Arts and entertainment
Bowie's rock show descends on Portland
By Carolyn l.amberson
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David Bowie will bring a
theatrical, multi-million dollar
show to the Portland Civic
Stadium on Friday as part of his
100-date "Glass Spiders World
Tour.”
The tour, which began its
American leg in Philadelphia
on July 30, has been attracting
attention for its elaborate stage
set up. The set features two
giant video screens, a huge
spider suspended from the top
of the stage from which Howie
descends. According to lane
Richards, of (Jail Browne Public
Relations in San Francisco.
Bowie actually has two of the
sets, and they "leapfrog" across
the country allowing Bowie to
be playing one date while the
stage is being set for the next
show.
The set-up in Portland began
Tuesday and has continued on
schedule. Pacific Concerts
representative Greg Herreman
said. There are an average of 60
people a day working on
building the stage and setting
up the lighting and sound
systems, he added.
The stadium will hold about
27.OOt) concert-goers. As of
Tuesday, ticket sales for the
show were approximately
said Dave Parrow. a
stadium admissions supervisor.
"We have been selling about
r»()0 tickets a day between all
outlets," he said. He expects a
crowd of about 2t.()()0. he
added.
A Portland city ordinance
mandates outdoor concerts in
Portland must be completed by
10 p.m. However, a variance
has been approved by the City
Council, and the show will go
until 11 p.m. Parrow said.
Bowie will be joined on stage
by former school chum Peter
Krainpton on lead guitar in
Bowie's first tour since the
"Serious Moonlight" shows of
a few years ago. The
choreography was designed by
Bowie and singer/dancer Toni
Basil. The five dancers who
flank Bowie during the perfor
mance an; known as “Thru the
Flames." and also descend from
I hr belly of the huge spider. .11
cording to information supplied
by the Browne agency.
Bowie's set lasts approx
imately two hours and includes
material from his latest album,
"Never lad Me Down" as well
as songs from "tad’s Dance.”
"Memos..I'he Rise and Fall
of Ziggy Stardust and the
Spiders from Mars" and "Space
Oddity" to name a few.
Tickets are still available at
Port land-area ticket outlets for
$22.50. with the show beginn
ing at 6:30 p m. The opening
band is British trio Duran
Duran, who have been headlin
ing their own tour in the United
States. Furope and Asia for
several months. Duran Duran
has teamed with Howie for his
shows in Portland, Vancouver,
B.C., and other West Coast
locations.
Duran Duran are touring in
support of their most recent
album, "Notorious." This is
their first tour since t'lH t and
the loss of guitarist Andy Taylor
and drummer Roger Taylor
Frears' film highlights life of playwright
By Carolyn Lamberson
Of Ihv f.mrraid
"Prick Up Your Ears,” the
latest film from "My Beautiful
Laundrette" director Stephen
Freer* is an intelligent study of
the life and death of '(it)s
playwright Joe Orton.
Orton authored plays such as
"Foot and "Entertaining Mr
Sioane" before he was ham
mered to death by his compa
niun/lover Kenneth Halliwell in
19ti7. Halliwell committed
suicide with sleeping pills im
mediately following the
murder.
Cary Oldman plays Orton
with a zealousness that easily
matches his performance as
late-Sex Pistol Sid Vicious in
the Alex Cox film. "Sid and
Nancy." The tormented, in
secure Halliwell is played with
equal talent by Alfred Molina, a
British stand-up comedian and
Shakespearean actor.
"Prick Up Your Kars" has all
tht! earmarks of a British film:
the gloominess of London, dry
humor, and a subject matter that
American audiences may wince
at. Frears, as in "Laundrette.”
takes stereotypical homosex
uality out of the hack room and
places it in the forefront of con
sciousness. And what makes
the film mom interesting is the
fact it takes place during a time
when homosexual activity was
illegal and punishable by a
prison term.
However, this film is not bla
tant in its visual presentation of
Orton and Halliwoll's relation
ship In the beginning, they
have a touching relationship.
Orton is an 18-year-old semi
literate student at a dramatic
arts school when he and
Halliwell meet, iialliwell is a
well-read 25-year-old who sets
out to educate Orton in
literature, writing and the
homosexual lifestyle.
They begin as collalMirators
on a novel, but in the etui it is
Orton who achieves success.
This strikes a discord within the
relationship as it shifts from an
equal partnership to a hus
band wife scenario, with wife
figure Iialliwell feeling left out
and envious.
Orton takes his success and a
newfound promiscuity by the
horns. However, his attempts to
bring Halliwel! into this world
fail, causing further discontent
in the relationship.
The events are shown in
flashbacks os Orton's agent
Peggy Kamsay (Vanessa
Redgrave) talks to biographer
|ohn Lahr (Wallace Shawn).
The movie is based on Lahr's
biography of the same name
Redgrave gives a fine perfor
mance as the powerful London
theatrical agent and friend of
the chameleon playwright
Shawn, perhaps best
remembered for his role in "My
Dinner With Andre." and the
only non-Brit in the film, also
performs solidly as a writer ge
nuinely curious about the life of
the controversial and talented
Orton
Hut it is Oldman and Molina
who shine in this production
both give their characters spark,
emotion and make them com
pletely lielievable as humans
Frears' direction provides an in
tense. funny, touching portrait
of the life span of a relationship.
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