3-Girls Are 8a-a-a-a-d!

"Chosen chicks" deconstruct years of tradition
in fast-paced vaudeville extravaganza.

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"The J-Girls"

BILL CARROLL
Special to the Jewish News

uestion: What are nice Jewish
girls doing in a show like this?
Answer: They're singing, danc-
ing and doing some comedy - and, oh
yes, even a striptease or two.
The show is Vice Jewish Girls Gone
Bad, a refreshing mix of jokes, music
and burlesque that will play Friday and
Saturday nights, Oct. 1-2, at the 100-
seat 1515 Broadway nightery in down-
town Detroit.
The production will be the "nightcap"
of an unusual doubleheader that has
nothing to do with baseball at Comerica
Park The "opener" for Vice Jewish Girls
will be Laura's Bush, a political satire in
support of MoveOn.org, which runs
Sept. 30-Oct. 10 at 1515 Broadway.
Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad features six
performers, four of them Jewish, and is a
fast-paced revue loaded with self-depre-
cating humor and sexuality. It's complete
with kick-lines, pasties and a hilarious
rendition of a scene from Fiddler on the
Roof.
The show has played to sold-out
crowds in various venues in the
Northeast and now is at the brink of its
Midwest tour.
"Jewish women get a bad rap, from
JAPs to Jewish mothers," said Susannah
Perlman, one of the performers from
New York. She's also the show's produc-
er, main writer and "ringleader."
"Jewish women could use some
improvement from the kvetching and
cliches that people have come to know,

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love and hate," she said. "Nice Jewish
Girls tells about the girls who learned to
smoke in Hebrew school, got drunk at
their bat mitzvahs and sat through 12-
hour seders; they're the 'chosen chicks'
who boldly dare to deconstruct years of
tradition, expectations and guilt."
Perlman, 31, whose brother is a
Conservative rabbi in New York, points
out that she "was conceived in Ann
Arbor," where her parents lived during
the time her father, the late Dr.
Lawrence Perlman, was teaching at the
University of Michigan.
A graduate of the University of
Wisconsin and an Interlcohen alum,
Susannah Perlman began her theater
career as an apprentice at Traverse City's
Cherry County Playhouse.
"I'm thrilled to return to Michigan,"
she gushed, "and bring this great group
of J-girls with me."
Others in the show are comedienne
Cynthia Levin, singer-songwriter
Michelle Citrin, spoken word artist
Vanessa Hidary — all out-of-towners —
and two "shiksa dancers" from Detroit:
Sparkly Devil and Goldie Adore, both
known for their burlesque artistry. PI

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Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad goes
on at 10 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, Oct. 1-2, following the
performance of the political satire
Laura's Bush, at 1515 Broadway,
across from the Detroit Opera
House. $15. (313) 965-1515.

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