theater
THE ALTOS. Rocky and Carlo's, Sicilian Room, 613
W. St. Bernard Hwy., Chalmette, 277-SHOW (7469). Mob spoof of The Sopranos
in comedy murder mystery. Rosa Di Giovanni directs. Tickets for show and dinner
$25. Dinner 7:30 p.m., show 8 p.m., Thursday-Saturday, dinner 5:30 p.m., show
8 p.m. Sunday.
AMAZING PLACE, THIS NEW ORLEANS. True
Brew Theatre, 200 Julia St., 945-6789. Roberts Batson provides a one-man
show based on his popular Louisiana Scandals tour. Tickets $20. 4:30 p.m. Thursdays
and Saturdays, through Feb. 14.
BEATLES 4-EVER. True Brew Theater,
200 Julia St., 524-8440. Mikko presents a celebration of the Beatles playing
City Park in 1964. Star Greg DiLeo shares memories and performs songs of the
Fab Four. Fans invited to bring memorabilia. Tickets $10, $8 students and seniors.
8 p.m. Monday. Open run.
BLACK AND WHITE BLUES. Le Chat Noir,
715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Musical cabaret exploring New Orleans' obsession
with food, presented from service workers' point of view. Bob Edes and Heidi
Junius star. Tickets $21; reduced prices for the service industry. 7:30 p.m.
Mondays. Open run.
CROWNS. Anthony Bean Community Theatre,
1333 S. Carrollton Ave., 862-PLAY (7529). Regina Taylor's musical about
a young black woman from Brooklyn staying with family in the South. Anthony
Bean directs Pat McGuire-Hill, Gail Glapion and Leo Jones. Tickets $18, students/seniors
$16. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, through Feb. 15.
THE FEVER. Fine Arts Center, 3916
Baronne St., 914-8861. Big TaDa Productions presents Wallace Shawn's one-man
show with a character on a journey of self-discovery. Bryan Jeffery Graham directs
Michelle Doan Warner. Admission $10 general, $5 students (two-for-one with reservations
by phone or email tickets@bigtada.com).
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 6 p.m. Sunday, through Feb. 8.
GREASE. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux
Carré, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081. Classic musical capturing high
school romance in the 1950s. Brandt Blocker directs Matthew Ragas, Amanda Zirkenbach,
Frankie Ford and others. Tickets $26 adults, $21 students/children. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday,
2 p.m. Sunday, through Feb. 1.
HOLLYWOOD HEAVEN. Le Chat Noir,
715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. The Producers Circle looks at the lives
of Hollywood stars residing in the area of heaven dedicated to the rich and
famous. Writer-director Ricky Graham co-stars with Roy Haylock. Tickets $21.
6 p.m. Sunday. Open run.
HYSTERICAL HISTORY OF NEW ORLEANS. Fine
Arts Center, 3916 Baronne St., 269-3922. Humorous salute to New Orleans'
unique culture. Stars David "The Nac" Naccari. Admission $10. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
I GOT A HOME. The Neighborhood Gallery,
1410 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 524-8800. Family-themed show about a young
reverend and his family moving to a new home and church. Mia Kristin Smith directs.
Tickets $12 general, $8 students/seniors. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.
JEEPERS CREEPERS: THE SONGS OF JOHNNY MERCER.
Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Vocalist Banu Gibson
interprets Mercer's work with her band, New Orleans Hot Jazz. Tickets $28. 8
p.m. Friday.
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.
THE MAGIC FLUTE. Loyola University,
Roussel Performance Hall, 865-3492. Loyola's College of Music presents Mozart's
classic opera about romance and magic. David Morelock directs. Tickets $20,
students $10. 7:30 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Sunday.
THE MAID OF ORLEANS: A JOAN OF ARC STORY.
Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St., 528-3800. Original work examining
life of Joan of Arc through movement, song, mask, puppetry and more. Written
and directed by Kathy Randels. Tickets $15 general, $12 CAC members. 8 p.m.
