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BS - Wednesday, June 20, 1984 - North Shore News

A celebration of local theatre

TOM SELLECK couldn’t make it to the second
annual Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards at the
Arts Club Sunday night, but just about every
other theatrical personality in Vancouver did, for

an evening of backpatting and entertainment.

If there can be said to
have been one star of the
evening it was Joelle Rabu,
the young actress who gave
City Stage new life in her
performance of Piaf, her
Songs, her Loves and with
the same show brought
herself to almost instant
fame.

Rabu gave the audience a
taste of her talents early in
the evening singing Je ne
Regrette Rien from’ Piaf,
demonstrating the talent that
won her the award = for
Outstanding achievement in a
musical. This award was no
surprise to anyone, but even

PHILIP Clarkson is pictured at work on the Amadeus costumes that won him a Jessie

award

By NANCY WEATHERLEY

Rabu seemed amazed when
she was recognized as the
best young talent in theatre,
Sam Payne

winnint§ the
award.

Another surprise was that
Talking Dirty writer Sher-
man Snukal didn’t win for
play,
that award went to Nicola
Cavendish, Tom Wood, and
Bob Baker for the wacky
comedy about an alternate
North Shore

Outstanding original

TV _ station,
Live.

The big winner of the

evening was
Tamahnous

Top Girls, a
Theatre pro-
duction which won best
overall play, best actress
(Donna White), best sup-
porting actress (Brenda
Robbins), and best director
(Larry Lillo).

Terrence Kelly was con-
sidered outstanding in his
performance about two men
stranded while mountain
climbing, K2, while that
Playhouse production also
won for best lighting design
(Douglas Welch}.

And Amadeus, the
Playhouse’s most lavish
production of the year won
best set design (David
Fischer) and best costume
design (Philip Clarkson).

J. Douglass Dodd was
given the Jessie for
Outstanding achievement in
musica] direction for Praf,

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but it was the Arts Club
production of Cabaret that
won the award for
outstanding achievement in a
musical.

Best’ supporting perfor-
mance in a musical went to
Andy Rhodes for Rock and
Roll, while best supporting
actor went to Norman
Browning for She Stoops to
Conquer.

Green Thumb theatre was
awarded the Jessie for
outstanding achievement in a
producaiton of a play or
musical for young audiences
with their production 1,000
Cranes

Jackson Davies and Pia
Shandel-Southam hosted the
awards again and surpassed
last year’s performance of
their abilities to extract their
feet from their mouths with
such finesse, a task they

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NEWS photo Stuart Davis

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seem called upon to perform
rather often.

It was generally an enter-
taining

pleasure to recall the many
good performances, both on
and off stage that go into a

evening, and a_ yearof Vancouver theatre.

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Along with Lennon and McCartney,
Paul Simon and Dylan, he
revolutionized the music of the 60's
and is truly a legend in the pops
music field He's joined by 3
outstanding vocalists, including singer/
songwriter Carole Bayer Sager (Mrs
Burt Bacharach) for a might of
vintage Bacharach and hits
such as Arthur's Theme, Hearthgnht.
Alfie, Walk On By, I'll Never Fall
In Love Again, Message to
Michael. | Say A Little Prayer, Biue
on Biue, Promises, Promises, What's
New Pussycat, Raindrops Keep
Falling On My Head, and
the Look of Love

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