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. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Open run.
AND MAMA SAID... UNO Downtown Theatre,
Scottish Rite Temple, 621 Carondelet St., 864-0512. Zhoux Zhoux Theater/Dance
Company presents a look into the emotions of the mother/daughter relationship.
J Hammons directs and choreographs co-writers Kathy Randels, Martiza Mercado-Narcisse
and Yvette Sirker. Tickets $12 adults, $10 artists and educators, $8 students.
Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.
BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL. Southern Repertory
Theatre, The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., third floor, 835-6002. Musical
parody with story of Bat Boy, a half-bat, half-boy found in West Virginia cave
who falls in love with the vet's daughter. Emma Griffin directs Adam B. Hose,
André du Broc and Lara Grice. Tickets $20 general, $15 students and seniors,
$10 theater professionals. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday,
through June 1.
BEATLES 4EVER. W French Quarter,
Bacco courtyard, 316 Chartres St., 522-2426. One-man show remembering the
night the Beatles played in New Orleans on Sept. 16, 1964. Mikko directs Greg
Di Leo. Tickets $15 for show only, $30 for show and three-course meal at Bacco.
Performances 8 p.m. Monday, through May 19.
THE BLACK & WHITE BLUES. Le Chat
Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Original musical about waiters and
the service industry, written by locals Harry Mayronne Jr. and Ricky Graham.
Tickets $21, plus $6 one-drink minimum; discount for service industry workers
available. 7:30 p.m. Monday.
BORN YESTERDAY. Playmakers Theater,
19106 Playmakers Road, just off Lee Road, Covington, (985) 893-1671. Comedy
with naive ex-chorus girl becoming cultured woman and winning over scheming
boyfriend. Bonnie McCrea directs. Tickets $10 adults, $5 students. Performances
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through May 31.
BURN THIS. Le Chat Noir, 715 St.
Charles Ave., 581-5812. Sophisticated choreographer Anna tries to resist
her attraction to crude restaurateur Jimmy. Dane Rhodes and Perry Martin co-direct
from Lanford Wilson's script; starring C. Caine Lee, Rudy Rasmussen and Aaron
Blakely. Tickets $21, plus $6 bar minimum. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday,
through June 7.
CINDERELLA BATTISTELLA. Ty Tracy
Theatre, Gallier Hall, 545 St. Charles Ave., 565-7860. NORD Theatre presents
Creole version of classic fairy tale with the Canales and the DeLaParishes families
attending the ball. Ty Tracy directs Christina Peck. Tickets $10. Performances
2:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, through May 25.
DRAMA! ONE-ACT PLAYS. Cowpokes Theatre
Space, 1030 Marigny St., 948-9924. Theater troupe DRAMA! presents one-act
plays Adam & Steve, with two former lovers meeting by chance in a New
Orleans gay bar, and Bar Stories, a collection of scenes set in a local
gay bar. Adam & Steve written and directed by Keith Istre; Bar Stories
written by Pat Bourgeois, Timm Holt, Lewis Routh and Ginger Snapp and directed
by Routh and Blake Balu. Tickets $8 advance, $7 students, $10 day of show. Performances
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, through May 25.
EARL LONG IN PURGATORY. True Brew
Theatre, 200 Julia St., 524-8440. The Evangeline Theatre Co. presents remounting
of work documenting life of colorful Louisiana politician Earl Long. Perry Martin
directs from Jason Berry's script; Big Easy Entertainment Award-winner John
McConnell stars. Tickets $25. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE
FORUM. Slidell Little Theatre, 2024 Nellie Drive, Slidell, (985) 643-0556.
Musical comedy with a slave in ancient Rome trying any method to gain freedom.
Julia and Paul Wood direct David Jacobs and others. Tickets $15 adults, $8 children.
Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday.
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.
LOOZIANA ROULETTE. Contemporary
Arts Center, 900 Camp St., 528-3805. Dog & Pony Theatre Company presents
original comedy with satirical slant on the history and politics of the Louisiana
Purchase. Tickets $12 general, $10 CAC members, students and seniors. Performances
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through May 25.
OUR CLASS REUNION ... AND ALL. Rock
'N' Bowl Cafe, downstairs, 4133 S. Carrollton Ave., 483-9980. The Producers
Circle's audience-participation comedy with ladies of Krewe of Terpsichore returning
for their high school reunion. Written and directed by Ricky Graham; starring
Becky Allen, Rene Maxwell and Amanda Hebert. Tickets $28, includes first drink.
Performances 8 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through May 25.
PONTALBA: A LOUISIANA LEGACY. The
Foundry, 333 St. Joseph St., 529-2278, ext. 27. Dinner preview of opera
by British composer Thea Musgrave commissioned by New Orleans Opera Association,
with a story illustrating New Orleans legend, the Baroness Micaela Almonaster
de Pontalba. Tickets start at $300 per couple, includes cocktails and meal from
Bella Luna. 6:30 p.m. Friday.
