SAVE ID ETh.corrffus czurviur if U A I-1 SIU 0 0 SI-1114 Kidding Around In Shows JULIE YOLLES ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR ner of six Tony awards. Sisters Rachel and Julie Shulman of West Bloomfield and Miriam Goldstein of Windsor, Ontario, will dance for 18 perfor- mances. Choreographer Iacob Lascu of Bloomfield Hills once again oversees the production, which features more than 100 Michiganders as acrobats, snowflakes, mice, toy soldiers and dolls. CO Rebecca Hyke, 13, is a seven-year veteran of A Christmas Carol at Meadow Brook Theatre. Her brother Jeffrey, who turns10 on Dec. 3, plays her onstage brother Tiny Tim for his second year. Gem Theatre Group Sales. Call Nicole- 313.962.2913 313.963.9800 http://www.gemtheater.com Z eLsrart N utcracker, Nutcracker make me a match. There's The Nutcracker at the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts. And The Nutcracker at the Detroit Opera House. The Oakland Festival Ballet Company, accompanied by the Warren Symphony Orchestra, makes its debut on the Macomb Center stage. Appearing for her third year in the production, Miri- am Liebman is a fifth-grader at Hillel Day School, who also stud- ies the piano. In addition, Cindy Phillips, a junior at Cranbrook Kingswood, will perform. Cindy has danced with the American Ballet Theatre, Pittsburgh Ballet and Ballet Met during her sum- mers. The Detroit Symphony Or- chestra's production of The Nut- cracker is movin' on up, actually, around the corner to the Detroit Opera House. In addition to its new digs, the DSO's ballet will "feature the Detroit premiere of a set design that was originally created for Mikhail Baryshnikov and the American Ballet The- atre's production of The Nut- cracker. The sets were designed by the late Boris Aronson, win- 810.645.6666 Reserve New Year's Eve Now! ..SIIPTLIE,A1E) 11E1-1E 8 OAKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE ENTERTAINMENT SERIES DECEMBER 14 HOLIDAY 6ALE6 61-10W NEW DATE&I1OUI ARTIM FREE ADMISSION Bring friends and join us! 1996 Dates & Hours: Monday, November 18 - Saturday, December 7 Mondays-Thursdays 10am to 8pm - Fridays & Saturdays 10am to 5pm Sundays Noon to 4pm Orchard Ridge Campus Smith Theatre 8 p.m. "An Evening of Rogers & Hammerstein" Sponsored by Century 21 Marketplace, West Bloomfield JANUARY 24 MasterCard/VISA Welcome o Maple 0 a. As 0 14 Mile — C w 88 FARMINGTON AREA PHILHARMONIC Royal Oak Campus Lila Jones-Johnson Theatre 8 p.m. Memorable Music of the 60s, 70s and 80s LU LU JANUARY 10 RON CODEN & JOSH WHITE, JR. LU CC F- LU (A Celebration of Wintertime) Highland Lakes Campus Student Center Arena 12:30 p.m. & 2:30 p.m. Stories and Sing-Along by Children's Theatre of Michigan Closed Wednesday & Thursday, 27th & 28th for Thanksgiving C/D C/D "COLD AND WHITE, SHINING BRIGHT" 1-656 1 2 Mile a) 0) eli BIRMINGHAM BLOOMFIELD ART ASSOCIATION 1516 S. CRANBROOK ROAD BIRMINGHAM, MI 48009 810-644-0866 FOR INFORMATION CALL (810) 360-3041 Highland Lakes (810) 544-4903 Royal Oak SOS POSCH "The Laughing Stock of Michigan" Voted #1 Comic By His Family e The Oakland Festival Bal- let Company will present The Nutcracker at the Macomb Cen- ter for the Performing Arts at 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5-Friday, Dec. 6. Tickets are $14/students and senior cit- izens; $17/adults. Call (810) 286- 2222. The DSO's production of The Nutcracker will run Dec. 5-22 at the Detroit Opera House. Tickets are $13-$35. Half-price matinees ($6.50) for children 12 and under and seniors 60 and over. Call (313) 833-3700. B rather and sister Jeffrey and Rebecca Hyke take their sibling revelry very serious- ly. The Shir Tikvah members will bring their real-life roles to the stage when they reprise the broth- er/sister duo of Tiny Tim and Be- linda Cratchit in Meadow Brook Theatre's 15th annual production of The Christmas Carol. David El- lenstein, who just wrapped up his role as Joel Goldman in Meadow Brook's Beau Jest and Jest A Sec- ond, plays Fred. A Christmas Carol runs Tuesday-Sunday through Dec. 29. Tickets are $19424.50, with discounts available. Meadow Brook Theatre is on the cam- pus of Oakland University. Call (810) 377-3300. Save Detroit's Gem Theatre And save the date. Sunday, Dec. 8, noon rally, downtown at the Gem. ❑ EVERY FRIDAY Dinner 7:30 to 9 Show 9 to 11 GINO'S COMEDY ROOM . 1999 CASS LAKE RD. Keego Harbor 810-682-6540 Advertise in our new Entertainment Section! 'DETROIT Call The Sales Department (810) 354-7123 Ext. 209 THE JEWISH NEWS Matchmaker, matchmaker make me a match. It's closing weekend of Nancy Gurwin's production of Fiddler on the Roof at the Aaron DeRoy Studio Theatre, West Bloomfield JCC. Performances are at 8p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1. Tickets are $15. Call (810) 988-7032. Featured in the photo are front row: Dana Steingold, Rachel Matz and Rob Feldman. Back row: Stephanie Kapera, Leslie Rofel and Heather Bell. (9,"