WINE

DINNER

TUE5 DAY.
SEPTEMBER 27TH
STARING AT 6:30pt,
$150"' PER PERSON •

Play Time

FEATURING:
WORLD CLASS
CUISINE FROM
MOSAICS KITCHEN
AND WINES
FROM MOSAIC'S
WINE CELLAR.

Author pens five one-acts for reading
and performing pleasure.

and amateur theater groups — ideal
for Jewish theaters, community cen-
Special to the Jewish News
ters and synagogues. The plays have
small casts and simple staging
ou say you love going to the
requirements. In fact, two of them
theater, but don't always
were performed by JET in recent
have the time?
years as part of a package of short
Jewish author and theater veteran
plays.
Bruce J. Bloom has just
Bloom, 70, of
the thing for you. It's a
Southold, N.Y., has been
117-page book called Are
involved in the theater
You Jewish? Five One-Act
since studying the subject
Comedy Plays About
at Cornell University,
Jewish Identity
acting, directing, writing
(iUniverse; $12.95).
and designing sets.
Of course, it could
"My plays reflect my
never take the place of
understanding of what
the live theater experi-
works on the stage," he
ence of attending, for
said. "I believe my own
example, a full-blown
insights and experiences
production of the Jewish Bruce J. Bloom
as a Jew have provided
Ensemble Theatre. But
my
richest ideas for
it might suffice for a
plays. "
quiet evening at home.
The five one-act plays in this slim
Besides recreational reading, the
volume include Can You Ever Forgive
plays, written for uncomplicated
Arthur Kleinman, about a man asking
production, also provide proven
a rabbi to forgive him for backing out
material for use by both professional
of his bar mitzvah 40 years earlier;

BILL CARROLL

Daniel Ortega and Those Yom Kippur
Blues, in which Arthur is back look-

ing for his lost faith
in a Latino
saloon; The Best

Meal You Ever Ate,

about an exquisite
meal for the last
two remaining Jews
fighting the Nazis;

The Last Request of
Eddie
Carmichael/Cohen,

about a man on his
deathbed who
announces he's
Jewish, not Catholic,
and wants to marry his
Jewish lover; and Are You
Jewish? about a woman
who thinks a lovely televi-
sion weathercaster would
make a nice match for her
son.
Best Meal and Last
Request were performed by
JET. II

CALL TODAY...
LIMITED AVAILABILIT1

I DAY'S:
Di TOM T & JAR:: T
ON PERCUSSION
SATU R DAY'S:
DJ MAI I A

MON-FRI: 11AM-2AM
SAT: 4PM-2AM
SUN: 5PM-10PM

MOSAIC RESTAURANT
501 MONROE
DETROIT, MICHIGAN

313.962.9366
313.962.9369

1019130

The Honey Tree!
The oldest original restautari
on Orchard Lake is now on
Morthwestetn Hwy.

Thank you fot gout continuing.,
support at our new location.
We are very grateful

George, TeresQ and sf U 1

from 2 pm - 5:30 pm daily
seniors only

20% eft
total bill

Open
7 Days
A Week

George's

Okfi

Carry-Out
Service At Our
Northeast =OXIO
Entrance

Catering

Carry-Out

33080 Northwestern Highway
West Bloomfield, MI
Phone: 248-539-8300 • Fax: 248-539-8303
Summer Hours: Mon-Fri 11-10 • Sat 9-10 • Sun 9-9

9/15

2005

1004390
.46Eireek

45