CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF DETROIT PRESENTS At The Movies Miami String Quartet SATURDAY, MAY 18 • 8:00 PM Seligman Performing Arts Center Detroit Country Day School STATE OF 'GRACE' from page 104 Cleveland Quartet Award Concert Sponsored by Effi and David Weinberg 2002-2003 SERIES / 59TH SEASON rine runlatre markterior Rs*, ,nce 1f7 ,7 2002-2003 SEASON SPONSOR Juilliard String Quartet Saturday, Sept. 21, 2002, 8 p.m. Guarneri String Quartet Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003, 8 p.m. Spobsored by Scott Shuptrine Fine Furniture and Interior Design Tokyo String Quartet with Jon Kimura Parker, Piano Saturday, March 8, 2003, 8 p.m. Yefim Bronfman, Piano Gil Shaham, Violin Truls Mork, Cello Saturday, Oct. 19, 2002, 8 p.m. Sponsored by Marx Layne & Company Krystian Zimerman, Piano 'Saturday, April 12, 2003, 8 p.m. Sponsored by Aldingbrooke Terrace and Townhome Rentals, a Beztak Development Sponsored by Scott Shuptrine Fine Furniture and Interior Design Carter Brey, Cello and Christopher O'Riley, Piano Saturday, Nov. 16, 2002, . 8 p.m. Miami String Quartet with Pepe Romero, Guitar Saturday, May 17, 2003, 8 p.m. Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio with Cynthia Phelps, Viola, principal violist, New York Philharmonic Saturday, Dec. 14, 2002, 8 p.m. ChantherMust Society ALL CONCERTS PRESETWAT PERFORMINO:ARTS CtNTER .. To order tickets by phone, or for subscription information about the 2002-2003 series call (248) 855-6070 www.ComeHearCMSD.org While Grace has never seriously dated a Jewish man, Messing wed Daniel Zelman, an actor-screenwriter, in a cere- mony conducted by a rabbi in September 2000. The couple attended High Holiday services in Los Angeles last year, though Messing describes her Jewish identity as "more cultural than institutionalized." She performs her share of tzedakah by supporting charities such as the Gay Men's Health Crisis and Best Friend's Pet Sanctuary. Another Messing con- tribution to the Jewish zeitgeist. Will 6- Grace director James Burrows calls her Juicy, the Jewish Lucy, because of her prowess for physical comedy. Anyone who remembers the explod- ing water-bra episode understands why critics agree she's a sexier, contempo- rary incarnation of Lucille Ball. Even Allen noted her natural comic ability and cast her in a cameo in his 1998 film,. Celebrity. 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We'll fax one right over! 5/10 2002 106 JEWISH NEWS CLASSIFIEDS 12401 539-3001 parents lost their entire families," says , the actress, who noted an eerie similarity between a relative's story and Anne's. "My grandfather's 14-year-old brother was also hidden, but one day he couldn't take it anymore and he ran outside and was shot." No wonder Portman frequently found herself crying offstage: "It's a stunning realization when you come to see how much historical memory affects you," she says. After director George Lucas cast her in his three Star Wars prequels, Portman couldn't help but compare the saga's Clone warriors to Nazi troops. "The clones actualize the sort of de-indi- viduation necessary to give rise to some- thing like the Holocaust," Portman says. The actress also feels Star Wars — with its desert landscapes, warlords and shadowy villains — has particular resonance since the Afghanistan war. The-saga explores how Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen in Episode II) turns to the Dark Side and becomes Darth Vader — a question one could ask of American-born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh. "Why there is evil in the world, and actor's bible, so that's very disarming," Messing says. "Then he sort of leaves you alone for a long time and doesn't say anything and just lets you find your way. Often you don't rehearse and you get only one take; it's so fast it makes your head spin." Messing's career trajectory has been equally head-spinning. She's appeared on every magazine cover from Cosmo to Glamour and recently flexed her dramatic muscles by portraying Richard Gere's doomed wife in the feature film The Mothman Prophesies. She says her goal is "to work within all mediums and to switch genres as often as possible." Playing the very un-Grace-like Lori in Hollywood Ending has helped. "It's been an amazing experience," she says. "To star in a Woody Allen movie — as his girlfriend, no less — has been a real-life Hollywood ending for me." ❑ Debra Messing stars in Hollywood Ending, currently in theaters. The one-hour season finale of Will Grace airs 9 p.m. Thursday, May 16, on NBC. what purpose it serves, will keep imi- tative mythologies like Star Wars alive," Portman says. She found herself pondering the same question during a visit to Israel three months ago. While sitting on a Tel Aviv beach, her reverie was inter- rupted by explosions. "Then we heard the ambulances coming," Portman says. "When we got back to the hotel, we heard that 20 girls my age had been killed in a suicide bombing at the Dolphinarium, just a block away from where we had been." Portman, nevertheless, is determined to keep on visiting Israel. But she's unsure Star Wars: Episode III will corn- mence shooting in Tunisia next year. "I have a feeling we'll have to figure something else out," says the psychol- ogy major, who takes advanced Hebrew, attends Hillel and reads the Israeli newspaper HaAretz. "It would be great if we could end up shooting in Israel, because we've got plenty of good desert there." ❑ Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones opens Thursday, May 16, in area theaters.