Please join us for the first annual
aunty Center's
F es tival
"I think the play mirrors the coni
Dplexiry of Glenn Gould, and I think
it's a fair intellectual and emotional
portrait," says Young, 52, making his
Stratford debut with this production.
"I think he's one of the great cultural
heroes of our age, so I'm very proud to
think that this play can carry the
Gould persona to a nonmusical audi-
ence. This is a docudrama with the
emphasis on the drama."
Gould, who performed at the
Stratford Festival in the '60s, might have
crossed paths with Janet Levine, whose
parents began taking
her to the summer
plays when she
was 13.
"If people
can be
exposed to
theater as chil-
dren, their love
for theater
"Glenn" playwright
grows with
David Young
them," says
Levine, elected
vice chairper-
son of the newly formed Michigan
Friends of the Stratford Festival.
When Levine was married 36 years
ago, she made a pact with her hus-
band, Ellsworth: She would go to
sports events with him if he would go
to Stratford with her. Over the years,
his appreciation of theater deepened,
and the two have taken their friends
and children along with them.
"Stratford is so unique and special
that it warrants special support, says
Levine, who calls attention to the ben-
efits of joining the budding organiza-
tion — instructive and social events in
metro Detroit and Stratford, early
booking programs and deluxe seating
arrangements.
About 100,000 of last year's
Stratford audience of 523,000 were
from Michigan.
When Levine was a teenager, she
saw Christopher Plummer in Hamlet
and developed a crush on the actor
and respect 'for the Shakespearean
tragedy. In recent years, she saw
Plummer signing books at the festival
and told him about his influence in
her love for Shakespeare.
"He got a kick out of that and so
did I," Levine says.
LeBow
Thursday, June 10
Aaron DeRoy Theatre • D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building • Jewish Community Center
Sunday, June 13-Wednesday, June 16
Star Theatre, Southfield
See top international Jewish films: features, documentaries and short subjects.
Experience Jewish culture around the world through film.
Film topics
Romance, the Holocaust, contemporary Israel, Jewish life in America,
Jewish food, the Jewish Brigade and Jewish Hollywood
Schedule of Screenings
Thursday Sunday
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
1.My Mother's
First Olympics
2.Hitchhikers
1.Divine Food:
wo years in Kosher Deli Trade
2.Odessa Steps
3.Mah-jongg:
The Tiles That Bind
4.The Personals-
Improvisations on Romance
in the Golden Years
All of It
6 p.m.
Patron reception
A Life Apart
Hasidism in America
r-
Speaker
Rabbi Elimelech
Silberberg
8 p.m.
In Our
Own Hands
Tuesday Wednesday
June 15
June 14
Star Theatre , Southfield
Aaron DeRoy Theatre
JCC West Bloomfiela
Free preview of New local
documentary - 2 p.m.
Generation to Generation
Speakers:
Sue Marx & David Techner,
Producers
Monday
7:30 p.m.
Soleil
Speaker
Terry Lawson,
Detroit Free Press
film critic
8 P.m.
1. Human Remains
2. A Letter
Without Words
Speaker.
Lisa Lewenz,
director
8 p.m.
Hollywoodism:
Jews, Movies Er the
American Dream
Introductory Remarks:
Speaker:
Jody Podolsky,
Producer/Director
8 p.m.
Autumn Sun
Speaker
Rabbi
Leonardo Bitran
Sandy Schreier,
TV personality/author
Tickets $6 general admission, $5 seniors • Series general admission $45, series seniors $35
For ticket information, call the Jewish Center's Jewish Life and Learning Department, (248) 661-7649.
Sponsored by a generous endowment from the Milton Marwil Family in memory of Lenore Marwil
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For information on this summer's
festival, call (800) 567-1600. For
information on Michigan Friends
of the Stratford Festival, call
(800) 561-1233, Ext. 5502.
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