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Carolina Life Monday, January 22, 1990 The Gamecock 5 Mot 'Dreamgirls' I i The Dreams, a girl group i 'Dreamgirls.' By ELIZABETH LYNCH Assistant Carolina Life Editor Tickets will go on sale tomorrow for the Tony award winning musical Dreamgirls, which will be performing Feb. 7 at the Koger Center for the Arts. Dreamgirls is one of the many events planned by the Carolina Program Union and other USC organizations in honor of Black Awareness Month. The show, which won six Tony awards, follows the career of the classic Motown group, the Supremes. The all-woman band went to the top of the charts with songs like "Stop in the Name of Love" and "You Can't Hurry Love." "I'm very happy about the musical coming to USC. It's really great because the students will get to see a famous musical for only six dollars," Gina Moon, O How We Nc' JAMi March 10-13 Spring Break INCLUDES: Airfare, Hote CALL NOW s| I*andA Travel Servi * ^ I SUNGLASSES BY BAUSCH & LOMB The world's finest sunglasses. 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Martha Davis, starre another Supreme, recently re- show, leased a book detailing the hard ing Y times the band had while rising a hit! to the top. distri* Dreamgirls opened on Broad- charts way in December 1981 and ran Drt in New York City for more than many pH Von I O type blood is cCi I(JLl. and special. GF BLOOD, PLEA< MCA I 459per person '/ Accomodations & Taxes m( >ace is limited fs 1-] ce, Ltd. 256-0547 CO aft Fo I or Pl\i SUNGLASSES ?\ g. 6495 $44"* g. 6895 $4836* g. 7495 $5330* IT. g. 7495 $5655* M ia. 59* $41IP 1 1 Styles 30% off i > o other discounts. :S & THINGS > Outlet Pointe Mall ^ 772-9798 Boozer Shopping Center mmm -Ban Distributor mmm >e discounted J I, Koge ne of love ^ ^ ^ ^ heir night club act in the Broadway musical years. After New York, the try today. Other revivals ii :al toured Paris, Tokyo and Fiddler on the Roof, Wes on. USC will be one of the Story and Sweet Charity. >erfomances the current cast has also been revived anc ;ive over its six-month run tx-Cagney and Lacey star s the country. Daley, m really excited about this iction. The players that are ?xhe funding for Drea ng here are top-quality," comes from the unive ;n said. Ticket sales are not to giv sides winning the Tony profit; it's just so we 1, Dreamgirls also won a even, Warren said, my and sold enough cast ? ... . f ? . ... . Drfinmoirl c k nart nt tru is tor tne musical s sound 10 go platinum. tore Shock series sponsc K v the CPU's Cultural Arts :B singer Jennifer Holliday mittee. This series brings 1 d in the original cast for the theatrical pieces' musical Her song, "And I'm Tell- such as the Boys Choir c ou I'm Not Going," became lem and Bao Dao to USC. single outside the Broadway Tickets for Dreamgirls ;t and entered the top 40 sold at the coliseum box i. 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It is rather irrelevant wh tually nominated for Bes and Best Actress because cars are so rarely a gauge is truly good in cinema. Just one example will pr point. Melanie Griffith rec nomination for her tepid a Working Girl, while Will* foe's fantastic job as Jesus Last Temptation of Christ nored. There is no justice. Instead of predicting the of the Academy Awards, I would be more enlightei pick who I think should nominees. Others should m list, but all that are in this deserve to be here. My Best Actor nornim 1989 are: Martin Landau (Crirr Misdemeanors): Landau is as a doctor who debates the nclude ity of having his mistres t Side dered. He gets over the guil Gypsy * Tom Cruise (Born I stars Fourth of July): Cruise ph Tyne abled veteran Ron Kovic goes from super-patriot gruntled dissenter. Cruise's thf hf?ct thino- {miner in thi rrigiria wtv rsity. long disaster flick, e us a Morgan Freeman (? break Miss Daisy): Freeman has long way from his days Easy Reader on The Electri ; "Cul- pany. He proves he is one >red by five best actors in Americj Com- as he plays a chauffeur in t various dealing with his racist soc events being a nice guy. )f Har- % James Spader (sex, lit videotape): The most low-k will be formance of the year. ! office. proves good acting does i ets and quire getting emotional on the time. 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He is everything cting in wrong with man all together, but 3m Da- penn carries it off beautifully, in The My Best Actress nomineess for was ig- 1989 are: Jessica Tandy (Driving Miss winner Daisy): Tandy plays a rich Souththink it ern woman who changes greatly ling to over the course of twenty years, be the she is prejudiced at first,but deveake this lops a close relationship with a ; article black man (Morgan Freeman, see above). ees for % Andie McDowell (sex, lies, and videotape): This S.C. native les and and all-around handsome lady superb plays a housewife who decides to ; moral- break out of her boring life after is mur- she learns of her husband's t- infidelities. on the # Laura San-Giacomo (sex, lies, lys dis- and videotape): Smolderingly sex: as he ual does not do justice in describto dis- ing San-Giacomo's acting in this work is movie. She portrays a character s over- that is promiscuous and strongwilled, without seeming slutty. ) riving Meg Ryan (When Harry Met come a Sally): Ryan shows that she is a as the rising star for good reason as the c Com- neat-freak Sally. Her performance of the was interesting and sexy at the a today same time. he '60s lone Skye (Say Anything): iety by This young actress shows great acting maturity as the teenage girlzs, and friend of John Cusack. Her relaey per- tionship with her father was espeSpader cially deep and convincing, not re- Of course, with the sickening all the politics in the Adademy of Motion 5 incre- Pictures Arts and Sciences, few of made these people will be nominated. ECr M AWESOME F |T| ALTERNATIVE 90.5 HBl i Professionals ro TODAY'S AIR FORCE. lture with opportunip vLil. oerve your eouncareer with: dental care 3ay per year or today's Air Force. BEARD -3536 tion Collect F>