Valet Parking Available
Louisiana International Film Festival Opening Gala: Twenty Feet from Stardom
Date of Event: Thursday April 18th
Time of Show: 7:00pm
Price: $15
Date Tickets Are Available Through Ticketmaster: April, 12, 2013 @ 10am
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Note: Valet parking will be available at $12/vehicle
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Gino Vannelli Birthday Celebration Show
Special Guest: Jodi Borrello
Date of Show: Saturday June 15th
Time of Show: 8:00pm
Price: $35 – $100
Date Tickets Are Available Through Ticketmaster: April, 18, 2013 @ 10am
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Gino Vannelli Birthday Celebration Show
Special Guest: Jodi Borrello
Date of Show: Friday June 14th
Time of Show: 8:00pm
Price: $35 – $100
Date Tickets Are Available Through Ticketmaster: April, 18, 2013 @ 10am
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Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
“Civil rights is one thing; this here is somethin’ else,” according to Matilda Banks, Drayton family housekeeper.
The Joy Theater is proud to present award-winning producer/director Tommye Myrick’s phenomenal production of “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.” This 1967 classic about interracial marriage during an important era of our country’s history is listed by the American Film Institute as one of the top 100 films in the last 100 years. The drama portrays a positive and, at times, comedic representation of the controversial subject of mixed marriages. It unfolds when the Civil Rights movement gripped the nation, and Americans were forced to face racial tolerance, acceptance and diversity.
Date of Show: Starts on February 22, 2013 – March 3, 2013
Tickets Available: December 14, 2012
Performance Dates:
Friday, February 22, 2013 8pm
Saturday, February 23, 2013 8pm
Sunday, February 24, 2013 3pm
Friday, March 1, 2013 8pm
Saturday, March 2, 2013 8pm
Sunday, March 3, 2013 3pm
Prices:
$35.00
$32.50
$22.50
Dates Tickets are Available Through Ticketmaster: December 14, 2012
Contact Ticket Master at 800-745-3000 or http://www.ticketmaster.com/
The play “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” by Todd Kreidler is based on the screenplay by William Rose. The storyline depicts the love between Jo Anna Drayton (portrayed by Vicky Illk), the young daughter of liberal White parents, and Dr. John Prentice (portrayed by Nicoye Banks), a distinguished and well-known physician from a prominent African American family. The play examines the reaction from both sets of parents, the families’ friends and other household members about the news of a possible marriage between a Black man and a White woman.
While the young couple comes to grips with the personal prejudices secretly harbored by outsiders, they must also contend with both of their fathers, who are dead set against the union.To complicate matters, the Drayton family maid, Matilda, and a close family associate put in their disapproving two cents. While Jo Anna is determined to proceed with the wedding regardless of people’s opinions, John refuses to consider marriage until he receives the approval of all concerned. Also attending dinner is Monsignor Ryan, who speaks as the voice of tolerance. Eventually, it is Mr. Drayton, Jo Anna’s father, who must come face to face with the fact that he has trouble accepting his own liberal philosophy when it is applied so dramatically to his own life.
The “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” cast includes a host of veteran performers: Carol Sutton as Matilda Banks, Dane Rhodes as Matt Drayton, Janet Shea as Christina Drayton, Harold Evans as John Prentice Sr., Gwendolyn Foxworth as Mary Prentice, Garth Currie as Monsignor Ryan, and Margeaux Fanning as Hillary St. George.
Tommye Myrick is a seasoned producer and director, who is dedicated to the revival of theatrical productions in New Orleans. Along with being a recipient of the New Orleans Big Easy Entertainment Award, Ms. Myrick has received numerous awards, as well as accolades from audiences and critics alike. Some of her most memorable productions include Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, The Women of Brewster Place, Dinah Was…, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, A Lesson Before Dying, Death of a Salesman, and many more.
Ms. Myrick’s skills as a director are evidenced by the poised and skilled manner in which she introduces “White liberalism” and “Black racism” to the audience. Under Ms. Myrick’s direction, the cast succeeds in providing dramatic performances and memorable entertainment.The original screenplay cast of “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” (which included Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn, Beah Richards and Isabel Sanford) would be proud of the portrayal of the characters and the current relevance of a theme that was first brought to our attention in 1967.
The original stage play directed by Kenny Leon, World Premiered at True Colors Theatre Company in Atlanta Georgia in July of 2012, starred Phylicia Rashad, Afemo Omilami and respected director/actress – Andrea Frye.
Please join the Joy Theater in welcoming Director Tommye Myrick as we celebrate this production of an American classic – “GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER”– to historic Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, February 22 –March 3, 2012.
Tickets are available beginning December 14, 2012. The Joy Theater is located in the heart of downtown New Orleans at 1200 Canal Street, 70112.
For more Information/Reservations:
For group reservations, fundraising opportunities or school day performances, contact Roxanna Charbonnet at guesswhoscoming1@gmail.com. For media information, contact Roslyn Nocentelli Flot at breakthrumediallc@yahoo.com or Sandie McNamara at 504-331-0722.
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
“Civil rights is one thing; this here is somethin’ else,” according to Matilda Banks, Drayton family housekeeper.
The Joy Theater is proud to present award-winning producer/director Tommye Myrick’s phenomenal production of “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.” This 1967 classic about interracial marriage during an important era of our country’s history is listed by the American Film Institute as one of the top 100 films in the last 100 years. The drama portrays a positive and, at times, comedic representation of the controversial subject of mixed marriages. It unfolds when the Civil Rights movement gripped the nation, and Americans were forced to face racial tolerance, acceptance and diversity.
Date of Show: Starts on February 22, 2013 – March 3, 2013
Tickets Available: December 14, 2012
Performance Dates:
Friday, February 22, 2013 8pm
Saturday, February 23, 2013 8pm
Sunday, February 24, 2013 3pm
Friday, March 1, 2013 8pm
Saturday, March 2, 2013 8pm
Sunday, March 3, 2013 3pm
Prices:
$35.00
$32.50
$22.50
Dates Tickets are Available Through Ticketmaster: December 14, 2012
Contact Ticket Master at 800-745-3000 or http://www.ticketmaster.com/
The play “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” by Todd Kreidler is based on the screenplay by William Rose. The storyline depicts the love between Jo Anna Drayton (portrayed by Vicky Illk), the young daughter of liberal White parents, and Dr. John Prentice (portrayed by Nicoye Banks), a distinguished and well-known physician from a prominent African American family. The play examines the reaction from both sets of parents, the families’ friends and other household members about the news of a possible marriage between a Black man and a White woman.
While the young couple comes to grips with the personal prejudices secretly harbored by outsiders, they must also contend with both of their fathers, who are dead set against the union.To complicate matters, the Drayton family maid, Matilda, and a close family associate put in their disapproving two cents. While Jo Anna is determined to proceed with the wedding regardless of people’s opinions, John refuses to consider marriage until he receives the approval of all concerned. Also attending dinner is Monsignor Ryan, who speaks as the voice of tolerance. Eventually, it is Mr. Drayton, Jo Anna’s father, who must come face to face with the fact that he has trouble accepting his own liberal philosophy when it is applied so dramatically to his own life.
The “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” cast includes a host of veteran performers: Carol Sutton as Matilda Banks, Dane Rhodes as Matt Drayton, Janet Shea as Christina Drayton, Harold Evans as John Prentice Sr., Gwendolyn Foxworth as Mary Prentice, Garth Currie as Monsignor Ryan, and Margeaux Fanning as Hillary St. George.
