Rachelle O'Brien, Princess Ramona and Jacques Murphree, blues and folk art by Susan Landry, through March.
BRUNNER GALLERY 215 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 893-0444 -- Mixed-media by Billie Bourgeois, fused glass by Anastasia, through March.
CARABAUX GALLERIES 3646 Magazine St., 894-1588 -- Paintings
by John Huggett, through March
CAROL ROBINSON GALLERY 840 Napoleon Ave.,
895-6130 -- Group exhibition featuring gallery artists, through March.
CARROLL GALLERY Tulane University, 865-8710 -- Works by Laurel
Porcari and William Solitario, through March 14.
COLE PRATT GALLERY 3800 Magazine St., 891-6789 -- Group show of
Plein Air painters including Delach, Durand, Kelso, Stanford, and Sandusky,
through March.
CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER 900 Camp St., 523-1216 -- Baby-Boom Daydreams, The Art of Douglas Bourgeois; Made in California, selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation Collection, through March.
CRESCENT GALLERY 531 Wilkinson Row, 525-5255 -- November in Louisiana and France,
recent paintings by Rolland Golden celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Louisiana
Purchase, through March 27.
D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 524-3936 -- Ceramic sculpture by Mark Chatterley,
through March.
DUQUE ART CENTER 3218 Magazine St., 899-4554 -- Landscapes and Flowers,
works by Gustavo Duque; recent paintings by Matilde Alberny and Laxman K., through
May.
ENTERTAINMENT GALLERIES 537 Royal St., 588-1777 -- Commemorative
retrospective of works by Al Hirschfeld.
EVANS GALLERY 3815 Magazine St., 897-2688 -- Works by gallery artists,
through March.
A GALLERY FOR FINE PHOTOGRAPHY 241 Chartres St., 568-1313 -- Sex and Landscapes, photographs by Helmut Newton, through May 15.
*HANSON GALLERY 229 Royal St., 524-8211 -- Works by painter Mackenzie Thorpe, through March.
J. PIERRE FINE ART GALLERY 1562 Magazine St., suite 5, 586-1997 -- Jazzin' on Magazine, paintings, sculptures and monoprints by Jamar Pierre, through March.
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY 841 Carondelet St., 522-5471 -- In Between, paintings and other works by Sandy Chism, through March 29.
KURT E. SCHON 510 St. Louis St., 524-5462; 523 Royal St., 523-5902 --
Landscape paintings by Charles Euphrasie Kuwasseg, through March.
LEMIEUX GALLERIES 332 Julia St., 522-5988 -- Adams, Eves and Others,
new paintings by Alan Gerson, through March 22.
MARGUERITE OESTREICHER FINE ARTS 720 Julia St., 581-9253 -- Recent paintings
of singer Madonna by Donna Lief, through April.
MARIO VILLA GALLERY 3908 Magazine St., 895-8731 -- Group show
featuring gallery artists, through March.
MARTIN LAWRENCE GALLERY 709 Royal St., 588-9020; 433 Royal St., 299-9055 --
Featuring rare and unique works by Picasso, Chagall, Miro and Renoir, through
March.
NEIGHBORHOOD GALLERY 1410 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 524-8800 -- Dey
Name Your Wrong, Queen,
drawings of "Eves" by Ibahim Washington, through March.
NEWCOMB ART GALLERY Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, 865-5361 --
Paradise Now: Picturing the Genetic Revolution, through June 15.
NEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS/RIVERFRONT 2800 Chartres St., 940-2787
-- New montage work by Lynda Frese and bricolage by Shawne Major, through
March 21.
NEW ORLEANS GLASSWORKS, PRINTMAKING AND METAL STUDIO 727 Magazine
St.,
529-7277 -- Rock sculptures by Curtiss Brock, metal wind chimes by Skippy
Extraordinaire, glass frogs by Stephen Williams, through March.
POET'S GALLERY 3113 Magazine St., 899-4100 -- Dolls: Puppets,
Poppets, Automatons, and Homunculi, exhibition of dolls and doll-related
artwork by various artists, through March 22.
ROBERT GUTHRIE GALLERY 922 Royal St., 552-4511 -- 2003 Washington, D.C.,
Mardi Gras Ball poster and other works by Robert Guthrie, through March.
SABLE V GLASS ART AND CONTEMPORARY CRAFT GALLERY 3420 Magazine St.,
894-4444 -- New Orleans Expressions, group show featuring works by
New Orleans artists, through March 23.
SHANNON C. FOLEY FINE ART 3935 Magazine St., 891-3235 -- Works
by Fritz Bultman, through March.
SPACE GALLERY 4528 Magazine St., 897-9119 -- Bible Study, paintings
by Spencer Livingston, through March.
