THE JEWISH NEWS

ENTERTAINMENT

STAGE RIGHT

Character actor
Zale Kessler
finds being
on stage is
a lot of fun

HEIDI PRESS

Local News Editor

ike the stereotyp-
ical Jewish moth-
er who wants her
son to be a doctor, actor Zale Kessler's
mother wants him to do a doctor show.
She almost got her wish. The
character actor did an episode of Trap-
per John, M.D., and made sure he sent
her a publicity photograph of himself
in surgical garb.
Although the name Zale Kessler
does not trigger instant recognition
among theater- and moviegoers, he is
certainly no stranger to the stage —
Broadway, summer stock, film or TV.
At age 5 in the St. Louis (Mo.) Junior
Theater, Kessler began doing character
parts. He later, studied briefly at the
University of Iowa and the American

Academy of Dramatic Arts in New
York, but left because "both were
teaching me things I had known since
I was five years old." In 1958, he ap-
peared in productions at the Crystal
Palace in St. Louis, but got his big act-
ing "break" at age 19 when he did The
Nervous Set on Broadway. He's been on
a roll ever since.
Kessler is in Detroit to appear in a
modern-day version of Jacques Offen-
bach's Orpheus in the Underworld, an
operetta which spoofs the classical
myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Pre-
sented in cooperation with the English
National Opera and the Houston
Grand Opera, Orpheus in the Under-
world will run today through Oct. 19

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MUSIC

DETROIT SYMPHONY, OR-
CHESTRA: Orchestra Hall, 8
p.m. today and Ford Au-
ditorium, 8:30 p.m. Saturday,

pianist Emanuel Ax, conductor
Jan Krentz, admission, 567-
1400, 833-3700.

FOLKTOWN: Southfield Parks
and Recreation building, 26000
Evergreen, lain Mackintosh, 8
p.m. Saturday, admission,
855-9848.

LATIN QUARTER: 3067 W.
Grand Blvd., Ink Spots,
Jimmy Wilkins Big Band,
7:30 and 10:30 p.m. Saturday,
admission, 833-5004 or 224-
3811.

THEATER

MASONIC TEMPLE THEATER:
500 Temple, Detroit, Dream-
girls, 8 p.m. today, admission,
423-6666.

BIRMINGHAM THEATER: 211
S. Woodward, Birmingham,
Dancin, Tuesday through Oct.
26, 8 p.m. Tuesday through
Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, 2 p.m. Wednesday
and 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday, ad-
mission, 644-3533.

HYATT REGENCY DEAR-
BORN: Second Level, The
Club, original Neil Simon
classic, The Odd Couple, by
Jimmy Launce Productions,
8:30 p.m. today through Jan.
10, admission, reservations,
593-1234, ext. 2323.

AVON PLAYERS: 1185 Wash-
ington, Rochester Hills, Move
Over Mrs. Markham, 8 p.m.
today and Saturday, admis-
sion, 739-4600.

ATTIC THEATER: 7339 Third,
Detroit, The Real Thing, today
through Nov. 3, 8 p.m. today,
5:30 and 9 p.m. Saturday, 2:30
and 6:30 p.m. Sunday and 8
p.m. Thursday; admission,
875-8284.

MEADOW BROOK THEATER:
Oakland University, Richard
III, 8 p.m. Thursday, through
Nov. 3, admission, 377-3300.

MICHIGAN OPERA THEATRE:
Fisher Theater, Orpheus in
the Underworld, 8 p.m. today
and Saturday, 6:30 p.m. Sun-
day, 1 p.m. Wednesday, 8

p.m. Thursday, through Oct.
19; admission, 874-7464.

HENRY FORD MUSEUM THE-
ATER: Greenfield Village, The
Spider, today through Nov. 15,
curtain 8:30 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays; admission, 271-
1620.

HILBERRY THEATER: Wayne
State University campus, The
Black Monk, 8 p.m. Saturday,
through Nov. 21, admission,
577-2972.

COMMON
GROUND
THEATRE: Performance Net-
work, 408 W. Washington, Ann
Arbor, Worksong, 8 p.m.
today and Saturday, 3 p.m.
Sunday, through Oct. 19; ad-
mission, 663-6433.

WILL-O-WAY REPERTORY
THEATER: 2253 Cole, Bir-
mingham, A Touch of Spring,
8:30 p.m. today and Saturday,
through Oct. 25; admission,
644-5519.

SOMERSET
DINNER
THEATRE: Lower Level,
Somerset Mall, Squabbles, by

Jimmy Launce Productions;
8:45 p.m. today, through Jan.
17, admission, reservations,
649-6629.

FAMILIES

UPLAND HILLS FARM: Oxford,
Pumpkin Festival, 11 a.m.-4
p.m. every Saturday and Sun-
day through October, admis-
sion, 628-1611.

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE:
111 E. Kirby, Old World Mar-
ket, booths, ethnic dancing,
foods, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Thurs-
day through Oct. 18, 11 a.m.-7
p.m. Oct. 19; admission, 871-
8600.

CHILDREN

PEANUT BUTTER PLAYERS:
Austin Hall, 18000 Warren, De-
troit, Cinderella, noon lunch,
show at 1 p.m., Saturdays,
through Dec. 7. Admission,
reservations, 559-6727.

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