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EDDIE MURPHY HAS A WOODY ALLEN problem: he wants to branch out from comedy but the public won't let him. Then again, there are worse Woody Allen problems he could have. Murphy's new R.-and-B. album, LOVE'S ALRIGHT (Motown), was obviously a huge effort, a labor of love, jam-packed with more guest stars than The Player and the Home Shopping Network combined. On the best track, Yeah, there are performance cameos by Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder and others. Unfortunately, this hammers home the point that Murphy the musical artist is no Jackson, McCartney...
Choreographers Anika Davis and Kaiama Glover should be hired by every musical going up next semester. While it is obvious that the routines (like the music) are influenced by Motown, they are nonetheless fresh and exciting. Davis and Glover avoid the repetition that often characterizes student choreography. The tango segment in "Mushnik and Son" is a particularly creative choice...
...Boston Phoenix posse, looking very hip and in-the-know (I have to say this. I work for them); club warlord Pat Lyons (the emperor of Lansdowne Street), Don Law (the Godfather of Boston booking), members of Aerosmith, Patriot quarterback Scott Zolak, Boston Bruin Cam Neely and Motown records chair Jheryl Busby. A House of Blues executive buttonholes Phoenix arts editor Ted Drodzowski and tells him, "The House of Blues isn't about t-shirts and baseball caps. By the way, let me introduce you to our marketing director...
...moved it, but not modified it. Unlike Berry Gordy, the Motown Records founder who used widely appealing performers like the Supremes to facilitate soul music's crossover into the white market in the early 1960s, Simmons has built his reputation on a refusal to assimilate. He promotes artists whose speech, dress and demeanor reflect the in-your-face bravado of black urban adolescents and the rebellious fantasies of those in the suburbs. Taking direct cues from his audience, Simmons told Run-DMC to wear their dark glasses and black leather suits onstage and LL Cool J to retain his slouchy...
...Commitments--sponsored by the Harvard Irish Cultural Society. Dublin band goes Motown. Great soundtrack. Shoulda been sponsored by the Harvard Irish-African American Society. In Science Center...