Tommye Myrick is a seasoned producer and director, who is dedicated to the revival of theatrical productions in New Orleans. Along with being a recipient of the New Orleans Big Easy Entertainment Award, Ms. Myrick has received numerous awards, as well as accolades from audiences and critics alike. Some of her most memorable productions include Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, The Women of Brewster Place, Dinah Was…, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, A Lesson Before Dying, Death of a Salesman, and many more.
Ms. Myrick’s skills as a director are evidenced by the poised and skilled manner in which she introduces “White liberalism” and “Black racism” to the audience. Under Ms. Myrick’s direction, the cast succeeds in providing dramatic performances and memorable entertainment.The original screenplay cast of “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” (which included Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn, Beah Richards and Isabel Sanford) would be proud of the portrayal of the characters and the current relevance of a theme that was first brought to our attention in 1967.
The original stage play directed by Kenny Leon, World Premiered at True Colors Theatre Company in Atlanta Georgia in July of 2012, starred Phylicia Rashad, Afemo Omilami and respected director/actress – Andrea Frye.
Please join the Joy Theater in welcoming Director Tommye Myrick as we celebrate this production of an American classic – “GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER”– to historic Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, February 22 –March 3, 2012.
Tickets are available beginning December 14, 2012. The Joy Theater is located in the heart of downtown New Orleans at 1200 Canal Street, 70112.
For more Information/Reservations:
For group reservations, fundraising opportunities or school day performances, contact Roxanna Charbonnet at guesswhoscoming1@gmail.com. For media information, contact Roslyn Nocentelli Flot at breakthrumediallc@yahoo.com or Sandie McNamara at 504-331-0722.
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
“Civil rights is one thing; this here is somethin’ else,” according to Matilda Banks, Drayton family housekeeper.
The Joy Theater is proud to present award-winning producer/director Tommye Myrick’s phenomenal production of “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.” This 1967 classic about interracial marriage during an important era of our country’s history is listed by the American Film Institute as one of the top 100 films in the last 100 years. The drama portrays a positive and, at times, comedic representation of the controversial subject of mixed marriages. It unfolds when the Civil Rights movement gripped the nation, and Americans were forced to face racial tolerance, acceptance and diversity.
Date of Show: Starts on February 22, 2013 – March 3, 2013
Tickets Available: December 14, 2012
Performance Dates:
Friday, February 22, 2013 8pm
Saturday, February 23, 2013 8pm
Sunday, February 24, 2013 3pm
Friday, March 1, 2013 8pm
Saturday, March 2, 2013 8pm
Sunday, March 3, 2013 3pm
Prices:
$35.00
$32.50
$22.50
Dates Tickets are Available Through Ticketmaster: December 14, 2012
Contact Ticket Master at 800-745-3000 or http://www.ticketmaster.com/
The play “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” by Todd Kreidler is based on the screenplay by William Rose. The storyline depicts the love between Jo Anna Drayton (portrayed by Vicky Illk), the young daughter of liberal White parents, and Dr. John Prentice (portrayed by Nicoye Banks), a distinguished and well-known physician from a prominent African American family. The play examines the reaction from both sets of parents, the families’ friends and other household members about the news of a possible marriage between a Black man and a White woman.
While the young couple comes to grips with the personal prejudices secretly harbored by outsiders, they must also contend with both of their fathers, who are dead set against the union.To complicate matters, the Drayton family maid, Matilda, and a close family associate put in their disapproving two cents. While Jo Anna is determined to proceed with the wedding regardless of people’s opinions, John refuses to consider marriage until he receives the approval of all concerned. Also attending dinner is Monsignor Ryan, who speaks as the voice of tolerance. Eventually, it is Mr. Drayton, Jo Anna’s father, who must come face to face with the fact that he has trouble accepting his own liberal philosophy when it is applied so dramatically to his own life.
The “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” cast includes a host of veteran performers: Carol Sutton as Matilda Banks, Dane Rhodes as Matt Drayton, Janet Shea as Christina Drayton, Harold Evans as John Prentice Sr., Gwendolyn Foxworth as Mary Prentice, Garth Currie as Monsignor Ryan, and Margeaux Fanning as Hillary St. George.
Tommye Myrick is a seasoned producer and director, who is dedicated to the revival of theatrical productions in New Orleans. Along with being a recipient of the New Orleans Big Easy Entertainment Award, Ms. Myrick has received numerous awards, as well as accolades from audiences and critics alike. Some of her most memorable productions include Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, The Women of Brewster Place, Dinah Was…, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, A Lesson Before Dying, Death of a Salesman, and many more.
Ms. Myrick’s skills as a director are evidenced by the poised and skilled manner in which she introduces “White liberalism” and “Black racism” to the audience. Under Ms. Myrick’s direction, the cast succeeds in providing dramatic performances and memorable entertainment.The original screenplay cast of “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” (which included Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn, Beah Richards and Isabel Sanford) would be proud of the portrayal of the characters and the current relevance of a theme that was first brought to our attention in 1967.
The original stage play directed by Kenny Leon, World Premiered at True Colors Theatre Company in Atlanta Georgia in July of 2012, starred Phylicia Rashad, Afemo Omilami and respected director/actress – Andrea Frye.
Please join the Joy Theater in welcoming Director Tommye Myrick as we celebrate this production of an American classic – “GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER”– to historic Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, February 22 –March 3, 2012.
Tickets are available beginning December 14, 2012. The Joy Theater is located in the heart of downtown New Orleans at 1200 Canal Street, 70112.
For more Information/Reservations:
For group reservations, fundraising opportunities or school day performances, contact Roxanna Charbonnet at guesswhoscoming1@gmail.com. For media information, contact Roslyn Nocentelli Flot at breakthrumediallc@yahoo.com or Sandie McNamara at 504-331-0722.
Zone Music Reporter Music Awards Show
Date of Show: May 11, 2013
Time of Show: 7:30pm
Price: $40.00
Date Tickets Are Available Through Ticketmaster: January 13, 2013
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Announcing the first Live Presentation Show of the 9th Annual ZMR
Music Award! We have arranged an all-star line-up for the show. Many
have either won or were Grammy-nominated artists, plus some past award winners from 2011 ZMR awards. Performers include Will Ackerman, David Cullen, Jeff Oster, Michael Manring, Heidi Anne Breyer, Michael Brant DeMarie, Sajjad, Catherine Marie Charlton, Hennie Bekker and Lorrie Sarrafin. Other performers are still to be announced. This promises to be a magical evening!
Official Event/Production/Organization/etc: Zone Music Reporter Music Award Show
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DeBakey, A Documentary Film
Date of Show: January 22, 2013
Time of Show: 6:00pm
Price: Free Admission
Date Tickets Are Available Through Ticketmaster: January 13, 2013
DeBakey is an inspiring documentary about the life of famed heart surgeon Michael E. DeBakey. Dr. Tony Herring, a student of DeBakey’s in the 1960’s sets out to learn what made his mentor and teacher tick. DeBakey’s career has spanned over seventy years, has in his work touched the lives of millions of people of all nations. In World War II he developed surgical principles which were the beginning of the M.A.S.H. unit. He helped lay the foundations for both the Veterans Administration Hospital system and the National Library of Medicine. His presence in Houston Texas help built the Texas Medical Center which is the largest medical center in the world. His innovations in the field of cardiovascular surgery are legendary and include development of the roller pump for cardiac bypass, the treatment of complex aortic aneurysms, carotid and coronary bypass surgery, and recently the left ventricular assist device. He is truly a national treasure. In 2007 Dr. DeBakey was awarded the Gold Congressional Medal of Honor.
