current issue | main page | classifieds | special events | weekly events | web rates | site stats | feedback!


productions


A M B U S H   M a g   2 0 0 0 - V O L U M E   1 5 - I S S U E   7  


ON THE BOARDS
by GEORGE PATTERSON, New Orleans

A LOUISIANA GENTLEMAN

Southern Repertory Theater, 3rd Level, One Canal Place, 504.861.8163 or 504.861.5874.

Described by its author, Rosary O'Neill as "a contemporary love story of the Louisiana Deep South," this latest edition to Ms. O'Neill's oeuvre features Barret O'Brien, Shelley Poncy, Becky Allen and Soline Mclain and is co-directed by Beth Lincks & Susann Brinkley. Fri. & Sat., 8 pm; Sun., 2 pm, April 11-27.

...AND THE BALL AND ALL

True Brew Theater, 200 Julia St., 504.522.2907.

Now in its second year, this comic masterpiece, written and directed by Ricky Graham, concerns the problems of the members of the fictitious all-female Krewe of Terpsichore, when the treasurer absconds with the ball money. The cast includes local favorites, with costumes and wigs by Roy Haylock. Produced by Trish Denmark and Fred Nuccio, it will have an open-ended run. Fri., 8 pm; Sat., 6 & 9 pm; Sun., 3 & 7 pm.

HOT STUFF -NEW ORLEANS STYLE!

True Brew Cabaret, 200 Julia St., 504.522.2907.

The fast-paced, New Orleans satirical revue starring and written by New Orleans' premiere musical comedy couple, Becky Allen and Ricky Graham. Fri., 10:30 pm.

LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES

Lupin Theater, Dixon Hall Annex, Tulane University, 504.865.5106.

Buzz Podewell directs Christopher Hampton's play, adapted from the novel by Choderlos de Laclos, about internecine shenanigans among 18th Century French nobility. Lance Spellerberg is the Vicomte de Valmont, Kathryn Walton is the Marquise de Merteuil, Heather Hollingsworth is Mme. De Tourvel and Alisa Romano is Cecile Volanges. Tues.-Sat., 8 pm; Sat. & Sun., 2 pm, Apr. 8-13.

LOUISIANA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Orpheum Theater, 120 University Place, 504.523.6530.

Klauspeter Seibel conducts Brahms' Tragic Overture, Clara Schumann's Concerto for Piano & Orchestra and Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 3 ("Rhenish") with guest artist pianist Angela Cheng. Thurs., Apr. 3, 7:30 pm; Sat., April 5, 8 pm.

LOUISIANA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Orpheum Theater, 120 University Place, 504.523.6530.

Robert Spano conducts Stravinsky's Petroushka and Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in g minor (orchestrated by A. Schoenberg). Thurs., Apr. 10, 7:30 pm; Sat., Apr. 12, 8 pm.

MOMIX

Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts, Armstrong Square, 504.522.0996; 504.522.1314.

Moses Pendleton's lavishly praised company of dancer-illusionists ends the New Orleans Ballet Association's current season on a decidedly up note. Celebrated for its ability to conjure up a world of surrealistic images using props, light, shadow, humor and the human body, the company will perform Passion, Fri., Apr. 11, 7:30 pm and Baseball, Sat., Apr. 12, 7:30 pm.

ON GOLDEN POND

Rivertown Repertory Theater, Fourth & Minor Streets, Kenner, 504.468.7221.

Written by Ernest Thompson and directed by Joe Warfield, this bittersweet tale of the resolution of a dysfunctional family stars Charlotte Shully and Roy Dumont with Danon Dastague, Michael Cahill, Peter Gabb & Justin Scalese. Apr. 17-May 4; Thurs.-Sat., 8 pm (buffet seating for optional dinner from 6 pm); Sun., 2:30 pm (buffet seating for optional dinner from 12:30 pm).

PICNIC

CAC, Bank One Theater, 900 Camp St., 504.528.3800; groups: 504.362.4451.

The Contemporary Arts Center and Sandi Roads Production Co. Present William Inge's Pulitzer Prize-winning romantic comedy. Directed by George Kelly, it will feature Dane Rhodes, Gia DiLeo, Leon Contavesprie, Sandy Bravender, Wayne Blankenship, Amy Bollin, Brandi Bates, Joan Blum, Sandy Stratman, Arvilla Bennett-Prior and Jeffery Glacier.Thur.-Sat., 8:30 pm, Sun., 2 pm, thru Apr. 27.

PINOCCHIO COMMEDIA

Le Petit Theater du Vieux Carre's Teddy's Corner For Children, 616 St. Peter St., 504.522.2081.

Artistic Director Edward R. Cox directs and designs John Simons' adaptation of Carlo Collodi's classic, a la Commedia Dell'Arte. With music by the late great Fred Palmisano directed by and reorchestrated by musical director Ryan Thomas, it features Carolyn Arthurs, Vatican Lokey, Barry Marino, Griff Midkiff, Adriano Mulino, Robin Noel, Michael Sullivan with Damian Midkiff as Pinocchio. Sat. & Sun., 1 & 3 pm, thru Apr. 13.

