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JET Opens Season

Opening its 2008-2009 season, Jewish
Ensemble Theatre presents the Neil Simon
romantic comedy Chapter Two Sept. 2-28
at the Aaron DeRoy Theatre, located in
the Jewish Community Center in West
Bloomfield.
Simon's autobiographical script —
replete with his trademark intelligent, yet
humorous, repartee — follows the story
of two people who have recently lost their
loves. A widower (George) struggling to
overcome his grief meets a recent divorcee
(Jennie), who is equally apathetic about
beginning the next "chapter" in her life.
Yet, from their first conversation, they
experience an irresistible attraction.

Mark Rademacher as George and

Trisha Miller Smith as Jennie in
JET's production of Chapter Two

Directed by
are among the leaders
Evelyn Orbach,
from different fields of
the cast includes
endeavor participating
Mark Rademacher
in the fourth edition of
as George, Aaron
Jewels Of Elul, a 29-day
T. Moore as Leo,
meditative anthol-
Chicago actress
ogy produced by Craig
Trisha Miller Smith
Taubman and Craig
as Jennie and Linda
'N' Co. Comprising 29
Gail Zimmerman
Ramsay as Faye.
essays corresponding
Arts Editor
The four preview
to the 29 days of Elul,
week performances
the month prior to the
are at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and
High Holidays that begins Sept. 1, this
Thursday, Sept. 2-4, and 5 p.m. Saturday,
year's Jewels is inspired by the 60th anni-
Sept. 6. The opening night performance
versary of the State of Israel and is called
is at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6. Regular
"Dreamers and Their Dreams."
performances are Wednesdays: Sept. 10
Participating individuals also include,
and 17 at 7:30 p.m., Sept. 24 at 2 p.m.;
among others, Sherwood Schwartz (cre-
Thursdays: Sept. 11, 18 and 25 at 7:30
ator of Gilligan's Island and The Brady
p.m.; Saturdays: Sept. 13, 20 and 27 at 5
Bunch); Barry Goldstein (team leader of
and 8:30 p.m.; and Sundays: Sept. 14, 21
NASA's Mars program); Josh Lieb (execu-
and 28 at 2 p.m.
tive producer of The Daily Show); paraple-
Tickets are $29-$39 with discounts for
gic ski champion Muffy Davis; and Wafa
seniors and students.
Sultan (psychiatrist and outspoken critic
For information or ticket reservations,
of radical Islam).
including season ticket information, call
Jewels of Elul will include an introduc-
JET at (248) 788-2900 or go to
tion by Rabbi David Wolpe and can be
www.jettheatre.org . (Other scheduled
obtained free of charge at
plays this season include Anthony Shaffer's
www.jewelsofelul.com.
Sleuth, the Richard Rodgers-Martin
Charnin musical comedy Two by Two,
Two Adams
Donald Margulies' Collected Stories and
another TBA).
Multi-platinum musical groups Maroon 5,
lead by Jewish singer-songwriter-guitar-
Meditation Month
ist Adam Levine, and Counting Crows,
fronted by Jewish singer-songwriter Adam
Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain
Duritz, co-headline a summer tour stop,

with special guest Augustana, 7 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 29, at DTE Energy Music
Theatre.
The road show will see Maroon 5
playing its new single, "If I Never See
Your Face Again;' and recent Grammy-
winning lead track "Makes Me Wonder."
Counting Crows will entertain fans with
hits like the top five track "Mr. Jones"
and new tunes like "You Can't Count on
Me."
On this tour, the bands will be working
with Reverb, an environmental nonprofit,
to make the tour green and educate and
engage fans to promote environmental
sustainability.
Tickets: $751$45 pavilion; $30 lawn.
(248) 645-6666 or ticketmaster.com .

Family Circus

In 2007, the UniverSoul Circus ranked No. 8
on Ticketmaster's Top 10 "Most Requested
Family Attractions." The circus' all-new
show, Jabulani: Joy, Laughter & Happiness,
comes to Detroit's Chene Park Sept. 3-14.
Performances include a romantic silk aerial
ballet; a mixed animal act dubbed "Noah's
Ark"; body twisting contortionists; a trick
horse-riding team; a comedy trapeze per-
formance, a mime duo and more.
Ringmaster Shuckey Duckey and his
sidekick Zeke make sure audience mem-
bers of all ages are in on the action.
For show times and tickets, at $15-
$27.50, go to Ticketmaster.com and type
in Universoul Circus. ❑

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Nate Bloom

Special to the Jewish News

TV Premieres

0) Josh Bernstein's History Channel
archaeology series, Digging for the
(10 Truth, got great ratings and turned

Bernstein, the host,
into a TV star. His
new series, Into the

Unknown with Josh
Bernstein, debuted

Aug. 18 on the
Discovery Channel.
A repeat showing
of the series' sec-
Josh
ond episode, about
Bernstein
Noah's Ark, can be
seen 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 30. New
episodes premiere Mondays at 10
p.m.

B10

August 28 • 2008

Bernstein, 37, is a Cornell graduate
who spent a post-graduate year at
Jerusalem's Pardes Institute study-
ing Jewish mysticism. As a Toronto
Globe critic recently said about the
handsome Bernstein: "He's suit-
ably smart and comfortably casual,
and he inhabits the high end of the
geeky-sexy spectrum."
Steven Bochco, creator of Hill
Street Blues and NYPD Blue, has a
new TNT cable series, Raising the
Bar, about the lives
of public defenders
and district attor-
neys; it premieres
10 p.m. Monday,
Sept. 1. The series'
co-creator is law
professor-writer
David Feige, a for-
David Feige

mer Bronx public defender and the
author of Indefensible, an acclaimed
study of the criminal-justice system.
Feige's Web site, davidfeige.com ,
is a great collection of his articles
for scores of publications, including
one for Modern Bride in which he
recounts how he and other family
members made squares to be sewn
into his sister's wedding chuppah.

World Thriller
The film Traitor, which opened

Wednesday, Aug. 27, stars Don
Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda) as a former
Army special operations officer sus-
pected of being in bed with terror-
ists. He is chased around the world
by an FBI agent (Guy Pearce); gradu-
ally a larger conspiracy emerges.
Michigan's Jeff Daniels has a big

supporting role as a shady CIA con-
tractor.
The film's director and screen-
writer is Jeffrey Nachmanoff, 41.
This is Nachmanoff's first major job
as a director, but his writing credits
include the block-
buster hit The Day

After Tomorrow.

He also wrote
and directed the
acclaimed short The
Big Gig, about four
Jewish gangsters.
Dave
Jeffrey's brother,
Nachmanoff
Dave Nachmanoff,
44, is a former
philosophy instructor turned folk-
singer. His tunes include "Let's Eat,"
a song he wrote that can be lyrically
modified to celebrate almost any