Krewe of Rocckus! with Better Than Ezra & Sister Hazel
Date of Show:
Friday, February 8, 2013 9:30pm
Price: $35.00
Better Than Ezra
We all know that New Orleans is the home of Mardi Gras, the greatest
party in the world. The City centers itself around this celebration of
culture and some would even say that the entire year revolves around
it. Better Than Ezra are no strangers to this concept and have
traditionally “thrown down” with the best of them. Their special
Mardi Gras concerts have become a regular fixture in the Carnival
schedule and usually feature a host of surprises that depart from a
regular BTE show.
This year the band will be performing their third album, How Does Your
Garden Grow? in its entirety. Released in 1998 by Elektra Records, the
album features fan favorites such as “At the Stars,” “One More
Murder,” “Allison Foley,” “Under You,” and more
Sister Hazel
Sister Hazel, the alternative rock band from Gainesville, FL, has
created its signature sound through the use of Southern pop hooks and
country rock harmonies. Despite the success of their platinum disc
“Somewhere More Familiar” as well as their 2009 album,
“Release,” which reached #37 on the Billboard Album Charts, Sister
Hazel felt that they had more to say. With the band’s quickest
album-to-album turnaround in their 15 plus career, they released the
country album, “Heartland Highway” in 2010. After all of these
years together, the band still hits the road regularly, doing around
100 dates annually in addition to their annual Hazelnut Hang at The
Windjammer on South Carolina’s Isle of Palms and their Rock Boat
excursion, which is the world’s largest floating music festival. The
band talks about their current situation, “We are all in groove. We
have all things rolling along,” asserts Block, with Newell seconding
that emotion: “I feel like we are stepping into our heyday.”
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Road to Mardi Gras
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Better than Ezras Krewe of Rocckus
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
“Civil rights is one thing; this here is somethin’ else,” according to Matilda Banks, Drayton family housekeeper.
The Joy Theater is proud to present award-winning producer/director Tommye Myrick’s phenomenal production of “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.” This 1967 classic about interracial marriage during an important era of our country’s history is listed by the American Film Institute as one of the top 100 films in the last 100 years. The drama portrays a positive and, at times, comedic representation of the controversial subject of mixed marriages. It unfolds when the Civil Rights movement gripped the nation, and Americans were forced to face racial tolerance, acceptance and diversity.
Date of Show: Starts on February 22, 2013 – March 3, 2013
Tickets Available: December 14, 2012
Performance Dates:
Friday, February 22, 2013 8pm
Saturday, February 23, 2013 8pm
Sunday, February 24, 2013 3pm
Friday, March 1, 2013 8pm
Saturday, March 2, 2013 8pm
Sunday, March 3, 2013 3pm
Prices:
$35.00
$32.50
$22.50
Dates Tickets are Available Through Ticketmaster: December 14, 2012
Contact Ticket Master at 800-745-3000 or http://www.ticketmaster.com/
The play “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” by Todd Kreidler is based on the screenplay by William Rose. The storyline depicts the love between Jo Anna Drayton (portrayed by Vicky Illk), the young daughter of liberal White parents, and Dr. John Prentice (portrayed by Nicoye Banks), a distinguished and well-known physician from a prominent African American family. The play examines the reaction from both sets of parents, the families’ friends and other household members about the news of a possible marriage between a Black man and a White woman.
While the young couple comes to grips with the personal prejudices secretly harbored by outsiders, they must also contend with both of their fathers, who are dead set against the union.To complicate matters, the Drayton family maid, Matilda, and a close family associate put in their disapproving two cents. While Jo Anna is determined to proceed with the wedding regardless of people’s opinions, John refuses to consider marriage until he receives the approval of all concerned. Also attending dinner is Monsignor Ryan, who speaks as the voice of tolerance. Eventually, it is Mr. Drayton, Jo Anna’s father, who must come face to face with the fact that he has trouble accepting his own liberal philosophy when it is applied so dramatically to his own life.
The “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” cast includes a host of veteran performers: Carol Sutton as Matilda Banks, Dane Rhodes as Matt Drayton, Janet Shea as Christina Drayton, Harold Evans as John Prentice Sr., Gwendolyn Foxworth as Mary Prentice, Garth Currie as Monsignor Ryan, and Margeaux Fanning as Hillary St. George.
Tommye Myrick is a seasoned producer and director, who is dedicated to the revival of theatrical productions in New Orleans. Along with being a recipient of the New Orleans Big Easy Entertainment Award, Ms. Myrick has received numerous awards, as well as accolades from audiences and critics alike. Some of her most memorable productions include Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, The Women of Brewster Place, Dinah Was…, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, A Lesson Before Dying, Death of a Salesman, and many more.
Ms. Myrick’s skills as a director are evidenced by the poised and skilled manner in which she introduces “White liberalism” and “Black racism” to the audience. Under Ms. Myrick’s direction, the cast succeeds in providing dramatic performances and memorable entertainment.The original screenplay cast of “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” (which included Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn, Beah Richards and Isabel Sanford) would be proud of the portrayal of the characters and the current relevance of a theme that was first brought to our attention in 1967.
The original stage play directed by Kenny Leon, World Premiered at True Colors Theatre Company in Atlanta Georgia in July of 2012, starred Phylicia Rashad, Afemo Omilami and respected director/actress – Andrea Frye.
Please join the Joy Theater in welcoming Director Tommye Myrick as we celebrate this production of an American classic – “GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER”– to historic Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, February 22 –March 3, 2012.
Tickets are available beginning December 14, 2012. The Joy Theater is located in the heart of downtown New Orleans at 1200 Canal Street, 70112.
For more Information/Reservations:
For group reservations, fundraising opportunities or school day performances, contact Roxanna Charbonnet at guesswhoscoming1@gmail.com. For media information, contact Roslyn Nocentelli Flot at breakthrumediallc@yahoo.com or Sandie McNamara at 504-331-0722.
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
“Civil rights is one thing; this here is somethin’ else,” according to Matilda Banks, Drayton family housekeeper.
The Joy Theater is proud to present award-winning producer/director Tommye Myrick’s phenomenal production of “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.” This 1967 classic about interracial marriage during an important era of our country’s history is listed by the American Film Institute as one of the top 100 films in the last 100 years. The drama portrays a positive and, at times, comedic representation of the controversial subject of mixed marriages. It unfolds when the Civil Rights movement gripped the nation, and Americans were forced to face racial tolerance, acceptance and diversity.
Date of Show: Starts on February 22, 2013 – March 3, 2013
Tickets Available: December 14, 2012
Performance Dates:
Friday, February 22, 2013 8pm
Saturday, February 23, 2013 8pm
Sunday, February 24, 2013 3pm
Friday, March 1, 2013 8pm
Saturday, March 2, 2013 8pm
Sunday, March 3, 2013 3pm
Prices:
$35.00
$32.50
$22.50
Dates Tickets are Available Through Ticketmaster: December 14, 2012
Contact Ticket Master at 800-745-3000 or http://www.ticketmaster.com/
The play “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” by Todd Kreidler is based on the screenplay by William Rose. The storyline depicts the love between Jo Anna Drayton (portrayed by Vicky Illk), the young daughter of liberal White parents, and Dr. John Prentice (portrayed by Nicoye Banks), a distinguished and well-known physician from a prominent African American family. The play examines the reaction from both sets of parents, the families’ friends and other household members about the news of a possible marriage between a Black man and a White woman.
While the young couple comes to grips with the personal prejudices secretly harbored by outsiders, they must also contend with both of their fathers, who are dead set against the union.To complicate matters, the Drayton family maid, Matilda, and a close family associate put in their disapproving two cents. While Jo Anna is determined to proceed with the wedding regardless of people’s opinions, John refuses to consider marriage until he receives the approval of all concerned. Also attending dinner is Monsignor Ryan, who speaks as the voice of tolerance. Eventually, it is Mr. Drayton, Jo Anna’s father, who must come face to face with the fact that he has trouble accepting his own liberal philosophy when it is applied so dramatically to his own life.
