UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 9, Page 1
October 26, 1995
Three name acts booked in Bob Carpenter Center
The best of comedy, alternative and pop music will come to the
Bob Carpenter Center this fall in concerts starring Adam Sandler,
Alanis Morissette and Judy Collins.
Sandler, the Saturday Night Live alumnus known for his creations
"Cajun Man" and "Opera Man," will perform at 8 p.m., Thursday, Nov.
16. His debut album, they're all gonna laugh at you!, achieved gold
record status and yielded the hit single "Lunchlady Land."
Tickets for the Sandler show, now on sale, are $10 for full-time
UD undergraduates (limit four), $15 for other members of the
University community and $20 for the general public. This event is
sponsored by the Student Center Program Advisory Board (SCPAB) and
made possible by the Comprehensive Student Fee.
Performing on Friday, Dec. 1, will be Morissette, whose platinum-
selling recording Jagged Little Pill has produced the hit singles "You
Oughta Know" and "Hand in My Pocket."
Tickets for the Morissette concert will go on sale for full-time
UD undergraduate students only on Wednesday, Nov. 1, and a week
lalter, on Wednesday, Nov. 8, will go on sale for other members of the
University community and the general public. Ticket prices are $10 for
full-time UD undergraduates (limit four), $15 for other members of the
University community and $17.50 for the general public. This event is
sponsored by the Student Center Program Advisory Board (SCPAB) and
made possible by the Comprehensive Student Fee.
Collins, whose voice has been called "one of pop's natural
wonders," will present a holiday concert, mixing seasonal favorites
with highlights from her classic repertoire, on Friday, Dec. 8.
Collins, whose career has spanned three decades, is noted for her
crystal soprano voice and her memorable interpretations of songs by
the Beatles, Stephen Sondheim, Randy Newman, Leonard Cohen and Joni
Mitchell, as well as her own compositions.
Tickets for Collins' holiday concert, which also will feature the
University of Delaware Chorale, go on sale Friday, Oct. 27, at $12 for
UD students with ID (limit four), $15 for UD faculty and staff and
senior citizens and $17.50 for the general public.
Adam Sandler
Sandler won national attention when he joined the cast of NBC's
Saturday Night Live as a writer/ performer in the 1990-91 season. For
five years on the show, he created a host of characters, including
"Cajun Man," "Opera Man," "Canteen Boy" and "Hurlihy Boy," as well as
impressions of Axl Rose, Eddie Veder and others.
His debut album on Warner Bros. Records, they're all gonna laugh
at you!, received gold record status and yielded a hit single,
"Lunchlady Land," and a popular video, "Buddy," as well as a Grammy
nomination. He is currently at work on a second album.
Building on his achievements in television and recording, Sandler
made his film debut in Coneheads and costarred in Airheads and Mixed
Nuts. With the release of Billy Madison earlier this year, he achieved
star status. His next film, which was shot over the summer, is Happy
Gilmore, the story of a blue-collar lout who discovers he has great
abilities on the golf course, joins the PGA and dreams of heading
toward the Masters.
Next year, Sandler will begin filming Bulletproof, costarring
with Damon Wayons.
Born in Brooklyn and reared in Manchester, N.H., Sandler had his
first brush with comedy at the age of 17 when his brother encouraged
him to go on stage spontaneously at a Boston comedy club. While
attending New York University, where he earned a degree in fine arts,
he continued performing regularly in comedy clubs and colleges
throughout New York. From there, he landed a spot on Saturday Night
Live. He continues to tour college campuses.
Alanis Morissette
Morissette, who is 21, has become a national star in this country
on the basis of her Maverick records release Jagged Little Pill.
"People have always said I was an old soul," Morissette says.
"They said I was always a little more intense and introspective than
everyone was used to seeing girls be, so they didn't know where to
categorize me."
She sums up her philosophy in one sentence: "I want to walk
though life instead of being dragged through it," also a good
description of the honest, frequently provocative songs her recent
release.
The native of Ottawa, Canada, uses her own experiences-from a
Catholic school upbringing, to her travels through Europe as a youth,
to her years as a teenager living alone in Toronto-as a springboard
for some striking statements.
"Most of the songs are, in a roundabout way, actually addressed
to myself; there's a certain aspect of the songs that's very
confessional, very unadulterated," she says.
Morissette began writing songs at the age of 9 and made her
recording debut at the age of 10. By the end of her teens, she had
released a pair of albums in Canada, which both went platinum there,
before deciding to relocate to Los Angeles, a move which she says had
a profound effect on her and her music.
With the success of Jagged Little Pill and the hit singles "You
Oughta Know" and "Hand in My Pocket," she has been touring the United
States and Europe since the summer.
Judy Collins
Collins, whose voice has been described as "liquid silver" and
"the voice of the century," has sung and written music that has moved
an entire generation, including such hits as "Both Sides Now,"
"Amazing Grace" and "Send in the Clowns." In addition to her singing
and songwriting, she has been a lifelong political activist and
advocate for human rights, an award-winning filmmaker, an actress and
an author.
Her first novel, Shameless, released simultaneously this year
with a CD of the same name, is a publishing first, since it includes a
two-song CD nested in the bookcover. The novel is a roman a clef about
the music industry, through the eyes of a rock photojournalist who is
being pursued by a killer.
While writing the book, Collins was inspired to transform her
fiction into music and lyrics for a new album, and the two projects
became intertwined. Her other books include her autobiography, Trust
Your Heart, and the story of a spiritual quest, Amazing Grace.
Last year, Collins signed on with UNICEF and traveled to Bosnia.
Her song, "I Dream of Peace-Song for Sarajevo," was inspired by a book
of writings and drawings by children of war-ravaged Sarajevo. The
proceeds from that song and the companion music video are being
donated to UNICEF. The song is included on her 1994 release, Come
Rejoice! A Judy Collins Christmas. In May, she was presented with the
Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award by Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Collins has recorded some 27 albums, which have sold millions of
copies and been certified gold and platinum. Beginning as a
traditional folksinger, she soon was singing the works of the social
poets of the 1960s, such as Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs and Bob Dylan.
Collins was the first to record the songs of Leonard Cohen and brought
writers such as Randy Newman and Joni Mitchell to widespread exposure.
Her eclectic taste led her to record a range of artists, including the
Beatles, Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht and Stephen Sondheim, as well as
her own compositions.
Her repertoire encompasses folk, rock, Tin Pan Alley, spirituals,
Broadway and the songs of Jacques Brel.
In 1974, Collins produced and co-directed the documentary,
Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman, about Antonia Brico, the famed
orchestral conductor with whom she had studied. Named one of the best
films of the year by Time Magazine, it also received an Academy Award
nomination for best documentary.
Recently, she has moved to the other side of the camera,
appearing in the Arnold Schwarzenegger film Junior and in a recurring
role as a blind folklorist in the CBS television series Christy.
Tickets for all three shows will be sold at the Bob Carpenter
Center and Perkins Student Center box offices and by telephone through
Ticketmaster.