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Twinkle, Twinkle
Little Star

At age 12, Lissa Goldberg is well
on her way to an acting career

DEBBIE WALLIS LANDAU

Special to The Jewish News

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n the past year, 12-year-old
Lissa Goldberg has learned to fly,
humbled a wicked witch and trans-
formed herself from a teen-aged
girl to a young boy.
When the stage lights beckon,
her imagination gives life to
some characters quite unlike her
contemporaries at Norup Middle
School, as she slips into various
dramatic roles as easily as some stu-
dents don their Saturday blue jeans.
Lissa is currently portraying
Portia, Cinderella's "mean and

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dumb" step-sister, for the Peanut
Butter Players Theatre Company,
which is running the Rogers and
Hammerstein version of that play at
Detroit's Austin Hall through Dec. 7.
Because the acting group is pro-
fessional, Lissa receives a salary for
her work. She was also given a con-
tract till next spring, but is free to
act with other theatre groups during
the duration of her agreement.
We do a lot of birthday parties
and performances for other special

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WEEK OF NOVEMBER 7-1 3

GOING PLACES

LISTINGS WELCOME

Performing a pas de deux?
Screening a film? Staging a
play? If so, The Jewish News
wants to hear about it in our
new entertainment calendar,
Going Places. Send concert,
film, dance, comedy, club
and other entertainment ac-
tivity listings to Entertain-
ment Calendar, The Jewish
News, 20300 Civic Center Dr.,
Suite 240, Southfield 48076.
Items must be typed,
double-spaced and include
the time, date, place, admis-
sion charge of each event
and a name and phone
number of someone to call
during business hours. List-
ings must be received at
least two weeks prior to pub-
lication.

SPECIAL EVENTS

WALT DISNEY'S SNOW
WHITE ON ICE: Joe Louis
Arena, ice show, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, through Nov. 16;
admission, 567-6000.

EVENING WITH MARK
SCOTT: Holly Hotel, 110
Battle Alley, Holly, dinner and
lecture, 8 p.m. today, admis-
sion, reservations, 643-5208.

SWING IN STYLE: Grand At-
rium, New Center One, benefit
for Channel 56, featuring Lee
Castle and music of Jimmy
Dorsey, Sunday, admission,
873-7200, ext. 200.

"FUNDERWEAR RAISER":
City Club, benefit for Center
for Creative Studies-College

of Art and Design, featuring
bands CIA and Batboys, 9
p.m. Thursday, admission,
872-3118.

MUSIC

MEMORIAL CONCERT: Varner
Recital Hall, Oakland Univer-
sity, jazz compositions and
arrangements by late Thad
Jones, 7 p.m. Sunday; admis-
sion, 370-3013.

Rose, 8 p.m. Saturday, admis-
sion, 855-9848 (evenings).

BRUNCH WITH BACH: Kresge
Court, Detroit Institute of Arts,
5200 Woodward, Detroit,
Stacey Wooley, Marcy Chan-
teaux, Fontaine Laing; 10
and 11:30 a.m. Sunday, ad-
mission, reservations, 832-
2730.

SOMERSET MALL: 2801 W.
Big Beaver, Troy, harmonica
virtuoso Madcap Ruth, 2 p.m.
Sunday, free.

DETROIT SYMPHONY OR-
CHESTRA: Ford Auditorium:
Maestro Sixten Ehrling con-
ducting, David Geringas, cel-
list, 10:45 a.m. today, 8:30
p.m. Saturday and 8 p.m.
Thursday; admission, 567-
1400.

FOLKTOWN: Southfield Parks
and Recreation building, 26000
Evergreen, Southfield, Iowa

DETROIT SYMPHONY CIVIC
ORCHESTRA: Orchestra Hall,
Stephen Stein, conductor, 3:30

p.m. Sunday; free.

FAMILIES

DETROIT YOUTHEATRE: De-
troit Institute of Arts, 5200
Woodward, Detroit, Most Valu-
. able Player, musical, 11 a.m.
and 2 p.m. Saturday, admis- -
sion, 832-2730.

CHILDREN

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