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porting a bathing suit,
striped bathrobe,
summer straw hat and
holding a cane in one hand
and a cocktail in the other,
King Herod taps his way
onto center stage. He sings,
"I only ask things I'd ask
any superstar. What is it
that you have that puts you
where you are? I am waiting.
Yes, I'm a captive fan. I'm
dying to be shown that you
are not just any man."
A few minutes earlier,
Annas, dressed in a blond
wig, hoop earrings and
enough make-up to convince
the audience that she must
be related to Tammy Faye
Baker, enters from stage
left, preparing to co-host
"A.M. Jerusalem," a not-so-
popular morning TV show.
Its ratings are falling be-
cause of the new rock idol in
town.
Where's all this commo-
tion? The Birmingham
Theatre, where Jesus Christ

Cheryl Stern:
Annas.
stereotypical rock-star sex
symbol.
The musical does not
reflect the traditional story
of Jesus.
Herb, playing King Herod,
said his big scene in the
show is a flashback to when
he began tap dancing at age
5 in Salisbury, Md.
"I was the only boy, danc-
ing with 200 girls. So, like
this role, I was featured
whenever I was dancing on
stage."

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"I think it's important for
the Jewish community to
know this is not a defama-
tion of Jews in anyway," she
said. "Judas (one of the
play's stars) is a probing
character in this production.
He is not a bad guy; the au-
dience feels sorry for him. I
don't think the musical
points a finger at anybody or
says that any religion is
bad." ❑

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Stern's training as a vocal-
ist came accidentally.
"I signed up for band in
7th grade and realized on
the first day when all the
kids were talking about
rosin, I had mistakenly
enrolled in the orchestra
class," she said. "So, when I
went to change courses, the
only class open was chorus."
Less than 20 years later,
Stern, a native of Buffalo,
N.Y., appeared in the first
national tour of Les Miser-
ables.
Although critics have
charged the play is anti-
Semitic, Stern is quick to
disagree.

Gary Herb:
King Herod.

Superstar, a rock opera, is
being staged through June
17.
New York actors Gary
Herb and Cheryl Stern, both
Jewish, appear as King
Herod and Annas in
Superstar.
The show features an
ensemble of 25 young ladies
and gentleman who do not
wear clerical collars,
cassocks or black habits. In-
stead, they are dressed in
bathing suits, shorts, mini-
skirts, blue jeans and Adrien
("T.J. Hooker',!) Zmed T-
shirts.
Zmed, who plays Jesus, is
clean shaven, dressed in a
red tank-top shirt, cowboy
boots and carries around his
electric guitar. He looks
more like today's

JEWISH COMMUNITY
CENTER
Aaron DeRoy Theater,
6600 W. Maple, Readers
Theater, June 2, 4 p.m.
show, 3:15 complimentary
wine bar, admission,
967-4030.
FISHER THEATRE
Detroit, Other People's
Money, based on a small
Detroit business that is
taken over by a corporate
raider, written by Jerry
Sterner, through June 3,
admission, 872-1000.
JEWISH ENSEMBLE
THEATRE
Jewish Community
Center, Aaron DeRoy
Theater, 6600 W. Maple
Road, West Bloomfield,
Slow Dance on the Killing
Field, preview
performances June 6-12,
show runs June 13
through July 1,
admission, 788-2900.
CRANBROOK
Outdoor Creek Theater,
400 Lone Pine Road,

Bloomfield Hills, St.
Dunstan's Fiddler on the
Roof, starring Isabella
Himelhoch, admission,
433-3555.

MUSIC

COMMUNITY HOUSE
600 S. Bates,
Birmingham, "Songs of
Summer," Jocelyn Ruth
Krieger and her students
play piano and perform
Hebrew and Yiddish as
well as classical music, 8
p.m. June 6, free.

Krieger Presents
'Songs Of Summer'

"The Songs of Summer,"
featuring pianist Jocelyn
Ruth Krieger and her
students, will be presented 8
p.m. June 6 at The Communi-
ty House in Birmingham.
The Music Minors, students
of the Tunes for Tots music
education program for 4-6
year-olds, will make their
musical debut. Performers
will be Brandalyn Fulton,
Alexandra Hurwitz, Brooke

