m ediately, but by the end o f the movie every­
one in the fam ily has hugged Michael.
B ut in none o f their scenes together do
M ichael and Peter exchange m ore than a
tentative touch. Even in the ir reconciliation
scene. I felt ju st a m ite ripped off.
"An Early Frost” airs Monday, November
11, at 9 pm , on NBC (KGW-TV, Channel 8).
Chorus joins Choral
Consortium at
Schnitzer
by S tep h en G rayce
A landm ark event for Portland's gay com ­
m unity w ill take place on Saturday,
N ovem ber 30, when the Portland Gay Men's
C horus is included as an equal partner in the
C horal C onsortium 's G ala Holiday C oncert
at the Arlene Schnitzer C oncert Hall.
O ur Chorus w ill appear with the city’s lead­
ing choral groups: Portland Sym phonic
Choir, O regon Repertory Singers, Choral Arts
Ensem ble, and the Portland Chorale. Each
group w ill sing an individual set, then they will
appear together for a finale featuring all 350
singers.
The massed num ber will be a Festival of
Carols, arranged and conducted by PGMC
C onductor, David York.
The other conductors participating are Dr.
Bruce Browne, G ilbert Seeley, Roger Doyle,
and D on Anderson. A brass choir will play
during the transitions between choral sets.
Doyle will lead an audience sing-along in the
second half o f the program .
PGMC will open its set with the premiere of
a piece by Terry Snowden, com m issioned by
the C horus for this occasion. Funding for the
com m ission was included in the grant
awarded to the Chorus this year by the
M etropolitan Arts C om m ission.
The Chorus w ill close its set with A
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Fantcisy on God Rest Ye Merry. Gentlemen,
w hich was com posed for the New York City
Gay M en's Chorus and included in its suc­
cessful recording o f Christm as m usic on the
Pro Arte label.
O ther m usical highlights o f the concert will
include a perform ance by the Portland
S ym phonic C hoir o f Daniel Pinkham 's
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"C hristm as Cantata” fo r m ixed voices and
double brass choir.
The C horal C onsortium was form ed tw o
years ago to prom ote cooperation am ong
the m a jor independent choral groups in the
city. It helps the choruses avoid scheduling
con flicts, negotiates a blanket union c o n tra c t
and plans a system o f sharing literature.
PGMC was invited to jo in the C onsortium in
1984.
The G ala H oliday C oncert is the
C onsortium 's first jo in t program . It w ill start at
8 p.m ., Saturday, Novem ber 30. Tickets are
$8 and $ 12 at the Civic A uditorium box office,
and fro m m em bers o f the participating
choruses.
The Portland Gay Mens' C horus will pre­
sent a holiday concert at Benson High
S chool on Sunday, Decem ber 15. The co n ­
cert, A H oliday Sam pler, w ill feature mezzo-
soprano Kristina Carlsen.
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Robin Woolman as Nadja and Steve Lee as Betty in Division Street.
jo ying themselves.
There are some w onderful m om ents:
• the landlady (Julianne
Joh nson ) “ catching" her tenant Chris
(Pachosa) rolling around on the flo or with his
pal Roger (Jay Randall Horenstein) is sure
they're both gay.
• Roger’s form er wife (Judith Branham )
w ho speaks only in song lyrics.
• the highly ignorable Sal (Theodore
Schulz) “ flashing" to the audience in
desperation to be noticed by someone.
• the hooker Nadja (Robin W oolm an)
m aking a political statem ent by insisting
she s a “ slut, " not a "prostitute."
• the transsexual cop Betty (Steve Lee)
sitting on a parking bench shaving because
her beard is still growing.
• Yovan, the Serbian revolutionary (Gary
Brickner-S hulz), in a hilarious series o f slap­
stick knockouts and pratfalls.
Division Street
by Jim Anctil
D ivison Street, by Steve Tesich. Directed by
A lan a Beth Lipp. Interstate Firehouse
C ultural Center.
C hicago has never seemed like a real place
to m e (m ore like an idea than a city), but after
seeing Division Street at the IFCC it seems
m ore unreal than ever. This highly im p rob­
able farce cuts through a gam ut o f genres —
fro m ethnic hum or to m istaken identities,
unbelievable coincidences and double takes
to pseudo-radical politicizing. For those of us
w ho grew up (and cam e ou t) in the 1960s, it
was a euphoric tim e — both painful and ex­
hilarating all at once. And there was hope!
T hat's what Division Street is about — a
quest to recapture the hope and com e to
term s w ith w ho we are — now in the m id-80s.
W ritten by Steve Tesich, who won an Oscar
fo r his screenplay o f B reaking Away, the
com edy Division Street deals with lost re­
volutionary ideals in a superbly wacky satire.
The current production at the Interstate Fire­
house C ultural Center is directed by Alana
Beth Lipp and stars som e well-known local
actors. One m ight wish fo r a bit lighter touch
on the surface (paticularly in Steve Pachosa’s
interpretation) and a slightly faster com ic
pacing. The m eaning w ould still be just as
clear. B ut the funny lines are there in abun­
dance, and the audiences are obviously en­
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This is a com edy with a message. In the
m idst o f our present despair, Chris tells us:
"T he frontiers o f dream ers is endless and we
still have a dream . New dream s are bom and
a glorious struggle takes place fo r the soul of
a nation. The struggle is on." There's a lot of
love that com es through in this play, a deep
caring about each other despite our many
differences. Som ehow this all seems quite
germ ane to our own com m unity, while we
seek self-definition in a tim e o f changing sex­
ual life-styles and m ulti-ethnic diversity.
D ivision Street plays through November 9.
at the Interstate Firehouse C ultural Center,
5340 N. Interstate.
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