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An Award -winning drama
by
Tony Kushner
Oct 14-16,
20-23, '05
I ' MERICA
Tickets: $12
Part Iwo: Perestroika
Mature Theme, Situation
and Language.
4 's
- ALSO ON OUR 2ND STAGE -
A hilarious musical spoof
Zombies from the Beyond
Feb. 24 - March 12, '06
Based on Carol Burnett's memoirs
Hollywood Arms
Apr. 28 - May 7, '06
On our Main Stage
Noel Coward's coined)
2000 Pulitzer for Drama
Blithe Spirit
Dinner with
Friends
Nov.4 - 20, '05
Mar. 31 -Apr. 16, '06
A musical comedy
I Love You,
You're Perfect,
Now Change
Award-winning musical
Ragtime
May 26 - June 18, '06
Jan. 13 - Feb. 5, '06
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Sweet & Loeb from page 51
At the same time, some of her
earliest musical influences hail
from her childhood Jewish com-
munity.
The first time Loeb played
acoustic guitar in public was at
Dallas' Camp Chai, where, she
says, "We changed the words of
`Stairway to Heaven' so they dealt
with 'cabin No. 1 instead of 'that
lady.'" Musically, she says, she
related more to the "sing-along
songs" she learned at camp than
to the "very dissonant, modern
classical music" she heard at her
Reform synagogue.
At her elite girls prep school,
where she was one of only a few
Jews, she refrained from singing
the obligatory Christmas carols.
Classmates attended a cotillion at
a club that barred Jews, but that
didn't prevent Loeb from serving
as class president or starting to
write songs at age 15.
Even then, her lyrics were
angst-ridden: "In my family life
and my school the focus was
always on keeping everything
together, putting on a good face
and trying to be pleasant and
polite she explains. "For me,
songwriting was a time to let
everything else come out!'
The habit continued as Loeb
formed a singing duo at Brown,
burst on the national scene with
"Stay" and released her 1995
debut album, Tails, which went
Lisa Loeb: "For me, songwriting
was a time to let everything else
come out."
gold. Her 1997 CD, Firecracker,
featured her hit single "I Do!'
Spiritual Journey
By now her career trajectory is
as famous as her frames, but Loeb
has also embarked upon a quieter,
parallel journey: her exploration
of the spiritual side of Judaism. It
began about six years ago "as I
was getting of the age when I
would hopefully get married and
have children',' she says.
"And — my parents would say,
unfortunately — I had been dat-
ing men who were not Jewish,
which meant I had to really think
about and be able to explain to
somebody else, what I believe'
One somebody else in particu-
lar was then-fiance Dweezil
Zappa, son of the late subversive
rocker Frank Zappa.
Sweet & Loeb on page 55
Bob Fenkell Stan Snitz
wish all our Friends & Family
a Happy & Healthy New Year
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Last year'sThe Way It Really Is is a combination of reflection and look-
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October 6 - 2005