theater
THE ASSHOLE MONOLOGUES. Monkey Hill
Bar, 6100 Magazine St., 899-4800. Holdover of the comedy that explores the
human language, anatomy and psyche. Tickets $5. 8 p.m. Wednesday.
BEATLES 4-EVER. True Brew Theater,
200 Julia St., 524-8440. Mikko presents a celebration of the Beatles playing
City Park in 1964. Stars Greg DiLeo. Tickets $10, $8 students and seniors. 8
p.m. Monday. Open run.
THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER. Playmakers
Theatre, 19601 Playmakers Road (off Lee Road), Covington, (985) 893-1671. Comedy
about the efforts of a married couple putting on the annual Christmas pageant.
Lenny D. Minutillo Jr. directs. Tickets $5. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.
BLACK AND WHITE BLUES. Le Chat Noir,
715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Musical cabaret exploring New Orleans' obsession
with food. Bob Edes and Heidi Junius star. Tickets $27. Reduced prices for the
service industry. 7:30 p.m. Mondays. Open run.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL -- THE WHOLE STORY. UNO
Downtown Theatre, 619 Carondelet St., (866) 468-7630. Piazza Productions
presents an interpretation of the Christmas classic that blends the comedy of
the Three Stooges, the Marx Brothers and the Little Rascals. With Rene J.F.
Piazza, Michael Sullivan, Kevin Songy, Veronica Oliver and others. Tickets $15.
7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
A CHRISTMAS MEMORY. Le Petit Theatre
du Vieux Carré, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081. The Tennessee Williams/New
Orleans Literary Festival and French Quarter Festivals Inc. present a staged
reading of Truman Capote's story about growing up during the Depression. With
Patricia Neal and Joel Vig. Tickets $25. 7 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday.
A CHRISTMAS STORY. Command Performers
Theatre, Times Square Shopping Center, 1320 N. Morrison Blvd., Hammond, (985)
542-9243. Command Performers Inc. presents the tale of Ralphie and his Christmas
wish for a Red Ryder BB gun. $10 general, $8 seniors and children. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday.
DYSKOLOS. Tulane University, Lupin
Theatre, McWilliams Hall, 835-6002. Menander's classic is reinterpreted
by Evolving Door Productions. Sara Clifford directs Nicholas Brown, Evan Prizant
and others. Tickets $12 general admission, $7 students and TFA members (pay
what you can Dec. 14 & 18). 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 6 p.m. Sunday (8 p.m. Dec.
18, 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Dec. 20)
GRENADINE MCGUNKLE'S DOUBLE-WIDE CHRISTMAS.
735 Club, 735 Bourbon St., 606-9903. Running With Scissors presents
its annual musical about housewife Grenadine McGunkle and her trailer-park family
get-together. Stars Dorian Rush, Flynn De Marco, Bianca Del Rio, Jason Toups
and others. Tickets $17. 8:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, through Dec. 27.
HOLIDAY HAM. Le Chat Noir, 715 St.
Charles Ave., 581-5812. The "self-proclaimed love child of Ernest Borgnine
and Ethel Merman," Varla Jean Merman performs her versions of classic holiday
songs. With Ricky Ritzel and Maggie Moore. Tickets $26. 8 pm. Thursday-Saturday,
through Dec. 13.
THE HOLIDAY SPECIAL. The Neighborhood
Gallery, 1410 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 524-8800. Political cartoonist
John Slade presents his one-man show of political comedy and parody. Tickets
$10. 8 p.m. Friday.
HOLLYWOOD HEAVEN. Le Chat Noir,
715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. The Producers Circle looks at the lives
of Hollywood stars residing in heaven. Writer and director Ricky Graham stars
with Roy Haylock. Tickets $21. 6 p.m. Sunday, through December.
LIL' BEAUX PEEP SHOW. The Howlin'
Wolf, 828 S. Peters St., 529-5844. Burlesque show featuring Sadie Corsette,
Madame Femme Petite and others. Tickets $10. 9 p.m. Sunday. Open run.
A MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET. North
Star Theatre, 347 Gerard St., Mandeville, (985) 626-1500 or (800) 924-5538.
A cast of 26 young performers present the Christmas classic. Lori Bennett
directs Katherine Carey and Evan Johnson. Tickets $17.95 adults, $13.95 children
and seniors. 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday; through Dec. 21.
MRS. BOB CRATCHIT'S WILD CHRISTMAS BINGE.
The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., third floor, 522-6545. Christopher
Durang's comedy that twists the Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol. James
Marvel directs Lara Grice, Andre Du Broc and others. Tickets $23. Discounts
available for students, seniors, theater professionals and groups. 8 p.m. Wednesday,
Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday; through Dec. 21. (Reviewed in this issue.)
