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They try to an altogether humorless vocation, cer- hide what they fear is a scandal from tainly it can't compete with the laugh- the second couple, who tries to hide it ter quotient he receives from his after- from the third, and so on, until all of hours gig — director of the Neil the guests are caught in a mad melee Simon comedy Rumors, opening June of rumor and misunderstanding. 17 at the Ann Arbor Civic Theater. What happens when nobody "After a long day at the office, just remembers who has been told what when I think I can't work another about whom? It's the kind of contem- minute, I head over to the theater and porary middle-class farce at which get a huge energy surge Simon excels. And if as soon as we start you're familiar, as rehearsing," says Bernstein is, with the Bernstein, 43, an Ann rhythms of fast-paced Arbor resident, formerly New York Jewish dia- of Southfield. logue, you're in for a In his AACT director- particularly good time. ial debut, Bernstein feels When not on stage lucky to be involved with or in front of his com- a superb cast of 10 and puter, Bernstein enjoys some wonderfully funny writing and storytelling. dialogue from one of His wife, Sharon America's most popular Brevoort, is also a pro- playwrights. "Rtimors is grammer and sings with pure comedy," he says. the Arbor Consort. His "We crack up all the son Alan, 19, attends time." In Neil Simon's "Rumors," college in Kalamazoo. Bernstein is no "My mom was a directed by Mark stranger to community speech teacher and my Bernstein for Ann Arbor theater. He's been per- wife performs. It's great Civic Theatre, a group of forming since junior that they can under- friends arrive at a fancy high school, and stand my passion for party to find the food although his classes at the theater," says uncooked, their hostess University of Michigan Bernstein as he logs missing and their host took place mostly in another 16-hour day of with a gunshot wound. computer labs, he "did computers and comedy. theater for fun." He's -- Linda Bachrack given voice to the chorus in a number of musicals and played a sleazy Hollywood director in City of Angels, The Ann Arbor Civic Theater as well as having occupied the direc- presents Neil Simon's Rumors 8 tor's chair for the Ypsilanti Players' p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, June Arsenic es, Old Lace. 17-19 and June 24-26; and 2 AACT administrative director Ron p.m. Sundays, June 20 and 27, at Baumanis suggested that Bernstein its playhouse, 2275 Platt Road, apply for the Rumors director's job. in Ann Arbor. $16 adult/$14 stu- Once hired, Bernstein threw himself, dents/seniors. (734) 971 2228. heart and soul, into the play. "When you're performing," he says, "you focus on your lines, on developing your character. But as director you must see the entire show in your head. For eight "You can take the -boy out of the weeks, the show has been my life." '60s, but you can't take the '60s out of And Rumors s is pure Simon, says the boy," says Mike Meyers, reprising his Bernstein. "Doors slam, one-liners fly, role as that swinging International Man there's lots of physical humor. Timing of Mystery Austin Powers in Austin is crucial." Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. The story revolves around a deputy This time around, the year is 1999 mayor of New York and his wife, who Rampant 'Rumors WE ARE OPEN 7 DAYS NI-SAT. 7 AM TO 9:30 PM SUN. 7AMT 8PM • Expires 12-31-99 • One Per Person News & Reviews - ci&Q 6"`f4 24234 Orchard Lake Rd., N.E. corner of 10 Mile • 476-1377