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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 22 Jan 1997, p. 15

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for Being involved in so many different aspects of the entertainment world keeps things interâ€" ¢sting for Uggams as a performer. She doesn‘t hmawtiadubmbmnmm the quality of the role, not the type of role, that attracts her to a project. . 'rmmWhfiwojo:-â€"h':: interesting, is it saying something? If it pens to be a theatre piece, then it‘s a theatre piece. If it happens to be a television thing, thenil'utd‘\fimfilg'l)nmm "Recently, I‘ve just had a great experience on a soap opera â€" I was on All My Children. And that was just incredible. it was the hardest work. These people work so hard." V«mdnunurfimuu hit by a truck while walking along the Pacific Coast Highway), made a triumphant return to the Broadway stage in 1993 in the hit musical Jelly‘s Last Jam. And he hasn‘t stopped since. (Continued from page 14) ; Leslie Uggams Show, as well as the acclaimed television series Roots as Kizzy (a role for which she earned her first Emmy nomination) and Backstairs at the White House, the story of Lillian Rogers Parks who, along with her mother served for 52 years as domestics at the On Broadway mmmwhm“ Charles Musselwhite, John Mayall, Canned Heat and the Stones. Freddie Roulette has worked with Musselwhite, John Lee Hooker, Sly Stone and Earl Hooker. The least known, Steve Kimock, obviously had to bring some credenâ€" tials to this gig. The results are simply dazzling. This isn‘t so much psychedelic music as a forum for flawâ€" less techniques, aweâ€"inspiring improvisation and stretching the instrument‘s possibilities. Equally impressive is their sense of musical history. They cover everyone from John name on this guitar .. A dazzling Guitar Circus But the others are no "Audiences are loving it, and that‘s what we want them to do," Uggams says. "Because if they‘re having a good time, then we‘re going $ to have a good time." On Broadway! will be presented at The Cenâ€" tre in the Square Jan, 28 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35, $40, and $47, and are available at The Centre box office, 578â€"1570. before â€" in Roots, of course, and in a couple of nightdub shows. On Broadway! is their first tour together, and after only a few weeks on the road (since Jan. 12) Uggams says the show is proving to be a hit. M“ufidhmmh big break on Broadway came with Jesus Christ Superstar and he went on to star in Pippin (earning a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, as well as a Drama Desk Award), Like Uggams, Vereen has also made his mark on the big and small screens, playing the charâ€" mdmmmmmm an Emmy nomination for his role in the miniâ€" mmmmmumm television special, Ben Vereen: His Roots, won seven Emmy Awards. Uggams and Vereen have worked together l# . . _ Many will see no justice 4 in the Prefab Four getâ€" these nostalgiaâ€"hungry times, in a day and age y when the greedy Eagles 5 can dupe millions of monied milquetoasts into buying their stale countryâ€"rock, why shouldn‘t the once lovable Monkees get in line for a piece of the pie? Not much should be expected of this "comeâ€" back" (they never really went away), though they do dispel the general belief that they can‘t play their own instruments. And on a couple of tracks, they even show a fiair for songwriting, though nothing that compares to their salad days when the likes of Neil Disâ€" mond and Boyce and Hart were supplying the material, For curiosity seekers only. ntmnsmitnamansmensenensmmememe .. o CoPomV P ie Ni En Dmitrntepgyâ€">

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