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Oregon Shakespeare Festival: King Lear (James Edmondson) and his daughter (clockwise from left)
Regan (Kirsten Giroux), Gonerill (Tamu Gray) and Cordelia (Miriam A. Labue) in the Oregon
Shakespeare Festival's 1997 production of William Shakespeare's “King Lear" in the Angus
Bowmer Theatre. Directed by Libby Appel, scenic design by William Bloodgood, costume design by
Tom Broecker, lighting design by Robert Peterson. “King Lear" runs Feb. 21 - Nov. 2.
Photo by David Cooper
New Line Cinema’ s smart, sexy,
romantic comedy. Love Jones, set
among the over-educated and un
der-employed in downtown Chicago,
stars Larenz Tate and Nia Long.
This film w ill be opening in area
theatres on Friday, March 14,
Struggling photographer Nina
Mosely (Nia Long) and struggling
writer Darius Lovehall (LarenzTate)
have a lot in common. Passionately
committed to her art, Nina is fed up
with her jo b as an office gofer for a
fashion photographer, and Darius
has quit his job at The Chicago New
C ity to write a novel.
But these tw oaren’texactly prime
candidates for a serious love affair,
Darius, the ladies man, is trapped by
the perpetual coolness o f his presen
tation, and silky smooth when it
comes to concealing vulnerability.
As for Nina, who was recently jilte d
by her fiancee M arvin (K h alil Kain),
she doesn’t believe that a relation
ship fits into her life right now.
Deftly capturing the rhythms o f
modern courtship, the film breaks
away from the stereotypical portrayal
o f African American life by focus
ing on a world seldom seen in cin
ema -- young, intelligent black men
and women who discover you can
never underestimate the power o f a
love Jones. New Line Cinema Pre
sents Love Jones, written and d i
rected by Theodore Witcher, And
Addis/Wechsler Production.
Nia Long stars as Nina and Larenz Tate stars as Darius in New
Line Cinema's comedy, Love Jones.
GLAMOROUS, ROMANTIC FUN.
Kenneth Turan, LOS ANGELES TIMES
S u n d a n c e F ilm F e s tiv a l
A u d ie n c e A w a rd 1997
“A SMART, PERCEPTIVE
FILM, ‘love jones’
WARMED MY HEART.”
-R oger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
“love jones’ IS
FRESH AND FUNNY!”
-PREMIERE
“love jones’ HAS
WHAT THE
BEST ROMANTIC
COMEDIES ALL
HAVE, SENSATIONAL
CHEMISTRY
BETWEEN THE TWO
ATTRACTIVE LEADS.”
Stephen Farber, MOVIELINE
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Jelly Roll!
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every Sunday 5:30 pm to 10:30 pm
join us for a bit of Nostalgia
no cover charge
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Jelly Roll! The Music and the Man is the
recipient o f the Lucille Lortel Award for "Best
Off-Broadway Musical” and the Outer Critics
Circle Award for "Outstanding Off-Broadway
Musical." The two-man show w ill appear at The
Historic Elsinore Theatre Friday. March 21,
1997, 8:00 p m.
Jelly Roll! is an expanded version o f a well-
known nightclub revue that opened at a Manhat
tan Pub in 1992. The show offers a reminiscence
o f the music and life o f legendary New Orleans
post ragtime pianist and composer Jelly Roll
Morton
O riginally created by Vernel Bagneris, the
script is prim arily based on interviews with “ the
father o f jazz.” which were recorded in 1938 and
released in 1948. A t the time o f Morton 's death,
in 1941. a revival o f New Orleans music was
taking place
Bringing this musical experience to life, are
K irk Taylor as Morton and Paul Asaro as The
Professor and accompanist. The highly talented
duo work together weaving music, tales and
dance to re-create episodes from the life o f Morton
in what Newsday calls "a syncopated jewel o f
show."
This program is sponsored in part buy a grant
from the Oregon Arts Commission, the National
Endowment for the Arts and the media sponsor
ship o fK Y K N Radio
Friday. March 21,1997.8:00 p.m . $ 18 adults,
$10 students. Tickets are available through
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