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SWING! from page 76

to keep the show going to
give people something
joyful to watch after those
tragic events," Steinberg
said.
In her "early 40s" and
single, Steinberg is a
fourth-generation New
Yorker on her father's side
of the family. She took
dancing lessons, played in
summer stock and attend-
ed Ithaca (N.Y.) College
and New York University,
earning a degree in theater
history and dramatic liter-
ature.
She had a traditional
Jewish upbringing, attend-
ing a Reform temple near
Rye, N.Y., where her
father performed with the
temple's theater troupe.
She still attends High
Holiday services, always
looking for synagogues
while traveling.
The acting bug got into
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earlier, when her grandfa-
ther ran away from home
to become an actor. When
he gave up and returned, a
relative told him: "Actor,
shmactor. A button-hole
A scene from "Swing!": American swing music
maker — now that's a
"actually is a collection of ethnic heritages, emanating
profession for a Jewish
from
jazz, blues, klezmer and all other ethnic music
person." He became a
from
across
Europe," says director Lori Steinberg.
linen salesman instead.
Steinberg's original
grueling and strenuous. Injuries, like
intention was to act, but, after survey-
sprains and muscle pulls, are part of
ing the acting scene, she decided she
the daily rehearsal and performing
would rather direct than perform.
routine. The show is a physical chal-
She hooked up with Zaks, the son
lenge for the dancers — but they do a
of Holocaust survivors, in the 1980s
great job and the audiences love it." ❑
and became his assistant director on
several productions, including
Assassins, Six Degrees of Separation, and
. the revivals of Guys and Dolls and
Swing! will be performed 7:30
Anything Goes. She recently directed
p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 2 and 7:30
`the new musical A Child's Garden and
p.m. Saturday and 1 and 6:30
Ice Island: The Mit for Shackleton.
p.m. Sunday, June 18-23, at
The producers were impressed with
Detroit's Fox Theatre. $24-$56.
her work and called her to take over
(248) 433-1515.
Swing! on its first national tour two
Olympia Entertainment is
years ago, when it played eight weeks
searching for local experienced
in . Los Angeles. She didn't have a lot of
dance couples, 18 and older, to
time to make changes.
strut their stuff. The first 15 cou-
"One of our dilemmas was whether
ples to register will report to The
to use a company of trained swing
Second City by 4 p.m. Tuesday,
dancers or a company of Broadway
June 18, for an hour-long dance
dancers taught the swing technique,"
contest. The judges from Swing!
said Steinberg. "Ultimately, we found
will award a meet-and-greet and
we needed both — and anyone whose
tickets to the opening-night per-
talents spanned those two worlds was
formance to the winning couple.
a godsend.
Call (313) 471 3288.
"The swing dancing in the show is

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