Inside The Arts

This week on Inside the Arts, conversation with Los Angeles based comedy songwriter Bill Berry. His award-winning one man musical, Rose Petals and Ashes, is being performed at the 3 rd annual Infringe Fest New Orleans. It opens tonight, with additional performances on Friday, November 9 th and Sunday, November 11 th at The Garret above Shaolin-Do, 4210 St. Claude Avenue. Airs Tuesdays at 1:00 p.m., Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m., and Thursdays at 8:45 a.m.

This week on Inside the Arts, Rameau's Pygmalion continues the season for the New Orleans Opera Association. Art comes to life in this French Baroque opera. Artistic director Robert Lyall joins us for a chat. Then, Big Easy Award-winning Mélange Dance Company premieres its newest production, La Résistance. It is a tribute to grassroots movements that have brought about change in this country. We'll hear from executive director Alexa Lambert and artistic director Monica Ordoñez. And, we'll take a

This week on Inside the Arts, acclaimed international opera star Marisol Montalvo kicks off the Broadway @ NOCCA concert series with the New Orleans premiere of Mad Scene. The cabaret show is an autobiographical tale of the challenges faced by an American opera singer performing on world stages. It is written and directed by Jeffery Roberson, aka Varla Jean Merman. Both will join us for an in-studio chat. Then, conversation with New Orleans artist George Dunbar. His new exhibit entitled Alluvion

This week on Inside the arts, conversation with Banu Gibson. The jazz singer is changing roles as she directs Dames at Sea , currently running at the National WW 2 Museum’s BB’s Stage Door Canteen. The long running off-Broadway hit is a parody on Busby Berkley’s 1930’s style movie musicals. Dames at Sea is based on books by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller. Music by Jim Wise. Airs Tuesdays at 1:00 p.m., Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m., and Thursdays at 8:45 am.

This week on Inside the Arts, the Marigny Opera Ballet opens its 5th season with the premiere of Follies of 1915. The full-length comedy of errors is set to period music by the New Leviathan Oriental Foxtrot Orchestra. Artistic director Dave Hurlbert joins us. Then, a heads up for budding artists. If you are a Louisiana high school junior or senior "Blue Dog" artist George Rodrigue's Foundation of the Arts is hoping you'll enter its annual visual arts competition. A winning entry could lead to a

This week on Inside the Arts, conversation with Crescent City Chamber Music Festival artistic director, Luke Fleming. The music festival kicks off its 3rd season next week with 5 free public performances in venues across the city. The Dover Quartet and the Manhattan Chamber Players are among the world class musicians heading to town for the event. The festival runs October 22nd -28th. Airs Tuesdays at 1:00 p.m. , Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. , and Thursdays at 8:35 a.m.

This week on Inside the Arts, we explore the power of dance. We begin our journey with artistic director and former prima ballerina Virginia Johnson as the New Orleans Ballet Association presents Dance Theatre of Harlem. Then, a cutting-edge performance from the Radical Buffoon[s] LAB, Stories Without Words, fuses theater and dance to counter the isolation of the internet, returning performance to a shared experience. And, two ancient art forms from North India, Sarod and Kathak come alive in

This week on Inside the Arts, we're gearing up for a red carpet walk as the opening of the 29th Annual New Orleans Film Festival nears. Fallon Young, executive director of the New Orleans Film Society joins us. Then, local multi-disciplinary artist and activist José Torres-Tama is the subject of a film premiering at the New Orleans Film Festival. He has teamed up with award winning documentary filmmaker Rodrigo Dorfman for the world premiere of This Taco Truck Kills Fascists . And, the

This week on Inside the Arts, meet Barry Shabaka Henley. The acclaimed actor and native son returns home, starring in Terry Teachout's one-man, three-character play, Satchmo at the Waldorf . In this season opener at Le Petit Theatre, Henley stars as Louis Armstrong, his manager Joe Glaser and Miles Davis. Then, Art for Arts' Sake kicks off downtown and in venues along Magazine Street. A show by photographer Sean Yseult might make you do a double take as zoo animals are making appearances at

This week on Inside the Arts, legendary entertainer Deacon John kicks things off. The guitarist joins Dr. Kara Olidge, executive director of the Amistad Research Center. They are gearing up for Soundtrack of New Orleans, a public celebration of Amistad's 52nd Anniversary, honoring the city's tricentennial, civic leaders and legendary musicians. Then, we visit with Emery Clark. The acclaimed Northshore artist is being honored with a retrospective exhibit of her work, opening at Christwood Atrium