RIVER PARISH GHOSTS STORY

Oak Alley Plantation Outdoor Dinner Theater, 3645 Louisiana Highway #18, Vacherie, LA, 504.265.2151; 1.800.442.5539.

This new comedy by John Doucet (which won the 1996 Louisiana Native Voices & Visions Playwriting award) and directed by Perry Martin, is a humerous amalgam of ghosts and folk legends from Louisiana's river parishes, featuring the spectres of privateer Jean Lafitte & Gov. Michael Hahn. Sat. evenings from 6 pm, Apr. 5, 12, 19, 26 & May 3; Sun. Mat. from 12 noon, Apr. 6, 13, 20, 27 & May 4.

SLEEPING BEAUTY

Rivertown Repertory Theater, 325 Minor St., Kenner, 504.468.7221.

Eliott Keener directs a musical adaptation of this classic fairy tale with book and lyrics by Barbara Fried and music by Norman Sachs. The cast includes James Murphy, Candace Marque, Allison Weinnig, Bonnie Knowles, Peter Gabb, James Murphy, Oscar Torres and Lauren Levy. Sat., Apr. 5 & 12, 1 pm & 3 pm; Sun. Apr. 6 & 13, 2 pm.

IN THE WINGS

DARYL'S PERILS: DEMON DOMINATRIX OF THE MOON MEETS THE AMAZON QUEEN OF THE LOST LAGOON

True Brew Theater, 200 Julia St., 504.522.2907.

Written by Ricky Graham & David Cuthbert, with original music by Harry Mayronne, Jr. & choreography by Karen Hebert, this is a "slightly skewed tribute to the Saturday matinee serials....In two episodes!-the first, Commando Cody or Flash Gordon; the second, very Sheena, Queen of the Jungle..." Starring Becky Allen, the show, opening in late June, will play in tandem with ...And The Ball And All.

LOUISIANA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Orpheum Theater, 120 University Place, 504.523.6530.

The orchestra continues its Beethoven and Blue Jeans series with Timothy Muffitt conducting and Elmar Oliveira featured on violin in Grantham's To The Wind's Twelve Quarters, Beethoven's Concerto for Violin & Orchestra and Dvorak's Symphony No. 6. Thurs., Apr. 17, 7:30 pm; Sat., Apr. 19, 8 pm.

LOUISIANA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Orpheum Theater, 120 University Place, 504.523.6530.

Klauspeter Seibel conducts, with soprano Amy Lawrence, tenor Gerald Stroup, baritone Philip Frohnmayer and the Symphony Chorus of New Orleans, Copland's Old American Songs and Orff's Carmina Burana. Thurs., May 1, 7:30 pm; Sat., May 3, 8 pm.

MISS SAIGON

Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts, Armstrong Square, 504.522.5555; 800.488.5252.

The Broadway Series at the Saenger Theater presents the Louisiana premiere of producer Cameron Mackintosh's London and New York blockbuster musical, with music by Claude-Michel Schonberg and lyrics and book by Alain Boublil (creators of Les Miserables and Martin Guerre) and Richard Maltby, Jr., directed by Nicholas Hytner, at the Theater of the Performing Arts, since the Saenger's stage facilities are not large enough to house, among other things, the show's famous helicopter. With musical staging by Bob Avian, Miss Saigon reunites members of the Les Miserables design team: John Napier on sets, David Hersey on lights and Andreane Neofitou and Suzy Benzinger on costumes. May 7 - 25.

ONE MO' TIME

Samuel Du Bois Cook Fine Arts & Communications Center, Dillard University, 2601 Gentilly Blvd., 504.286.4762.

Vernel Bagneris' homegrown Off-Broadway hit about the golden era of Black vaudeville in the twenties will be presented by the university Apr. 23-28.

PAGEANT

CAC's Freeport MacMaRon Theater, 900 Camp St., 504.523.1216 or 504.522.5252.

This was a rousing Off-Broadway musical comedy hit of several years ago, in which the audience gets to pick the winner of a nightly beauty pageant with men playing the beauty contestants. Written by Bill Russell, Frank Kelly & Robert Langbottom, Carl Walker will helm this local edition which will also have musical direction by Michael Howard, costumes by Roy Haylock, sets by Keith Christopher, Lights by Martin Sachs and sound by Jeffery Talbolt. Thurs.-Sat., 8 pm; Sun. 2 pm, May 23-June 15. The Krewe of Petronius (504.525.4498) will sponsor two previews, May 21 & 22.

current issue | main page | classifieds | special events | weekly events | web rates| site stats | feedback!


AMEX/DISCOVER/MC/Visa

AMBUSH onLINE: a list | america | bars | mardi gras | rainbow award | southern decadence
ambush mag 2000 | becky allen tour | new orleans | gulf south directory

Copyright © 1997 Ambush, Inc. All Rights Reserved ®
THE WEB TEAM:
Rip Naquin-Delain | Sonny Cleveland | George Patterson

828-A Bourbon Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70116-3137 USA
PH 504.522.8047 FAX 504.522.0907
OUTSIDE LOUISIANA 1.800.876.1484