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Variety highlights 1997-98 season
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The Beaumont Music Commission’s 1997-98 Artists Series will open with
a British twist as it presents “Me and My Girl” on Tuesday, Oct. 21, at 8 p.m.
in the Julie Rogers Theatre.
First produced for# the London stage in 1937, this musical comedy was
revived in 1985: In 1986, the British hit went Broadway where it won two
Tony Awards.
The story of a poor, honest lad from the Lambeth District of London who
is thrown headlong into high society moves at a breakneck pace as the hero
tries to adjust to his new position in life. Along the way, he must face the
hard task of severing ties with his old friends in Lambeth, try to prove the
social acceptability of his less-than-posh girlfriend and fight off the amorous
advances of an important socialite.
The second performance of the series will feature pianist Steven Mayer in
concert on Thursday, Jan. 15, at 8 p.m. Touring since winning the Grand Prix
du Disque Lizst, Mayer is a regular performer with maestro Leonard Slatkin
at the Minnesota Sommerfest and has been professor of piano at the
Manhattan School of Music as well as a visiting lecturer at UCLA.
With a firm background in classical repertoire, Mayer
is equally adept in the realm of American jazz. His tran-
scriptions of the works of blind jazz virtuoso Art Tatum
have uniquely positioned Mayer, binding the worlds of classical and
pop jazz culture.
Following his Thursday night performance for the public, Mayer
has agreed to remain in town Friday morning for a special lecture
and demonstration for area music students to be presented in the
1 recital hall of Lamar’s Music Building. This lecture is under-
written by a grant from the Southeast Texas Arts Council.
The third performance is slated for Thursday, Feb. 5, at 8
p.m. with the Haydn Trio — Vienna.
Collaborating for more than 20 years, pianist
Heinz Medijimorec, violinist Michael Schnitzler and
cellist Wathlur Schliz have proven a durable trio. Their
program will feature many popular chamber pieces.
The final installment of the season will take
place at 8 p.m. on March 19 as Wendy Nielsen
graces the stage with her vocal talents. Well
known in operatic circles in the United States
and in her native Canada, Nielsen has
appeared with the New York City Opera.
^ Most recently, she celebrated her debut
with the Metropolitan Opera in the role
of Fordiligi in “Cosi’ fan tutte.” <
The Setzer Center will have free
tickets for LU students in 212 SSC.
For other ticket information, con-
’s tact the BMC at 833-7832 or the
Beaumont Civic Center box
office at 838-3435, ext. 212.
Area piano and music teach-
jers interested in Mayer’s lec-
ture should contact LU’s music
department at 880-8144.
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‘Frasier’ best comedy
‘Law & Order,’ ‘NYPD Blue’ take top Emmies
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) —
“ER” was dead on arrival.
The nation’s most popular televi-
sion series was shut out Sunday at
the 49th Annual Primetime Emmy
Awards, losing top awards to “Law
& Order” and NYPD Blue.”
“Law & Order,” the police-and-
prosecutor show with scripts that
parallel cases in the national head-
lines., was named best drama series
after six straight winless nominations
in'the category.
“Frasier” was honored as best
comedy series, the only show ever to
win the award in its first four years.
It also ties “Cheers,” “All in the
Family” and “The Dick Van Dyke
Show” for most commedy series
Emmys.
“On my way up here I heard some-
body say, ‘Oh God! Not them again!’
Believe me, we know how lucky we
are,” David Angel, a “Frasier” pro-
ducer, said.
“ER” likely suffered from vote-
splitting. In the dramatic actress
race, Sherry Springfield (Dr. Susan
Lewis) and Julianna Marguiles
(Nurse Carol Hathaway) competed
against each other, but Gillian
Anderson from “The X-Files” won.
And three “ER” directors were up
for best dramatic directing, but the
award went to “NYPD Blue.”
For the third time, Dennis Franz
was named best dramatic actor for
his role as snarly Detective Andy
Sipowicz on “NYPD Blue.” The
drama’s four Emmys (the other were
dramatic writing and supporting
actress) were the most for any show
Sunday night.
“This is way too much.
It’s impossible to be up here
without my pal, my buddy,
my backbone Jimmy Smits,”
Franz said of his co-star.
John Lithgow, the space
alien posing as a college
professor on “3rd Rock
from the Sun,” won for best
comedy actor. Helen Hunt,
half of the neurotic yuppie
couple on “Mad About You,” won
for best comedy actress.
Television academy voters chose
Hunt, whose character ended the
season by having a baby, over Ellen
DeGeneres, whose character came
out as a lesbian last season after
months of hinting .
“I was so blown by Ellen
DeGeneres’ work in that episode,”
Hunt said. “I just want to say I’m
proud to be on the same list.”
“Ellen” won for outstanding writ-
ing for a comedy series for the com-
ing-out episode. The actress dedicat-
ed the award to gay and lesbian teen-
agers, telling them: “There’s nothing
wrong with you. Don’t ever let any-
body make you feel ashamed of who
you are.”
Altogether, when craft prizes
awarded in a ceremony last week are
included, “3rd Rock From the Sun”
and “Miss Evers’ Boys” tied for the
most Emmy wins with five each.
This season, “Law & Order”
poked fun at Hollywood producers
and show business ethics. In the
three-part installment, the show’s
New York investigators traveled to
Southern California to probe a mur-
der by a frustrated film director. The
episodes ridiculed everything from
Academy Award electioneering to
guards protecting studio gates.
“This is an amazing surprise in the
seventh year of a show.,” Dick Wolf,
on of the show’s producers, said.
“We are unbelievably grateful....
This is it folks. This is as good as it
gets.”
“Miss Evers’ Boys,” an HBO film
based on the true story of notorious
syphilis experiments on unsuspecting
black men, won three
prestigious awards. The
show was named best
made-for-television
movie, received the
President’s Award for
socially worthwhile pro-
gramming and captured
an acting award for Alfre
Woodard.
Actor Lawrence
Fishburne, the movie’s executive
producer, saluted the survivors and
President Clinton, “who had the
decency to make a moral apology”
for the experiments.
Michael Richards, the manic
neighbor Kramer on “Seinfeld,” won
best supporting actor in a comedy
series for the third time. Kristen
Johnston of “3rd Rock From the
Sun” won supporting actress in a
comedy series, her first nomination.
Awards for supporting actor and
actress in a drama series went to Kim
Delaney of “NYPD Blue” and
Hector Elizondo of “Chicago Hope.”
The trophy for best variety, music
or comedy series went to “Tracey
Takes On...,” which stars Tracey
Ullman in offbeat skits. She defeated
Jay Leno, David Letterman, Bill
Maher and Dennis Miller in the cate-
gory.
“As the Spice Girls would say:
Girl Power! I beat the boys,”
Ullman declared.
News personality Bryant Gumbel
made his debut with a smooth, no-
nonsense approach as host of the
internationally broadcast ceremony.
“I am very pleased to be here and,
frankly, I am-surprised as anyone to
be your host this evening,” Gumbel
said when he came on stage. He
brought the show in just 19 seconds
past its planned three-hour running
time.
NBC and HBO tied with nine
awards each Sunday but NBC
emerged as the overall winner,
including awards from the previous
ceremony for a total of 24 to HBO’s
19. CBS had 12 awards, followed by
ABC with 10, PBS with six and Fox
with five.
“As the Spice Girls would say:
Girl Power! I beat the boys."
— Tracey Ullman
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