I ENTERTAINMENT 0 GOING PLACES WEEK OF SEPT. 2-8 SPECIAL EVENTS RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL CITY OF OAK PARK Community Center, Oak Park Blvd., Steve King and the. Dittilies, fireworks display, Sunday. 545-6400. THE FASHION GROUP OF DETROIT Fairlane Manor, Dearborn, fall fashion spectacular, 6 p.m. Thursday, admission. 569-1324. COMEDY BERKLEY COMEDY CASTLE 2593 Woodward, Berkley, Bill Engvall, today and Saturday; Jay Johnson, Tuesday through Sept. 10, admission. 542-9900. THEATER SHAW FESTIVAL Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, You Never. Can Tell and Dangerous Corner, through Oct. 15, Hit the Deck, Peter Pan and Once in a Lifetime Oct. 16; Geneva, through Sept. 24; The Voysey Inheritance, through Sept. 25; 416-468-2172. GREENFIELD VILLAGE Dearborn, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Fridays and Saturdays through Sept. 10, admission. 271-1620. RUSSIAN-AMERICAN STUDIO THEATER Groves H i g h Sch o ol Little Theater, 13 Mile and Evergreen, Birmingham, A Blok Engraving, Sept. 9-11 and 16-18, admission. 354-4717. FARMINGTON PLAYERS 32332 W. 12 Mile, Farmin Hills, auditions for The Foreigner; Tuesday and Wednesday, five men and two women with English and southern accents needed. 538-1670. . Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme met on the old Steve Allen late night show. Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme share their lives as well as their careers RITA CHARLESTON Special to The Jewish News 0 ne of America's best- . loved musical couples, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme met back in the '50s on the old Steve Allen late night TV show and the chemistry clicked — at least for one of them. "Eydie always says it was love at first sight on her part:' said Lawrence during a recent interview. "It was like at first sight for me. It's always taken me a little longer to recognize a good thing;' When the love bug finally bit Lawrence as well, the couple's romance blossomed in front of all late- night America. "We courted off as well as on the Steve Allen show;' Lawrence recalled, "and Steve has been a very important part of our lives ever since, not only professional- ly but personally as well. We have a lot to thank him for." Lawrence the son of a cantor (Max, who recently celebrated his 90th birthday), was raised in a musical family. "Growing up and learning choir music, which is much different from pop music with its much narrower range, really taught me in regard to intervals and things like that," Lawrence noted. "It was very valuable training." "And," he added, "the fact that my father was a cantor probably led me to an expansion of my own musical tastes and abilities." Raised in an Orthodox home, the singer said he was exposed to a "very interesting and terrific family life. My parents instilled certain values in me which were very important and I have fond memories of some wonderful childhood experiences?' However, he admitted, when a cantor's son decides on a career in show business, most parents — his in- cluded — express some deep concern. "But when I finally made up my mind;' he said, "they were behind me 100 percent. As a matter of fact, my parents were always at my shows and always supported me wholeheartedly. They were really two of my biggest fans." Meanwhile, his wife, he said lov- ingly, entered show business by a more circuitous route, mainly stemm- ing from her outstanding language abilities. Edyie Gorme spoke Spanish fluently and worked for an importer in her younger years. "She used to do a lot of bilingual work for the com- pany and also did a little Spanish radio show. In fact, over the years, Eydie has recorded a great many records in Spanish and maintained a terrific relationship with Latinos all over the world." She has, he bragged, just finish- ed recording a brand new album in Spanish for CBS International called "Corazon a Corazon" ("Heart to Heart"), a collection of standards and traditional Spanish songs as well as some new ones written specifically for her. Lawrence said his wife also taught him to speak Spanish. "Main- ly in self-defense," he laughs. The popular husband and wife duo have done more than learn Spanish together during their 30-year , MUSIC THE PALACE 3777 Lapeer Rd., Auburn Hills, Neil Young and the Bluenotes, Sunday, admission. 377-8200. COMMUNITY HOUSE 380 S. Bates, Birmingham, Bates Street. Night Out "The Suspects," Thursday, admission. 644-5832. , Continued on Page 67 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 65 NTE RTA INM EN Hollygrove, Holly, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and Labor Day through Sept. 25, 150 entertainers, on four stages, admission.