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On Orchard Lake at Cass Lake Rd.
11/2 Miles West of Telegraph
682.1900
This ad will entitle bearer to
ONE FREE ADMISSION
Friday, Sunday,
Wednesday & Thursday
When a second admission
is purchased
"Children of a Lesser God" (R)
"Crocodile Dundee" (PG-13)
Shown With
Richard Pryor
in
"Critical Condition" (R)
Kiddie Matinee Sat. & Sun.
"An American Tale" (8)
and
"Lady and the TraMp" (G)
Mon. & Tues. All Seats $1.50
Hal Linden, left, and Ossie Davis, are pictured in a scene from the
Broadway play, "I'm Not Rappaport."
Fridays at the Novi Hilton_
Fresh whole steamed lobster is just one of many seafood
specialties we're cooking up for you. Come join us on Fridays
for our seafood buffet featuring some terrific catches:
Iced shrimp and oysters on the half-shell
Smoked fish and cajun specials
Bouillabaisse and chowders
And for you land lubbers, we'll have Pastas, BBQ Chicken or
Ribs and Steamship Round of Beef. Don't miss the luscious
salads, delicious hot breads and assorted rolls. Then finish it all
off with a choice or two from our popular dessert table, maybe
Key Lime Pie or Chocolate Torte.
FRIDAYS 6 P.M. TO 11 P.M.
ADULTS
$21 .95
CHILDREN
$14.95
Call now for reservations, and while yotfre at it, ask about our
Friday Feast Weekend Package.
NOVI HILTON
1-275 at 8 Mile Road
(313) 349-4000
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Friday, February 20, 1987
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Hal Linden Enjoys Best
Of Theater, TV Roles
MICHAEL ELKIN
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Special to The Jewish News
T
here was a time when
actor Hal Linden
couldn't get arrested.
"In 1960, my gross salary was
$3,300," says Linden.
But along came television's
Barney Miller, the Talmudic
police captain whose recipe for
success in handling his motley
crew was treating them like a
kugel of cops — a tad of Tevye
thrown in with a sprinkle of
Solomon.
Between an impressive
eight-year run and subsequent
syndication royalties, Hal Lin-
den would never have to walk a
beat again.
But long-running parts can
mean stereotyping. And the
strapping, good-looking actor
seemed handcuffed to the role
of a sensitive, quietly reserved
diplomat. What Linden needed
was a little magic.
Blacke's Magic seemed the
perfect prestidigitation. But
last season's television
whodunit soon became a
"where is it," so shuffled
around was the hour-long
series that disappeared not so
much in a blaze of glory as a
puff of smoke.
Broadway is offering the ab-
racadabra now. With a dollop
of makeup, an added synthetic
paunch, a fringed wig to hide
the flowing graying locks —
voila! The 55-year-old former
Harold Lifshitz becomes Nat,
the 81-year-old mischievous
Jewish prankster of I'm Not
Rappaport, the 1986 Tony
Award winner as "best play."
It is a performance pulled
not out of a hat, but from
within the soul. Hal Linden's
Nat is no geriatric geezer that
golden agers have had to
endure so often at the hands of
the entertainment business.
No, Nat is a combustible
spark awaiting the gasoline
delivery, a breathing argu-
ment looking for a battle. He
has a way of turning truth on
its rear so adroitly with his
cane serving as his tripster.
Welcome to the youthful oc-
togenarian world of Hal Lin-
den.
Was it really 15 years ago
since Linden captured the
Tony Award for portraying an-
other Jewish gentleman,
Mayer Rothschild in The
Rothschilds?
The years have not crept up
on the handsome actor, who
long ago sacked his sax and a
full-time life in the big bands
for the siren call of theater.
(Linden still performs in
nightclubs, now as the man in
front of the band.)