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the Bram Stoker novel and countless
films and stage performances. The
ballet is set to the music of Gustav
Mahler (excerpts from his first, second
and ninth symphonies), the famed
composer who abandoned Judaism for
Catholicism.
This production of Dracula features
sets and costumes by Paul Daigle,
complete with flying bats, dancing,
menacing gargoyles. and a host of
special effects, with lighting design by
David Morrison. U.S.-born choreogra-
pher Mark Godden roots his Dracula
in the Stoker.novel, using expres-
sive dance and a unique sequence
of events to tell the story of Lucy
Westenra, Mina Murray, Jonathan
Harker and the infamous count.

a Canadian show that has been
remade in many countries with local
actors. A new episode is shown on
Wednesday nights following the
TBS rerun of Sex and the City and
reruns throughout the week. Check
the schedule on 1,vwi,v.tbs.com , where
a plot summary of past shows is
available.

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New on DVD are When Do We
Eat?, Safe Men and Go For
Zucker.
Eat (2005), about a bizarre fam-
ily's Passover seder, boasts a stellar
cast of Jewish actors, including Jack
Klugman, Lesley Ann Warren,
Ben Feldman and Michael
Lerner. But it tries to be a comedy
and a drama, and it doesn't work as
either. Still, it has its moments, and
the cast alone is worth a rental fee.
Safe Men (1998) is a comedy
about two dolts who get mistaken for

(Some interpretations of the legend
insist Stoker's novel was anti-Semitic.
Indeed, Tod Browning's film version of
1931 featured Bela Lugosi as the count
wearing a Star of David on his chest.
In 1987, this LugoSi-based figure of
Dracula appeared on a General Mills
Count Chocula cereal box, inspiring
some outrage.)
Performance times for the Royal
Winnipeg ballet's Dracula are 7:30
p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and
Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept.
28-Oct. 1. Dracula scholar Elizabeth
Miller will host pre-dance discus-
sions one hour prior to each perfor-
mance. $28-$100. Call (313) 237-7464
or (248) 645-6666, or go to www.
MichiganOpera.com.

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Safecrackers by
a Jewish gang-
ster (Michael
Lerner). The
flick is wildly
uneven, but
Lerner chews
up the scenery
in some very
Michael Lerner
funny, very
Jewish scenes.
Equally amusing, as Jewish crooks,
are Harvey Fierstein and Paul
Giamatti.
The German-Jewish comedy Go
For Zucker, from writer-director
Dani Levy, dominated the 2005
German film prizes, picking up six
Lolas, including Best Picture. Mixing
slapstick humor and sharply drawn
social satire, it portrays a dysfunc-
tional Jewish family from opposite
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