Wednesday-Saturday, through Jan. 24. (Reviewed in this issue.)
MY JOHNSON SPEAKS. Le Petit Theatre
du Vieux Carré, Director's Studio, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081. Comedy
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.
PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES. Rivertown
Repertory Theatre, 325 Minor St., Kenner, 468-7221. Musical mixing cabaret,
pop and theater, featuring workers from neighboring gas station and diner. David
Hoover directs. Tickets $22 adults, $20 seniors and students, $12 children ages
6-12. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday. (Reviewed in this issue.)
THE QUEEN OF BINGO. Tony Mandina's
Restaurant, 1915 Pratt St., Gretna, 835-6002. Sandi Roads Productions presents
comedy about two sisters and their love of bingo. Stars Becky Allen, Sandy Bravender,
Michael Sullivan and Doris Methe. Tickets $39 for dinner and show, tax and tip
included. Buffet 7 p.m., show 8:30 p.m., through Jan. 31.
THE SEVEN. The Core, State Palace
Theatre, 1108 Canal St., 522-4435. Theatre Louisiane presents multimedia
look into the children of Oedipus and the battle for the city of Thebes. Writer
Amy Woodruff directs Don Guillory, Joy Begnaud and John Tiliakos. Tickets $10.
7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, through Feb. 7.
VAUDEVILLE NIGHTS. 735 Club, 735
Bourbon St., 524-4702. Fifteen traditional vaudeville acts from the 1920s,
accompanied by the Victorian Echoes jazz band. Skye Jordan directs. Tickets
$11. Performance 8 p.m. Saturdays. Open run.
YELLOWMAN. Southern Rep Theatre,
The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., third floor, 522-6545. Tale adapted
from Pulitzer Prize-finalist novel about love and racism within the African-American
community. Valerie Curtis-Newton directs Lance Nichols and Karen Kaia-Livers.
Tickets $23, with student, senior, theater professional and group discounts.
8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.
art
galleries
3 RING CIRCUS' THE BIG TOP GALLERY 1638
Clio St., 569-2700 -- Inventory, works by David Rex Joyner, through February;
Big Top Birthday Party featuring do-it-yourself art projects, 8 p.m. to midnight
Saturday.
THE ACADEMY GALLERY New Orleans
Academy of Fine Arts, 5256 Magazine St., 899-8111 -- Dorothy J. Coleman
retrospective exhibit, through Feb. 20.
AGORA 2240 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.
ARIODANTE 535 Julia St., 524-3233
-- New photographs by Nancy Moylan, through Feb. 6.
ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY 432 Julia St.,
522-1999 -- Paul Cadmus: The Male Nude, and As I See It, photographs
by Greg Gorman, through Feb. 28.
AXELLE FINE ARTS GALERIE ROYALE 709
Royal St., 299-1666 -- Recent works by Michel Delacroix, Jean-Daniel Bouvard
and Jacques Godin, plus new paintings by Albert Hadjiganev, through February.
BARRISTER'S GALLERY 1724 Oretha
Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767 -- Other Voices, Other Rooms, new paintings
by Myrtle Von Damitz III, through Jan. 28; Das Wunderkammer, works by
Patrick Lichty, through Feb. 29.
BERGERON STUDIO & GALLERY 516 Natchez
St., 522-7503 -- Black-and-white photography by Bob Coke, Frank Gordon,
Theodore Fonville Winans, C. Bennette Moore and C.F. Weber, through Jan. 24.
BRUNNER GALLERY 215 N. Columbia
St., Covington, (985) 893-0444 -- A Study in Figures, large-scale
drawings on paper by Ed Whiteman, through Feb. 7.
CAROL ROBINSON GALLERY 840 Napoleon
Ave., 895-6130 -- New paintings in oil by Masahiro Arai, through January.
