November 6th 2004
Ronnie Virgets
Virgets has, in his 55 years, been a Bourbon Street Bartender, a journalism
professor, a racetrack PR director and a newspaper sportswriter. It has been his
more recent visibility on television, however, that has provided the viewing
public with an image that many consider to be a true and forthright reflection
of the city's charm. The F publication of Say, Cap! The New Orleans Views of
Ronnie Virgets now provides the reading public with tangible evidence of
that reflection. Virgets has won numerous awards from the New Orleans Press
Club for his writings in The Times-Picayune, Gambit Weekly and New
Orleans Magazine. His work in television has earned him several awards,
including an Emmy.
and
Chris Champagne
Christian
Champagne, ( RoachOpera ) sometimes called the Creole Groucho,
is famous for 'Numa, the intellectually challenged spokesperson.'
"Chris Champagne is a Southern Woody Allen," says local
columnist Liz Scott . "...one of the most ingenious writers working in
the country today." says Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist, Walt
Handelsman ; he is "creating a mythos of New Orleans thereby putting it
poetically on the American sound body" quips award winning novelist, Andrei
Codrescu.
Check them out in
Win, Place, Show!
Chris
Champagne, Ronnie Virgets and Larry Beron
Original stories of the New Orleans Fairgrounds
Nov 12, 13, 19, 20 at 8:00pm
Tickets $23 general, $18 students and Fairground employees (all tickets include
$5 bar credit)
for reservations
call Su at (504) 581-5812
Three real New Orleans "insiders" unite to share stories of the
seldom-discussed-on-stage local institution: the Racetrack.
Chris Champagne,
writer/actor/poet, and Ronnie Virgets, beloved New Orleans icon and all around
funny man join Larry Beron, the gentleman of New Orleans comedy, in a
combination of monologues and ensemble dialogue and dirt about the
world of racing. Get out your little hat, grab a racing form and join us for a
side of New Orleans most writers don't discuss. (and ain't it a shame?)