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P age B4 A pril 5, 1995 • T he P ortland O bserver ©Ije ^lovtlanb Of)b sem er ENTERTAINMENT Division Street: I lilnriQus Comedi) .SplkdBAffilhMein The C ast O f Fiddler On The R oof - 30th Anniversary Tour Theodore Bikel, world renown prices range from S24.00 to $38.00 actor, folk singer and political ac with a special “Young Adult" dis tivist continues his tradition as Tevye count where ages 16 and under will in the award winning musical Fid receive a $10.00 discount on select dler On The Roof celebrating its seats for the Tuesday and Wednes 30th Anniversary Tour at the Port day evening performances only. A land Civic Auditorium, April 11- signed performance is scheduled for 16, 1995. Presented by Dan Bean Wednesday, April 12th. The dead Presents, tickets for Fiddler On The line for ticket purchases for the re Roof go on sale this Monday 10:00 served signed seats is April 5th. AM at the PCPA box office, all G. I. Inspired by the stories of Rus Joe’s TicketMaster outlets or charge sian-born Sholom Aleichem, Fiddler by phone at (503) 224-4400. Ticket On The Roof unfolds in the impover- ished Russian village of Anatevka in 1905 (on the eve o f the Russian revolution) and tells o f Tevye - the village milkman, who has brought up five daughters in accordance with Scriptural wisdom, mostly of his own invention, and his hard working, superstitious wife Golde who is eager for their daughters to make rich marriages. Fiddler On The Roof is a story about love and laughter, devotion and defiance...and changing tradition Wynton Marsalis To Present Young Audiences Master Artist Workshop Young Audiences and Show man Inc. are proud to present world- renowned musician Wynton Marsalis in a Master Artist Workshop for as piring local young musicians. The workshop will be held April 10 from 12:00PM 2:00PM at the Aladdin Theatre, 3116 SE 11 th Avenue. As a member o f the Young audiences N atio n al A dvisory C om m ittee, Wynton Marsalis shares in Young Audiences’ mission to establish the arts as an essential part o f every child’s education. Since 1990. prom inent artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Isaac Stem, Bobby McFerrin and Yo-Yo Ma have appeared in Master Artist Series programs presented by Young Audiences chapters across the country. The young musicians attending the Master Artist Work shop proudly represent some o f the finest young talent from schools and music programs across our region, also in attendance will be David Monet, a Portland area trumpet-build er that supplies Marsalis with his one-of-a-kind instruments. Wynton Marsalis, known for inspiring a youthful renaissance of America’s greatest musical tradition by bringing young players to the fore front o f jazz, appears in Portland with an outstanding new trio. The trio features Eric Reed on piano, Ali Muhammad Jackson Jr. on drums and Reuben R. Rogers on bass. All have performed with outstanding professional in the field ofjazz. On a regular basis, Marsalis continues to work with students o f all ages and interests. Marsal is has attained world prominence as both a musician and a spokesman for the arts in education; most recently in Time magazine as one o f America’s most promising leaders age 40 and under. As Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, he has helped establish a standard o f excellence in jazz presentation. His continual effect on the course of heightened jazz awareness and as a positive role model for young peo ple, place Wynton Marsalis among the very finest artists performing to day. As a benefit to Young Audienc es, a limited number o f tickets are being made available to the Wynton Marsalis concert on April 9. The performance will begin at 7:PM on the stage of the PCPA. Civic Audito rium For only $50, Young Audience patrons attending the concert will enjoy choice concert seating, a pri vate reception, entry in a special draw ing and admission to the following days’ Master Artist Workshop with Wynton Marsalis. These tickets are available in a first-come, first serve basis and are available by calling Young Audiences at (503) 224-1412 or (360) 693-1820. Young audiences is a national non-profit organization with 34 chap ters nationwide. Portland will be host for the 25th Annual National Young Audiences Conference, April 27 - 30, 1995. The theme for the confer ence will be Advocacy: Arts for Ev ery Kid. Young Audiences of Ore gon serves the entire state of Oregon as well as Southwest Washington. This past October, the organization received the National Medal of Arts from president Clinton, The only arts organization in the country ever to do so. In addition to presenting in school educational arts programming, Young Audiences o f Oregon also administers the Arts Card project. ‘T h o s e w ere the days, m y friends. " Old friends a n d colleagues gather in his apartm ent a n d try to convince Chris to restart the “m o vem en t" in the Portland C enter S ta g e production o f Division Street, a co m ed y b y S te v e Tesich. D irected b y Elizabeth Huddle, with settings b y Michael Ganio, c o stu m e s b y R o se Pederson, lighting b y R ick Paulsen, a n d so u n d b y David C. Maltby. On sta g e in the Interm ediate Theatre o f the Portland C enter for the Performing Arts Through April 15. Division Street, Steve Tesich's hilarious look at a group o f ’60s radicals trying to survive the '80s, runs through April 15 at Portland Center Stage in the Intermediate Theatre o f the Portland Center for the Performing Arts. Artistic Director Elizabeth Hud dle stages the production, with sce nic design by Michael Ganio, cos tumes by Rose Pederson, lighting by Rick Paulsen and sound by David Maltby. The cast includes several faces familiarto Portland audiencesas well as actors new to the company. In the role of Chris, onetime leader o f the Movement, now trying to lead a quiet life as a Chicago insurance under writer, is Don Scorby of Portland, an actor with local film and television as well as theatre roles to his credit. Playing Yovan, the Yugoslavi an restaurant owner Chris meets over an unfortunate incident with stuffed cabbage, is Rick Tutor, a member of Call The Entertainment Editor of The Portland Observer Newspaper, Pony Washington for Free Tickets to The Sportz Comedy Club. "W E ARE SUCH STUFF AS DREAMS ARE M AD E ON. 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Division Street injects still-rele vant social commentary even as it lampoons political as well as sexual foibles among this diverse cast of character. Playwright Tesich is also the award-winning screenwriter of Breaking Away and The World Ac cording to Garp. Tickets to Division Street are available for as little as $9.00. For tickets and information, please call the box office at 274-6588. £ APRIL 9 Gonzalo Q 5 y 503-288-9443 PRESENTS PORTLAND OF JAZZ PIANO GREAT the resident acting company at Seat- tie Repertory Theatre with many west coast stage credits. Mrs. Bruchinski, Chris’ idealis tic black Polish landlady, is played by Delores Mitchell, who played Berenice in Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s The Member o f the Wed ding in 1987 among many American stage credits. Roger, another member of the Movement, now living in disguise, is Robert McGranahan, familiarto Port land audiences for roles in Portland Repertory Theatre and Storefront Theatre productions, among others. 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