STELLA JONES GALLERY Bank One Center, 201 St. Charles Ave., 568-9050 -- Tapestries
of Life, Series I1, works by Alonzo Davis and Peter Wayne Lewis, through
March 27.
STEVE MARTIN STUDIO/GALLERY 624 Julia St., 566-1390 -- Works
by Joe Kight and Michael Thrush, through March 29.
SYLVIA SCHMIDT GALLERY 400A Julia St., 522-2000 -- Recent paintings
by Tom Francis; Picture Moments, paintings by Ivan Pazlamatchev; and Blue,
mixed media by Michel Varisco, through March 22.
THE UPHILL GALLERY 1500 Governor Nicholls St., 539-9600 -- Wood
carvings by Ya/Ya artists and students from Fannie Lou Hamer Charter School;
Ogden Museum Education Collection; St. Mark's Community Center art program works,
through March.
VINCENT MANN GALLERY 713 Bienville St., 523-2342 -- Barbizon
School, paintings by Alexander Defaux and Lucien Griveau, through March
WAITING ROOM GALLERY 904 Pauline St., 949-1805 -- Supply and Demand,
computer-generated paintings by David Sullivan, through April 5.
WYNDY MOREHEAD FINE ARTS 3926 Magazine St., 269-8333 -- Works
on paper exhibit by David Smith-Harrison; works by gallery artists, through March.
spare spaces
FIRST GUARANTY BANK 400 E. Thomas St., Hammond, (504) 375-0343 -- Photographs
by Errol Daigle, through March.
HOTEL INTERCONTINENTAL 444 St. Charles Ave., 469-3581 -- Paintings
by Mary Stephens Powe, through March 14.
OLD DOG NEW TRICK CAFE 517 Frenchmen St., 943-6368 -- New paintings
by Andrea Tomasovsky, through March 15.
PAMPERED SOUL & BODY DAY SPA 4826 Magazine St., 895-5333 -- Hidden
Imagery, recent paintings by Tama Distler, through March.
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museums
CABILDO Jackson Square, 568-6990 -- Exhibit celebrating the bicentennial
of the Louisiana Purchase, through 2003.
LONGUE VUE HOUSE AND GARDENS 7 Bamboo Road, 488-5488 -- Sabbatical
Saunterings of Edith and Edgar Stern, 1936-1937, through July 6.
NEW ORLEANS AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM OF ART, CULTURE AND HISTORY 1418
Gov. Nicholls St., 527-0989 -- A Knock at Midnight, group show of artwork
based on the Martin Luther King Jr. sermon, through May 4; Louisiana/Congo,
costumes, beadwork, sculpture and more from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, 488-2631 -- The
Masterful Art of the Transfer Print: 250 Years of American, British and Continental
Ceramics, through July 13; Frederick J. Brown: Portraits in Jazz, Blues, and
Other Icons, through March 16 (reviewed in this issue); Visions From the
Soul: The Woodcuts of Hans Friedrich Grohs, through March 16 (reviewed in
this issue); Subject and Creator: Women in Edo-Period Japanese Painting,
through June; Suite Louisiana: Color Etchings by Warrington Colescott,
through March 16.
NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY 219 Loyola Ave., 596-2567-- A Great
and Growing City: New Orleans in the Era of the Louisiana Purchase, through
2003.
PITOT HOUSE 1440 Moss St., 482-0312 -- A Louisiana Legacy,
celebrating James Pitot's election as mayor after the Louisiana Purchase, through
May.
LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM'S PRESBYTERE 751 Chartres St., 568-6968 --
The Golden Age of Costume Design, through August.
books
Tuesday 11
WILLIAM MCKEEN. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., 899-READ (7323). Author reads and signs memoir Highway 61: A Father-and-Son Journey Through the Middle of America. Free admission. 7 p.m.
Friday 14
DAVID WOLFE. Whole Foods Market, 5600 Magazine St., 899-9119. Raw-food expert signs Eating for Beauty. Free admission. 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
BRUCE ANDREWS AND PETER GANICK. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 861-8832. Lit City presents New York poet Andrews (I Don't Have Any Paper, So Shut Up, or, Social Romanticism) and Massachusetts poet Ganick (Hyperspace Cantatas). Reception and signing follow reading. Admission $3. 7:30 p.m.
Sunday 16
JESSICA HARRIS AND LOUIS EDWARDS. Faulkner House, 624 Pirate's Alley, 524-2940. Faulkner Society presents Harris, expert on food/culture of Caribbean/African Diaspora, and Edwards, author of Oscar Wilde Discovers America, for reception, reading and book signing. RSVP required by calling 524-2940. 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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