Gambit Weekly : Author Archives

The Ricky And All 09 09 03
Ricky Graham grew up in the Ninth Ward and St. Bernard on Broadway showtunes and NORD Theater auditions. Now he's the quintessential New Orleans theater figure, with a new play celebrating his love of movies.

Poison in the 'Hood 09 09 03

Sense of Presence 09 02 03
The naturally gifted Randy Cheramie, starring as Joe Keller in Arthur Miller's All My Sons, can hold the stage like few other local actors.

Nouvelle Vague 09 02 03

Best of New Orleans � 2003 08 26 03

Hamming It Up 08 26 03

Ludlam's Lament 08 19 03

Loony Bins 08 12 03

Pulling the Strings 08 05 03

Daddy Dearest 07 29 03

Cattin' Around 07 22 03

The Definition of "It" 07 15 03

The Road to Oz 07 08 03

Fail Me Not 06 10 03
With his award-nominated stage work, Karl Lengel is showing he's more than just a pretty voice.

A Jump to the Left 06 10 03

Heat Wave 06 03 03

Bats and Dogs 05 27 03

Musical Inversion 05 20 03

Lite Touch

05 13 03

The Price of Freedom 05 06 03

Power Trips and Sing-Alongs 04 29 03

Once Mo', With Feeling 04 22 03
New Orleans' own Vernel Bagneris returns from New York City to present his mini-musicals, One Mo' Time and Jelly Roll: The Man and His Music, at Jazz Fest.

Bedroom Farce; Political Force 04 22 03

Mister Fixture 04 15 03
Harold Evans, the recipient of the Big Easy Entertainment Awards' Lifetime Achievement Award in Theatre, has built a brilliant career in an offhanded way.

By Any Other Name 04 15 03

From Tennessee to Ethiopia 04 08 03

The Kindness of Strangers 04 01 03

The Power of Nuance 03 25 03

Sister Act 03 18 03

Inside the Mind of R.J. Tsarov 03 11 03
R.J. Tsarov's journeys have taken him from Cairo to Old Algiers -- but that's nothing compared to the trips he takes his audiences on.

The Odd Couple 03 11 03

Restoring the Restoration 03 04 03

Getting the Part 02 25 03

Veiled References 02 18 03

Grand Drama 02 11 03

Mixed Bag of Tricks 02 04 03

Dough Boy 01 28 03

One Moe Time 01 21 03

Control Issues 01 14 03

Disorder in the Court 01 07 03

Openings, Closings and Solos 12 31 02

Pop Opera Packaging 12 21 02

Toe-Tapping and Thought-Provoking 12 17 02

Dear Diary 12 10 02

Commitment to Comedy 12 03 02

From Kvetching to Court Jesters 11 26 02

If You're Blue ... 11 19 02

Stripped Down 11 12 02

Hard Copy 11 05 02

Moral Clarity 10 29 02

Birds and Bingo 10 22 02

Core Values 10 15 02

Just Provocation 10 08 02

Along Racial Lines 10 01 02

Solid to the Core 09 24 02

In Good Hands 09 17 02

Must-See Puppetry 09 10 02

Visiting Ours 09 03 02

Kitchen Help 08 27 02

Raising the Bar; Duty Bound 08 20 02

Classy Love 08 06 02

Blonde Ambition 07 30 02

Pop Goes the Weasel 07 23 02

Strangely Familiar 07 16 02

Hubris and Exuberance 07 09 02

The Big Uneasy 07 02 02

Willy Come Lately 06 25 02
Gavin Mahlie might be a late-blooming Shakespearean actor, but he's making up for lost time at The Shakespeare Festival at Tulane.

One-Act Wonders 06 25 02

Creatures Great and Small 06 18 02

Looking Back 06 11 02

Selves of Help and Destruction 06 04 02

Freak Show 05 28 02

Brechtian Ballistics 05 21 02

Strip Tease; Eager to Please 05 14 02

The Show Must Go On 05 07 02

Lead in the Belly 04 30 02

Ringing Belles, Cooking Gus 04 23 02

Cat o' Three Tales 04 16 02

Congeniality vs. Phantasmagoria 04 09 02