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Freda Payne to appear in 5L & * - 1 * 'Blues in the Night' ?ne very oeautiful and talent ed recording artist and actress, Freda Payne, will star in the North Carc$pi Black Repertory Compa ny's production of the Broadway musical, "Blues in the Night" at the 1991 National Black Theatre Festival. "Blues in the Night" will open on August 5th at 8:30 PM in the Steven's Center as part of the Opening Night Gala package which will feature Oscar-winner Denzel Washington. The opening night package which includes Din ner with Mr. Washington at the M.C. Benton Convention Center is $65.00. Additional performance dates of "Blues in the Night", a red-hot evening of blues and jazz con ceived by Sheldon Epps are August 9th and 10th at 8:00 PM. Tickets are $20.00 in advance. Call (919) 723-7907 for reservations. The definition of sophistica tion would come in the embodi ment of Freda Payne ? a woman whose talents redefine that word. Starting her career off early singing radio commercial jingles in her hometown Detroit, Michi- A gan, Payne had already captured the attention of her peers including that of songwriter, record produc- j er. Berry Gordy, Jr. Freda went on to share the stage with many greats: Pearl Bailey, who gave Freda her first professional job (at the age of 17), Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Sammy Davis, Jr.v Smothers Brothers, Bob Hope, Billy Eckstein, Quincy Jones, Bill Oosby, Don Rickles, Jerry Lewis and many others* ? ? z ? Freda was the young protege of Quincy Jones during his big band era. They toured together playing theatres such as the world famous Apollo in New York City, and the Regal Theatre in Chicago, 111. She then went on to record her first l.p. for a jazz label called a Impulse Records, a subsidiary of ABC Records. m Her first love being jazz music, Freda felt this was it ? to - become a great jazz singer like those she had admired, like Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, and Bil lie Holiday. But fame evaded her until she became reunited with her hometown friends, Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier. Eddie Hol land, Brian, and Lamont, known to the world as Holland, Dozier, and Holland were setting out to estab lish their own record label. The company was named Invictus Records. It was with Invictus that Freda finally found success in two gold single recordings "Band of Gold" was an international hit. Then came "Bring the Boys Home". Other songs charted were "Deeper & Deeper", "Cherish What's Dear to You", and "You Brought the Joy". Albums record ed on the Capital label were "Stares & Whispers", "Super Natu ral High", and "Red Hot". On the ABC label, "Payne & Pleasure" and "out of Payne comes Love". Ticket buyers must now use Ticketmaster When you're buying tickets after Friday, June 14 to events at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memori al Coliseum in Winston-Salem, or tickets to events in major are nas across the state, youll begin using Ticketmaster ticket centers. , j In Wins ton -Salem, the Tick etmaster ticket centers are at the * coliseum box office and * Tracks/Record Bar in Hanes g Mall. Statewide, tickets are* available in over __30 Tracks/Record Bar stores. If you are going to the Hank Williams Jr. concert at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memori al Coliseum June 29, for instance, you will be able to pur chase tickets until f or 6 p.m. Friday, June 14 through Tick etron, the old system. But you purchase of tickets starting Satur day morning June 15 must be through Ticketmaster. To charge by phone any where in the state, call (919) 834 4000 or (704) 522-6500. For events at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum only, yoqj| may charge by calling (919) 725 JOEL. Freda has starred in a TV spe cial called "Freda Payne and the Stylistics", The Legendary Ladies of Rock" for HBO and Cinemax, and "Soul No. 2 America's Music". For two years, she hosted her own TV talk show, a nationally syndicated and network affiliated series called "Today's Black Woman". The Rev. Jesse Jackson, Kareem Abdul Jabar, Don King, and Natalie Cole were guests on the show in a format that covered many topics. ' ? - ? hreda made her acting debut on the Broadway stage. She under studied Leslie Uggams in the hit Tony Award-winning musical "Hallelujah BabyM. Freda got to perform the lead role five times. And on the first night she went of for Leslie, she received a standing ovation. She played the role of Linda in Kurt Weil's musical pro duction "Lost In The Stars" off Broadway. She has shared acting credits with Raymond St. Jacques and Philip Michael Thomas in an Avco Embassy film, "The Book of Numbers". Freda played in a seg ment from the Police Story series ? starring Lou Gossett, Howard Duff and James McKiuchen. She had a starring role in the musical "Daddy Goodness", "Ain't Misbe havin", and has starred in HDuke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies". Freda lives in the city of Bev erly Hills, California with her son Gregory Abbott Jr., and keeps Fit by doing Hatha Yoga. "I own a lifecycle that I hardly ever use, but Yoga really does her trick." She confesses "I love going to the movies, cooking, playing a little tennis, and fishing is a favorite sport of mine" she says. "There was a time I thought I might become a professional dancer, but singing won out." "You see, at the age of eleven, 1 studied ballet for 2-1/2 years, then I took modern jazz for eight years. 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