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December 1 6 ,1992...The Portland Observer...Page 5
I M L I I A I S n iS I
“Who’s
Afraid Of
Virginia
Woolf?” Set
For Opening
This January, Harrod and Paula
Productions request the pleasure of your
com pany as they p re se n t E dw ard
A lbee’s classic play of American dys­
function, “ W ho’s Afraid of Virginia
Traci Adair, Left and Leah Willis, right.
Congratulations Traci Adair and Leah Willis.
The 9 year olds won 1st place in the jazz duo portion of Dance Magic
Competition held at Sam Barlow H.S. December 12. Their group took 2nd
place in the variety group portion of the competition. The girls are
students of C.J. McArthur at Hollywood Dance and Fitness.
TOM
CRUISE
JACK
NICHOLSON
DEMI
MOORE
W oolf?”
“ ...V irginia W oolf?” opened on
Broadway in October of 1962, in the
midst o f the Cuban Missile Crisis, as the
walls o f Cam elot began to crumble. It
has shocked, intrigued, and titillated a
generation of theatre goers and practi­
tioners with its frankly Freudian nasti­
ness, its portrait of the twisting o f a
dream , and the sheer cleverness o f its
writing. Proclaim ed “the play o f the
decade” in the ’60s, it bears a more than
passing look in the Bradfordian ’90s,
“ We have seen the enemy and it is us.”
Guy Peter O akes directs, assisted
by Courtney Jeffery. Featured as George
and M artha are A rthur H arold and
Deborah Davis, both year plus veterans
oi uie “Angry Housewives trenches,
with Steve Boss as Nick and Holly
Spencer as Honey. Set Design is by
Henry H ettick,andC ostum esby Arthur
Harold.
Join them for a little post holiday
catharsis. George and Martha take up
residence at the Underground Theatre,
532 SE Ankeny (Sixth and Ankeny off
Grand) on January 8th. The fun and
games begin at 8pm, Thursdays, Fri­
days, and Saturdays, through January
30th. For reservations or information
call Paula Productions at 238-9692.
Lim ited seating on living room furni-
MELT SA MORGAN
slant progression from singer
to m ulti-faceted arust whose
contribution to her work ex­
tends to writing andco-produc-
ing. The first single, a show-
stopping ’90s version o f A1
G reen’s hit, produced by Ber­
nard Belle, has particular m ean­
ing to Morgan: “It’s an exten­
sion o f my childhood - in the
seventies, when i was a little
girl, my cousins used to listen
to A1 G reen constantly, they’d
to, come on, M eli'sa, sing,” she
laughs, “and I’d try to sing all
these A1 G reen Songs. So to be
I able to do this as an adult is
great - it show s the evolution
of music. As long as you’ve got
a good song, it’ll stand the test
of time.
Some of today’s top young
new wave jazz musicians —
Omar H akim , Buddy W illiams,
Tom Barney and Hiram Bul­
lock -- add their dynamic e n ­
ergy to a number of tracks co­
p ro d u c e d by M o rg a n an d
M ichael O ’H ara. T he lofty
saxnnhone sounds of Naiee are
"W ith this record, I’m n
emerging as the person I ’ve
always wanted to be,” declares |
M e li’sa
M o rg a n .
H er
struggles and victories filter
through every note o f Still In
Love With You, M organ's first
album in alm ost two years,
and her Pendulum debut.
M eli'sa Morgan has a voice
that could break your heart,
soaring easily between vir­
tu o so fla sh and m u sic a l
subtlety, serenity and melo­
drama, brimm ing with respect
and love for R&B tradition as
well as boundless enthusiasm
for street-sm art funk, pop,
reggae and rap.
Singing has been central
to M organ’s life since age
nine, when she took part in
her church choir in Queens,
New York. She quickly pro­
gressed to fronting locals
bands, and got her first break
singing in a New York club,
the Cellar, when one of Chaka
Khan’s back-up singers asked
Morgan to be her replacement
in K han’s line-up. That led to
a Capitol Records contract.
M eli'sa shot to the top of Billboard’s
R&B chart with her first single, “ Do Me
Baby” from her 1985 debut of the same
name, and toured with Freddie Jackson
and Billy O cean, as well as headlining.
Her second album , Good Love, stretched
her talents as a singer and songwriter,
and produced a duet with Kashif, ‘ Love
Changes,” that bulleted to #2. Her third
disc, The Lady in Me, spawned the hit
“Can You Give Me W hat I W ant” and
solidified her reputation among fans and
critics alike. But even after achieving
this degree o f success, Morgan wanted
Meli’sa Morgan
to push her creativity to a higher level.
“ I wanted to express myself more,”
she recalls. To accomplish that aim , she
enrolled at the prestigious Juilliard
School of Music and the Lee Strasberg
Studios, where she studied M ethod act­
ing. “W ith Strasberg’s method, you
have to come from the inside, go back
to your childhood andpast experiences,
she explains. “ It didn’t change the way
I approached music, but it did change
my relationship with the audience. I fell
a new confidence now .”
Still In Love With You reflects that
confidence, showcasing M eli'sa’s con-
M eli'sa 's joyous return to her gospel
roots, “W hat Change Have You Made
Lately?,” which also sports a full choir
as back-up. Daddy Freddy lends his
lightning-fast raps to the reggae-tinged
“Through the tears,” produced by Zane
G iles, a realistic but optim istic look at
the ills ravaging America.
“This is the most pow erful album
I’ve ever done as a vocalist and as a
producer,” Morgan declares. I ve re­
ally stretched beyond my lim its.” But
knowing M eli'sa M organ, it s only the
beginning o f an ever-evolving musical
journey.
Macio To Appear With Jackson
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Interview conducted by Rashid al-
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Comedian Macio will appear in concert as one of the special guests in Freddy
Jackson’s Holiday Love Tour, December 22nd, at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Portland Opera
Receives Meyer
Memorial Trust
Grant
Showing its confidence in both the
Portland Opera and the community, the
M eyer Memorial Trust, one o f the larg­
est private foundations in Oregon, has
awarded the Company a $200,000 chal­
lenge grant.
Board of Directors President David
Efurd, in making the announcement,
noted the importance of the grant’s one-
to-one matching element, commenting
that it “provides another important in­
centive tocontributors. Èach dollar that
they donate w ill autom atically be
doubled. We arc extremely grateful for
the T rust’s show of support for the
Opera and for its recognition of the
important part that the cultural arts play
in our region.”
Under the conditions of the grant,
ihc proceeds are to used for the general
support of operations and activities. In
its 28th season , the Portland Opera is
currently preparing an all-new produc­
tion of M ozart’s Cosi fan tutte, to be
d ire c te d by the H a rtfo rd S tag e
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for his exciting and innovative ap­
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