The “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” cast includes a host of veteran performers: Carol Sutton as Matilda Banks, Dane Rhodes as Matt Drayton, Janet Shea as Christina Drayton, Harold Evans as John Prentice Sr., Gwendolyn Foxworth as Mary Prentice, Garth Currie as Monsignor Ryan, and Margeaux Fanning as Hillary St. George.
Tommye Myrick is a seasoned producer and director, who is dedicated to the revival of theatrical productions in New Orleans. Along with being a recipient of the New Orleans Big Easy Entertainment Award, Ms. Myrick has received numerous awards, as well as accolades from audiences and critics alike. Some of her most memorable productions include Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, The Women of Brewster Place, Dinah Was…, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, A Lesson Before Dying, Death of a Salesman, and many more.
Ms. Myrick’s skills as a director are evidenced by the poised and skilled manner in which she introduces “White liberalism” and “Black racism” to the audience. Under Ms. Myrick’s direction, the cast succeeds in providing dramatic performances and memorable entertainment.The original screenplay cast of “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” (which included Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn, Beah Richards and Isabel Sanford) would be proud of the portrayal of the characters and the current relevance of a theme that was first brought to our attention in 1967.
The original stage play directed by Kenny Leon, World Premiered at True Colors Theatre Company in Atlanta Georgia in July of 2012, starred Phylicia Rashad, Afemo Omilami and respected director/actress – Andrea Frye.
Please join the Joy Theater in welcoming Director Tommye Myrick as we celebrate this production of an American classic – “GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER”– to historic Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, February 22 –March 3, 2012.
Tickets are available beginning December 14, 2012. The Joy Theater is located in the heart of downtown New Orleans at 1200 Canal Street, 70112.
For more Information/Reservations:
For group reservations, fundraising opportunities or school day performances, contact Roxanna Charbonnet at guesswhoscoming1@gmail.com. For media information, contact Roslyn Nocentelli Flot at breakthrumediallc@yahoo.com or Sandie McNamara at 504-331-0722.
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
“Civil rights is one thing; this here is somethin’ else,” according to Matilda Banks, Drayton family housekeeper.
The Joy Theater is proud to present award-winning producer/director Tommye Myrick’s phenomenal production of “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.” This 1967 classic about interracial marriage during an important era of our country’s history is listed by the American Film Institute as one of the top 100 films in the last 100 years. The drama portrays a positive and, at times, comedic representation of the controversial subject of mixed marriages. It unfolds when the Civil Rights movement gripped the nation, and Americans were forced to face racial tolerance, acceptance and diversity.
Date of Show: Starts on February 22, 2013 – March 3, 2013
Tickets Available: December 14, 2012
Performance Dates:
Friday, February 22, 2013 8pm
Saturday, February 23, 2013 8pm
Sunday, February 24, 2013 3pm
Friday, March 1, 2013 8pm
Saturday, March 2, 2013 8pm
Sunday, March 3, 2013 3pm
Prices:
$35.00
$32.50
$22.50
Dates Tickets are Available Through Ticketmaster: December 14, 2012
Contact Ticket Master at 800-745-3000 or http://www.ticketmaster.com/
The play “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” by Todd Kreidler is based on the screenplay by William Rose. The storyline depicts the love between Jo Anna Drayton (portrayed by Vicky Illk), the young daughter of liberal White parents, and Dr. John Prentice (portrayed by Nicoye Banks), a distinguished and well-known physician from a prominent African American family. The play examines the reaction from both sets of parents, the families’ friends and other household members about the news of a possible marriage between a Black man and a White woman.
While the young couple comes to grips with the personal prejudices secretly harbored by outsiders, they must also contend with both of their fathers, who are dead set against the union.To complicate matters, the Drayton family maid, Matilda, and a close family associate put in their disapproving two cents. While Jo Anna is determined to proceed with the wedding regardless of people’s opinions, John refuses to consider marriage until he receives the approval of all concerned. Also attending dinner is Monsignor Ryan, who speaks as the voice of tolerance. Eventually, it is Mr. Drayton, Jo Anna’s father, who must come face to face with the fact that he has trouble accepting his own liberal philosophy when it is applied so dramatically to his own life.
The “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” cast includes a host of veteran performers: Carol Sutton as Matilda Banks, Dane Rhodes as Matt Drayton, Janet Shea as Christina Drayton, Harold Evans as John Prentice Sr., Gwendolyn Foxworth as Mary Prentice, Garth Currie as Monsignor Ryan, and Margeaux Fanning as Hillary St. George.
Tommye Myrick is a seasoned producer and director, who is dedicated to the revival of theatrical productions in New Orleans. Along with being a recipient of the New Orleans Big Easy Entertainment Award, Ms. Myrick has received numerous awards, as well as accolades from audiences and critics alike. Some of her most memorable productions include Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, The Women of Brewster Place, Dinah Was…, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, A Lesson Before Dying, Death of a Salesman, and many more.
Ms. Myrick’s skills as a director are evidenced by the poised and skilled manner in which she introduces “White liberalism” and “Black racism” to the audience. Under Ms. Myrick’s direction, the cast succeeds in providing dramatic performances and memorable entertainment.The original screenplay cast of “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” (which included Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn, Beah Richards and Isabel Sanford) would be proud of the portrayal of the characters and the current relevance of a theme that was first brought to our attention in 1967.
The original stage play directed by Kenny Leon, World Premiered at True Colors Theatre Company in Atlanta Georgia in July of 2012, starred Phylicia Rashad, Afemo Omilami and respected director/actress – Andrea Frye.
Please join the Joy Theater in welcoming Director Tommye Myrick as we celebrate this production of an American classic – “GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER”– to historic Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, February 22 –March 3, 2012.
Tickets are available beginning December 14, 2012. The Joy Theater is located in the heart of downtown New Orleans at 1200 Canal Street, 70112.
For more Information/Reservations:
For group reservations, fundraising opportunities or school day performances, contact Roxanna Charbonnet at guesswhoscoming1@gmail.com. For media information, contact Roslyn Nocentelli Flot at breakthrumediallc@yahoo.com or Sandie McNamara at 504-331-0722.
Benefit for Bill Johnston
Louie Duet, Ground Cover Entertainment and the show’s producer, said “Bill was diagnosed with throat cancer on January 23, 2012 and has been battling this disease all year long. He has undergone 13 weeks of chemo treatments as well as 35 radiation treatments. Bill’s recent biopsy indicated positive results, however his doctor told him he ‘was not out of the woods yet’. We appreciate your support and thank you for helping Bill and his family.”
Date of Show: January 10, 2013
Times: Show begins at 7pm
Entertainment:
Emcee-Jodi Borrello New Orleans comedian
Joint’s Jumpin’ A celebration of classic New Orleans Rhythm & Blues
The Yat Pack New Orleans based band that strives to bring back the Swing Era with an added Vegas flair
The Warehouse New Orleans…REVISITED! featuring The SMOKE PATROL Relives the music and memories of the Warehouse, the legendary New Orleans music venue (1970-1982).
