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Our 25th Season
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In 3 Acts
American Heart Association
"God of Isaac was a play that
was much more
autobiographical than Beau
Jest. In fact, I even played the
son in the original produc-
tion. I just used a historical
event as the background for
the play. It's what I call my
Jewish Wizard of Oz: It was a
rite-of-passage, quest-for-
identity theme."
So far, he says, his plays are
concerned with one of two
things: Relationships bet-
ween parents and children,
and "neurotic contemporary
relationships."
"The primary relationship
in The God of Isaac was a
young man and his mother,"
he says. "Since writing that,
for a challenge I wanted to
write a play about a daughter
and a father (Beau Jest). The
issue of relationships between
the generations really began
with The God of Isaac."
Despite his admission that
his influences are Woody
Allen and Neil Simon, Mr.
Sherman doesn't think of
himself as a gag writer. The
humor he says, must be
rooted in the situation and
character.
He also admits to having
the fantasy of Beau Jest fin-
ding regional and Hollywood
success following the New
York production. It seems
natural that the comedy
might follow in the golden
footsteps of Steel Magnolias
and Driving Miss Daisy, two
comedies that debuted off-
Broadway and eventually
became major films.
"Beau Jest first came to my
mind as a screenplay," says
James Sherman:
Autobiographical?
Sherman. "It was challeng-
ing to see how I could get it
all set in one apartment. Now,
when someone calls and says
we want you to do it as a
screenplay, it will take very
little time to adapt it.
"I was standing at the back
of the theater one night in
Chicago. We had the Sabbath
dinner in the first act, then
the seder, and the third act is
the engagement dinner. As
Sarah and Bob are setting the
table for the third act, I heard
this woman lean over to a
friend and say, 'I never saw a
daughter who cooked that
much.'
"I wanted to lean over to
her and say, 'Look, it's all
right. In the screenplay we're
going to have one of the din-
ners at the parents'
house.' "
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Kenneth Jones is a freelance
theater critic in Birmingham.
Temple Beth El
Hosts Arts Series
Temple Beth El will host
the Loren B. Fischer Cultural
Arts Series designed to pro-
vide an introduction to music
and dance for youngsters and
their families.
The first program, Nov. 11,
will feature the Harbinger
Dance Company. Now in its
20th season, Harbinger was
the first to sponsor its own
subscription series and the
first to perform both in the
Music Hall Dance Series and
at the Meadow Brook Music
Festival.
The Loren B. Fischer
Cultural Arts Series has been
established in memory of
Loren B. • Fischer. Only 12
when she learned of the
disease that would take her
life, she submitted to
numerous surgeries yet con-
tinued the activities that
would fill her remaining
years — bat mitzvah, confir-
Loren Fischer
oration, secretary of her
junior class at Seaholm High
School, member of the Na-
tional Honor Society and reci-
pient of the Birmingham Op-
timist Club Good Citizen
Award.