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Detroit native Michael Moriarty won
an Emmy and a Golden Globe for
his portrayal of Erik Dorf in the TV
miniseries Holocaust.
Holocaust on DVD
Thirty years after its groundbreaking 1978
debut that brought attention to the Shoah
much as the miniseries Roots brought to
light the horrors of slavery, the miniseries
Holocaust, starring Meryl Streep, James
Woods and Michael Moriarty, will debut
on DVD for the first time on May 27.
Filmed on location in Berlin and
Vienna, the minise-
May 23, and 8:30 p.m.
ries spans the years
Saturday, May 24, at
1935-1945 and offers
Orchestra Hall in the
an intimate portrait
Max
M. Fisher Music
A
of the triumphs
Center. The concert also
and tragedies of the
features Prokofiev's
Jewish Weiss fam-
Autumnal and
Gail Zimmerman
ily in counterpoint
Rachmaninoff's Piano
Arts Editor
to another fictional
Concerto No. 2 per-
family, that of Erik
formed by pianist Lukas
Dorf, a Nazi aide to Germany's infa-
Vondracek. The Friday evening concert
mous Reinhard Heydrich, second only to
is part of the DSO's "Unmasked" series
Heinrich Himmler in the Nazi SS.
— hosted by CBC classical radio person-
Holocaust won eight Emmy Awards,
ality Tom Allen — that explores nontra-
including Streep and Moriarty for best
ditional concert presentation styles with a
actress and actor, and Marvin Chomsky
fun, informal and informative approach to
for outstanding direction, as well as two
the music, incorporating video images and
Golden Globes and a Peabody Award.
dialogue from the stage.
Running seven hours and 29 minutes,
Originally composed for solo piano,
the three-disc set will be available from
Pictures at an Exhibition has been orches-
CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount trated more than 30 times since its 1874
Home Entertainment for the suggested
premiere, including Ravel's oft-performed
retail price of $29.99.
classical version and various non-orches-
tral renderings. Ashkenazy orchestrated
Picture Perfect
his rendition of the work in 1982.
"My basic intention when I orchestrated
Renowned for his piano performances
Pictures at an Exhibition was to be more
of Russian composers' works, conductor
faithful to Mussorgsky's Russian spirit:'
Vladimir Ashkenazy leads the Detroit
says Ashkenazy, 60, a Russian emigre who
Symphony Orchestra in his own arrange-
was born to a Jewish father (a professional
ment of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an
pianist for a state entertainment agency
Exhibition 10:45 a.m. and 8 p.m. Friday,
in the former U.S.S.R.) and a Russian-
Orthodox mother.
Ashkenazy first came to prominence
on the world stage in 1955 at the Chopin
Competition in Warsaw. He currently
holds the positions of music director
of the European Union Youth Orchestra
and conductor laureate of the Iceland
Symphony Orchestra (Ashkenazy's wife
is an Icelandic native). In January 2009,
Ashkenazy will fill the position of princi-
pal conductor and artistic adviser to the
Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Tickets are $19-$71. (313) 576-5111 or
www.detroitsymphony.com .
Electronic Energy
Detroit's annual Electronic Music Festival
has garnered fans from across the globe,
and electronic music fans are gearing up
for Memorial Day weekend as Movement
'08 heads to Detroit's Hart Plaza May 24-
26.
Planners promise one of the strongest
lineups the festival has had — performers
include Moby, Benny Benassi, Carl Craig,
Richie Hawtin, Deadmau5, James Zabiela,
Dubfire, Marco Carola, Peanut Butter
Wolf and Cobblestone Jazz, among others
— with five distinct stages, each with its
own personality. Enhanced sound systems,
weatherproofed staging and a new recy-
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Harrison Ford and Shia LaBeouf
Indy's Return
Opening Thursday, May 22, is Indiana
Jones and the Crystal Skull, the
fourth installment in the Indiana
Jones movie series. Steven Spielberg
directed, and Harrison Ford, 65,
returns as Indiana Jones, the most
athletic and adventurous archeologist
of all time.
The movie is set in 1957; this time,
"Indy" is battling Soviet agents –
played by Cate Blanchett and others
– for control of some crystal skulls
that may have been created by space
dlo
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aliens and have great powers.
Assisting Jones is a young ren-
egade named "Mutt," played by Shia
LaBeouf, 21. Like Ford, LaBeouf is
Jewish on his mother's side. Unlike
Ford, who was raised without religion,
Shia was raised Jewish and was bar
mitzvah.
Even though Ford is still in good
enough shape to do most of his own
stunts, there has been anxiety among
studio executives that the mostly
youthful film audience will not relate
to the older actor. This worry seems
to be part of the reason LaBeouf was
cast not as Jones' son, as some early
reports had it, but as a cocky, juvenile
delinquent wisecracker – a character
type that younger audiences usually
like.
LaBeouf viewed films like
Blackboard Jungle and Rebel Without
a Cause to get into the mindset of
Mutt. He also worked out and gained
some muscle. The young actor real-
izes, however, that his own true
"gangsta" side is very limited, not-
withstanding a recent real-life arrest
for annoying a Walgreensl security
guard (the charges were dropped).
LaBeouf just told a Brit paper:
"Like every other Jewish guy, I went
through a stage of wanting to be
black. A few years ago, I convinced
myself I was a gangsta rapper and
started writing songs. But I realized it
wasn't my forte."
Rikki Redux
Cher recently was asked if she would
appear on the mega-TV hit Dancing
with the Stars. Her reply: "I'm a (blee-
pin') Oscar-winner. No!"
The show, however, has been a
career godsend for actress Marissa
Jaret Winokur, 35. Yes, Marissa won
a 2003 Tony for originating the role
of Tracey Turnblad in the Broadway
musical version of Hairspray. But all
that led to was small movie parts
and a minor role on a short-lived TV
sitcom.
On Dancing,
Winokur's bubbly
personality clicked
with the public, and
audience votes kept
the actress in the
dance competition
through the semi-
Marissa Jaret
finals. Talk-show
Winokur
producers noticed
her; and after a bid-
ding war, late last
month she signed
with Sony Pictures
Television to host a
syndicated talk show
that will begin in
2009.
Ricki Lake
Winokur is follow-
ing the same career
path as Ricki Lake, 39, who also is
Jewish. Lake had only a modest act-
ing career after getting great reviews
playing Turnblad in the original 1988
John Waters Hairspray movie, but she
scored big as the host of her own talk