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.