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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
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puppetmaster-like Sideny in Absurd
Person Singular.
Nadja, Yovan’s daughter and
Roger’s estranged spouse now work
ing as a prostitute as a “political
statement,” is Jeanne Sanders, a grad
uate of Louisiana State University’s
graduate theatre program.
Playing Betty, a female cop who
used to be a man, is Gregory Donavon,
who has appeared with Portland com
panies including Imago, Portland
Repertory Theatre and Portland
Black Repertory.
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.
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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.
Cast as Dianah, Chris' song lyr
ic-quoting wife, is Zoe McClanahan,
whose recent credits include The
'Kentucky Cycle at Intiman Theatre
Company in Seattle and Educating
Rita for the Oregon Stage Company.
Sal. a lawyer with an inferiority
complex and a desire for Dianah, is
played by Larry Paulsen, who Port
land audiences will remember as the
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