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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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All shows begin at 8 pm,
except Sundays at 2 pm

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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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CARRY-OUT • DINE-IN • MADE "TO

Go"

CATERING FOR YOUR EVERY OCCASION • DELIVERY

14 & Woodward • Royal Oak

Last year'sThe Way It Really Is is a combination of reflection and look-

ing forward to what's ahead.

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October 6 - 2005