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in Conjunction with The Caring Community Committee
And the Temple Treasures, Presents:

our Monthly Senior Adult program

The fabulous Oakland County Parks Broadway Revue
Commemorates the Great American Broadway Musical

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THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2001
1:30 P.M.
AT TEMPLE ISRAEL
5725 Walnut Lake Road
West Bloomfield

Mystifying 'Madame X" revisits,
revived as a musical drama.

As a part of our regular afternoon
program for seniors, you are invited for
coffee, cookies and wonderful company!
Open to the public free of charge.
Bring your friends for all the fun!

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mysterious "woman" of the
theater, almost 100 years
old, will return to the stage
in a new guise next week.
illadame X, which so beguiled audi-
ences when her story was first told in
Detroit in the 1930s that a car was
named after her, will open in a revised
musical drama format Thursday, July
19, at Ann Arbor's Mendelssohn Theatre
and continue for 12 performances
through Aug. 5.
Two Jewish women will have key roles
in the production. Dana Kraft, 21, of
West Bloomfield, plays Helene, while
Karen Leahy, formerly of Huntington
Woods, serves as general manager of the
production.
This version of Madame Xis billed as
making its "professional world premiere,"
but the story's roots go back to the play
La Femme X by Alexander Bisson, which
debuted in Paris in 1905. Famed Jewish
actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923)
played the lead on Broadway in 1908.
When the play came to Detroit, the
lead character caught the fancy of
General Motors Chief Stylist Harley Earl
and he named a car after her. The
Madame X Custom Cadillac Fleetwood
existed only for the 1930-31 model
years. Madame X later was translated to
the screen for several films, including the
1966 version starring Lana Turner.
Paul Bruce, a Dearborn native and a
former educator, turned Madame X into
a musical in the early 1990s, writing the
music, lyrics and book. The new version
ends two years of preparation by
AlleyCats Productions, a Chicago-based
company headed by former
Michiganders Jeffery and Stephanie
Hammonds, who are the co-producers.
Jeffery, from Canton, also is the director;
Stephanie, from Farmington, plays the
lead role of Jacqueline.
As is customary for major shows with
Broadway intentions, this production
allows the show to be tested in a more
intimate market. "Talk-back" sessions
will follow the two preview performanc-
es, July 19 and 20.

Through 13 original songs, Madame
X tells the story of Jacqueline Floriot, a
wife and mother who falls from grace
after being falsely accused of unfaithful-
ness. Her husband, a well-to-do French
attorney, banishes her from his home
and the life of their young son,
Raymond.
She disappears into the streets of turn-
of-the-century Paris. Later, she is
charged with murdering a man to pro-
tect her family. Her son, now a lawyer
himself, is assigned to defend the myste-
rious Madame X, unaware of her true
identity.
"Paul Bruce substantially reworked the
show, especially the script, and it's a
more solid production now," said Leahy,
the show's general manager. "Madame X
is a period piece that tells a dramatic

