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Bradford Minkoff Tours
As The Curious Cat'

STEVE HARTZ

Special to The Jewish News

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ext week, Bradford
Minkoff prowls
around Detroit as
Cats purrs at the Masonic
Temple Theatre March 14-
25.
Minkoff, a native of Palo
Alto, Calif., plays the Rum
Turn Tugger, but his fellow
felines call him "the curious
cat." Audiences across the
United States have given
other pet names.
"I've been described as the
Rock 'n Roll Cat, Bon Jovi
Cat, Vegas Cat and Heavy
Metal Cat," he said. "A lot of
people see him as a lot of
different things. I see him as
a cat who probably sees
himself as a human being
with fur. And I'm sort of the
free-sprited, free-wheeling
sort of character. It's my
responsibility to do what
everyone least expects me to
do."
Minkoff, who said his do-
mestic pet preference is the
dog, grew up in a house filled
with felines.
"We had a couple cats at
my house when I was grow-
ing up, Smokey and
Tabatha."
Minkoff has been acting,
more or less, all his life. He
used to put on shows in his
garage when he was a kid,
getting all the neighborhood
kids together.
After graduating from
Stanford University with a
degree in theater, Minkoff
attended The Neighborhood
Playhouse School of Theatre
in New York.
Over the years, he has ap-
peared on stage in numerous
productions, including
Broadway's Queen and the
Rebels and the off-Broadway
show Candida.
Minkoff dedicates his
minutes off stage to collec-
ting watches.
"I started collecting vin-
tage wrist watches about
four years ago when I was in
Seattle performing in the
play Girl Crazy," he said.
"And being on the road has
afforded me the opportunity
of going to a lot of places I
wouldn't have been able to
go to otherwise. So, I've col-
lected about 150 watches
since I've been out on tour.
Most of the stuff I've col-
lected are old Bulovas,
Gruens and Elgins."
Whether he's playing
Alden, a reporter, on the
soap opera "One Life to

Actor Bradford Minkoff

Live," performing as
Kenicke in a stock produc-
tion of Grease or appearing
in a 7-Up Commercial,
Minkoff said that every role
brings its own challenges
and difficulties and
pleasures.
Minkoff grew up in a
Reform Jewish home that
was no stranger to the fine
arts. His father used to ap-
pear in shows in college and
in the army, and his mother
is a sculptor. Today, his
younger brother is a direc-
ting animator for Walt
Disney Studios.
In the future, Minkoff said
he would love to create a
role. "I'd rather originate
the role, be compared to
rather than be compared
with."
Although one the favorite
places he's toured with Cats
was Alaska, Minkoff said, "I
had one of my favorite expe-
riences of the show when we
were at Detroit's Fisher
Theatre performing last
year. I picked a lady out of
the audience to dance with
her and sat in her seat as a
joke. So, she ran up on stage
and started dancing around
with the cats." ❑

Wayne Newton
Plays Palace

Wayne Newton performs at
The Palace 7:30 p.m. March
21.
Born in Norfolk, Va.,
Newton got his first major
show business break when he
appeared on the "Jackie
Gleason Show" 12 times over
a two year period. Shortly
after, Bobby Darin gave him
a German song with English
lyrics. "Danke Shoen"
became Newton's first
number one song and was
followed by hits such as "Red
Roses For A Blue Lady,"
"Daddy Don't You Walk So
Fast" and "Years."