AUDITIONS

Michigan Theatre and Dance
Troupe will hold auditions for
singers, dancers, stage techni-
cians, actors and writers 16 years
and older every Saturday after-
noon through June 29 at its
Southfield rehearsal site. Audi-
tions by appointment only. Call
(810) 552-5001.

COMEDY

Tommy Davidson, Teddy
Carpenter, Simply Marval-
ous, Don "D.C." Curry, 8 p.m.
Sat., March 30. $25. Fox Theatre.
(810) 433-1515.

Second City: Computer Chips
and Salsa, the comedy team's
newest revue. 8 p.m. Wed.-Sun.;
10:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Improv ses-
sions after each final perfor-
mance. $12-$19. Next to the Fox
Theatre, Detroit. (313) 965-2222.

Mark Ridley's Comedy Cas-
tle: Rocky LaPorte, through
Sun., March 31. Mark Cordes,
Wed.-Sun., April 3-7. 8:30 p.m.
Wed.-Thurs., 8:15 and 10:45 p.m.
Fri.-Sat., 7:30 p.m. Sun. Reser-
vations required. Open Mike
Night 8:30 p.m. every Tues.
$6/weeknights, $12/weekends.
269 E. Fourth St., Royal Oak.
(810) 542-9900.

Chaplin's East: Ken Sevara,
through Sat., March 30. Mike
Brennan, Wed.-Sat., April 3-6.
8:30 p.m. Wed.-Thurs, $5; 8:30
and 10:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat., $10.
34244 Groesbeck, Clinton Town-
ship. (810) 792-1902.

Chaplin's West: Ted Lyde,
through Sun., March 31. Percy
Crews II, Wed.-Sat, April 3-6.
8:30 p.m. Wed.-Thurs., $5; 8 and
10:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat., $10. 16890
Telegraph, Detroit. (313) 533-
8866.

Joey's Comedy Club: Gary
Lazer, 8 and 10:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat.,
March 29-30. $12/$23.95 with
dinner. 5070 Schaefer, Dearborn.
(313) 584-8885.

Gino's Comedy Room: Bob
Posch, 9 p.m. every Fri. 1999
Cass Lake Road, Keego Harbor.
(810) 682-6540.

DANCE

Festival Dancers: The troupe
premieres a new work titled 'The
Story of Exodus," dances to the
music of Sephardic Jews. 2 p.m.
Sun., March 31. $2.50. JCC JPM,
Oak Park. (810) 967-4030.

Center for Creative Studies:
A performance of the Repertory
Ensembles featuring students
from the school of dance in tap,
ballet, East Indian and Dunham.
Noon-1 p.m. Sat., March 30.
Free. Detroit Institute of Arts
Auditorium, 5200 Woodward.
(313) 972-3118, Ext. 610.

artistry, trained elephants and
horses, clowns, and more. Opens
Thurs., April 4, through Sun.,
April 7. 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Thurs.; 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Fri.; 11 a.m., 3:30 p.m. and 7:30
p.m. Sat.; 1 and 5 p.m. Sun. $5-
$12. Palace of Auburn Hills.
(810) 377-0100 or (810) 645-6666.

Stars of the Bolshoi Ballet:
Featuring Maria Bylova, Mikhail
Bessmertnov, Natalia Arkhipo-
va, Yuri Vasyuchenko. Dancing
Act II of Tchaikovsky's Swan
Lake, and pieces to Rachmani-
nov, Shostakovich, Adam, Dvo-
rak, Chopin and others. 1 and 5
p.m. Sun., March 31. $10-$35.
Fox Theatre. (810) 433-1515.

Tom S awyer, a production by
Paper Bag Productions with orig-
inal music and lyrics. Through
May 19. Lunch and show noon
Sat.; 1 p.m. Sun. $7. Historic
Players Club, 3321 E. Jefferson
between McDougal and Mt. El-
liott in Detroit. (810) 662-8118.

Oakland Dance Theatre: In-
cludes performance of "Shakers"
by Doris Humphrey with guest
dancers from Wayne State Uni-
versity. 8 p.m. Fri., March 29; 3
and 8 p.m. Sat., March 30. $8.
Varner Recital Hall, Oakland
University, Rochester. (810) 370-
3013.

Contra Dances: Sponsored by
the Oakland County Tradition-
al Dance Society. Early Ameri-
can and English Dances the
fourth Sat., 8-11 p.m. ($6/$7,
smoke free), and second Sun.,
1:304:30 p.m. ($6), of the month.
All Saints Church, Williams at
Pike, Pontiac. (810) 569-7573.

Views," participants use water-
colors to create a postcard "ve-
duta," reminiscent of scenes in
the exhibition "Treasures of
Venice." Noon-3 p.m. Sat., April
6; noon-4 p.m. Sun., April 7. 5200
Woodward Ave., Detroit. (3130
833-4249.

Detroit Public Library Chil-
dren's Spring Vacation Fes-
tival, includes programs for
children ages 4 and up at five
branch locations: Hubbard,
Bowen, Chandler, Franklin and
the Main Library. Call for times
and programs. Sat.-Sat., April 6-
13. (313) 833-4008.

