Pho to by Yacov Fayt lin Arts 8( Entertainment Catering available at all locations Coupons are for all locations including Hercules Family Restaurant at 12 Mile & Farmington Visit us at www.leosconeyisland.com Alan Ball plays Inspector Goole. Receive $100 off $200 off Total Bill Over $10 Total Bill Over $20 Not valid with Specials. Not valid with any other offers. With coupon. Expires 4/30/07 Eye On The Ball 10% of Actor is cast as detective in JET's final production of the season. Total Bill Not valid with Specials. Not valid with any other offers. With coupon. Expires 4/30/07 Not valid with Specials. Not valid with any other offers. With coupon. Expires 4/30/07 Suzanne Chessler Special to the Jewish News 85 5 - 'DELI Lazar is back! Former! Boris' Deli Open 7 Days 7 am 8 pm Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner 4.95 treidint S • Buy 7 Quart of Soup get 2nd Quart FREE! Corner of Ma • le & Fannin Tray Catering • Delivery Available • Breakfast Specials 248.855.DEL1 • 6092 Maple Road • West Bloomfield Calls accepted 24/7 for shiva trays at (248) 739-9631 Open 7 Days for Lunch & Dinner 10 % off Total Bill DINE IN OR CARRYOUT Not good with any other offer 1 coupon per table • with coupon Ex t ires 4/30/07 39450 14 Mile Rd. FEATURING AUTHENTIC CHINESE/ASIAN COOKING, SUSHI BAR & DIM SUM (cornvr of 1-1.v.tvrtv in thy tivt‘bvrrN Square Plai,n, 248-960-7666 1231610 TRUST YOUR AFFAIR TO THE FINEST CATERER WE'LL BEAT YOUR BEST PRICE! Weddings w Bar/Bat Mitzvahs e, Showers Banquets Reunions e Anniversaries Birthdays m Etc. We Cater at Most Synagogues, Temples, Hotels and the Halls Of Your Choice PHILIP TEWEL, Food & Beverage Director 248-661-4050 Farmington Hills 44 April 12 • 2007 CLASSIC CUISINE A Ian Ball has experienced some mysterious times in Michigan recently. Currently, he is cast as Inspector Goole in the production of An Inspector Calls at the Jewish Ensemble Theatre. About a year ago, the Jewish actor was cast as a Jewish detective in No Way to Treat a Lady, staged in co-production at the Meadow Brook Theatre in Rochester and the BoarsHead Theater in Lansing. Ball, 43, appears in his fourth role with JET during Inspector's run, April 17-May 19 at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. The B.J. Priestley play, the last in the corn- pany's 2006-2007 season, is set just before World War I. "Although the play is an engaging mystery, it is unlike most mysteries," says Ball, who is based in Chicago. "It's really about the characters. "In most mysteries, the point is to figure out the mystery, and there are stock characters to help you do that. In this play, it's about the characters not being who the audience thinks they are and not even being who they think they are in the context of the play" Ball's earlier work with JET has included very different productions. He appeared angry and overbearing in Conversations With My Father and took on many roles in The Laramie Project. Fiddler on the Roof brought him into the musical realm. "The inspector goes to the Birling home to investigate the suicide of a young girl, and he seems to be the only one who knows what's going on:' Ball explains. "It becomes very cerebral:' Ball's stage work includes produc- tions of 1776, As You Like It, Sunset Boulevard, Evita and Barnum; film work encompasses the indie Chicago Boricua, about three Puerto Rican Americans. "I did my first play when I was 5 years old at summer camp:' Ball says. "I got hooked on acting while per- forming in school plays growing up in Boston, and by 15, I realized it wasn't easy but it was possible to make a liv- ing through acting. "I got my bachelor's degree in theater at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and my first job was with a touring children's the- ater based in Boston." While on tour, Ball decided he liked Chicago and settled there. "Acting is all I do, but theater is not all I do:' he says. "I work on commer- cials, industrial films and corporate training. I've also worked with lawyers on their courtroom presentations?' An Inspector Calls, directed by Christopher Bremer, features B.J. Love as Arthur Birling, Mary Wright Bremer as Sybil Birling, Inga Wilson as Sheila Birling, Patrick Croning as Eric Birling and Dax Anderson as Gerald Croft. "Acting lets me access parts of myself that don't usually get a work- out:' says Ball, also trained in singing. "I [relate] to the depth of emotions, thoughts and ways of behaving that are very real?' 11 An Inspector Calls runs April 17-May 19 at the Aaron DeRoy Theatre in the West Bloomfield JCC. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays (except May 9, when there will be a matinee at 2 p.m.), 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 5 and 8:30 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. There also will be a preview performance 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17. $17-$39. (248) 788-2900.