50 January 24 • 2019 jn SORKIN ON BROADWAY I’ m not an unreserved fan of screen- writer/playwright Aaron Sorkin, 57. He certainly has had his hits (A Few Good Men, The Social Network, Moneyball and Molly’ s Game). But I didn’ t like his movie Steve Jobs or his TV shows Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and Newsroom. I thought the always-reliable Jeff Daniels, a famous Michigander, was not well served by Newsroom scripts that often were too preachy and unre- alistic. I thought I might be disappointed when I learned, early last year, that Sorkin had written a new version of To Kill a Mockingbird for the Broadway stage. Would Jeff Daniels, who was set to play lawyer Atticus Finch, be let down by Sorkin again? Well, I was wrong. The play opened to stellar reviews last month and is still packing them in. Sorkin deftly re-arranged (but did not alter) the material in the novel/movie and Daniels gives a performance that will almost certainly snare him a Tony. Also singled-out for critical praise were Adam Guettel, 54, and Gideon Glick, 30. Guettel, the grandson of the great Richard Rodgers, wrote the play’ s atmospheric score and Glick, who mostly grew up in Israel, co-stars as “Dill,” the young visitor from Georgia (adult actors play the children’ s parts). WEST SIDE STORY REMAKE A new film version of the great musical West Side Story, directed by Steven Spielberg, 72, is now coming together. Of course, they will use the incredible score by the late Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, now 88. Last year, Tony Kushner, 62, penned a new story for the musical. It’ s unclear what changes have been made to the original Arthur Laurents’ script, but Kushner has said the Puerto Rican identity of the Sharks won’ t be changed. Casting is mostly done, with Ansel Elgort, who had a Jewish paternal grandfather, playing Tony, the male lead. Just last week, 17-year-old Rachel Zegler, was cast as Maria, the female lead. She was found in a nationwide casting call — and, no, shucks, she isn’ t Jewish “at all.” Logan Lerman, 26, (Perks of Being a Wallflower, Percy Jackson) has been cast to co-star in The Hunt, a 10-episode Amazon original series. Al Pacino will co-star. This is Pacino’ s first TV series. The setting is the 1970s. Lerman plays Jonah Heidelbaum. After his grandmother is murdered, Jonah tracks down the killer and finds himself encoun- tering a mysterious organi- zation called the Hunt. It is dedicated to hunting down Nazis living in America. Pacino plays a Nazi hunter who mentors Jonah. COLLEGE JEWS ON ICE Courtesy of Jewish Sports Review magazine, here are the tribe members from Michigan currently playing for a Division I college ice hockey teams and Jews from elsewhere playing for a Michigan Div. 1 tpeam: Ben Israel, a senior who plays for Colorado College, is a defenseman who hails from Bloomfield Hills; Strauss Mann, a freshman goalkeeper from Greenwich, Ct., plays for the Michigan Wolverines; and sopho- more Quinton Hughes is a star defenseman on the Wolverines team. He’ s so good he was drafted by the NHL last year but chose to play another college year. Both his parents (his mom is Jewish) were college hockey stars. ■ NATE BLOOM COLUMNIST Steven Spielberg Adam Guettel Quinton Hughes Strauss Mann celebrity jews arts&life FACEBOOK FACEBOOK U-M U-M THE GALLERY RESTAURANT Daily Special to choose from for lunch & dinner… Dinner specials come with complimentary rice or chocolate pudding or jello “For 40 years, Gallery Restaurant has served up masterpieces” ~ Danny Raskin www.thegalleryrestaurant2.com OPEN 7 DAYS: Now Serving Beer & Wine 4301 ORCHARD LAKE ROAD 248-538-6000 Hours: Monday-Saturday 11am-10pm Sunday 12pm-9pm www.uptownparthenon.com 10% OFF TOTAL FOOD BILL With Coupon. Not good with other offers. Dine-in Only. Expires: 1/31/19 Each free meal from children’ s menu valid with purchase one meal from regular menu With Coupon. Not good with other offers. Dine-in Only. Expires: 1/31/19 KIDS EAT FREE Celebrating our 20th (12 and under) On Star’ s beautiful already low-priced trays $5 OFF Expires 3/1/19. One Per Order. Not Good Holidays. 10 Person Minimum. With this coupon. DELIVERY AVAILABLE “…one of America’ s finest carryout-only delicatessens! Star’ s reputation has never wavered!” — Danny Raskin STAR DELI Prices subject to change COMPARE OUR LOW PRICES WITH ANY DELICATESSEN IN TOWN! SALAD TRAY $12.99 per person per person DAIRY TRAY $22.99 SALAD TRAY W/ LOX & CREAM CHEESE $16.99 per person MEAT TRAY $11.99 per person Best Deli Trays In Town! 24555 W. 12 MILE ROAD 248-352-7377 www.stardeli.net Get Ready for the Big Game! Order Your Tray Today!