What To Do, What To Do .••

Artists include soprano Valerie Yova,
mezzo-soprano Elsie Inselman, tenor
David Troiano and baritone Chris
Meemick, accompanied by pianist
Joseph Gurt. LCE's executive director,
Stuart Grant, will spice up the pro-
gram with readings of love letters and
love poems. $18/$15 for students
and seniors. To reserve tickets, call
(248) 357-1111.
They "sold their souls for rock 'n'
roll," but original Black Sabbath
band members Ozzy Osbourne, Terry
"Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi and
Bill Ward

Musical
Notes

The hottest young
classical fiddler to
come along in
years, 24-year-old
superstar Maxim
Vengerov performs
4 p.m. Sunday,
GAIL
ZIMMERI\4AN Feb. 14, at a
University Musical
Arts &
Entertainment
Society program at
Editor
Hill Auditorium in
Ann Arbor. Born
in Novosibirsk, the capital of
Western Siberia, Vengerov won
his first competition when he
was 10. He moved to Tel Aviv
with. his family in 1990, so his
father could pursue work as an
oboist. Faced with compulsory
military service in Israel in
1995, Vengerov resettled in
Europe. How good is he
Vengerov's bow once belonged
to legendary violinist Jascha
Heifetz. Before his death in
1987, Heifetz stipulated that his
bow should go 'only to a truly
fitting successor." $14-$45. (734)
764-2538.
Pianist Louis Nagel, mezzo-
soprano Deanna Relyea and a U-
M string quartet perform music
Above:
heard in 20th-century Vienna 8
Maxim Vengerov
p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, in a
performs at
Kerrytown Concert House pro-
Hill Auditorium
gram titled Music in Freud's
in Ann Arbor
Vienna. Jointly sponsored by the
on Sunday.
Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute's
Ann Arbor Committee for
Right: Soprano
Psychoanalysis and the Arts and
Elizabeth Beeler is
the Association for Psychoanalytic
one of the soloists for
Thought, the evening will con-
the DSO's
"Broadway Today"
clude with a commentary provid-
performances at
ing a look at life in Freud's Vienna
Orchestra Hall.
and an afterglow with Viennese
pastry. 415 N. Fourth, Ann Arbor.
$10-$25. For reservations, call (734)
reunite to play
769-2999.
the Palace 7
It's amore. The Lyric Chamber
p.m. Sunday,
Ensemble presents Love Italian Style,
Feb. 14. $39.50. (248) 645-6666.
a vocal concert of love songs, arias
A living icon of jazz, pianist Herbie
and madrigals, 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb.
Hancock performs with bassist Kenny
14, at Hammell Music's recital hall in
Davis and drummer Gene Jackson 8
Bloomfield Hills, located on
p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, at Orchestra
Telegraph, just south of Long Lake.
Hall. Hancock's latest CD, Gershwin;-

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World, was released in celebration of
the 100th birthday of George
Gershwin. $15-$46. (313) 576-5130.
Led by Pops conductor Erich
Kunzel, the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra performs tunes from hit
musicals — including songs from
Smoky Joe's Cafe, The Lion King,
Ragtime and Rent — in a program
titled Broadway Today 8 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 18; 8:30 p.m. Friday
and Saturday, Feb. 19-20; and 3 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 21. Soloists are soprano
Elizabeth Beeler; tenor Kevin
Anderson (replacing Douglas Sills, the
Franklin native who cur-
rently is starring on
Broadway in The Scarlet
Pimpernel) and baritone
Daniel Narducci. $17-
$65. (313) 576-5111.
Former Temple Beth El
Cantor Gail
Hirschenfang, accompa-
nied by Cantors Ida Rae
Cahana and Martha
Novick, will perform 8
p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, in
the sanctuary of
Congregation Shaarey
Zedek, 1924 Coolidge
Road, in East Lansing. The
cantors will be accompanied
by pianist Stephen
Martorella in a program ded-
icated to the
50th anniversary
of the State of
Israel. A recep-
tion will follow
the program. $10
adults/S5 stu-
dents. Mail tick-
et requests to
2654 Raphael
Road, East
Lansing, MI
48823, with a
check payable to
Congregation
Shaarey Zedek,
and a stamped
self-addressed
envelope. In
addition to per-
forming in the
concert, Cantor
Hirschenfang, currently a cantor at
Vassar Temple in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.,
will particpate in the Friday evening
service on Feb. 19, accompanied by

pianist Sanford Izenson. The service
begins at 8:15 and is open to the pub-
lic at no charge.

On The Stage

The last time I saw Henrietta
Hermelin at a party, she was stuffing
silverware into her purse. Of course,
she was portraying Grandma Nunzio
in Tony 'n Tina's Wedding, a fun-for-
all interactive theater production now
playing at the Baci Theatre. Jennifer
Beth Kahn of West Bloomfield is the
lucky bride, Tina, and Julie Yolles of
Birmingham is caterers extraordinare
Loretta Black. She serves. up a mean
plate of baked ziti. The show's so pop-
ular, Wednesday night performances
have been added through February.
You can catch the show, and enjoy a
pasta meal as parr of the festivities,
7:30 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays and
2 and 6:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are
$50-$55, with group rates available.
The Baci Theatre is located at 40 W
Pike St., in Pontiac. (248) 745-8668.
Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our
Country's Good explores the bond
between captives, captors and the
redemptive power of art. Winner of
both the Laurence Olivier and New
York Drama Critics Circle Award for
Best Play, it is adapted from the histor-
ical novel The Playmaker, by Thomas
Keneally, author of Schindlers List. The
University of Michigan Department of
Theatre and Drama presents Our
Count7j4- Good 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday,
Feb. 12-13, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb.
14, at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
in Ann Arbor. $14-$181$7 students.
(734) 764-0450.
One of Broadway's most beloved
musicals, Lerner and Loewe's Brigadoon
takes the stage 2:30 and 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 13, at Macomb Center
for the Performing Arts. $29 adults/$26
students and seniors/$75 family four-
pack discount. (810) 286-2141.
The Hole, by Wendy Hammond,
author of last year's acclaimed Julie
Johnson, makes its world premiere on
the Purple Rose Theatre stage through
March 20. Examining the journey
undertaken by a couple through the
years of their relationship, it is being
presented 8 p.m. Wednesdays-
Saturdays; 3 p.m. Saturdays and 2
p.m. Sundays. 137 Park St., Chelsea,
Mich. $20-525. (734) 475-7902.

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2/12
1999

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