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by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN A&E Writer
breath of fresh air. She brought recorders, and an exuberance that was just unmatched in that we did choral singing, recorders, we did everything. She was so enthusiastic about singing and performing. From the age of six (when she came into my life) until today I can still remember the first day of singing; it was a piece called “Jonah Man Jazz.” She was very much in charge of doing my first performance and when I did it, I realized that’s what I wanted to do.
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Melanie Marshall and Adesola Osakalumi in FELA!
Sharen Bradford
FELA! THE MUSICAL PARAMOUNT THEATRE May 28 – June 2 Melanie Marshall has been associated with music practically her entire life. Since her early childhood in England, Melanie has been interested in the magical world that music can open and has set out to explore as much of that world as she can. Crossing the Atlantic, Melanie recreates the role she first performed in London,
Funmilayo Kuti, the Nigerian activist and mother of Fela Kuti (1938-97), the man credited with bringing Afrobeat to the world. Now Melanie gets to bring the music and influence all over the world as she travels with the musical FELA! Eric Andrews-Katz: Who were your earliest influences to becoming a performer? Melanie Marshall: I’d say it was a lady named Mrs. Edith Rycroft. She was my first music teacher at primary school. She came in and was a complete
Issue 20, Volume 41, May 17, 2013
SGN ’s guide to SIFF 2013 (pt. 1) by Herb Krohn SGN A&E Writer
In the House seductively explores the ethics of desire
SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL VARIOUS LOCATIONS Through June 9 The 39th annual Seattle International Film Festival kicks off this week with a plethora of world cinema, including approximately 24 films specifically of LGBT interest. In all, 201 feature films from 85 countries will be screening at 11 locations throughout the metro area. Most showings will take place at the Egyptian Theatre and the Harvard Exit Theatre on Capitol Hill, AMC Pacific Place downtown, SIFF Cinema
by Gary M. Kramer SGN A&E Writer IN THE HOUSE (DANS LA MAISON) Opens May 17 Out French writer/director François Ozon’s diverting new film, In the House, alternates between two narratives. One has Germain (Fabrice Luchini), a teacher, mentoring Claude (Ernst Umhauer), a student in his literature class. The other features Claude’s stories, which depict his experiences at the home of his classmate Rapha (Bastien Ughetto). Claude’s stories intrigue and excite Germain, and In the House depicts how Germain crosses moral and ethical lines to keep Claude’s addicting tales coming. Ozon artfully plays with ideas of truth and trust, fiction and morality, to create a seductive, spellbinding comedic drama about desire.
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