theater
AMAZING PLACE, THIS NEW ORLEANS.
True Brew Theatre, 200 Julia St., 945-6789. Roberts Batson's solo performance
based on his Scandal Tours. Tickets $20. Performances 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday. Open run.
BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL. Southern Repertory
Theatre, The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., third floor, 835-6002. Musical
parody that tells the story of Bat Boy, a half-bat, half-boy. Emma Griffin directs
Adam B. Hose, Lara Grice and others. Tickets $10-$20. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday,
3 p.m. Sunday, through June 1. (Reviewed in this issue.)
BETWEEN US. The Neighborhood Gallery,
1410 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 524-8800. Playwright Kim Jeanjacques' new
work about three friends struggling with personal issues and tragedies. Dr.
Kim F. Layman directs Richelle Caiton, Mia Kristin Smith and Robin James. Tickets
$10 advance, $12 at door. Performance 8 p.m. Saturday.
THE BLACK & WHITE BLUES. Le Chat
Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Original musical about the service
industry, written by Harry Mayronne Jr. and Ricky Graham. Tickets $27 (includes
one drink); discount for service industry workers available. 7:30 p.m. Monday.
BORN YESTERDAY. Playmakers Theater,
19106 Playmakers Road, Covington, (985) 893-1671. Comedy with naive ex-chorus
girl becoming a cultured woman. Bonnie McCrea directs. Tickets $10 adults, $5
students. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday.
BURN THIS. Le Chat Noir, 715 St.
Charles Ave., 581-5812. Sophisticated choreographer tries to resist her
attraction to a crude restaurateur. Dane Rhodes and Perry Martin co-direct Lanford
Wilson's script; starring C. Caine Lee, Rudy Rasmussen and others. Tickets $21
plus $6 bar minimum. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, through June 7.
EARL LONG IN PURGATORY. True Brew
Theatre, 200 Julia St., 524-8440. The Evangeline Theatre Co. presents work
documenting life of colorful Louisiana politician Earl Long. Perry Martin directs
John McConnell from Jason Berry's script. Tickets $25. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday,
3 p.m. Sunday.
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.
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW. Cowpokes
Theater, 2240 St. Claude Ave., 947-0505. Play version of campy classic with
Dr. Frank-N-Furter and friends. Jonne Dendinger directs Jonathan Frick, Jennifer
Leigh Stockton and others. 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 Southern Jeze-Belles perform,
along with Ronnie Magri's Shim Sham Revue Band, Becky Allen, emcee Danny Martini
and others. Tickets $17 advance, $20 door, $15 students. Performances 8 p.m.
and 10 p.m. Sundays, through June 1.
THE TEMPEST. University of New Orleans,
Performing Arts Center, Thrust Theatre, 280-SHOW (7469). Student production
of Shakespeare's classic romantic tale. Alexis Cooley directs. Tickets $8 general,
$5 seniors and students. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
VERBATIM VERBOTEN. Funky Butt, 714
N. Rampart St., 957-0280. Series of secretly recorded conversations revealing
the hidden truths of celebrities. Michael Martin directs Paul Bileci, Rob Fielding
and others. Tickets $8. Performance 7 p.m. Sunday.
art
Venues preceded by an asterisk celebrate opening
receptions this week.
3 RING CIRCUS' THE BIG TOP 1638
Clio St., 569-2700 -- State of Grace, group show about religion, curated
by Dan Tague and Ann Zatarian, through June 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.
BARLOW ART GALLERY 805 Royal St., 523-2964 -- Hand-woven rugs
by Elay Doyle, paintings by Eddie Mormon and Jamie P., 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 (reviewed in this issue) and
Juan Laredo, through May.
CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER 900 Camp St.,
528-3805 -- 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 -- Al Hirschfeld retrospective.
GALLERY 811 811 Royal St., 524-6918 -- Jewelry
by Charles Bazzel, collage and paintings by Michael Fedor, through May.
GALLERY CLAIBORNE LLC 2109 N. Claiborne Ave., 949-5300 -- Photographs
by Jim Thorns, mixed media and sculpture by Natalie Keller, through May.
A GALLERY FOR FINE PHOTOGRAPHY 241
Chartres St., 568-1313 -- 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 -- 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. (Reviewed in this issue.)
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 showing of artist interpretations
of altars, through May.
RHINO GALLERY The Shops at Canal
Place, 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
CRESCENT CITY BREWHOUSE 527 Decatur
St., 522-0571 -- Paintings by Robin H. Goodale, through May.
HOTEL INTERCONTINENTAL 444 St. Charles Ave., 469-3581 --
Paintings by Kerrie Jones, through July 12.
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.
WORLD TRADE CENTER 2 Canal St.,
581-4888 -- The Magnificent Seven, original artwork by local artists,
through May.
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; 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
Saturday 31
ERICA SPINDLER. Garden District
Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266. Author signs Louisiana-set novel
In Silence. Free admission. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