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW. Cowpokes
Theater, 2240 St. Claude Ave., 947-0505. Play version of campy classic,
with Dr. Frank-N-Furter and friends operating in book, music and lyrics by Richard
O'Brien. Jonne Dendinger directs Jonathan Frick, Jennifer Leigh Stockton and
Jeff M. Poucher. Tickets $20. Performances midnight Friday-Saturday (doors open
two hours early for pre-show festivities), through June 14.
SHIM SHAM REVUE. Shim Sham Club,
615 Toulouse St., 299-0666. Burlesque troupe the Southern Jeze-Belles perform,
along with emcee Danny Martini, Becky Allen and others. Tickets $17 advance,
$20 door, $15 students. Performances 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Sunday, through June
1.
SUGAR. Rivertown Repertory Theatre,
325 Minor St., Kenner, 468-7221. Musical comedy based on the screenplay
for Some Like it Hot. Chip Stelz directs Lisette Bayle, Kate Abreo, Robert
Richardson, Greg Di Leo and Gary Rucker. Tickets $22 adults, $20 seniors and
students, $12 children 6-12. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, through May 25.
VERBATIM VERBOTEN. Funky Butt, 714
N. Rampart St., 957-0280. Parody with always-changing series of secretly
recorded conversations revealing the hidden truths of celebrities. Michael Martin
directs Paul Bileci, Rob Fielding, KeShuna Jones, Veronica Russell and others.
Tickets $8. Performances 7 p.m. Sunday, through June 1.
art
Venues preceded by an asterisk celebrate opening
receptions this week.
THE ACADEMY GALLERY New Orleans
Academy of Fine Arts, 5256 Magazine St., 899-8111 -- Retrospective exhibit
featuring the work of Frances Hemenway Shannon, through May 14.
ALEXANDER & VICTOR FINE ART 312 Royal St., 586-7555
-- Paintings by Jann Harrison, through May.
AMISTAD RESEARCH CENTER ART GALLERY Tilton Hall, Tulane University,
6823 St. Charles Ave., 865-5000 -- Masterpieces From the Aaron Douglas Collection,
through May.
ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY 432 Julia St.,
522-1999 -- Works by John Scott, through May.
AXELLE FINE ARTS GALERIE ROYALE 709 Royal St., 299-1666
-- Once Upon a Time in Paris, new works by Michel Delacroix; works by
Andre Bourrie, Jean-Daniel Bouvard and Jacques Godin, through June.
BARRISTER'S GALLERY 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767 --
The Louisiana Purchase Dis-Mantled: Re-Visions of Our History, through May.
BASSETTI FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHS 233
Chartres St., 529-9811 -- Photographs Elsewhere, multi-media images
by photographers Maggie Taylor, Linda Broadfoot, Holly Roberts and Dan Ragland,
through June.
BERTA'S AND MINA'S ANTIQUITIES GALLERY
-- 4138 Magazine St., 895-6201 -- New paintings by Nilo Lanzas, works
by Noel Rockmore, Clementine Hunter and May Kugler, through May.
BRUNNER GALLERY 215 N. Columbia
St., Covington, (985) 893-0444 -- Paintings by John Darling Haynes, through
June 5.
*BRYANT GALLERIES 316 Royal St.,
525-5584 -- New paintings by Dean Mitchell, through June 14.
CALLAN FINE ART 240 Chartres St.,
524-0025 -- Recent works by Jim Pennington, through May.
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 May.
CAROL ROBINSON GALLERY 840 Napoleon Ave., 895-6130
-- A Touch of Blue, paintings by Michael Chambers, through May.
COLE PRATT GALLERY 3800 Magazine
St., 891-6789 -- Paintings by Charles Keiger and Juan Laredo, through May.
CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER 900 Camp
St., 523-1216 -- Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for
a New Generation, group show featuring artwork based
on comic books and cartoon images, through June 8.
*CRESCENT GALLERY 628 Toulouse St., 525-5255 --
New location grand opening exhibit, through May.
D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 524-3936 -- Paintings by Chic Connell
and sculpture by Sam McCarty, through June 5.
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.
GALLERY 811 811 Royal St., 524-6918 -- Jewelry
by Charles Bazzel, collage and paintings by Michael Fedor, through May.
A GALLERY FOR FINE PHOTOGRAPHY 241 Chartres St., 568-1313 --
Sex and Landscapes, photographs by Helmut Newton, through May 15; new photographs
by Jerry Uelsmann, through August.
HANSON GALLERY 229 Royal St., 524-8211
-- Music-related paintings by Christian Vey, Gary Patterson and Marion
Barnes; paintings by Steve Taylor, through May.
HERIARD-CIMINO GALLERY 440 Julia
St., 525-7300 -- Paintings and installations by Rosario Marquardt and Roberto
Behar, through May.
JOHN STINSON FINE ARTS 900 S. Peters
St., 566-1944 -- The Lenses, music photographs by Skip
Bolen and Steven Forster, through May.
