"AN UTTER TRIUMPH!

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that had been passed down to me
during my growing up — how my
grandma and grandpa came to
America, the first person they met,
the family that took them in.
"I paid more attention to the
truthfulness of the atmosphere than
to the literal facts of the actual
words said, and I appreciate watch-
ing other people relate to the issues
of family relationships that the play
creates — husband and wife, father
and son, mother and daughter.
Harelik, 48 and single, recalls a
close-knit, extended family that
enjoyed huge gatherings. When he
left family behind to go to college,
his sights were set on a musical
career with not a thought about
revealing their history on stage.

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"The situations
were a compilation
of all the stories
that had been
passed down to me
during my
growing up."

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The other plays in
the 1999-2000 JET
season include:

• The Prisoner of Second Avenue
by Neil Simon
--- Dec. 22-Jan. 23

Simon captures the depths of
modern city life -- urban angst
and mental breakdown — by
poking fun at all the problems
that must be tackled.

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• Broken Glass by Arthur Miller
— March 8-April 9

After a woman is stricken by a
mysterious paralysis, the doctor
realizes she is obsessed by the
devastating news from Germany.
But this problem is coiled
around what he learns is her
strange relationship with her
husband. The doctor unearths
the couple's fears and longings
in this play about sexual awak
ening, consequences of denial
and the toll of social injustice.

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recalls. "I lasted exactly three months
Comedic and touching
because the workload and competi-
vignettes unfold six different
tion were too fierce. Being a concert
stories with a similar theme.
pianist had been the whole focus of
Each examines relationships by
my life, and I abandoned it in a
looking at the day the people
frighteningly short period of time.
met. Characters are young and
Although I still play the piano,
old men
I've never done it professionally.
and
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once I left college, I came to
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9/24
1999

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