You can get a glimpse of them here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/282218658547418/
*With Reserved Seating $35
Dates Tickets are Available Through Ticketmaster: November 23. 2012
SILENT AUCTION BEGINS AT 6pm
A TRIBUTE TO LITERARY LEGEND ERNEST GAINES: An original Jazz score by Irvin Mayfield featuring the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
Friday, November 30, 7:30pm
The Joy Theatre, 1200 Canal Street
Pricing is as follows:
$15 for Students
$25 for General Admission
$40 for Priority
Tickets are available through Ticketmaster November 1 2012
Reserved Seating for Priority, not for General Admission
Groupon Special (2 for 1) – 7 day turnaround November
IRVIN MAYFIELD
Irvin Mayfield, 34, is a Grammy and Billboard Award-winning artist with 15 albums to his credit. Mayfield is the founding Artistic Director of the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra and currently serves as Artistic Director of Jazz at the Minnesota Orchestra. He is a professor at the University of New Orleans, where he also serves as Director of the New Orleans Jazz Institute. Mayfield was nominated to the National Council on the Arts by President George W. Bush and was subsequently appointed to the post by President Barack Obama in 2010. Mayfield also received The Chancellor’s Award from the University of New Orleans (the highest ranking award given to a professor) in 2010 and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Dillard University in 2011. A passionate advocate for New Orleans and for the arts, Mayfield is President of the New Orleans Public Library Foundation and Chairman of the Board for the Soledad O’Brien & Brad Raymond Foundation. He also serves on the boards of Citizens United for Economic Equity, Louisiana State University’s Department of Psychiatry and Health Science, the
New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation, Tulane University’s School of Architecture, Unity of Greater New Orleans, the University of New Orleans College of Education and Human Development, and the Youth Rescue Initiative.
ERNEST GAINES
Ernest James Gaines was born on the River Lake Plantation near the small hamlet of Oscar, in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. His ancestors had lived on the same plantation since slavery, remaining after emancipation to work the land as sharecroppers. Gaines and his family lived in the houses, much expanded, that had once served as slave quarters. His parents separated when he was eight; the strongest adult influence in his childhood was a great aunt, Augusteen Jefferson, crippled from birth, who crawled from kitchen to the family’s garden patch, growing and preparing food, and caring for him and for six of his brothers and sisters.
Story-telling and oral tradition were a powerful part of African American life in the rural South, and young Ernest Gaines absorbed the stories of his family and neighbors, acquiring a sense of history and an ear for the rhythms of vernacular speech. The only school for African American children in the district was conducted in a single room of the black church. School was open for less than half the year; from the age of nine, Ernest Gaines and the other children were sent to labor alongside their elders in the fields, harvesting vegetables and cotton. Pointe Coupee Parish offered no public high school to its black citizens. For three years, Gaines attended St. Augustine’s School, a segregated Catholic school in the parish seat at New Roads, Louisiana.
During World War II, his mother and stepfather, like many African Americans of their generation, left the South to find work in the booming wartime economy. At 15, Gaines joined his mother and stepfather in Vallejo, California, northeast of San Francisco. To keep him off the streets and out of trouble, his stepfather urged him to spend time in the public library. He soon became enthralled with literature, particularly the 19th century Russian masters, whose tales of a countryside steeped in feudal tradition echoed his own experience of plantation life. Finding no literature that directly portrayed the life of African Americans in the rural South, he began to write stories of his own, recreating the world of his childhood.
After serving in the U.S. Army, he enrolled at San Francisco State University, where he published a number of short stories in the University quarterly. His stories won him admission to the selective graduate program in creative writing at Stanford University, conducted by the novelist Wallace Stegner. Gaines settled in San Francisco after graduate school, working a variety of part-time jobs in the afternoon and reserving his morning hours for writing.
His first novel, Catherine Carmier, was published in 1964. A tragic love story played out against the complex caste system of rural Louisiana, the work met a favorable critical reception, but sold poorly. The next years were difficult ones for Gaines, as a succession of novels and short stories were rejected by publishers. In 1966, he was awarded a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts to continue his writing. The following year, his second novel, Of Love and Dust, appeared. Again, he told a story of life and love thwarted by the legacy of servitude and discrimination, but this book attracted greater attention than his first.
While many of his contemporaries were depicting the recent experience of African American migrants to the urban North, Gaines’s work was rich in history, the accumulated experience of centuries. A collection of five stories, Bloodline, was published in 1968. In his novels and stories, Gaines created a vidily detailed imaginary community called Bayonne. Although it is clearly modeled on his own Louisiana parish, his Baynonne is full of invented characters and incidents, often shocking, but utterly convincing. Deeply grounded in a distinctive place and culture, his tales resound with universal themes of love and family, of responsibility, injustice and endurance.
In 1971, Gaines was appointed Writer-in-Residence at Denison University in Granville, Ohio. That same year, he completed the work that was to make him famous far beyond his own country. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1971) is the first-person narrative of a fictional 110-year-old woman, born in slavery, who lives to see the stirrings of the modern Civil Rights Movement. Her story led readers through a century of African American life. A 1974 television adaptation of the novel became a national event. The film won nine Emmy Awards and brought Gaines’s work to the attention of a vast audience for the first time.
Not long after the book’s publication, Gaines was awarded a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship and switfly completed a number of major works. In My Father’s House (1978) deals with the estrangement of fathers and sons, a recurring theme in his works. A Gathering of Old Men (1983) tells a complex story through the voices of 15 different narrators — black, white, Cajun and Creole — with a single violent act illuminating the history of an entire community. It too was adapted for television.
In 1993, Gaines received a MacArthur Foundation “genius grant.” The same year saw the publication of his most critically acclaimed novel to date. A Lesson Before Dying describes the belated education of a young man wrongly sentenced to death. The book created an international sensation; beyond its achievement as a work of literature, it became a touchstone in the ongoing debate over capital punishment. The work received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, and a 1999 television adaptation won the year’s Emmy Award as Best Film for Television.
Since 1983, Ernest Gaines has been Writer-in-Residence at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette. He and his wife, attorney Dianne Saulney, divide their time between San Francisco and Louisiana. In addition to his other honors, Ernest Gaines has been awarded the National Humanities Medal of the United States, and is a Chevalier of France’s Order of Arts and Letters. In 2007, the Baton Rouge Foundation established the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence to recognize new fiction by African American authors.
In addition to his novels and stories, Gaines is a well-regarded essayist and is much in demand as a public speaker and commentator on American life. A number of his stories and essays were gathered in the 2005 collection Mozart and Leadbelly. Today, his permanent residence in Louisiana is a house that he and his wife built on land that was once part of River Lake Plantation, where he spent his childhood, and where his ancestors labored for generations.
For more Information:
Main Website:
The NOJO http://www.thenojo.com/
Facebook Page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-New-Orleans-Jazz-Orchestra-NOJO/55747661855
Biography of Ernest Gaines
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/printmember/gai0bio-1
The Joy Theater Presents:”Bounce Music”
The story of New Orleans own 10th Ward Buck. Live on stage as he
showcase his ups and downs in the city of New Orleans. Now he’s a
candidate for New Orleans City council district B.
Date of Show: October 25, 2012
Time: 7:00pm
Dates Tickets are Available Through Ticketmaster: October 1, 2012
Prices:
$25 General Admission
$35 VIP
The Joy Theater Presents: NOLA Underground Hip-Hop Awards! This is a hip-hop centralized awards showcase, giving appreciation to respect and honor our local artist from New Orleans, who have exemplified the essential aspects of not just any particular popular culture, but urban culture.
Generations of New Orleans’ Hip-Hop artist‘ will come together to bridge the music gap for one exceptional night. The city will unite to set off the showcase with raw style and flavor; that sparked and inspired the sound of so many artist world-wide.
Impeccable artists thrive with a distinct Southern demeanor and confidence delivering pride, pain and revelry in the booth. With respected references and influences from past artists like Soulja Slim, Tim Smooth & Magnolia Shorty, New Orleans hip-hop music is on the rise! Hip-hop music originated as a form of musical expression meant to empower and educate its listeners. As the culture grew and diversified, it took many different paths. But, like most forms of art, the music genre is making a strong comeback to its roots. Many believe the foundation of hip-hop has died. Well, there is no better place than New Orleans to revive the true essence of hip-hop.