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY 841 Carondelet
St., 522-5471 -- Response, Release, Reaction: The Photographs of Reggie
Scanlan (bass player for the Radiators), through May 15; A Ship of a
Thousand Years, sculpture by Rod Lindauer; Moving Still, digital
images by Jon Graubarth, through May.
LA BELLE GALERIE 309 Chartres St.,
529-3080 -- Showcasing one of the largest collections of African-American
art in the country, including the official 2003 Congo Square and New Orleans
Jazz & Heritage Festival posters.
LEMIEUX GALLERIES 332 Julia St., 522-5988 -- New
paintings by Nancie Warner, through May 24.
NEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS/RIVERFRONT
2800 Chartres St., 940-2787 -- Student exhibition of visual art,
through May 16.
NEW ORLEANS GLASSWORKS, PRINTMAKING AND METAL STUDIO
727 Magazine St., 529-7277 -- Glass textiles by Andrew Brott, vessels by
Brandon Mansell, jazz etchings by Darlene Biggus, through May.
POET'S GALLERY 3113 Magazine St., 899-4100 -- Altared Images,
the Second Coming, second annual group show of artist interpretations of
altars, through May.
RHINO GALLERY Canal Place Mall,
third floor, 523-7945; 927 Royal St., 569-8191 -- Hand-painted
silk by Traci Batchelor; glass enamels by Catherine DeYoung,
through June.
RIVERSTONE GALLERY 719 Royal St., 412-9882
-- The Sound and Color of New Orleans, group show; works by Colombian artist
Ricardo Lizano, through May.
ROYAL CAMEO GLASS 322 Royal St., 522-7480 -- New works by glass
artist and painter Ulla Darni, through May.
SABLE V GLASS ART AND CONTEMPORARY CRAFT GALLERY 3420 Magazine St.,
894-4444 -- Expressions of Motherhood & Children's Creations, group
show, through May.
SOREN CHRISTENSEN 400 Julia St.,
569-9501 -- Fantasy Voyaging, paintings by Rusty Culotta, through
May.
SOUTHEASTERN ARCHITECTURAL
ARCHIVE -- Tulane University, Jones Hall, third floor,
6801 Freret St., 865-5699 -- Drawing Inspiration:
Travel Sketches From the Southeastern Architectural Archive,
through May.
SPACE GALLERY 4528 Magazine St.,
897-9119 -- Shaking Hands With Swift: Political Paintings and Silkscreen
Prints by Steve Bachmann, through May.
STELLA JONES GALLERY Bank One Center,
201 St. Charles Ave., 568-9050 -- Happy 88th Birthday, works by Elizabeth
Catlett and John Scott, through May.
SYLVIA SCHMIDT GALLERY 400A Julia
St., 522-2000 -- The Light in August: The Countrysides of Italy and Mississippi,
paintings by Clive Pates, through May.
VINCENT MANN GALLERY 713 Bienville
St., 523-2342 -- Impressionist Landscapes, recent paintings by Luc
Didier, through May.
VISUAL JAZZ ART GALLERY 2337 St.
Claude Ave., 949-9822 -- New Orleans Floating Totem (Make Jazz, Not War),
new work by Richard Thomas, through May.
WAITING ROOM GALLERY 904 Pauline
St., 949-1805 -- Paintings and drawings by Bunny, through June 12.
WILLIAMS & JOSEPH GALLERY 713 Royal St., 566-7009
-- Glass work by Leon Applebaum, paintings by Jaline Polw and Jay Miller,
metal sculpture by Debusk, through June 1.
spare spaces
JEFFERSON PARISH LIBRARY
EAST BANK REGIONAL 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, 838-1100
-- Captured on Canvas: Louisiana Paintings and
the Artists Who Created Them, through July 10.
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 -- 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 -- Jefferson's America & Napoleon's
France, through August (reviewed in this issue); The Masterful Art of
the Transfer Print: 250 Years of American, British and Continental Ceramics,
through July 13; Subject and Creator: Women in Edo-Period Japanese Painting,
through June.
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
Wednesday 14
DOUGLAS BRINKLEY. Garden District Bookshop, 2727
Prytania St., 895-2266. Local historian and author celebrates the release
of his work Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century
of Progress. Free admission. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Thursday 15
TAVIS SMILEY. The Afro-American Book Stop, 5700 Read
Blvd., Lake Forest Plaza, suite 275, 243-2436. Author discusses and signs
Keeping the Faith. Free admission. 6:30 p.m.
Saturday 17
MO WILLEMS. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., 899-READ.
Children's author reads and signs latest book, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive
the Bus. Free admission. 1:30 p.m.
CHESTER R. WALLACE. Barnes & Noble,
1601 B Westbank Expwy., Harvey, 263-1482. Author signs his puppy tale, Peanut's
Big Adventure: A Louisiana Story. Free admission. 3 p.m.
Sunday 18
ELIZABETH MULLENER. Woldenberg
Village Retirement Community, 3701 Behrman Place, 367-5640. Book signing
and review by local journalist Mullener of War Stories: Remembering World
War II. Free admission, RSVP requested. 2 p.m.