MY JOHNSON SPEAKS. Le Petit Theatre
du Vieux Carré, Director's Studio, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081. The
comedy that investigates and celebrates man's greatest obsession. Fred Nuccio
directs Tony Molina, Jerry Lee Leighton and Dane Rhodes. Tickets $26. 7:30 p.m.
Friday-Saturday. Open run.
NAUGHTY AND NICE: A CHRISTMAS HAPPENING.
Cowpoke's Theater, 2240 St. Claude Ave., 237-3619. Christmas variety
show featuring vintage jazz band Some Like It Hot. Alice Shaffer produces
and directs the show to benefit Belle Reve. Tickets $12, $10 with gift for someone
at Belle Reve. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, through Dec. 20.
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. Saenger
Theatre, 143 N. Rampart St., 525-1052. Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony Award-winning
musical about the masked figure haunting a Paris opera house and the young soprano
he falls in love with. Tickets $18-$62.25. 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 1 p.m.
Thursday, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday. (See "Hot Seven" in this
issue.)
THE TRUTH ABOUT SANTA CLAUS. The
Fine Arts Center, 1733 Constantinople St., 481-8274. Artists' Cooperative
Theater presents the one-man musical about how a bishop named Nicholas was transformed
into Santa Claus. Roland "Butch" Caire performs in the role inspired by The
Autobiography of Santa Claus by Jeff Guinn. Tickets $10. 11 a.m. Saturday.
WORKING. NOCCA/Riverfront Theatre
Arts Department, Nims Black Box Theatre, 2800 Chartres St., 940-2900. A
musical that explores the American work day, using the words of common men and
women that define their hopes and dreams. Features high school students from
across southeast Louisiana. Tickets $5. 7 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.
art
3 RING CIRCUS' THE BIG TOP GALLERY
1638 Clio St., 569-2700 -- Jim Sohr: Neighborhood, paintings by the New
Orleans artist, through Dec. 13.
AGORA2240 Magazine St., 525-2240
-- Works on display by Daryn Brammell, Shmuela Berg, Susan Brechtel, Elaine
Gleason, John Kenny, Nell Mabry, Tony Mose, GVN, Lynette Walker and Kent Walsh.
ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY 432 Julia St.,
522-1999 -- Sneewittchen (Snow White), the first exhibit in Blake
Boyd's 11-part multi-media Romantika series, through Dec. 27.
BARRISTER'S GALLERY1724 Oretha Castle
Haley Blvd., 525-2767 -- Bulletproof, works by David Bradshaw, through Dec.
27 (Reviewed in this issue); Other Voices, Other Rooms, new paintings
by Myrtle Von Damitz III, through Jan. 24, 2004.
BERGERON STUDIO & GALLERY 516 Natchez
St., 522-7503 -- Group show featuring black-and-white photographs
by Bob Coke, Frank Gordon, Theodore Fonville Winans, C. Bennette Moore and C.F.
Weber; through Jan. 31, 2004. Opening reception 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Saturday.
BERTA'S AND MINA'S ANTIQUITIES GALLERY4138
Magazine St., 895-6201 -- New paintings by Nilo Lanzas and artworks by Mila
Lanzas, through December.
CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER 900 Camp
St., 528-3805 -- Killing Ground: Photographs of the Civil War
and the Changing American Landscape by John Huddlestonand
What a Wonderful World -- Louis Armstrong by Bill Fagaly, through
Dec. 15.
DLKART FINE ART GALLERY2027
Magazine St., 299-1756 -- The Women's Series by Dianna L. Kaufman
and Bio-Morphic Abstractions by Deile Smith, through December.
D.O.C.S.
709 Camp St., 524-3936 -- New sculpture by Marianne Lerbs and paintings
by Carrie Christian, through Jan. 8, 2004.
FORT ISABEL GALLERY
401 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-1841 -- All Small II,
small-scale artworks by Karen Abboud, Ron Alexander, Beryl Carbon, Phillip Hubbell,
Suzanne King Hughson, Wes Koon, Martin Needom, Johnny Stout, Lynda Thurlow and
Patricia Watkins, through Dec. 10.
GALERIE ROYALE3646
Magazine St., 894-1588 -- Mixed-media works by Michael Klung, through Jan.
24, 2004.
A GALLERY FOR FINE PHOTOGRAPHY241
Chartres St., 568-1313 -- Ophelia's Garden, new panoramic series
by Josephine Sacabo, through December.
GALLERY NATALY AND ME6071
Magazine St., 891-6173 -- Paintings, jewelry and other works by Russian
artist Natasha Mylius.
