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Theatre
from k ige 3
(1988), which turns a film actor
into a sorrowful and kitsch artwork,
and Takashi Murakami’s colorful
life-size sculptures that combine the
aesthetic of Japanese comics and
animation with universal themes of
spiritual and erotic ecstasy.
Exploring “entertainment” in the
broadest sense, Let’s Entertain
includs M aurizio C a tte la n ’s
interactive 22-player foosball table
Stadio
(S tadium )
(1991,
reco n stru cted 2000), which
examines the world of sports as a
site o f identity formation and
am bivalence. D am ien H irst
appropriates a common child’s
activity as a mode o f artistic
production with his two oversized
spin paintings. A sound track by
avant-garde composer David Shea
enhances the entire exhibition - his
sonic alch e m ist’s vision o f
entertainment includes sounds at
once familiar and strange, featuring
sound bites from movies, cartoons,
popular dance music, ambient
everyday noise, and easy listening
Jazz
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Williams and the definitive
falsetto o f Eddie Kendricks.
From their 1998, CD Phoenix
Rising; that same year, the
Temptations were also the
subject o f a well-received
NBC television miniseries.
The Temptations brand new
2000 project titled “ Ear
Resistible” debuted at number
16 on Billboards R&B/Hip-
Hop Album C hart. The first
single o ff the album “I’m
Here” continues to climb the
charts. The group is currently
celebrating 40 years in music
lead by original member Otis
Williams.
These are all things that many
o f today’s R&B artists aspire
to accomplish. But only far
and very few in between, have
been or are able to sign, deal
and deliverapackage as potent
and powerful as the tempting
Temptations.
But no matter what genre of
music fulfills your musical
feast. Jazz, R&B, hip-hop, etc,
artist like the Temptations,
Boney James, Joyce Cooling,
Dave Koz and others continue
to prove that through talent,
hard work and belief, only
time will show the true spirit
o f ones musical craft.
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Entertain The Best of Broadway season kicks
off with Fosse
classics.
Many o f the works, like Peter
Friedl’s playful animal costumes
and Mathieu Briand ’ s video glasses
(which give wearers views from
cameras mounted in their own or
o th ers’ glasses), invite active
participation within the galleries.
In total, this exhibition takes a look
at art practices from the late 1970s
to the present, from appropriation
and sampling to painting, sculpture,
filmmaking, and photography.
Let’s Entertain also launches Art
Entertainment Network (AEN) at
www.aen.walkerart.org. a web site
curated by Walker New Media
Initiatives Director Steve Dietz,
AEN is an online exhibition ofWeb-
based work by more than 40 artists
working in the interstices o f art,
entertainm ent, and networked
media. From a meta-video game by
Natalie Bookchin based on a short
story by Jorge Luis Borges to artist
software by Andy Deck and Mark
Napier that allows participants to
collaborate on their own online art
to performative storytelling by
Auriea Harvey and Michael Samyn,
AEN is a cornucopia
of
contemporary art work.
Tony Awards, includes “The Pajam a Game”,
“Redhead”, “Little Me”, “Sweet Charity”, “Chicago,
Dancin’”, “Damn Yankees”, “Big Deal”, “New Girl in
Town” and “How to Succeed In Business Without
Really Trying”. His film work includes the direction of
“Sweet Charity”, “Lenny”, “All That Jazz”, “Star 80”,
and the choreography for “My Sister Eileen”, “The
Little Prince”, “The Pajama Game” and “Damn
Yankees”. Come witness the work o f a Broadway
legend whose sexy signature style has become an
integral part o f American dance. FOSSE promises to
dazzle and delight audiences with the hottest dance
steps ever to touch the Broadway stage.
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Summer in Portland gets even hotter when FOSSE, the
smash hit musical, struts its way into town July 18-23.
Winner of the 1999 Tony Awards for Best Musical,
Best Lighting and Best Orchestrations, FOSSE
highlights the work o f legendary choreographer/
director Bob Fosse, and is directed by Richard Maltby,
Jr. and Ann Reinking. Reinking serves as co
choreographer and has been the leading force behind
the mounting of the new touring production. Chet
Walker recreated Fosse’s dances and Gwen Verdon,
Broadway leading lady and Fosse’s former wife, is
artistic advisor to the production.
FOSSE includes rarely seen dance and musical numbers
from the choreographer’s earliest works, as well as
many numbers from films and television shows that
have never before been seen on stage. The production
also showcases classic Fosse dance numbers like
“Steam Heat,” “Big Spender,” “Bye Bye Blackbird,”
“Rich Man’s Frug,” “Dancin’ Man,” and “Sing, Sing,
Sing.”
In 1973 Bob Fosse became the first director in history
to win the Oscar, Tony, and Emmy
award in a single year for the film
version o f Cabaret, the Broadway
musical Pippin, and the television
special “Liza with a Z.” His work on
Broadway, for which he won five
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