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In December, King Arthur and the
Knights of the Round Table lit up the
Fisher Theatre stage in the wonder-
ful musical comedy parody and big
Broadway hit Spamalot. A more "tradi-
tional" King Arthur strides into town
April 11-29 in a new production of
Camelot, the story of the marriage of
the English king to Guenevere by the
acclaimed Jewish musical theater duo
of Alan Jay Lerner (book and lyrics)
and Frederick Loewe (music).
Glenn Casale directs this re-staging
(and shortening) of the original script,
newly adapted by Michael Lerner, and
co-produced by Lisa Lerner, Alan Jay
Lerner's son and daughter.
Lisa Lerner remembers her dad
taking her to the theater frequently
to watch as the original show was
in rehearsals, she told the Web site
Broadway Across America. "I saw
Camelot more than I saw anything
that he had written. It's always been a
show that people around the country
have really responded and reso-
nated with, so I thought it should be a
national tour:' she said.
In the original 1960 stage version,
Richard Burton starred as King Arthur;
when the show was revived in 1987,
Robert Goulet was cast in the lead role.
British stage and screen star Michael York
takes the role in this production.
"Michael [Lerner], who is a bril-
liant writer, went back to his father's
papers, and he [reworked] the book of
Camelot,"York explained to Broadway
Across America. "What was really fas-
cinating to me was that on our very
first night [on tour], Micheline Lerner,
[Michael's] mother, came to the per-
formance, and she called me the next
day to say how much she enjoyed it.
I said, 'Did you like the little changes
we've made?' and she said, 'Oh, yes.
Alan always wanted to do that, but he
never had the opportunity."
Show times at the Fisher Theatre
are 8 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, 2 and 8
p.m. Saturdays and 7:30 p.m. Sundays.
There is a special Thursday matinee
on April 12. $28-$78. Info: (313) 872-
1000. Tickets: (248) 645-6666 or
www.ticketmaster.com . II
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Literary Con Man
In 1972, Clifford Irving became the
center of a famous scandal. He
falsely claimed he'd helped Howard
Hughes — the reclusive billion-
aire and aviation pioneer — write
an "authorized autobiography."
Irving's partners-in-crime included
his wife and his beautiful mistress.
Hughes exposed the hoax when
he spoke to reporters for the first
time since 1958 and denounced the
"autobiography" as a fraud. Irving
spent some months in jail and had
to repay the almost
$800,000 advance he
had received from his
publisher.
Irving, now 76, was a
respected (if not rich)
writer before the hoax.
His books included a
Clifford
history of the 1967
Irving in
Six-Day War. Although
1972
not a practicing Jew, Irving trav-
eled to Israel as fast as he could
after the outbreak of the war. He
intended to volunteer to fight, but
the war ended just before he landed
in Israel.
Opening Friday,
April 6, is the film
The Hoax, star-
ring Richard Gere
as Irving and Eli
Wallach as Noah
Dietrich, Hughes'
Richard Gere
chief aide. Well-
as
Irving in
known Danish direc-
The
Hoax
for Lasse Hallstrom
(Chocolat) directed
the film.
On his Web site, cliffordirving.
com, Irving writes that the movie
gets so many details wrong that
it is a "hoax within a hoax." It's an
interesting site, befitting an enter-
taining rogue. II
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