MAY 11 • 2023 | 29

T

he Shalom Club, a group 
of about 140 Jewish 
residents of Fox Run, 
an upscale senior community 
in Novi, is producing an orig-
inal musical performance, My 
Wedding at Fox Run, this spring. 
The musical parody was the idea 
of Dr. Stuart Falk, a retired den-

tist and Fox Run resident, who 
has written many musical shows 
for his fraternity and synagogue. 
While at least one couple 
has met at Fox Run and subse-
quently married, this review is a 
humorous, fictional account of 
how residents help plan a wed-
ding for two Fox Run friends. 

The show includes original lyrics 
by Falk, set to well-known songs 
from Fiddler on the Roof and The 
Sound of Music. 
With warmth and enthusiasm, 
the performers sing about their 
busy and fun lives 
at Fox Run as 
they organize a 
wedding for two 
of their neigh-
bors. All of the 
singers are Fox 
Run residents, 
and most are 
members of the 
Shalom Club, 
which meets 
monthly for holiday celebrations, 
movies and parties. The group, 
now 17 years old, comprises 
about 10% of the Fox Run com-
munity, according to Adrienne 
Kanter, Shalom Club’s vice presi-
dent and chief production assis-
tant for My Wedding at Fox Run.
A few production adjustments 
were made to help older per-

formers and audience members. 
Singers are seated and lyrics 
will be projected onto a large 
background for the benefit of the 
audience.
My Wedding at Fox Run will 
have a short run — just 
one full perfomance on 
May 18 at a Fox Run 
theater. Due to space 
limitations, only resi-
dents and family and 
friends of performers 
will be able to attend. 
The musical troupe 
includes stage man-
ager Barbara Theurer, 
narrator Dr. Jon Blum 
and professional pianist David 
Goff. Fox Run singers include 
Denny Brown, Dr. Michael 
Samson, Art Sugarman, Dr. 
Harvey Stein, Beverly Stein 
(president of the Shalom Club), 
Helen Weingarten, Rosalie Beck, 
Michael Clayton, Mike Drain, 
Mary Lee Gwizdala, Mary Ann 
Quashnie and Ruth Goldman. 

Fox Run’s Shalom Club demonstrates 
that ‘Life Is a Cabaret.’

A Song in 
Their Hearts

SHARI S. COHEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Adrienne Kanter
and Dr. Stuart Falk

The Shalom Club 
performers

