Tab: $40 per person for the first show at 7 p.m., with

munchies and drinks available for purchase (the
show ends at 9 p.m. and you're off to ring in the
New Year elsewhere). It's $60 per person for the
10 p.m. show, which includes champagne, desserts
and dancing to the Motown sound with the Mood
Swings Orchestra.
Starts: 7 p.m. for early birds; 10 p.m. for night owls.
Dress: Do it up big-time.
Reservations: Call pronto.

SECOND CITY, Live Comedy Theater
next to the Fox Theatre, Detroit, (313) 965-
9500.
There are dinner/the-
Left and below:
Have an evening ater packages and the late
package includes an
of "shear" fun
afterglow in the Risata
at the Gem
featuring
restaurant,
Theatre.

For The Music-
Minded...

MAJESTIC THEATRE COMPLEX, 4140 Wood-
ward, Detroit, (810) 833-9700.
This place has so much music and other stuff go-
ing on, it gets confusing. There are billiards and
dancing to local band Slot and Cat House in the
Magic Stick room upstairs. There's a $30 per per-
son din-din in the artsy Majestic Cafe downstairs.
There's rocking to local hippie/alternative band
Verve Pipe in the theater. There's bowling in the
bowling alley. Take it all in

.

Tab: $10 at the door for Magic Stick; $15 at the door for

Verve Pipe. Call ahead for advance-ticket prices.

Starts: About 8 p.m.
Dress: Casual.
Reservations: Call now, especially for dinner.

ROYAL OAK MUSIC THEATRE, 318 W.
Fourth St., Royal Oak, (810) 546-7610.
Fourth Street comes alive with its New Year's
Eve Dance Party. Dance all night while enjoy-
ing a full buffet, complimentary champagne, hats,
horns, breakfast "and all the bells and whistles"
(no extra charge for that...). 21 and over.

For The Culturally
Minded...

GEM THEATRE, off Woodward, across from the Fox
Theatre, Detroit. (313) 963-9800.
It's going to be Shear Madness on New Year's Eve
in the Gem's quaint cabaret setting. For a hair-raising
time, take a stab at catching the killer in the longest-
running comedy whodunit and then party and dance
with the Shear Madness cast afterward. Just gala up
a storm with an incredibly funny show, noisemakers
and party favors galore, as well as tasteful delectables.
There are two different performances to choose from.

Tab: $25.
Starts: 8 p.m. 4 a.m.
Dress: Shake, rattle and roll attire.
Reservations: Royal Oak Music Theatre Box Office or

Ticketmaster, (810) 645-6666.

champagne and a balloon drop. And, the
cast also drops by this affair. Famed fun-
ny ladies Angela Shelton and Jackie Fur-
tan are no longer in the troupe, but the new
cast and new show, White Water Rafting, is quite watch-
able anyway with some good Detroit material.

Tab: $80 per person for 7:30 dinner and show. $110 per person for

8:30 dinner and show and you can stay and party all night.

Starts: 7:30 p.m. or 8:30 p.m.
Dress: Fancy, but not black tie.
Reservations: Call now.

at the St. James Episcopal Church; Michigan
Opera Theatre's performance of "From Broad-
way to Hollywood" at the First Church of Christ;
`The Frog Prince — A Musical," with four shows
throughout the evening at Village Players of
Birmingham; live music at Lonestar Coffee,
Elie's Cafe, Haagen-Dazs and the Coffee Ex-
change. Swing your partners at
Shain Park with country line
Enjoy an old-
dancing from 7 to 10 p.m. And
fashioned
then have a "Hip Hop Count-
soda shop
down" with Star Trax from 11:30
with Elvis on
p.m. to midnight.
the jukebox at

For The Family .

GUAFF A MALT AT COMET BURGERS, 207
S. Main, Royal Oak, (810) 414-4567.
OK. If you must take the kids out, then head to
this new eatery where the $4 malts are fat-filled
and wonderful. Or, dine on a $1.10 burger that
tastes like the old Bates sliders. Listen to the juke-
box featuring Elvis tunes. Let your kids run
around. You run around with them. Co-owner Kel-
ly Esman says he won't mind. "We want danc-
ing in the aisles," says Esman. "This is an
old-fashioned soda-fountain type place."

Tab: $4 for a malt.
Starts: Anytime, and they're open past midnight.
Dress: Casual.
Reservations: They're necessary.

THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE NEW YEAR, Down-
town Birmingham, (810)540-6688.
For the sixth year, First Night Birmingham prom is-

OTHER NIFTY NEW YEAR'S EVE MUSIC
CHOICES: Catch Ted Nugent's annual Whiplash
Bash at Cobo Arena, (313) 396-7600. Check out
authentic blues bands at The Attic Bar, 11667 Jos
Campau, Hamtramck. Call (313) 365-4194
(They're doing the hats and horn thing too). Don't
miss Speedball's hot rock performance at St. An-
drew's Hall, 431 E. Congress. Call (313) 961-
MELT.

Comet
Burgers.

es quite the family-oriented New Year's Eve celebration
in a fun, alcohol-free environment. Last year, nearly
10,000 partiers joined in the festivities. This year's en-
tertainment covers the gamut: Loretta Long, "Susan"
from Sesame Street; jazz trumpeter Marcus Belgrave;
Pippin Puppet shows at the Community House;, pianist
David Syrne and storyteller Marilyn O'Connor Miller

Tab: $7, admission buttons for adults and

kids over 5; $1 for kids 5 and under.
Starts: 5 p.m. and runs through midnight.
Dress: Warm, yet festive — you'll be be-bopping in and out of
places all night.
Reservations: Buttons are available for purchase in advance
throughout Birmingham; or after 3 p.m. on New Year's Eve.

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