HANSON GALLERY 229 Royal St.,
524-8211 -- Sanctuaries, landscapes in oils and pastels by
Adrian Deckbar, plus new paintings by Joseph Lorusso.
HERIARD-CIMINO GALLERY 440 Julia
St., 525-7300 -- Recent paintings by Mark Davis, through December.
JOHN STINSON FINE ARTS 900 S. Peters
St., 566-1944 -- New Orleans and the North Shore, historic photos
by New Orleans Camera Club founder Albert DuQuesnay, through December.
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY 841 Carondelet
St., 522-5471 -- Rift This -- Rift That, paintings by Boris Zakic, through
Jan. 1, 2004.
KURT E. SCHON 510 St. Louis St.,
524-5462; 523 Royal St., 523-5902 -- Paintings of children from the 19th
century by Edmund Rode Adler, Jean Geoffrey, and other Austrian, English and
French traditional artists, through December.
LEMIEUX GALLERIES 332 Julia St.,
522-5988 -- Photographs by Bobby Wozniak, through Dec. 27.
LEMIEUX GALLERIES200 Metairie Road,
Metairie, 837-4044 -- Trunk show of hand-colored, sepia and black-and-white
infrared photographs by Bobby Wozniak, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday.
LONGUE VUE HOUSE AND GARDENS 7 Bamboo
Road, 488-5488 -- It's a Small World: Dollhouse China and Glass in the
Longue Vue Collection, through June 2004.
MAGAZINE STREET GALLERY 5207 Magazine
St., 897-5330 -- Group show featuring works by Fred Marchman, Kaye Wall
Hoffman, Phyllis Springen, Susan Acree, Mannie Pair and Bruce Larsen.
MARGUERITE OESTREICHER FINE ARTS
720 Julia St., 581-9253 -- Politics and War, new ceramic sculpture
by Joe Bova, through Dec. 27.
MORGAN-WEST STUDIO/GALLERY3326 Magazine
St., 895-7976 -- gnostic: devotions, group show by 17 artists, through
December.
NEW ORLEANS GLASSWORKS AND PRINTMAKING
STUDIO 727 Magazine St., 529-7277 -- All That Glitters in
Gold and Crystal, holiday ornaments and candleholders by William Gudenrath,
wildlife glass and metal sculptures by Stephen Williams and Udo Zembok, and nature
prints by Pam Carusso, through Dec. 22.
NEWCOMB ART GALLERY Woldenberg
Art Center, Newcomb College/Tulane University, 865-5361 -- The Louisiana Project,
installation by Carrie Mae Weems, through Dec. 14.
RADICI527
Julia St., 596-2144 -- Photography by Jenny Bagert, Zach Smith, Aaron Farrington
and Blake Haney.
RIVERTOWN FINE ART GALLERY 322
Williams Blvd., Kenner, 468-7224 -- Group show by Marie Goodfellow, Jeannie
Schuler, Joyce Laporte, Lee Caruso Schnell, Claire Pescay, Jan Wilken, Betty
Porche and Susan Yancich, through Jan. 7, 2004.
SABLE V GLASS ART AND CONTEMPORARY CRAFT
GALLERY 3420 Magazine St., 894-4444 -- Art for the Holidays,
stemware by Teri Walker, platters by Alexandra Callner, and blown vessels by
Art Allison, from Saturday through Dec. 30.
SERENITY GALLERY126 Main St., Bay
St. Louis, Miss. (228) 467-3061 -- Nudes, works by Lori K. Gordon, through
December. Opening reception 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.
SPACE GALLERY 4528 Magazine St.,
897-9119 -- XY: Images of Men, group show by local artists, through January
2004.
STEVE MARTIN STUDIO/GALLERY 624 Julia
St., 566-1390 -- Retrospective of drawings, oil paintings, watercolors and
monographs by Zella Funck, through December.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS FINE ARTS GALLERY
2000 Lakeshore Drive, 280-6493 -- UNO Fine Arts Senior Project Exhibition,
through Jan. 9, 2004. Opening reception 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Friday.
VINCENT MANN GALLERY 713 Bienville
St., 523-2342 -- Impressionist Landscapes, new paintings by Luc Didier,
through Dec. 15.
VINTAGE 429 429 Royal St., 529-2288
-- Presidential Collection,official White House portraits, carte de viste
potrait cards, and signed photos and documents of several American presidents.
WAITING ROOM GALLERY 904 Pauline St.,
949-1805 -- Remains of State, installation by Mathew Nesbit, and Imperial
Crypts, mixed media by John Thornton, through Jan. 1, 2004. (Reviewed in this
issue.)
spare spaces
CAFE DEGAS 312 Esplanade Ave., 945-5635
-- Signs -- Of Life, photographs by Elinor S. Cohen, through Jan. 5,
2004.
