Arts I Life
Milestone Concert
The Birmingham Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra
will conclude its 30th season 7 p.m. Sunday, May 8,
with a Mother's Day family concert themed
"Romantic Blockbusters," to be held at Temple Beth
El, 14 Mile Road at Telegraph, in Bloomfield
Township. It will be the final con-
cert conducted by Felix Resnick as
the orchestra's music director.
Resnick, who helped form the
orchestra 30 years ago and led it
for its entire history, will become
its conductor laureate next season
as Charles Greenwell, BBSO's
Felix Resnick
pops conductor of 14 years, takes
over the musical helm. Sunday's
program includes works by Dvorak, Rachmaninoff
and Richard Strauss.
Adult admission is $25; children are admitted
free. Tickets are available at the door. (248) 645-
2276 or www.bbso.org.
Dishing The Dirt
Seen through the eyes of William Shakespeare's
wife, Anne, the Bard's life and works are exposed
from someone who knew him best in the world pre-
miere of Mrs. Shakespeare Dishes the Dirt, written
and performed by award-winning actor and director
Gillian Eaton (a Plymouth resident who's directed
several plays for Jewish Ensemble Theatre).
Adapted from the book by Robert Nye, Dirt
introduces the Shakespeare family to audiences in a
comedic way, as Mrs. Shakespeare spills the beans as
only a long-suffering wife can. The production is
directed by Malcolm Tulip, an assistant professor of
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Bloomin' Role
Opening Friday, May 6, in area theaters is the Ridley
Scott (Gladiator) Crusader-era, Jerusalem-set epic
Kingdom of Heaven, in which heartthrob Orlando
Bloom stars.
Bloom's last name makes many people curious
whether he is Jewish. In fact, he does have a curious
parental background. His legal father was South
African Jewish attorney and author HARRY
BLOOM (1913-1981) .
Harry Bloom was an important figure in the anti-
apartheid movement. A friend of Nelson Mandela, he
was jailed at least twice for opposing racial segregation
in his homeland. His most famous literary work was
an anti-racism novel called Episode. It was a bestseller
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performing arts at the University of
Michigan.
Performances are 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8
p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 6-
8, at the Cherry Hill Theatre, 50400
Cherry Hill Road, in Canton. Tickets are
$15. For more information or to purchase
tickets, call the Cherry Hill Theatre at
(734) 394-5460.
Marvelous Marvelettes
Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit will
present the world premiere of Now That I
Can Dance — Motown, 1962, an original
play
spotlighting the early days of
GAIL ZINIMERMAN
Motown records and Motown's first girl
Arts Editor
group, the Marvelettes, Friday, May 13,
at the Detroit Institute of Arts (entrance
and parking on John R).
The play follows the dramatic real-life story of
World-famous violinist and conductor Andre
five teenagers from Inkster who went on to perform
Rieu, with the Johann Strauss Orchestra, plays
Motown's first No. 1 hit, "Please Mr. Postman." The
Detroit's Fox Theatre 7 p.m. Monday, May 9.
production, featuring many of Motown's hit songs,
Dubbed the "King of Waltz," the Dutch-born
brings to life the glamour and the harsh realities of
Rieu grew up in a musical family and began taking
Motown's early days.
violin lessons at age 5. He has performed all over
"The parallels between Mosaic's young artists and
the world and recorded public television specials in
those who made Motown famous more than 40
the United States, which have
years ago are stunning," says Mosaic founder, CEO
been popular locally on Detroit
and Dance playwright Rick Sperling, who worked
Public Television.
closely with the youth ensemble during the play's
Rieu's latest album, Tuscany,
development process. "There's the similarity in age,
released in September 2004,
of course. And we also see that same hunger, deter-
quickly reached the Top 10 on
mination, kinship and immense talent."
the classical charts. He's also
The play will run two consecutive weekends, May
scored success with a CD tided
13-15 and 20 22. Performance times are 8 p.m.
Andre Rieu at the Movies. His
Fridays and Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays. Tickets
concerts feature a variety of
Andre Rieu
are $18 general admission/$12 students and sen-
musical genres — including
iors/no children under 5. Tickets are available at the
famous movie and musical
DIA box office, (313) 833-4005, and through
songs, well-known classical melodies and more.
Mosaic, (313) 872-6910, Ext. 4004. Purchase tick-
Tickets are $38-$58 and may be purchased at the
ets online at www.mosaicdetroit.org .
Fox Theatre and Joe Louis Arena box offices and at
The play also will be performed at Ann Arbor's
all Ticketmaster locations. Charge by phone at
Performance Network 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and
(313) 433-1515. For more information, call (313)
3 p.m. Sunday, June 23-26; call (734) 663-0681.
471-6611.
Rieu The Day
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in South Africa in the early 1960s and was eventually
published in 17 countries.
In 1963, Bloom left South Africa for exile in
England with his wife,
Sonia Copeland. (She was
considerably younger than
her husband. We do not
know if Sonia Copeland is
Jewish).
Sadly, in the early '70s,
Harry Bloom suffered a
stroke that left him largely
incapacitated until his
death.
In early press interviews,
Orlando Bloom referred to
Orlando Bloom
Harry as his father and
mentioned how proud he
was of his father's political work. However, in July
2003, Orlando told interviewers that Harry Bloom
v,ras not his biological father. He said that his mother
told him when he was about 13 that "family friend"
Colin Stone was his father. Later in 2003, Sonia
Copeland Bloom told the press the same thing.
The impression one has from these interviews is
that Harry Bloom was aware of the unorthodox
arrangement between Sonia and Stone and was
accepting of it due to his physical condition.
Orlando Bloom has never spoken of any religious
beliefs. However, in December 2004, there was a reli-
able report that he had taken part in a ceremony at a
London Buddhist temple that is described as the first
step in converting to Buddhism.
Rockin' Eretz Israel
The Rolling Stones announced they will perform in
Israel during their 2006 world tour. Meanwhile, other
big name acts now say they will tour Israel as well,
noting that the recent truce has made it much easier
for them to get tour insurance, something most major
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