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A tribute to the (ate Notorious B.I.G. M u sic M ille n lain in
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Celebrates 500th Show
ComedySportz, the nationally
celebrated improvisational com ­
edy show, reaches the 500 show
plateau on the weekend o f June 6
and 7,1997, with 2 special shows
involving special guests and audi­
e n c e -p ic k e d g a m e s, at th e
Com edySportz-Portland have en­
tertained thousands o f Oregonians
and southwest W ashingtonians,
battled to at least the quarterfinals
in 5 National Tournaments (in­
cluding our own CSz Champion­
ships at ArtQuake in 1995), and
opened our own Arena in N orth­
west Portland. With fans o f all
ages from around the Portland
area c h e e rin g and la u g h in g ,
ComedySportz has moved impro­
visation beyond art houses and re­
claimed comedy for a mainstream
audience. While competitors con­
tinually change their focus and
search for deep meaning in every­
thing they do, ComedySportz and
its loyal fans continue to have
more fun by the minute.
The ComedySportz 500th Show
W eekend will include the return
o f some Hall o f Famers, special
game challenges, audience favor­
ites, prizes for some lucky fans
an d a h u g e p le d g e fro m
Com edysportz to continue the
clean and fast-paced action for
another 500 shows.
BLACK M USIC M O N T H
On W ednesday, May 14, at 12
noon over 200 radio stations across
the country participated in a 30 sec­
ond moment o f silence in honor o f
the late Notorious B.I.G., followed
by the world premiere o f two new
tribute tracks “ I’ll Be Missing You”
and “W e’ll Always Love Big Poppa.”
At the same time, MTV aired the
tribute video to “I ’ll Be Missing
You.”
Bad Boy Entertainm ent's CEO,
producer and artist Sean “Puffy”
Combs comments on why he de­
cided to honor Biggie in this way, “I
w anted to tell B.I.G. how I was
feeling, I wanted to have one last
conversation with him. The concept
o f the tribute single was to express
my personal feelings and the feel­
ings from the Bad Boy family. This
is our way o f speaking to Biggie,
letting him know how much we loved
him .” Faith Evans said, “Hopefully,
we can get across a message because
when something like this happens,
we always say, when is it going to
stop. ’” My heart goes out to anybody
who has experienced such a loss.”
“I’ll Be Missing You” features
vocals by Combs with Evans and
112; it was written by Faith Evans
and Todd Gaither and produced by
Combs and Stevie J.
The song was inspired by the
Police hit, “Every Breath You Take”
and the chorus o f the song is reflec­
tive o f Puffy’s and Faith’s personal
feelings o f B.I.G. The lyrics read
“Every step I take/every move 1 make/
every single day/every time I pray/
I’ll be missing you/thinking o f the
day/when you went away/what a life
to take/what a bond to break/I’ll be
missing you.”
Portland’s Broadway Theater Season has a 1997-98 season that promises its
subscribers and the entire region one o f the most varied and interesting
seasons ever presented. With two o f Broadw ay’s hottest new productions -
- Rent and bring in ‘Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk - leading the slate, the
season also includes Master Class, Smokey Jo e’s Cafe, Tony n ’ T ina’s
Volunteer artists ofdifferent medi­
ums are invited to submit work for the
month o f July at the Rexall Rose Cafe
& Theater to coincide with the FIRE
Festival o f Women: Film, Music and
Arts.
There is no fee involved and it is a
high profile event as many o f the
activités planned as as part o f the
festival (film screenings, poetry read­
ings, tea dances, hip hop show) are
being held at the Rexall Rose Cafe &
Theatre, located on Alberta Street in
northeast Portland.
The deadline to submit artwork is
June 18.
Please call Rachel Hanes at the
Rexall Rose Cafe & Theater at 282-
9781 for more details.
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The 1997-98 season marks Portland’s Broadway Theater Season’s third year
o f sharing the very best o f B roadw ay’s national touring productions with
Oregon and southern Washington audiences. Over the first tow seasons, this
steadily growing audience has enjoyed PBTS productions o f Miss Saigon,
Les Misérables, Cats, Angels in America, Carousel, Stomp, Grease!, and
How to Succeed, among others. The current 1996-97 season is set to come
to a rousing conclusion with the opening o f Disney’s Beauty and the Beast’s
four-and-one-half week engagement which started on May 15 and The
Because o f the unique nature o f Rent and Bring in ‘Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da
Funk, the producers had originally planned the early stages o f the national
tours to include only a limited number o f U.S. markets. In an unprecedented
arrangement that will insure that Portland audiences will be among that first
group to enjoy two o f Broadw ay’s hottest new productions, Portland’s
Broadway Theater Season and Dan Bean Presents will join in a cooperative
spirit to offer these productions on both subscription series. To accommodate
the subscribers o f each series as well as the large numbers o f the general
public who will be drawn to these powerful productions, both Rent and Bring
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