ENTERTAINMENT
Also as a freshman, Sugar-
man acted in his school's one-
act festival, playing the drunk
who turned saint in Neil
God's
Simon's comedy
Favorite
The highlight of Sugarman's
theater endeavors came when
he was a sophomore, dancing
and singing in his first
musical production.
. "I played Baby John in West
Side Story;' he said. "I was a
Jet and danced in almost
every number. I was really
surprised that I could dance.
During rehearsals, we danced,
and we danced, and we danc-
ed. I had a blast."
Later that year, he perform-
ed in another one-act play,
Tennessee Williams' I Can't
Imagine mmorrow.
"It was a two-person play,
and I got the male lead,"
had just come off
this huge high
playing in West
Side and had to
come down to
perform in this
intense drama. It
was really great:
Eddie Sugarman enjoys entertaining audiences.
Glenn Triest
Peanut Butter's
Sugar(rn
Sixteen-year-old
Eddie Sugarman
is acting, singing,
dancing and
running his way
through high
school.
STEVEN M. HARTZ
Jewish News Intern
ddie Sugarman
loves to perform,
whether he's run-
ning up hills for
Southfield-
Lathrup High School's cross
country team or dancing on
stage in its musical
productions.
"I first started acting when
I was in second grade at
Leonhard Elementary
School," Sugarman said. "I got
the part of Michael in Mary
Poppins, and the following
year I played an oyster in The
Trial of Alice In Wonderland.
Both parts, the former being
a big role and the latter being
a small role, were a lot of fun,
and I had a good time with
them."
Four years later, the singing
bug bit Sugarman.
"In sixth and seventh grade,
I was a member of Birney
Middle School's choir, and I
loved it," he said. "Then, I
became one of three students
in Southfield-Lathrup's
history to be selected as a
madrigal singer in his
freshman year."
Sugarman said. "I had just
come off this huge high play-
ing in West Side and lad to
come down to perform in this
intense drama. It was really
great. When I finished my
sophomore year, I thought to
myself, 'Hey, I found
something I like. Let's stick
with it for a . while? "
That's not the only interest
Sugarman enjoyed as a 10th
grader.
"I also started running for
Southfield-Lathrup's varsity
cross country team," he said.
As with acting, Sugarman
decided to stick with cross
country running "for a while?'
The beginning of his junior
year was hectic and filled with
extra-curricular activities. He
performed for Southfield-
Lathrup and was chosen as a
member of the Peanut Butter
Players, Detroit's professional
children's theater group.
"I was in a Southfield-
Lathrup one-act play called
Lovers and my role was Man,"
he said. "The thing that was
really hectic about it was at
the same time, I was running.
So, I'd be in rehearsal, then
leave to run, then go back to
rehearse and so on. There
were also Peanut Butter
Players' rehearsals and the
trivialities called school and
homework?'
Despite all the outside in-
terests, Sugarman still main-
tained a high grade point
average, all A's and A minuses
throughout his junior year.
After Lovers, he portrayed
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