CARROLL GALLERY Woldenberg Art Center,
Newcomb College/Tulane University, 865-5361 -- N.O.P.D.: New Orleans
Pattern and Decoration, recent works by Nicole Charbonnet, Teresa A. Cole,
Brandon Graving and K. Maxx Sizeler, through Feb. 20.
COLLINS C. DIBOLL ART GALLERY Loyola
University, 6363 St. Charles Ave., Monroe Library Fourth Floor, 861-5456 --
Christopher Cook: Against the Grain, opens Tuesday, through Feb. 19. Opening
reception and gallery talk 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday.
CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER 900 Camp
St., 528-3805 -- Birdspace: A Post-Audubon Artists Aviary, through
March 21. Gallery talk, "Birdtalk: Flights of Imagination In Contemporary Culture,"
7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
DELGADO FINE ARTS GALLERY Delgado
Hall, 615 City Park Ave., 483-4048 -- Works by Brandon Graving, through
Jan. 27. Reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday.
D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 524-3936
-- New sculpture by Allen Wynn, through March 4.
GALERIE ROYALE 3646 Magazine St.,
894-1588 -- Mixed-media works by Michael Klung, through Jan. 24.
A GALLERY FOR FINE PHOTOGRAPHY 241
Chartres St., 568-1313 -- Ophelia's Garden, new panoramic series
by Josephine Sacabo, through January.
GALLERY CLAIBORNE 2109 N. Claiborne
Ave., 949-5300 -- First Offerings, photographs by Gus Bennett; Eclectic
Images, photographs by Eric Waters, through Feb. 28.
GALLERY NATALY AND ME 6071 Magazine
St., 891-6173 -- Paintings, jewelry and other works by Russian artist Natasha
Mylius.
HAMMOND REGIONAL ARTS CENTER 217 E. Thomas St., Hammond,
(985) 542-7113 -- Works by Karen Wallsten and Denise Tullier-Holly, through
January.
IAN GALLERY 2917 Magazine St., Ste.
102, 894-8385 -- Coastal Living, new photographs by Michael Kahn,
through Jan. 30.
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY 841 Carondelet
St., 522-5471 -- Disappearing Acts, works by Kathleen Ariatti Benton, through
Feb. 20.
LEMIEUX GALLERIES 332 Julia St.,
522-5988 -- Allegories of Virtue and Vice, drawings by Mary Lee Eggart;
Children's Hour, paintings by Alan Gerson (reviewed in this issue), through
Jan. 24.
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.
MAGAZINE STREET GALLERY 5207 Magazine St., 897-5330
-- Group show featuring works by gallery artists Fred Marchman, Kaye Wall
Hoffman, Phyllis Springen, Susan Acree, Mannie Pair and Bruce Larsen.
MARGUERITE OESTREICHER FINE ARTS
720 Julia St., 581-9253 -- Obsessive Masters, works on paper by Stephanie
Borns, Orren Kickliter and Tom Huck (reviewed in this issue), through Feb. 28.
NEIGHBORHOOD GALLERY 1410 Oretha
Castle Haley Blvd., 524-8800 -- Works by gallery artisans Richard Lee, Ronald
Jones, Judy Dixon, Latefah Ali, Revalasha, John Slade, Brenda McClure, Joseph
Gordon and Joseph Parker.
NEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS/RIVERFRONT 2800
Chartres St., 940-2787 -- Alumni Exhibit featuring artworks by graduates
from the classes of 1980 through 2003, through Jan. 23. Selected alumni works
on loan from the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and the Ogden Collection are on
display in the Trusty-Corey Atrium, through March 12.
NEW ORLEANS GLASSWORKS AND PRINTMAKING
STUDIO 727 Magazine St., 529-7277 -- Stained-glass cathedral windows
by Michael Deary; outdoor glass and metal aquatic sculpture by Stephen Williams;
silver artistry by Gerald Haessig; copper etchings and hand-bound marbleized
books by Miriam Martin, through January.
