LOOKING FOR AFFORDABLE
LIFE INSURANCE?

EXAMPLE OF to YEAR ANNUAL COST FOR A MALE,
PREFERRED NON-TOBACCO USER

-

40 Show-Stealers
In A JCC Musical Revue

SUZANNE CHESSLER SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

B

$200,000

$500,000

$1,000,000

30
40
50
60

$ 224
308
650
1,460

$ 460
581
1,440
3,310

$ 830
1,160
2,700
6,290

Policy Form 38361
Underwritten by Alexander Hamilton life.
Rates guaranteed for the term period.
Minimum policy $100,000 - Maximum policy $5,000,000

For More Information Call Today!

RONALD G. DANICILOFF

STERLING FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

356-1616

25899 W. 10 Mile Road • Southfield

000:Asw:NgWe*

Above: Nancy Gurwin, left,
passes out hats at the Tedd E. Bear
Does Broadway rehearsal at the
Maple-Drake JCC.
Right: An Lerman-Sinkoff, 13.

Love You Conrad" from Bye Bye
Birdie, for example, are Julie
Eisenberg, Rebecca Hyke, Di-
ana Jacobs, Heather Kaye,
Emily Rosen, Jamie Rosen,
Alissa Shiffman, Aliyana Trai-
son and Sharon Wertheimer.
Sharon, 14, an eighth grad-
er at Warner Middle School in
Farmington Hills, has taken 10
years of tap lessons as well as
private singing lessons.
"I like not being restricted to
one character," Sharon said
about the revue, comparing it
to JCC plays in which she has
performed. "I love the songs,
and I can't go to sleep at night
because the words keep going
through my head."
Sharon, who aspires to a
stage career, enjoys the combi-
nation of different talents that
become part of the show.
David Sherline, 12, a student
at Abbott Middle School in
Keego Haibor, entertains with
"A Lot of Living to Do" and
hopes to be part of the film in-
dustry one day. He has ap-
peared in previous JCC
musicals and has taken singing
and dancing lessons.
"It gives me a good feeling to
know I'm part of what they
wanted for this show," he said.
Jessica Palter, an 8-year-old
who attends Doherty Elemen-
tary School in West Bloomfield,
has been on stage at Pine Knob
as part of a local dance troupe
added to a touring "Sesame
Street" extravaganza. Casting
was arranged through the
dance studio she attends.
"Hike making people laugh,
smile and cry (happy crying),"
said the hopeful career enter-

mom_

tamer, who is paired with her
sister, Kimberly, in "I Can Cook
Too."
Deborah Anstandig, 9, a
third grader at Hillel Day
School, oins in a couple of rous-
ing routines, "76 Trombones"
and "Let Me Entertain You,"
and finds the whole experience
exciting.
"I like learning everything,
meeting new friends and just
knowing that I've accomplished
something," she said. "It's a
great opportunity."
Dana Steingold, 9, a frequent
performer in local, professional
productions, recently was in
California trying her luck at ex-
panding her career when the
earthquake made her family de-
cide to return to Michigan. She
was back in time to be cast in a
tribute to Judy Garland.
"We have such a wide vari-
ety of kids, and they all get
along and are very excited," said
Ms. Gurwin, who is having
everyone dress alike because
she considers them all stars. "I
hope this is the beginning of a
musical revue each year."
"Tedd E. Bear Does Broad-
way" will be performed at 2 and
4:30 p.m. Sundays, Feb. 20 and
27, at the Maple-Drake JCC.
For information call 354-
0545. ❑

V8, dual airbags, ABS brakes,
leather, power sunroof, tilt,
auise, power windows, power
locks, memory seats

Infiniti of Farmington Hills

JUST

(810) 471-2220

$0 Down • 36 Months

INFINITI.

24355 Haggerty Road
(Between Grand River & 10 Mile)

•Ci°

FREE SERVICE LOANER • FREE PICK-UP AND DELIVERY
OPEN SATURDAYS SALES & SERVICE

•36 mo. dosed end lease requires 1st mo. pymt, DOC fee, license, title due at inception. Payment plus applicable taxes
15,000 miles per year, 10r per mile overage at inception. Lessee has option but is not obligated to buy at lease end. Total of
payments $21,564. Subject to credit approval, vehicle and program availability. Exdudes prior sales and leases. Standard
guaranteed auto protection included.

snug sweaters
ribbed tanks
fluid trousers ...

271 W. Maple • Downtown Birmingham • 258-0212

Mon-Sat 10-6 • Thurs 10-9

cr,

co

FE BRU ARY

efore the audience is seat-
ed, a line of glitter-cov-
ered black top hats wait
on stage. An equal num-
ber of starry-eyed performers
can't wait to put them on.
The hats and the performers
are part of "Tedd E. Bear Does
Broadway," a musical revue be-
ing staged and directed Feb. 20
and 27 by Nancy Gurwin at
the Maple-Drake Jewish Com-
munity Center (JCC).
During the revue, about 40
young singers and dancers
present songs from some of
Broadway's most popular
shows including Gypsy, A
Chorus Line, Funny Girl,
West Side Story and Grease.
They are accompanied by a trio
playing piano, bass and drums.
"I like to pick songs every-
body hopefully has heard and
songs that move and have a lot
of possibilities for kids to do,"
Ms. Gurwin said about her se-
lections. "I've tried to weave
them together so they all make
sense.
"The story line, which is
moved along through the songs,
involves 40 kids searching for
their stars on Broadway, and
I've picked numbers so that we
have a variety of styles. I don't
like a lot of narration because
it eats up too much time."
Some of the youngsters in the
show have studied dance and
singing and have appeared in
earlier Tedd E. Bear and JCC
programs. Others are brand
new to entertainment.
During audition day, about
120 hopefuls tried out for parts.
"A revue gives us a chance to
show off lots of kids as opposed
to a book show, where there are
specific roles with only five or
10 people in the cast," explained
Ms. Gurwin, who likes working
with youngsters because she
finds them very adaptable.
"I've done musical revues
with my theater arts camp over
the past two years, and they
have been very successful.
They're fun and fast and really
for the whole family to see."
The youngsters cast in the
show range in age from 5 to 16,
all assigned to more than one
number.
Soloists include Amy Ber-
shad ("Don't Rain on My Pa-
rade"), Ryan Binder ("All I Need
Is the Girl") and Samara ShlOm
("What I Did for Love").
Other groupings of singers
and dancers range from two
people to the entire cast. In "We

Age

79