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January 6, 2016
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
The musical “The Book of Mormon,”a religious satire co-created by the makers of South Park
returns to Portland for two weeks from Jan. 12-24.
Musical ‘Book of Mormon’ Returns
Back by popular demand, “The Book of Mor-
mon,” which played record breaking engage-
ments in 2013 and 2014 returns to Portland for
two weeks from Saturday, Jan. 12 to Jan. 24 at
Keller Auditorium.
The play is a religious satire musical co-creat-
ed by the makers of South Park. It tells the story
of two young Mormon missionaries sent to a re-
mote village in Uganda, where a brutal warlord is
threatening the local population.
Naïve and optimistic, the two missionaries
try to share the Book of Mormon, one of their
scriptures—which only one of them has read—
but have trouble connecting with the locals, who
are more worried about war, famine, poverty, and
AIDS than about religion.
“The Book of Moron” is the winner of nine
Tony awards. Tickets for the return engagement
are available at BroadwayInPortland.com, by
calling the Portland Opera Box Office at 503-
241-1802 or Portland’5 Box Office at 800-273-
1530 and in person at all TicketsWest locations.
Tomlin Fronts
Night of Comedy
Award-winning comedian Lily
Tomlin returns to Portland for an
evening of her signature comedy
on Saturday, Jan. 16 at 7:30 p.m.
at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert
Hall.
The multi-award-winning co-
medienne showcases her stable
full of memorable characters, in-
cluding Edith Ann, Ernestine and
Mrs. Judith Beasley, along with
Tomlin’s own ruminations on cur-
rent events.
The winner of the prestigious
Mark Twain Prize for Humor in
2003, Tomlin has been at the fore-
front of American comedy for
more than 40 years.
Tickets begin at $30 and can be
purchased at the Oregon Sympho-
Lily Tomlin
ny Ticket Office, 909 S.W. Wash-
ington St., by phone at 503-228-
1353 or at the concert hall lobby
starting two hours before the per-
formance.
Sultry, Assertive and Roaring
Groundbreaking
vocalist
Shemekia Copeland will celebrate
the release of her new Gram-
my-nominated album, “Outskirts
of Love,” with a live performance
on Wednesday, Jan. 13 at Jimmy
Mak’s, downtown.
With a voice that is alternately
sultry, assertive and roaring, Co-
peland showcases contemporary
blues, roots and soul music with
passion.
Whether she’s belting out a
raucous blues-rocker, firing up a
blistering soul-shouter, bringing
the spirit to a gospel-fueled R&B
rave-up or digging deep down into
a subtle, country-tinged ballad,
Copeland sounds like no one else.
The prestigious UK publication
The Blues calls her “one of the
best singers performing today,”
and named “Outskirts of Love”
the 2015 #1 Album of the Year.
Shemekia Copeland
Tickets to Copeland’s concert
run $17 for general admission and
$20 for reserved seating. For more
information, visit jimmymaks.
com.