SLIDELL ART LEAGUE GALLERY 1827
Front St., Ste. 201, Slidell, (985) 847-9458 -- The Reflections Show,
group exhibition by local artists, through Feb. 15.
SPACE GALLERY 4528 Magazine St.,
897-9119 -- XY: Images of Men, group show by local artists,
through January.
STELLA JONES GALLERY Bank One Center, 201 St. Charles
Ave., 568-9050 -- Black and White, works on paper by Reginald Gammon
and Malaika Favorite, through Feb. 12.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS FINE ARTS GALLERY
2000 Lakeshore Drive, 280-6493 -- Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition
of mixed-media works by Nancy Lockyear, through Jan. 30.
WINDSOR FINE ART 313 Royal St.,
586-0202 -- Original works, limited-edition serigraphs and more by Royo,
through Feb. 18.
spare spaces
LOUISIANA PIZZA KITCHEN 615 S. Carrollton
Ave., 866-5900 -- Watercolors by Katelyn Colton Ramsey, through Jan. 24.
NEW ORLEANS JAZZ NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK Visitors'
Center, 916 N. Peters St., 589-4841 -- New Orleans jazz photographs by L.J.
Goldstein, through January.
TURNCOATS 1926 Magazine St., 299-9004
-- Rio-1, photographs by Blake Haney, through Jan. 30.
museums
CABILDO Jackson Square, 568-6990
-- One Nation Under God: The Church, The State, and The Louisiana Purchase,
through February.
HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION
533 Royal St., 523-4662; Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres St., 598-7171
-- Napoleon's Eyewitness: Pierre Clément Laussat in Louisiana, 1802-1804,
through March.
LOUISIANA ART AND SCIENCE MUSEUM 100
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.
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.
MADAME JOHN'S LEGACY 632 Dumaine
St., 568-6968 -- Goin' Cross My Mind: Contemporary Self-Taught Artists
in Louisiana, works by Clementine Hunter, Sister Gertrude Morgan and others,
through February.
THE NATIONAL D-DAY MUSEUM 945 Magazine
St., 527-6012 -- Upon Other Fields: College Football in World War II,
photos and memorabilia of college players who were called to action, through
January.
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 -- The Quest for Immortality: Treasures
of Ancient Egypt, rare ancient art from the Egyptian national collection,
through Feb. 25.
OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART 925
Camp St., 539-9600 -- The Story of the South: Art and Culture 1890-2003,
Chapter One, museum collection of Roger Ogden, on permanent exhibit;
Chapter Two, featuring works by William Eggleston, Robert Rauschenberg,
Jasper Johns, Robert Stackhouse, glass works from the Penland School and more,
through May.
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 photographs by Sam Abell, through
May; Nations Within: The Four Sovereign Tribes of Louisiana, photographic
exhibit showcasing the Chitimacha, Coushatta, Tunica Biloxi and Jena Band of
Choctaw tribes, through March 14.
books
Thursday 22
DOUGLAS BRINKLEY. Garden District
Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St., 895-0111. Author of Tour of Duty: John
Kerry and the Vietnam War discusses and signs his book. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Sunday 25
RELIGIOUS PIONEERS SIGNING. Loyola
University, Monroe Library, third floor, 861-8155. Loyola's Center for Study
of Catholics in the South hosts signing of Religious Pioneers: Building the
Faith in the Archdiocese of New Orleans with authors including Lindy Boggs,
Sister Dorothy Dawes and Dr. Charles Nolan. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
auditions
THE GLASS MENAGERIE. UNO Downtown
Theatre, 673 Carondelet St., 250-5601. The 2004 Tennessee Williams New Orleans
Literary Festival seeks talent for a spring production of The Glass Menagerie.
All roles available; bring resume and headshot or photo if available. Noon
to 2 p.m. Saturday, 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sunday.
