burgers, cheeseburgers, pizza, Coney Islands, etc., music 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. by Reflections, with DJ between sets...$40 per person, advance ticket sales and general admission...IV. Hurley and Ballroom Pack- ages may be combined with either the DeSoto Diner pack- age or overnight stay at $72 per room. RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL 300 Town Center Drive, Dearborn, MI. 48126, (313) 441-2000...Three packages...I. New Year's Eve Gala in The Ballroom, black tie or Cocktail attire, with champagne and hors d'oeuvres reception in the Grand Hallway, four-course din- ner including hors d'oeuvres of lobster barquette with Ginger, Beluga caviar with lemon mousse, smoked salmon, quail quiche, smoked duck in phyllo and marinated goat cheese; Appetizer, basil-wild mushroom ravioli; soup, tomato con- somme; salad, Maine lobster, baby lettuce, truffle; sorbet, blackberry with lemon; entree, veal medallions foie gran with spinach corn and fluted potato; dessert, tangerine mirroir... Dancing to The Sun Messen- gers...$115 per person, $250 per couple...II. New Year's Eve Gala (pkg. no. I.) and overnight accommodations plus breakfast buffet and late check-out New Year's Day, $323 per couple...11l. Room accommodation without Gala Celebration includes breakfast buffet New Year's Day, $99 per room...All packages require pre-payment and carry a seven- day cancellation policy...The World's Smallest New Year's Eve Party is a Ritz Carlton tradition with little ones having their own fun-fest while parents are enjoying activities in The Ballroom...This complimentary service is available to pint-sized children 5 years old to 10 years old and includes a buffet din- ner with their favorite foods, games and activities through- out the evening from 7:30 p.m....Reservations for children are required...The Restaurant and The Grill will each have two seatings, 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. with special New Year's Eve menus...Contemporary jazz entertainment and dancing is being offered in The Grill. SEBASTIAN'S GRILL 2715 W. Big Beaver in the Somerset Collection, Troy, MI 48084, (313) 649-6625... Regular menu 5 p.m. and 7 p.m....Prix Fixe dinners at two seatings, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.... Appetizer choices of butternut squash soup with pear com- pote, escargot in phyllo with chardonnay sauce, steamed upright artichoke, smoked Scottish salmon, eggplant blinis with tomato-basil sauce or seafood medley with red pep- per coulis; salad selections from FIND YOUR NAME IN OUR AMAZING MARKETPLACE CLASSIFIED SECTION AND RECEIVE TWO FREE TICKETS! Prime Rib, vegetable of the day, wild rice medley and special Star Clipper Sauce, lemon chick- en Breasts lightly breaded and sauteed in olive oil, topped with a light lemon cream and Gorganzola cheese (for accom- paniment, ground duck and Canadian bacon is served in a Zucchini boat and the daily vegetable), Seafood Medallions, crab, scallops, shrimp and sole with vegetable and spices, pre- pared on a bed of Fettuccini Alfredo and accompanied by the daily vegetable.. Also appe- tizer, soup and dessert are included in the gourmet meal, tax and gratuity included... Train selections with live music by Dennis Vernier or Murder Mystery, with boarding at 8 p.m., departure 9 p.m. and return at 1 a.m....$52,50 or $67.50...Reservation required with pre-payment. Michigan, trout & spinach salad with orange port dressing, wild mushroom salad with leeks, walnuts, sherry vinaigrette, Caesar Salad, rock shrimp salad with ripe avocado & roasted pepper-mustard dressing, warm Michigan goat cheese with tomatoes, pinenuts & fine herb vinaigrette; entree choices of filet of beef Wellington with wild mushroom-herbed Madeira duxelle and veal glace, rack of New Zealand baby lamb with Rosemary-garlic sauce and minted fruit relish, sauteed provimi veal with spinach linguine, fine herbs and Morel mushroom sauce, roasted Indiana duckling with sauteed walnuts, apple cider and cream sauce, phyllo- wrapped lobster tail with crus- tacean mousse and cognac sauce, grilled fillet of yellow fin tuna over spicy black beans with roasted pepper sauce, wild mushroom raviolis and cedar roasted salmon with herb cream sauce, selection of Sebastian's desserts... $50 per person 8 p.m. or 10 p.m. seat- ing...Music by the Martin Scot Kosins Trio...Credit card will hold reservations. JET JEWISH ENSEMBLE THEATRE presents The Queen's Physician By Betty Neustat Directed by Dinah Lynch SWEET LORRAINE'S CAFE 2901 Greenfield Road, north of 12 Mile Road, Southfield, MI 48076, (313) 559-5985. Reservations are strongly sug- gested for the regular and spe- cial dining features at menu prices...vegetarian special, filet mignon special, pasta special and mixed grill special... Continuous seating will be from 4 p.m. to 12 Midnight with selected wines and cham- pagne, including 20 by the glass... No cover, no minimum. STAR CLIPPER TRAINS 840 North Pontiac Trail, Walled Lake, MI 48390, (313) 960- 9440. Keystone dining cars include a three-hour journey with choice of seating in either of two dining cars...Five-course dinner includes; choice of AARON DE ROY THEATRE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER 6600 W. Maple Rd. • W. Bloomfield Tickets (313) 788-2900 or Laugh To The Bank With 'Frozen Assets' MICHAEL ELKIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS ith Frozen Assets, producer/co-writer Don Klein hopes audiences will be laughing all the way to the bank. The film's bank deposits, however, are not the kind the FDIC is willing to in- sure. The comedy's focus is on a sperm bank, where "assets" inspire the interest of young infertile couples. A literary agent for the past 14 years, Don Klein conceived the idea of the sperm bank as the center of a conflict between an ideal- istic biologist (Shelley Long) and an ambitious capitalist (Corbin Bernsen) hoping to capitalize on the bank as a profit-making venture. The topic came right out of the headlines, says Mr. Klein, who is hoping to make headway with au- diences in the mood for a Frank Capra-esque romantic comedy. "It's a sexy subject," says Mr. Klein, citing statistics that one couple out of six is infertile to some degree. Frozen Assets is Don Klein's baby, his first project as producer and screen- writer. "It's a different take W on family values," he says of the film. A pregnant pause. "It's sex in the '90s for people incapa- ble of having babies." Single himself, the 40- year-old Mr. Klein helped create a family aura for the film: His mom portrays a New York madam and his nieces appear in other roles. If the occasion arose, Mr. Klein says, he would con- sider using a sperm bank himself. For now, he con- tents himself with the closeness of his immediate family. He put his own assets in Frozen Assets as well as those of others. Was it worth it? "I've attained a dream," says Mr. Klein. Certainly, the New York University Law School graduate never dreamed of being in show business. Or did he? "Well, even in school," he says, "I wrote and produced student shows." More than anything, Don Klein has gotten a good laugh out of the film, a sense of joy he hopes his audiences share. 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