That’s entertainment: Twenty years ago

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Ted Neeley returned to the Providence Performing Arts Center in “Jesus Christ Superstar,” a year after selling out five performances and wowing the Rhode Island audiences. The good news was that he was as great as ever.

The Rhode Island Philharmonic presented Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana,” accompanied by Boston’s 100-voice Chorus pro Musica at Veterans Auditorium.

Debra Mann was singing at the Westin, while Bill Staines was in concert at North Kingstown High School.

It was a slow month at the movies, but “Murder in the First,” a violent tale about Alcatraz starring Gary Oldman, was drawing crowds to the Showcase. Paul Newman played a man approaching senior citizenship (20 years ago!) in the charming “Nobody’s Fool,” which also starred Jessica Tandy, Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Bruce Willis.

The Howard Johnson Lodge on Warwick’s Jefferson Blvd. was advertising a “Sweetheart’s Month” special: In-room whirlpool, king size bed, breakfast and bottle of champagne for $64.95.

Alias Stage (now Gamm Theatre) presented two one-act plays about Rhode Island: “North of Providence” and “Rosemary with Ginger” by Edward Allan Baker.