KINGPIN BAR 1307 Lyons St., 891-2373
-- Holiday Art Bizzare and Market, featuring jewelry, paintings, photographs,
clothing, prints and more by such artists as Lisa Cohen, Shannon Mathas, Lesley
Nash, Steve Williams, Cecil Rhimes, and Moreen. Noon to 6 p.m. Saturday.
NEW ORLEANS JAZZ NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
Visitors' Center, 916 N. Peters St., 589-4841 -- New Orleans jazz photographs
by L.J. Goldstein, through January 2004.
museums
CABILDO Jackson Square, 568-6990
-- Exhibit celebrating the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase includes new
installation, One Nation Under God: The Church, The State, and the Louisiana
Purchase, through December.
HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION
533 Royal St., 523-4662; Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres St.,
598-7171 -- The Aftermath of the Louisiana Purchase, stories and portraits
of Louisiana residents of the era, through December; Napoleon's Eyewitness:
Pierre Clément Laussat in Louisiana, 1802-1804, through March 2004.
LAFAYETTE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND PLANETARIUM4
33 Jefferson St., Lafayette, (337) 291-5544 -- Rodin: A Magnificent Obsession,
72 works by the renowned artist, through Jan. 4, 2004.
LOUISIANA ART AND SCIENCE MUSEUM100
S. River Road, Baton Rouge, (225) 382-3575; (800) LA ROUGE -- Joséphine,
Le Grand Amour de Napoléon, illuminating the life of Josephine Bonaparte
with more than 150 artworks and personal possessions, through Feb. 1, 2004.
LOUISIANA MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
St. Augustine Church Hall, 1210 Gov. Nicholls St., 586-1919 -- The Historic
1811 LA Slave Revolt, The Slave Castles of West Africa, The African Roots of
the Underground Railroad.
LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM'S PRESBYTERE
751 Chartres St., 568-6968 -- Crown Jewels of Carnival, royal jewels
from the 1870s to the 1930s assembled by Mardi Gras designer Henri Schindler,
through Dec. 5, 2004.
NEW ORLEANS AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM OF
ART, CULTURE AND HISTORY 1418 Gov. Nicholls St., 527-0989 -- Photographs
by Jim Thorns, J. Nash Porter and Eric Waters.
NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART 1 Collins
Diboll Circle, City Park, 488-2631 -- Journeys Real and Imagined in Edo-Period
Painting, through December; The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of
Ancient Egypt, rare ancient art from the Egyptian national collection, through
Feb. 25, 2004.
NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY 219
Loyola Ave., 596-2567 -- A Great and Growing City: New Orleans in the
Era of the Louisiana Purchase, through December.
OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART 925 Camp
St., 539-9600 -- The Story of the South: Art and Culture 1890-2003,
through May 2004.
OLD U.S. MINT 400 Esplanade Ave.,
568-6990 -- The Mississippi and the Making of a Nation: From the Louisiana
Purchase to Today, featuring unpublished images by photographer Sam Abell,
through May 2004.
books
Friday 12
ARCHBISHOP PHILLIP HANNAN. National
D-Day Museum, 945 Magazine St., 527-6012, ext. 226. Archbishop Hannan signs
and discusses his book, Rome: Living Under the Axis. Free admission.
1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday 13
WILLIAM QUIGLEY. The Catholic Book
Store, 8039 Fig St., 861-7504. Quigley signs his new book, Ending Poverty
as We Know It. Free admission. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
ANDREW J. MONTALBANO. Paradise Cafe,
3717 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 455-4337. The author signs his
second book, We're All Made Out of the Same Pasta! Free admission. 1 p.m.
to 3 p.m.
PHIL SANDUSKY. Lakeside Mall, B.
Dalton Booksellers, 3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 837-2868. The local
artist signs his book, New Orleans en Plein Air. Free admission. 1 p.m.
MARGARET LAWHON. The Maple Street
Book Shop, 7523 Maple St., 866-4916. Lawhon signs her first novel, The
Poydras Project.Free admission. 1:30 p.m.
ARTHUR HARDY. Borders Books and
Music, 3131 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 835-1363. Hardy signs Mardi
Gras in New Orleans: An Illustrated History, 2nd Ed. Free admission. 2 p.m.
WEST FREEMAN/JIM FRAISER. Beaucoup
Books, 5414 Magazine St., 895-2663. The photographer and author sign and discuss
their book, The French Quarter of New Orleans. Free admission. 2 p.m.
to 4 p.m.