Detroit Institute of Arts Fam-
ily Workshop. In "Postcard

Waginogan: The Gathering
Place. Re-creation of an Indian
"gathering place." 1-4 p.m. Sat.-
Sun. through May 5. Cranbrook
Institute of Science, 1221 N.
Woodward Ave. (810) 645-3224.

Cranbrook Institute of Sci-
ence: What Makes Music?, the
science behind sound and the
technology of making music.
Through May 12. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Detroit Zoo, includes the
Wildlife Interpretive Gallery, an
indoor gallery, aquarium, but-
terfly and hummingbird garden
and ongoing films. The zoo is
open every day from 10 a.m.-4
p.m. $6 ages 13 61/$4 ages 62
and over/$3 kids 2-12. 1-696 and
Woodward Ave., Royal Oak.
(810) 398-0903.

FILM

Tutto Fellini, a festival cele-
brating the Italian filmmaker. 5
p.m. Fri., March 29: The Nights
of Cabiria; 9:50 p.m. Sun., March
31: La Doke Vita; 9:20 p.m. Mon.,
April 1: 8-1 l2; 9:20 p.m. Tues.,
April 2: Juliet of the Spirit; 5:30
p.m. Wed., April 3: The Marriage
Agency and Toby Dammit; 5:30
p.m. Thurs., April 4: The Temp-
tations of Dr. Antonio; 7:10 p.m.
Fri., April 5: The Clowns; 9 p.m.
Fri., April 5: Fellini Satyricon.
Films through April 14. $6/$45
series pass. Michigan Theater,
Arm Arbor. (313) 668-8397.

Redford Theatre Winter
Film Series presents King of
Kings, 1927 silent film with
guest organist Chris Kreipke. 8
p.m. Fri., March 29; 2 and 8 p.m.
Sat., March 30. Organ overture
begins half hour before the film.
17360 Lahser at Grand River,
Detroit. (313) 537-2560.

Hot Air Balloon Workshop, to
introduce third- to seventh-
graders to the principles of
physics, aerodynamics, engi-
neering and mathematics as
they build models of hot air bal-
loons. 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Sat.,
March 30. $15/$50 team of four.
Oakland Community College,
Highland Lakes Campus, 7350
Cooley Lake, Waterford. (810)
360-3186.

Detroit Film Theatre presents
Anne Frank Remembered (Eng-
land, 1995), 7 and 9:30 p.m. Fri.-
Sat., March 29-30; 4 and 7 p.m.
Sun., March 31. $5.50/$4.50 se-
niors and students. DFT Mon-
day Series features Halfmoon
(Germany, 1995) 7 p.m. Mon.,
April 1. DIA, 5200 Woodward
Ave., Detroit. (313) 833-2323.

Fred Penner. The family en-
tertainer sings classics, and new
and old songs from his repertoire,
accompanied by the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra. 11:30 a.m.
and 2 p.m. Sat., March 30. $7-
$17. Orchestra Hall. (313) 833-
3700.

Royal Harmeford Circus, fea-
turing "Splendors of the Orient"
Chinese magic, stunts, aerial

Detroit Science Center. 5020
John R, Detroit. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Mon.-Fri.; 12:30-5 p.m. Sat.-Sun.
$6.50 adults/$4.50 students and
seniors. (313) 577-8400.

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Max The Moose Wakes Up
Spring, a Youtheatre presenta-
tion with Farmington native
Marc Thomas and his puppet
friend Max. 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Sat., March 30; 2 p.m. Sun.,
March 31. $8. Music Hall Cen-
ter, 350 Madison, Detroit. (313)
963-2366.

FAMILY

Shrine Circus, featuring ani-
mal trainer Tarzan Zerbini, the
Chepiakova & Kim horse and
bear act, elephants, space wheel
and more. Through March 31.
$6-$14. Discount tickets can be
ordered by phone ($3 surcharge).
State Fair Coliseum. (313) 366-
6200 or (313) 353-9777.

Mon.-Thurs.; 10 a.m.-10 p.m.
Fri.-Sat.; 1-5 p.m. Sun. $5
adults/$4 children 3-17 and se-
niors. 1221 N. Woodward,
Bloomfield Hills. (810) 645-3200.

Idol' Dome

Born Borge Rosenbaum, the concert pianist and comedi-

an used to quip onstage: "What's the difference between
a Nazi and a dog? ... The Nazi usually lifts his arm." Borge
will play MC., conductor, piano soloist and stand-up co-
median with the DSO this weekend.

Detroit Science Center Om-
nimax Theatre presents Ti-
documenting the
tanica,
expeditions to explore the
sunken shipwreck. Opening
Mon., April 1. 10 a.m., 11 a.m.,
noon and 1 p.m. Mon., Wed., Fri.;
1, 2 and 3 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Destiny
in Space continues at 10 a.m., 11
a.m., noon and 1 p.m. Tues.,
Thurs.; 4 p.m. Sat.-Sun.
$6.50/$4.50 students, seniors, in-
cludes admission to museum.
5020 John R, Detroit. (313) 577-
8400.

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