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was at age 12, when he
was cast as John Darling
in a summer tour of Peter
Pan with Sandy Duncan.
At 13, he sang solo in
Leonard Bernstein's
Chichester Psalms at
Carnegie Hall.
Mr. Kaye has toured
nationally in Fiddler on
the Roof with William
Conrad, and Man of La
Mancha with Ed Ames.
"After I graduated from
Juilliard, I went to work
at the Cincinnati Play-
house in the Park, and I
ended up staying there
for two years, working
strictly at that theater,"
said the actor. He was in
productions of Oliver, The
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"I stayed out of the New
York talent pool," he said.
About two years ago,
however, Mr. Kaye, who
is single, decided to ven-
ture to New York and face
the intense stage competi-
tion there. When he goes
for auditions, he finds 200
others trying out as well.
"I get so consumed with
pursuing this profession
that I don't put my atten-
tion on anything else,"
said Mr. Kaye, whose
mother hopes that one
day he will become a can-
tor.
Each new role domi-
nates his activities, and
he believes he knows
when each characteriza-
tion has been realized by
the way he feels while
acting out the lines.
"I have a gift for memo-
rizing quickly, and once I
commit a part to memory,
I tend to start from the
outside of the character
and work in."
In preparing to play All
Hakim, Mr. Kaye took his
early cues from the script,
assuming the accent and
other, very apparent
characteristics. Later, he
went on to the more sub-
tle traits and attitudes
necessary to capture the
suave style of the individ-
ual he is portraying.
He also gave a lot of
emphasis to his scene
partners and their ways
of interacting with him.
By the time he takes
the role into the middle of
th run of the play, Mr.
Kaye will celebrate his
30th birthday.
"I'm eking out the last
few weeks of my 20s, and
I'm trying not to let it be
traumatic," he said. "I
have moments just think-
ing about where I am.
I believe I couldn't have
played Ali Hakim two
years ago; I might have
been just that much too
young. So I hope as I
move up in age, I'm mov-
ing into a broader realm
of roles to play."
"Oklahoma!" will be
performed through May 2
at the Birmingham Thea-
tre. For information, call
644-3533. ❑
WSU Theaters
Set New Season
The Hilberry and Bonstelle
Theatres at Wayne State
University will mount a com-
bined season of 12 produc-
tions during 1993-94. Focus-
ing on the classics and offer-
ing three Shakespeare pro-
ductions, the season also will
include prominent modern
dramas and a new script from
Australia.
The new play, The Golden
Age, by Australian playright
Louis Nowra, will open the
Bonstelle Theatre's season
Oct. 22. Based on real events,
it is about an isolated
primitive colony discovered by
two young men in 1939.
Heading the classic offer-
ings are Shakespeare's
Macbeth and Much Ado
About Nothing at the
Hilberry and As You Like It at
the Bonstelle. The Hilberry is
also presenting Ibsen's Hedda
Gabler and Moliere's The
Miser.
Classic farce is represented
by Ben Travers' Banana
Ridge, opening the Hilberry
season on Oct. 2, and Bran-
don Thomas' Charley's Aunt,
which closes the season at the
Bonstelle.
The Hilberry season also in-
cludes the modern American
classic The Front Page, by Ben
Hecht and Charles MacAr-
thur, and the contemporary
multiple prize-winning
drama The Heidi Chronicles,
by Wendy Wasserstein. From
the Black American Theatre,
the Bonstelle is presenting
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
by Lonne Elder III.
The Bonstelle's traditional
musical and holiday produc-
tions are being combined in a
December presentation of An-
drew Lloyd Webber's Joseph
and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat, which has become
an annual holiday event in
London's West End.