The show is set for October 20, 2012 and will be hosted by Shiny Green.
NOLA Underground Hip-Hop Awards is an opportunity to celebrate the spirit of local hip-hop and the top tier of talented local artists.
Date of Show: October 20, 2012
Time: 7:00pm
Prices:
$15 General Admission
$50 VIP
Dates Tickets are Available Through Ticketmaster: October 1, 2012
For more Information:
Main Website:
NOLA Hip-Hop Awards http://nolahiphopawards.com
Facebook Page:
http://www.facebook.com/nolahiphopawards
Comedy IMPROV at its finest! Join the boys from IMPROV 7 for a night
‘audience participation’ style antics! Come ready to laugh!
Date of Show: December 15, 2012
Times: 10:30 pm
Prices:
$5 off discount for Students
$25 General Admission
*With General Admission
*Groupon Special(2 for 1)- 7 day turnaround
Dates Tickets are Available Through Ticketmaster: October 6, 2012
For more Information:
Main Website:
Improv 7 http://www.atnola.org
Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/actorstheatreofneworleans
A Christmas Carol: The Whole Story – 20th Anniversary
For the twentieth year running, Rene’ Piazza stars as the lovable
humbug Ebeneezer Scrooge in this comedic spin on Charles Dickens’s
classic tale – A Christmas Carol. Join this cast of zany characters on
Scrooge’s ghostly journey toward redemption and Christmas merriment!
Date of Show: December 15, 2012
Times: 2:30pm and 7:30pm
Prices:
$10 off discount for Students
$45 for the first ten rows
$40 for the rest of the floor seating
$35 for the first 3 rows of the balcony
$30 for the rest of the balcony
*With Reserved Seating
Dates Tickets are Available Through Ticketmaster: October 6, 2012
For more Information:
Main Website:
Actors Theatre of New Orleans http://www.atnola.org
Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/actorstheatreofneworleans
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation presents a Jazz Journey concert featuring the legendary Cuban jazz pianist Chucho Valdes and his band.
Admission is free!
All year long, the Foundation produces cultural events that spotlight our unique culture while supporting the people who create it. We present festivals and concerts, lectures and literary events, gallery exhibits, educational programs and business networking conferences. It’s a diverse set of activities, all with one purpose: rebuilding New Orleans through cultural development.
Chucho Valdes Is a winner of eight grammy awards, five grammy awards and three Latin Grammy awards. He was born in 1941, The Pianist, composer, professor of music, musical arranger and director of group, began his musical training in his former years, at home, under his father influence “The Great Bebo Valdes” and his mother Pilar Rodriguez, teacher of piano and singer. At age 3 he could already play the piano just by hearing the melody on the radio.
In 1973 he he founded “Irakere”, which was considered the most important group in Cuban Musical History in the second half of XX century. Irakere was an explosive mixture of jazz, rock, classicism and traditional Cuban Music, a sound that had never been heard before that revolutionized the Latin music.
STOMP THE VIOLENCE & STEP IT UP
PRESENTS BACK 2 SCHOOL BASH Featuring LUCKyLOU
HOSTED BY NEW ORLEANS OWN 504DIVA KALI RED
OPENING ACTS
MAIN ACTS:
Date of the Show: August 25th 2012
Time of the Show: 4:00 PM
Date Tickets are Available through Ticketmaster: August 25th 2012
$14 FOR GENERAL PUBLIC $7 FOR STUDENTS WITH ID DAY OF
BLUE OCTOBER
The Quiet Mind Tour
w/Empires and Stars in Stereo
Tickets starting at $32 for GA and $45 for RSVD Balcony Seats.
Tickets go on sale to the public on Friday, July 27th at 10am.
Internet-only Pre-sale on Ticketmaster starts Wed July 25 at 10AM, password is: ROCK.
Blue October’s seventh full-length studio album, Any Man in America, is a new beginning.
An unexpected and unsettling personal shift sparked the music that would become Any Man in America. Singer Justin Furstenfeld found himself mired in the end of a marriage and a tenuous custody battle that consumed him to the breaking point. Instead of falling further, he turned to the studio and began documenting moments in his life in 2008 as the band was working on their last offering, Approaching Normal. The result is thirteen new songs that tell a cathartic tale of heartbreak and healing through unbridled lyrical honesty, anthemic modern rock hooks, and melodic soundscapes.
“I was separated at the time, and my daughter was in Nebraska while I moved back to Texas alone,” he explains. “I decided to document everything. If I messed up along the way, I’d tell that too. We called the album my ‘Audio Journal’ as I began writing. I didn’t want the music to just be about me though. I wanted it to help other people in who might be going through the same thing.”
That “Audio Journal” follows the dissolution of his marriage, the horrible fallout that resulted, and the closure that finally came. With the crack of a power chord, a haunting piano melody, or the texture of electronic despair, Blue October builds an immersive and often infectious “real life” emotional roller coaster.
However, the band neglected to simply wallow in the negative aspects of this ride. Rather, the music became a tool of empowerment. Justin goes on, “The most important thing in my life was the birth of my daughter. That changed me into a man. This record is my chance to speak my heart because I never got that opportunity to do that in the court system. When my world was turned upside down and my daughter was being taken away from me I was being told ‘you know it is not right but you are going to have to accept it.’ In America, the system makes it easier to be a deadbeat father than a man who wants to provide for and love his children. This is my deposition.” Along the way, his band mates were there for him. Justin wasn’t alone, and that unity makes for richer, fuller music.
“We’re in a band together, but first and foremost, we’re family,” adds his brother and drummer Jeremy. “The album evolved into one man’s journey through a really harsh time, but any man could be put in this situation of being kept away from his family. There’s nothing that you feel like you can do to change it. However, we’ve always been right there for each other to deal with what comes along in life.”
Since 1995, Blue October has been a refuge for its members and fans worldwide. Over the course of five albums, achieving platinum sales with singles like “Hate Me” and “Into The Ocean” along with non-stop touring solidified the band’s presence in the music world. They’ve had high-profile film and TV placements on The Sopranos, Saw III, and NCIS to name a few. Justin was also featured in a unique tour alongside Twilight author Stephanie Meyer in 2008. Plus, they’ve played to fans in nearly every corner of the world. However, it all simply set the stage for Any Man in America.
After two years of Justin documenting and recording the demos of what would become Any Man in America, the band retreated to an Austin, TX studio with mixer and producer Tim Palmer [Grammy award wining mixer for U2’s ‘All That You Can’t Leave Behind, David Bowie, Pearl Jam, and Robert Plant]. Co-producing with Justin, Palmer helped the band capture each and every instance that the lyrics describe so vividly. As Justin puts it, “Palmer allowed me the freedom to be that open and honest.” Any Man In America is an album with a beginning, a middle and an end. It’s a “concept” album, except that this is not a concept, it is Furstenfeld’s reality. The story begins with “Feel Again,” a sentimental cry out to a lost love, a wanting for return to the way we were.
The album’s first radio single, “The Chills”, espouses the truthful storytelling that Justin and his band mates hold as paramount. A propulsive backbeat morphs into one of the biggest hooks of Blue October’s career as Justin urges for change in the relationship. The singer exclaims, “I’m pleading, ‘Why do you have to act like that? Why do I always feel these chills?’ Those chills are how you know you love someone. The song is about me trying to prove my love because of those chills.”
After a melancholic orchestral segue and harrowing voicemail messages, the album dips into “The Flight (LNK to MSP).” A heavy dark beat burns underneath a volatile verse colored with searing anger and emotion. The song recounts when Justin received life-changing news while boarding a flight to speak at a suicide prevention event on Capitol Hill. This news would crush “any man in America.” “The song is a centerpiece for the album, and it was a pivotal point in this four year period. At that moment, I realized I had to think of my daughter’s future first and foremost instead of focusing this relationship,” he says. “I had to write something that got those feelings of rage out so I could stop giving it so much attention.”
