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Jazz pianist Marian McPartland makes UMS debut in special double-bill performance
ANN ARBOR – Marian McPartland, jazz pianist and popular host of NPR's "Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz" makes her UMS debut at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 in Ann Arbor's Hill Auditorium as part of the University Musical Society's 06/07 Jazz Series. [...]
Treat/retreat: Network opens 25th season
REVIEW: 'The Retreat from Moscow' Performance Network Theatre, 120 E. Huron, Ann Arbor. Thu.-Sun., through Oct. 29. Tickets: $25-$37. For information: 734-663-0696 or http://www.performancenetwork.org. Soldiers retreat from battles and couples [...]
Wellspring and Blue Dahlia stage benefit for Kalamazoo Gay/Lesbian Resource Center
WS1 WS-BD Arms in Air.jpg: Wellspring/Cori Terry & Dancers and Blue Dahlia present an otherworldly experience as a benefit for the Kalamazoo Gay/Lesbian Resource Center. Photo: Brian Kimbrough KALAMAZOO – Wellspring and Blue Dahlia will present [...]
Absurdly funny opening at The Abreact
REVIEW: 'Durang: An Experiment and A Parody' The Abreact, 442 E. Lafayette, Detroit. Staged Fri.-Sat., through Oct. 7, plus Sun., Oct. 1. Free admission/donations accepted. http://www.theabreact.com Some might find it absurd that Detroit's coolest [...]
Birmingham-Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra promises a season of 'Great Music - Great Times'
BIRMINGHAM – The Birmingham-Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra will again bring "Great Music – Great Times" to the area when it begins its 32nd season with the first of its five-concert season on October 29. Under the batons of Music Director and [...]
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Professional Theater News from Around Town: Detroit Opera House and Royal Winnipeg Ballet present 'Dracula' DETROIT -The Detroit Opera House will open its 2006/2007 DaimlerChrysler Dance Series Thursday, Sept. 28 with a ballet with bite: Mark [...]
Wow! Peakes peaks at BoarsHead Theater
REVIEW: 'Trying' BoarsHead Theatre, 425 S. Grand, Lansing. Wed.-Sun., through Oct. 8. $20-$35. For information: 517-484-7805 or http://www.boarshead.org It's not often that area theatergoers are given an opportunity to watch a true master of his [...]
Ypsi theater examines hate crime with 'The Laramie Project'
PREVIEW: 'The Laramie Project' Staged by P.T.D. Productions at Riverside Arts Center, 76 N. Huron, Ypsilanti. Sept. 21-23 & 28-30 at 8 p.m.; Sept. 24 at 2 p.m. $15. For information: (734) 483-7345 or http://www.ptdproductions.com YSPILANTI – [...]
Life's the circus at 1515 Broadway
This week in Curtain Calls ONLINE at pridesource.com: "Howl" in Flint, "The Rat Pack" returns, plus all the latest theater news. REVIEW: 'Moses:39' Staged by Satori Circus at 1515 Broadway, Detroit. Sept. 14-17 & 21-23 at 8 p.m. Tickets: [...]
Performance Network celebrates 25 years
In today's era of economic uncertainty, some might think it's a miracle that any of our local non-profit professional theaters makes it through a single season without going bankrupt. Yet despite the odds, Ann Arbor's Performance Network Theatre is [...]
Tony Award-winner Donna McKechnie returns home for Meadow Brook fundraiser
ROCHESTER – Royal Oak native Donna McKechnie, Tony Award winner and star of Broadway's original "A Chorus Line," returns home Friday, Sept. 15 with her cabaret show, "Gypsy in My Soul." The event is a fundraiser for Meadow Brook Theatre. The program [...]
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The Fifth Annual Wilde Awards: Outrageously funny event caps 2005/06 theater season It truly was 'One Wilde Night' August 30 at Detroit's Historic Gem Theatre when the LGBT and professional theater communities came together for their annual [...]