In The Spotlight...
on Stage And Off
SUZANNE CHESSLER SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
Johanna Parker, 17, a se-
* Amy Hamermish, adminis- band in Israel, where he will be
trator of the Department of Jew- completing a three-year work as- nior at Cass Technical High
School, will be responsible for the
ish Studies at the University of signment.
Valerie Yova, who has been sound during these perfor-
Michigan, announces that the
( Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg is Frankel Center for Judaic Stud- closely associated with Horowitz mances.
staging a fund-raiser to help with ies has a vast collection of popu- in administering
building costs for the
lar feature films the LCE, has been
new Shir Tikvah
that can be bor- named the new
Synagogue in Troy.
rowed with postage artistic director.
He hopes people will
The last time
being the only fee.
save the date of
Films in the cate- audiences saw
Wednesday, April 8,
gory of Jewish Ex- Horowitz perform
1998, to join Shir Tik-
perience in America was in April at
vah members at the
include titles such Temple Beth El,
Detroit premiere of
as Funny Girl, Dri- where she played
Rent.
ving Miss Daisy, an all-Schubert
Those who have
The Chosen and concert.
season tickets for the
Although she
Gentleman's Agree-
Fisher Theatre can
has not had a
ment.
get a refund for the
In addition, the chance to line up Performing in the Terrence McNally play Lips Together
full face value of their
center houses the concerts or teach- Teeth Apartare, from left, Rick Bodick as John, Marjorie
Rent tickets if they
Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg:
Jewish Heritage ing placements in Marks as Chloe and Robin Thomas Johnson as Sally.
attend the benefit. "Renting" out the Fisher for Video Collection, Israel, Horowitz
a benefit pe rformance.
Tro y
which offers films in plans to be in contact with pro- * Marjorie Marks of Hunt-
devel-
other subject areas fessional associates known dur- ington Woods has accepted the
oper Sam Frankel such as children's comedy, in- ing her previous residency there, role of Chloe in the Stagecrafters
and his wife, Jean, ternational Jewry, Israel, the from 1958-69, when she spent production of Lips Together Teeth
will be the hon- Holocaust, religion and identity. part of the time teaching at the Apart, which runs June 13-15.
The serio-comic play explores
orees at the theater
For information, call (313) Rubin Academy of Music.
the
lives of two couples spending
"Some
of
my
best
LCE
memo-
763-9047.
Party.
A direct line for
ries are of the annual Piano Fes- a weekend together at a beach
ordering tickets * Fedora Horowitz, founder tivals and the Chamber Music house. The use of mini-mono-
will be announced and artistic director of the Lyric Camps that awarded scholar- logues allows the audience to un-
Chamber Ensemble (LCE) for 11 ships to minority students," derstand the attitudes and
soon.
emotions of the characters while
years, is saying au revoir to the Horowitz said.
Local comedian organization as she joins her hus-
following the storyline.
Michael Grant,
The curtain goes up at 8 p.m.
* Rick Sperling,
who uses the stage
Friday and Satur-
artistic director of the
name Grant, will
day and 2 p.m. Sun-
Mosaic Youth Theatre,
Wendy Shapero: Look for her in the next Coen brothers film.
perform at the
day at the 2nd
reports that a National
Employee Recog-
Stage of the Bald-
Endowment for the
win Theatre, 415 S.
Arts grant will be used
Former West Bloomfield-resi- nition Luncheon of the Detroit
Lafayette, Royal
for three upcoming per-
dent Wendy Shapero — who Area Chapter of the Alzheimer's
Oak. For informa-
formances of What
has transplanted to L.A. — re- Association.
tion, call (248) 541-
The event, which runs from 1-
Fools These Mortals
cently completed work on an up-
6430.
Be!, a modern musical
coming film by Joel and Ethan 4 p.m. Friday, June 27, at the Jud-
adaptation of Shake-
Coen, Academy Award-winning dson Centre in Royal Oak, paves
speare's A Midsummer
creators of Fargo. The movie, The the way for the group's fund-rais-
00 Know someone
Night's Dream.
Big Lebowski, will star Jeff ing Memory Walk on Aug. 23.
in professional,
Grant, who will donate the fee
The young troupe
Bridges, John Goodman and John
community or aca-
for his upcoming performance to
will take its production
Turturro.
Rick Sperling:
demic performing
to the Performance Net-
Taking the Mosaic
Shapero, who majored in the- the sponsoring organization, just
work of Ann Arbor June Youth Theatre on tour. arts who should take
ater at Wayne State and at Uni- returned from appearing at the
a bow? Please let us
19-21, the Court Theatre
versity of Detroit, was a lighting Big Bare Comedy '97 Festival in
know by dropping a line to Take
in Chicago July 1-3 and the
stand-in, and will also appear in California. Around town, he has
a Bow, The Detroit Jewish
Grand Valley Shakespeare
a scene involving Hugh Hefner. entertained at the Comedy Cas-
News, 27676 Franklin Road,
Festival
in
Grand
Rapids
Sept.
"We filmed [the scene] in Malibu. tle, Main Street Comedy Show-
Fedora Horowitz:
Southfield, MI 48034.
28-29.
We were all in bathing suits; it case, Woody's and All Jokes Aside.
Saying goodbye to Detroit.
en the Star South-
field Entertainment
Centre has its grand
opening Tuesday,
June 24, HAVEN (Help Against
Violent Encounters Now) will ben-
efit.
HAVEN's 10th annual fund-
raiser, Promenade of Hope,
chaired by Michelle Nelson, be-
gins with dinner and moves on to
presentations, a choice of four
movies to be viewed by attendees
and a lavish dessert table.
Every guest will feel like a
movie star, driving up to a red car-
pet and greeted by autograph
hounds. Special guests in the
crowd will include Magic and
Cookie Johnson. Music will be
by Mel Ball.
For opening night information,
call (248) 334-2343, Ext. 901.
was freezing. I run across the
screen for a second," say's Shap-
ero.