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YOUTH SYMPHONY OF SOUTHERN OREGON: The three ensembles of the Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, at the Grants Pass Performing Arts Center, 830 N.E. Ninth St., Grants Pass; 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, at the Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater, 23 S. Central Ave., Medford; and 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25, at Southern Oregon University's Music Recital Hall, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland ... RVSO: The Rogue Valley Symphony will present "The Three Sopranos," Nancy... (Mail Tribune, OR)
Gregory Peck and romantic comedy classics on screen this weekend Feb 22, 2007
Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont (Ginger Rogers) below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
HOW THEY REVIVED LOST RKO CLASSICS Feb 22, 2007
The delightful comedy "Rafter Romance" stars Ginger Rogers as a young woman sharing (platonically) an attic room in a Greenwich Village house with a night watchman. The same story was retold in 1937 in a screwball B-movie titled "Living on Love.". (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Sheridan Morley, 65; theater critic, broadcaster and author of show business biographies Feb 20, 2007
Besides a book about Coward, Morley wrote biographies of John Gielgud, Katharine Hepburn, Gertrude Lawrence, Ginger Rogers and Oscar Wilde, among others. He published his memoirs, "Asking for Trouble," in 2002. (Los Angeles Times)
PAUL KENGOR: How Hollywood produced a president Feb 19, 2007
Believe it or not, the motion picture industry even had its share of conservative Republicans: Bob Hope, Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Ginger Rogers, Claudette Colbert, to name a few. Once Hollywood even produced a president. (Washington Times)
A night with the red-headed Momma Feb 16, 2007
She was backed by "The Ginger Rogers Craterian Band," an ad hoc collection of local musicians including many familiar faces from the Rogue Valley Symphony ... Before you knew it, the encore was over, "The Ginger Rogers Craterian Band" had wrapped up its last few notes and the lights came up in the auditorium. (Mail Tribune, OR)
Tina set to give 'em the old razzle-dazzle in the West End Feb 4, 2007
The singer said she was "excited, if not a little daunted" about playing the role filled by stars ranging from Ginger Rogers to Renee Zellweger, who appeared in the Oscar-winning screen adaption opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones and Richard Gere. The West End production of Chicago: The Musical has been running since 1996 and has featured an international cast in the key roles of Roxie, her arch enemy Velma Kelly and the manipulative lawyer Billy Flynn. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Miss Rogue Valley candidates face final judging Feb 3, 2007
The 45th annual Miss Rogue Valley Scholarship Pageant begins at 7 tonight at the Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater, giving 10 local young women a chance to compete for more than $1,000 in scholarship money. Gerten said she has had a hard time trying to show business owners that the program is more than just a beauty contest. (Mail Tribune, OR)
'High-compression theater' Jan 19, 2007
Seven playwrights will have their work staged at 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 22, at the Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater, 23 S. Central, Medford. The seven plays will have been written the night before in the space of 11 hours. (Mail Tribune, OR)
There's a new lord of dance Jan 19, 2007
"The carioca would be disrespectful to Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The hully gully? I believe the memory of John Belushi should be honored. He did a pretty good hully gully in 'The Blues Brothers.' ". "Are we OK with a variation of the Charleston?" asked a Colt. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
VICKERS/Being entertained by the dead Jan 18, 2007
Will there ever be a dance team like Ginger Rogers and Fred Astair. Can the rock and roll of Elvis or the trumpet playing of Harry James ever be matched. (Philadelphia Neshoba Democrat, MS)
Dance, dance persecution Jan 12, 2007
I like Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers movies. I enjoyed Riverdance - once. (Black Hills Pioneer, SD)
TV producer Small dead at 83 Jan 3, 2007
The agency's clients included Ginger Rogers, Barbara Stanwyck and Sammy Cahn. In 1961, he negotiated a buyout with the Ashley-Steiner Agency, the precursor to today's ICM. He formed the Witzer Small Agency with Ted Witzer in 1970 and in 1975 he started Artists Career Management. (Variety)
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