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music and lyrics by David Kirshenbaum
and book by Hunter Foster, was pro-
duced Off-Broadway. Hearts, by Willy
Holtzman, was done regionally.
Silverstein, who grew up in Beverly
Hills, earned his bachelor's degree in
film at U-M and recalls making
movies with friends before attending
Groves High School, where his interest
continued as he contemplated college.
After graduating from U-M in
1997, he moved to California and
found a job as a film production
assistant.
"I worked on quality control,"
Silverstein explains. "My responsibil-
ities had to do with video and audio
standards. While I was doing that,
Hungry was shown to various people,
and I became a staff writer for [the
TV program] The Invisible Man
because producers liked that script."
That job lasted for two seasons, dur-
ing which Silverstein became a co-pro-
ducer. His next opportunity moved
him to the USA Network, where he
worked on The Dead Zone, a series
about a man with supernatural powers.
Although Silverstein was not suc-
cessful with Newton, a series pilot
shot in Australia, he was able to place
Confidence on UPN. The series,
accepted on a limited basis, plots one
crime over several episodes.
"I had a Jewish character in The
Invisible Man," says Silverstein, who
had his bar mitzvah at Temple
Emanu-El and was part of a Jewish a
cappella group while attending U-M.

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"He was shown wearing a yarmulke."
Silverstein, the son of Carolyn and
Barry Silverstein, now of Franklin,
met his wife, Laurie, in the class for
which he wrote Hungry. They got to
know each other after the class
ended, when she moved to the West
-Coast also in search of professional
opportunities.
Over the years, Silverstein has kept
with a system of completing his first
drafts in longhand on legal pads
before he moves to the computer.
"I don't like to start at the computer
because I can type as fast as I think,"
he says. "The pen forces me to edit
my thoughts, and those thoughts now
are centered on two pilots that I've
just been asked to write.
"I've found writing for television
very fulfilling. I was lucky to get an
early start at it after moving to
California. Television has been very
good to me, but I still hope to work
on movies." ❑

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