theater
ALADDIN. Tulane University, Rogers
Memorial Chapel (between Oak and Zimple streets), 865-5106. Improvisational
children's theater troupe the Patchwork Players' staging of fairy tale classic.
Buzz Podewell directs. Tickets $6. Performances 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Wednesday-Friday;
through June 21.
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.
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.
Emma Griffin directs Adam B. Hose, Lara Grice and others. Tickets $10-$20. Performances
8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, extended through June 15.
THE BLACK & WHITE BLUES. Le Chat
Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Original musical about waiters and
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.
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
Lanford Wilson's script; starring Mary Lee Gibbons, C. Caine Lee and others.
Tickets $21 plus $6 bar minimum. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. (Reviewed
in this issue.)
CRESCENT CITY. Le Chat Noir, 715
St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Taping of radio variety show hosted by Ronnie
Virgets with house band Astral Project, featuring guests Ricky Graham, Becky
Allen, Sean Patterson, Bruce Raeburn and the Live Nude Radio Players. Fred Kasten
produces. Tickets $21 plus $6 bar minimum. 8 p.m. Tuesday.
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 John McConnell from Jason Berry's script. Tickets $25. Performances
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, through June 15.
HELLO, DOLLY! Le Petit Theatre du
Vieux Carré, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081. Broadway musical with widowed
matchmaker scheming for a man's money through marriage. Sonny Borey and Derek
Franklin direct Ann Casey, Bob Edes and others. Tickets $21-$26. Performances
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through June 29.
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 Jeff M. Poucher. Tickets $20. Performances midnight Friday-Saturday
(doors open two hours early for pre-show festivities), through June 14.
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.
*ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY 432 Julia
St., 522-1999 -- Twenty-fifth anniversary exhibit (group show), through
July 19.
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.
BASSETTI FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHS 233
Chartres St., 529-9811 -- Photographs Elsewhere, multi-media images
by photographers Maggie Taylor (reviewed in this issue), Linda Broadfoot, Holly
Roberts and Dan Ragland, through June.
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.
CAROL ROBINSON GALLERY 840 Napoleon
Ave., 895-6130 -- Group show featuring gallery artists, through August.
*COLE PRATT GALLERY 3800 Magazine
St., 891-6789 -- Paintings and drawings by Miriam Hirsch; Summer Show,
monoprints by Barbara Brainard, through June.
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.
*DELGADO FINE ARTS GALLERY 615 City
Park Ave., 483-4048 -- Tinker: An Installation by Bonita Day, through
July 15.
*D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 524-3936
-- Paintings by Chic Connell and sculpture by Sam McCarty, through July.
*DUQUE ART CENTER 3218 Magazine
St., 899-4554 -- Landscapes and Flowers, works by Gustavo Duque;
Recent paintings by Laxman K., through June 20.
EVANS GALLERY 3815 Magazine St.,
897-2688 -- New paintings by Jean Geraci, through June.
*GALERIE ECLAT 3116 Magazine St.,
896-2307 -- Photo Expo, group show, through June 21.
GALLERY CLAIBORNE LLC 2109 N. Claiborne
Ave., 949-5300 -- Photographs by Eric Waters and Jim Thorns, through June.
A GALLERY FOR FINE PHOTOGRAPHY 241
Chartres St., 568-1313 -- New photographs by Jerry Uelsmann, through August.
(Reviewed in this issue.)
HANSON GALLERY 229 Royal St., 524-8211
-- New paintings by Elisabeth Estivalet and Edward Povey, through June.
*HERIARD-CIMINO GALLERY 440 Julia
St., 525-7300 -- Paintings and works on paper by Libby Johnson, through
June.
*JOHN STINSON FINE ARTS 900 S. Peters
St., 566-1944 -- Nudes: Torsos Hips and Knees, paintings by Ole Anders
Oddlokken, through July 5.
*JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY 841 Carondelet
St., 522-5471 -- In Flux, paintings by Roberto Ortiz; Internal Features,
sculpture by Ashley Hope Carlisle, through July 23.
KURT E. SCHON 510 St. Louis St.,
524-5462; 523 Royal St., 523-5902 -- Mid-19th century precursors of Impressionism,
along with Barbizon, Academic and Salon paintings.
*LEMIEUX GALLERIES 332 Julia St.,
522-5988 -- The Spanish Influence in America, paintings by Luz Maria Lopez,
through June.
*LIONEL MILTON GALLERY 1818 Magazine
St., 522-6966 -- Regular Friday evening receptions feature new works by
the artist.
*MARGUERITE OESTREICHER FINE ARTS
720 Julia St., 581-9253 -- Four Decades of Painting and Drawing,
work by Margaret Witherspoon, through July.
*OBJETS TROUVE 3713 Magazine St.,
897-5066 -- Paintings by Ellis and Reed Chappell, through June.
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.
SABLE V GLASS ART AND CONTEMPORARY CRAFT
GALLERY 3420 Magazine St., 894-4444 -- Wedded to Glass, group
show featuring works by husband-and-wife glass artist teams, through June.
*SOREN CHRISTENSEN 400 Julia St.,
569-9501 -- Mixed-media paintings by David Chell, through June.
SOUTHEASTERN ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVE --
Tulane University, Jones Hall, third floor, 6801 Freret St., 865-5699
-- Drawing Inspiration: Travel Sketches From the Southeastern Architectural
Archive, through June.
*STELLA JONES GALLERY Bank One Center,
201 St. Charles Ave., 568-9050 -- Paintings by Charles Hollingsworth
and Ron Bechet, through June.
*SYLVIA SCHMIDT GALLERY 400A Julia
St., 522-2000 -- Paintings by Ling Zhang, printmaking by Bo Zhang, through
June.
VINCENT MANN GALLERY 713 Bienville
St., 523-2342 -- Impressionist Landscapes, recent paintings by Luc
Didier, through August.
WAITING ROOM GALLERY 904 Pauline
St., 949-1805 -- Paintings and drawings by Bunny, through June 12.
spare spaces
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.
TURNCOATS 1926 magazine St., 299-9004
-- Paintings by Chris Jahncke, through June.
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 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
Friday 6
ROBERT E. ROBERTS. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia
St., 899-READ. Author and founder of prisoner rehabilitation program Project
Return in New Orleans reads and signs My Soul Said to Me: An Unlikely Journey
Behind the Walls of Justice. Free admission. 7 p.m.
Saturday 7
MARLIN YOUNG. The National D-Day
Museum, 945 Magazine St., 527-6012. Author discusses and signs Girocho:
A GI's Story of Bataan and Beyond, a memoir collected from notes and letters
of Louisiana native John Henry Poncio, a World War II soldier who survived the
Bataan Death March and imprisonment. Free admission. Noon to 4 p.m.
