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Saturday, 8 pan.
For Your
Ears
Fun Guy
Comedian Jon Stewart "stands up for sanity" in a one-man show of irreverence
at The Majestic, 4140 Woodward, Detroit. The Comedy Central presentation
also features a-special "South Park" video. Doors at 7. All ages welcome. $8.
(248) 645-6666.
Saturday, 8 pan.
Couple Comedy
The Birmingham Temple Drama Club presents Neil Simon's California Suite, a
rollicking relationship comedy directed by Janice Leadbitter. A second perfor-
mance is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22. $8/members, $10/non-mem-
bers. 28611 W. Twelve Mile Road, Farmington Hills. (248) 477-1410.
Saturday, 8:30 pan.
Two-Part Harmony
To usher out the Sabbath, the Sarah Tugman Bais Chabad Torah Center hosts a
wine and cheese tasting Melava Malkah with entertainment by violinist Chava
Schoenfield. Schoenfield will play traditional Jewish and Chasidic melodies, with
accompaniment by guitarist Ed Levy. $18/$10 performance only. 5595 West
Maple Road, West Bloomfield. (248) 855-6170.
Sunday, 2 pan. & 7 pan.
Parody Play
Hold oilto your hat as the high-speed hilarity of The Compleat Works of Wilm.
Shkspr. (abridged) hits Wayne State's Hilberry Theatre. This condensation of
everything the Bard ever wrote transforms Titus Andronicus into a cooking show
and the history plays into a football game. No knowledge of Shakespeare
required! $25/$10. Proceeds benefit Wayne State University's Department of
Theater Endowment Fund. 4743 Cass, Detroit. (313) 577-2972.
Radio Days
Crafted from the mood, memories and mysteries of a generation of Americans
whose childhood was shaped by the Great Depression, "America in the '40s: A
Sentimental Journey" celebrates those unforgettable years in a moving chronolo-
gy. Charles Durning hosts this three-hour scrapbook of memorabilia for the
small screen on Detroit Public Television's Channel 56.
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GAIL
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Arts
Entertainment
Editor
Let the good
times roll at the
Blind Pig's Mardi
Gras bash featur-
ing bayou legend
Buckwheat Zyde-
co 7:30 p.m. and
10:30 p.m. Satur-
day, Feb. 21. $14.
208 S. First, Ann
Arbor. (313) 99-
MUSIC.
Join the Babes for an evening of
music and drama, rich in humor. Life
According to Four Bitchin' Babes
stars Sally Fingerett, Megon McDo-
nough, Debi Smith and Camille West.
From motherhood to contemporary
social issues, they'll take you on a
journey through the joys and dilem-
mas of love and life. 8 p.m. Saturday,
Feb. 21, at The Ark. $15. 316 S. Main
Street, Ann Arbor. (313) 761-1451.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra
presents Broadway Night at the Pops:
The Music of Cole Porter
8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26;
8:30 p.m. Friday and Satur-
day, Feb. 27 and 28; 3 p.m.
Sunday, March 1. $17-$45.
Orchestra Hall. (313) 576-
5111.
Chantal Kreviazuk
expresses universal emotion-
al truths through her music.
The Canadian chanteuse
brings her straight-from-
the-heart lyrics to the Royal
Oak Music Theatre 7:30
p.m. Friday, Feb. 27.
$17.50. 318 W Fourth,
Royal Oak. (248) 546-
7610.
• • •
March 1. 2211 Woodward, Detroit.
(248) 433-1515.
The punk percussion phenomenon
STOMP! makes a noisy and tri-
umphant return to the Fisher Theatre 1
8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, continuing
through March 8. Witness this smash-
ing success in which brooms become
an orchestra and hub caps clank in
rhythmic explosion. $25-$37.50.
(313) 872-1000.
Riverdance, the celebration of
Irish music, song and dance, returns
to Detroit for 14 performances begin-
ning 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, and
continuing through March 8. 8 p.m.
Tuesday-Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday,
and 2 p.m. matinees Saturday and
Sunday. $20-$63. Masonic Temple
Theatre, 500 Temple Avenue, Detroit.
(313) 832-2232.
The Big Screen
From France and Belgium comes
Alan Berliner's Ma Vie en Rose (My
Life in Pink), the funny and deeply
humane portrait of a stressed-out fam-
ily forced into unexplored territory
On The Stage
The longest running musi-
cal in Broadway history,
Cats steals into the Fox
Theatre 8 p.m. Tuesday,
Feb. 24. Its special effects,
innovative costumes and
show-stopping music
promise purr-fect memo-
ries. $17.50-$42.50. Con-
tinuing through Sunday,
Jon Stewart appears at The Majestic.