The title track also illuminates the band’s evolution. Blue October seamlessly infused nuances of hip-hop into their patented sound, yielding intriguing, infectious tunes. “I’ve always been a fan of smart hip-hop,” declares Justin. “There’s a confidence that comes from rap that definitely inspired me. Artists like Paul Wall, Eminem, Jay-Z and growing up around Houston’s Swishahouse empowered me because they had no fear of speaking their minds. Nobody in rock is that honest. We definitely tried to incorporate that frame of mind on this album.” A chance meeting with Austin/San Antonio poet and rapper Ray C, who had just gone through a similar family experience, led to a guest appearance on the title track to express his personal views on how this subject matter has even touched his
life.
The experimentation didn’t stop there. Certain nights in the studio would lead the band to push the envelope further. Jeremy adds, “We’d put five drummers in a room each with a single drum and do tracks where five guys end up being this huge drum corps. We were able to open up and experiment in this new sound. You can still tell it’s Blue October, but there’s maturity. Justin is talking about super important subject matter that could hopefully be life changing for other people. He’s standing up for this larger purpose, and it’s wonderful.” The album itself leaves off with on an uplifting note with “The Follow Through.” It’s an utterly epic final word that sees some closure for Justin. Patricia Lynn of The Soldier Thread gorgeously delivers the lines “Let me help you live on,” and it’s truly inspiring.
Justin delves deeper into the song, “The last words had to be something positive. I needed to hear a female’s voice saying that. I needed to believe that there is love out there still for my daughter and for everybody. I thought that was really important, and I didn’t want to end with my voice.” The loudest voices will be the audiences everywhere that sing along to these songs with Blue October. Ultimately, that’s who the band continues to write for. The frontman sums everything up, “This happens every day in America. I just want to show you can make it through, and there is a light at the end of the tunnel.”
Belvedere Vodka & Chase Sapphire presents Bon Appetit Grub Crawl
Featuring: Theresa Andersson and Mrs. Magician
Saturday, June 23
@ 9:00pm -11:00pm
The French Quarter
Complete your night of Grub Crawling with Bon Appétit with an exclusive live concert by Mrs. Magician and opening act Theresa Andersson.
Theresa Andersson is a stunning vocalist and a talented multi-instrumentalist, Theresa Andersson is best known for her live shows, where she crafts complexly layered songs using a bevy of drums, stringed instruments, and looping pedals. The Swedish-born, New Orleans-based soul singer has received acclaim from The New York Times, MTV, SPIN, Paper Magazine, and more. Her latest record Street Parade is a lush, joyful, and sometimes melancholy ode to they city she has called “home” for nearly 20 years. It reflects a dreamy Nordic pop sensibility firmly rooted in and influenced by the warm gospel and soul sounds that drew the artist to New Orleans in the first place.
Mrs. Magician hails from the pilings of various San Diego piers. Like those pilings, their sound is encrusted with salty hooks drenched in waves of reverb and barnacled fuzz. Ghostly harmonies slither and shimmer together with weirdly beautiful hooks, souped-up surf sounds, and a solid wall of reverb. Their new album Strange Heaven incorporates the sunny, beachside energy expected of San Diego natives, but this quartet arrives with a shocking amount of spunk, distinguishing them as a band who’s willing to show us the dark side of their California roots, too. The result is a timely and hopefully timeless artifact. With sold-out shows across the West Coast, the band will bring their magic to the New Orleans Bon Appétit Grub Crawl.
The STS9 After-Show presented by: Insomniac, Ampersand & Dead Nation
Featuring: Midnite (100% Roots Reggae), Dead Prez & The Hot 8 Brass Band
Ticket Office opens at 10 pm
Music begins at midnight
Box Office closes at 3 a
11:59pm-12:45am: The Hot 8 Brass Band
1am-3:30am: MIDNITE
3:45am-4:45am: Dead Prez & The Hot 8 Brass Band
Midnite is a roots reggae band hailing from St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, which has been playing since 1989. The band’s music follows in tradition with the roots reggae bands of 1970s Jamaica. The lyrical portions of Midnite’s compositions are characterized as the “chant and call” style which gives their music a spiritually intense and an overtly Rastafari movement feel. The lyrics are centrally focused on the plights of the oppressed, the inherent faults of the current political, economic and social settings on a global scale, and the redemption available to mankind through a life dedicated to Jah.
Preservation Hall Crescent City Revue featuring Preservation Hall and Friends, Special Guests to be Announced
Doors at 9 PM, Show to begin at 10 PM
General Admission: $35.00
The Preservation Hall Crescent City Revue is a Jazz Band that derives its name from Preservation Hall, the venerable music venue located in the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter. The band has traveled worldwide spreading their mission to nurture and perpetuate the art form of New Orleans Jazz. Preservation Hall continues with a deep reverence and consciousness with music that embodies a joyful, timeless spirit.
We are thrilled to announce the second show of our annual Superfly During Jazzfest Concert Series! Preservation Hall Crescent City Revue featuring Preservation Hall and Friends (with VERY SPECIAL GUESTS) will perform on Saturday, May 5th at the brand new Joy Theatre, located in downtown New Orleans on Canal Street. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the band, and this special gig will be substantially different from the Preservation Hall shows that has made the club of the same name so famous. Coming off a star studded 50th anniversary performance at Carnegie Hall in NYC, which featured Allen Toussaint, Del McCoury, My Morning Jacket, and many others, Preservation Hall is taking their 50th anniversary seriously, and this special show will feature a multitude of VERY special guests that will help the band celebrate in Jazzfest style.
The newly re-opened Joy Theatre is NOLA’s newest music venue, located on Canal Street in the bustling and famous downtown area of New Orleans. Having been in existence from 1947 – 2003, the Joy has since undergone a multi million dollar renovation and now features a state of the art sound and lighting system that cater to the frequent concert goer and music aficionado.
Tickets go on-sale Thursday, March 29th at Noon EST via Ticketmaster.
Preservation Hall Crescent City Revue featuring Preservation Hall and Friends
Special Guests to be Announced!
City of Hope: nola cares – An evening of music, movement and purpose to benefit United Way
Monday April 09, 2012
7:30PM
Performers from Disney’s THE LION KING, will come together to present an amazing evening of music and dance that includes 18 different numbers in a musical revue with song, dance, and spoken word. The collaborative event will be hosted by New Orleans radio personality John “Spud” McConnell and will feature live music by Theresa Andersson as well as performances by Mudhoney Dance Collective.
Audience members will have a chance to enjoy unique performances, a live auction for one-of-a-kind autographed Lion King merchandise, and a raffle for a grand prize.
Rick Delaup and the New Orleans Burlesque Festival present a special evening with the Queen of Burlesque titleholders, Perle Noire (2009), Coco Lectric (2010), and Ginger Valentine (2011). These bombshell beauties competed for the title among the world’s top burlesque dancers at the New Orleans Burlesque Festival, one of the top burlesque festivals in the world.
These award-winning acts will be accompanied by a live traditional jazz band! Burlesque superstars Lola van Ella, plus Miss Stormy Gayle, Athena, and Nathan Kepner & Morgan Tsu-Raun round out the cast to give you a stellar show featuring the very best in burlesque today! Get your tickets now for this event before they’re all gone!
NOLA Fashion Week (NOLAFW) debuted March 2011 and has quickly become a champion of fashion in New Orleans and the greater Southern Region, garnering over 40,000,000 media impressions.
