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 Celebrity Jews NATE BLOOM Special to the Jewish News 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 5/5 2005 50 Best Bets 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 - 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 CELEBRITY JEWS on page 52 FYI: For Arts and Life related events that you wish to have considered for Out & About, please send the item, with a detailed description of the event, times, dates, place, ticket prices and publishable phone number, to: Gail Zimmerman, JN Out & About, The Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern Highway, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034; fax us at (248) 304-8885; or e-mail to gzimmerman@thejewishnews.com Notice must be received at least three weeks before the scheduled event. Photos are appreciated but cannot be returned. All events and dates listed in the Out & About column are subject to change.