Through NOLAFW, NOLA Fashion Council aims to create opportunity and exposure for both established and up-and-coming Southern based (or born) designers while making an economic and artistic impact on the fashion industry. Biannually, NOLAFW showcases designer talent in Runway Shows and Presentations, offers industry-based Educational Workshops and provides a Fashion Market to both designers and artisans.
NOLAFW promotes New Orleans as the artistic and fashion-forward venue that it already – perfect for editorial coverage. By highlighting the rebirth of the city, all of its amenities and culture, we are helping to put the city on the map as a destination for global Fashion, Entertainment and Art industry events.
When Little River Band formed in 1975, Australia immediately took notice. The key band members were already well known to Australians. They had all had a shot at international stardom via England, without success. Little River Band were formed to conquer the world from Australia via America. With that in mind, they almost immediately went into the studio, even before the rest of the band had been consolidated. The blueprint for Little River Band was country-rock as practiced by exponents like the Eagles.
To date, LRB’s success in Australia had been modestly in keeping with the band’s place in Australian music history — respected but not totally embraced. The single from the new album, Glenn Shorrock’s “Help Is on Its Way,” changed that. Another important hit in America, in Australia it went all the way to number one. The album sold gold in America, the first time an Australian act had achieved such a feat. It was followed by Sleeper Catcher, again produced by Boylan, the first album recorded in Australia to sell over a million copies in the U.S. This time, LRB’s greater success was in America, with the single “Reminiscing” becoming a number three hit. This was the song John Lennon confessed he made love to during his “long weekend” separation from Yoko Ono.
Percy Sledge will forever be associated with “When a Man Loves a Woman,” a pleading, soulful ballad he sang with wrenching, convincing anguish and passion. Sledge sang all of his songs that way, delivering them in a powerful rush where he quickly changed from soulful belting to quavering, tearful pleas. It was a voice that made him one of the key figures of deep Southern soul during the late ’60s. Sledge recorded at Muscle Shoals studios in Alabama, where he frequently sang songs written by Spooner Oldham and Dan Penn. Not only did he sing deep soul, but Sledge was among the pioneers of country-soul, singing songs by Charlie Rich and Kris Kristofferson in a gritty, passionate style. During the ’70s, his commercial success quickly faded away, but Sledge continued to tour and record into the ’90s.
Cowboy Mouth is New Orleans rock n’ roll. Annually presenting roughly 150 shows, releasing nearly a dozen records, and featured on TV shows and radio stations everywhere, Cowboy Mouth has been seen and heard by millions of fans worldwide. For more than 15 years, the members of Cowboy Mouth have preached and shouted at the top of their lungs the joys of being alive and the joys of being in and from New Orleans, sharing a slice of Mardi Gras heaven with fans around the world. As frontman Fred LeBlanc has said,”If The Neville Brothers and The Clash had a baby, it would be Cowboy Mouth.”
The band’s 11 album releases include two records on MCA, one on Atlantic and several on their own Cowboy Mouth Records label. So far, the band has enjoyed domestic sales of over 500,000 units. But the album sales pale in comparison to the number of tickets the band sells to their live events. Cowboy Mouth shows are legendary, and have been witnessed by more than 9 million fans to date. Always on the road, they’ve toured several times with their friends in Hootie and the Blowfish, BareNaked Ladies, Sister Hazel and Better Then Ezra as well as other well known supporting acts.
Crowd participation is a must at a Cowboy Mouth show. Led by Fred’s larger-than-life presence, the band’s performances are high-energy and extraordinarily intense, usually leaving audiences as drenched and spent as the band. Cowboy Mouth fans range from ages five to age eighty-five, but they have one thing in common – as Fred confides to the audience, “Cowboy Mouth is about pretending that you’re five years old, naked as a jaybird and about to turn the hose on your parents, and there’s not a damn thing they can do about it.”
Joint’s Jumpin’ is a musical revue (song after song after song, etc.) celebration of the classic New Orleans Rhythm & Blues songs and styles that have influenced R&B hit makers for over half a century. An all-star cast of nine musicians and six vocalists from New Orleans perform songs that were originally recorded or written by Fats Domino, Lloyd Price, Allen Toussaint, Huey “Piano” Smith, Chris Kenner, Eddie Bo, Irma Thomas, Aaron Neville, Robert Parker, Barbara George, Jean Knight, Danny White, Dixie Cups, Al “Carnival Time” Johnson, Professor Longhair, The Meters and others. Joint’s Jumpin’ is a rousing, get out of your seat celebration of New Orleans music and one of the hottest shows to come out of New Orleans in a long time. Get ready for an evening that will rattle your soul, shake your shimmy and take you back to those good old days!
Jodi Borrello
A stand-up comedian who is a regular with Budd Friedman’s The Improv, and a favorite at Harrah’s in Las Vegas.
GLITZ… The Art of Female Impersonation
Glitz, a stage production that celebrates the art of female impersonation, will shock and delight you. Illusion becomes a night of celebrity delusion. You will ask “is he, or is it a she? My, oh my!”
Bianca Del Rio (Roy Haylock), the irreverent “Bitch” of New Orleans and New York, introduces you to her glamorous friends… Liza Minnelli, Judy Garland, Carol Channing, Dionne Warwick, Whitney Houston, Diana Ross, Tina Turner, Mary J. Blige, Cher and recent additions – Lady Gaga and Amy Winehouse.
Their performances will deceive you. You never know what Bianca will say, and your eyes won’t believe what you see. A night of fabulous entertainment awaits. Come and see for yourself – because seeing is believing. Maybe.
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Kermit Ruffins
The 44-year-old New Orleans native lives it, plays it and sings about it, and nowhere is it more evident than when he discusses his craft… the swinging, good-time jazz that lured him in as a teenager and continues to whet his appetite even three decades and 10 solo recordings later.
Ruffins legacy-in-progress includes co-founding the Rebirth Brass Band in 1983. Rebirths creation was inspired by The Dirty Dozen Brass Band which was credited with bringing influences of funk and contemporary bebop into New Orleans style brass bands.
Big Sam’s Funky Nation is a driving force of urban funk. Ryan White, of the Oregonian, says the band is “tight enough (and hot enough) to turn coal into a diamond!” The band is led by trombone powerhouse, Big Sam Williams, formerly the trombonist for the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, who the San Francisco Chronicle calls “the top man on the slide trombone in the birthplace of jazz.”
Imagine blending the sounds of Mardi Gras funk, soft rock, and reggae so seemingly it defies category. Now shrink that idea into a seven-piece ensemble and you get the Louisiana sound known as the Soul Rebels. This shrewd crew of college trained multi-instrumentalists are forcing listeners to “Let Your Mind Be Free” as they “Work It Out” on the dance floor. Their music is utterly uplifting and hardcore, leaving fans with a myriad of intrinsic sounds and songs to enjoy.
Irma Thomas is a Grammy Award winning soul and rhythm and blues singer from New Orleans. She is known as the “Soul Queen of New Orleans.
Thomas is a contemporary of Aretha Franklin and Etta James.
Lance Ellis is a bandleader, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, producer, videographer, actor and entrepreneur just to name a few of his talents. Lance has shared the stage with and has lent his unique talents to the legendary 70′s funk/soul band WAR, the original Meters, Neville Brothers, Mem Shannon, keyboardist Art Neville, Funky Meter bassist George Porter Jr. and Zydeco rhythm & blues master Chubby Carrier to name a few.
In addition to his two solo CD’s, he appears on a number of other recordings by his fellow New Orleans musicians. Lance is the consummate entertainer; he has a vibe that makes everyone smile. His unmatched musical talent is only enhanced by his onstage presence, involving the audience and making the music come alive.