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"With his guitar
and harmonica
and nasal twang,
Dan Bern may
sound as if he had
listened to too
many Bob Dylan
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"But his irreverent
humor is his own." Indeed it is. Bern,
the son of Holocaust survivors, spent
as much time listening to Lenny Bruce
as he did Dylan growing up, and now,
this Midwestern-bred "John Belushi
folkie" is being compared to Woody
Guthrie and Bruce Springsteen as
well. In "Marilyn," he suggests that
Monroe should have married X-rated
novelist Henry Miller instead of play-
wright Arthur Miller. His song
"Jerusalem" is a spoof about waiting
for the Messiah. His in-your-face hon-
esty has won him critical acclaim.
Catch this rising star 8 p.m. Saturday,
March 13, at The Ark, 316 S. Main
St., Ann Arbor. $11. (734) 761-1451.
Also coming to the Ark, at 8 p.m.
Thursday, March 18, is the David
Grisman Quintet. Dubbed "the
Paganini of the mandolin" by the New
York Times, Grisman's "Dawg" music has
evolved from a deep appreciation of a
myriad of musical influences — from
bluegrass and Latin to Gypsy and ja777,
from Bill Monroe to Jerry Garcia and
Django Reinhard. $25. (734) 761-1451
Widely known as the most authen-
tic Beatles tribute band around, 1964
.. The Tribute has been satisfying the
appetites of Beatle-hungry fans for
more than a dozen years. After a
packed audience in December, the
group returns to the stage at the Magic
Bag, 22920 Woodward, in Ferndale,
on Saturday, March 13. Doors at 8.
$15. (248) 544-3030.
Balalaika virtuoso Gennady Zut
performs 3 p.m. Sunday, March 14, at
the Jimmy Prentis Morris Building of
the Jewish Community Center in Oak
Park. Accompanied by his wife, pianist
Tatyana Zut, he will perform from his

repertoire of classical and modern
compositions and traditional Russian
folk song arrangements. There is a
charge of $2. (248) 967-4030.
"Perfect partners," sisters Yuki and
Tomoko Mack bring their duo piano
talents to Orchard Lake St. Mary's
College's "Classics on the Lake" stage
3 p.m. Sunday, March 14. They will

Rossini, Verdi, Bizet and Bernstein.
The church is located at 22125
Opdyke, between Long Lake and
Square Lake roads, in Bloomfield
Hills. Tickets, available at the door, are
$12 adults/$9 seniors and
students/free for children under 13.
(248) 851-7408.
Julian Rachlin, at age 22, has
already established himself as one of
the leading violinists of his generation.
Born in Lithuania, Rachlin, who is
Jewish, immigrated
to Austria with his
musician parents in
1978. He became the

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Beatles tribute band
"1964"
plays the Magic Bag on
Saturday.

Sara Schreiber, director of
Empathatre, describes it as "a combi-
nation of psychodrama, improvisation-
al theater and drama therapy." During
each performance, audience members
are invited to write down descriptions
of situations they face, which the
actors then use as the basis for impro-
visations. Empatheatre, now in its fifth
year, takes the stage 7:30 p.m. Friday,
March 12 — and the second Friday of
each month — at Ann Arbor's
Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N.
Fourth St. Doors at 6:45. $10/$8 stu-
dents. (734) 769-2999.
Set in the countryside in a
remote area of Ireland, The
Playboy of the Western
World is the story of a young
hooligan who wanders into a
small village claiming to have
killed his father and instantly
becomes the romantic hero
of the local villagers. The
play opens 8 p.m. Friday,
March 12, and runs in reper-
tory through May 8, at the
Hilberry Theatre on the
Wayne State University cam-
pus. Call for additional show
times. $10-$17. (313) 577-
2972.
Sally Struthers (Miss
Hannigan), Conrad John Schuck
(Daddy Warbucks) and Brittny
Kissinger as the feisty red-headed
orphan return to the Masonic
Temple Theatre in Annie March 17-
21. Sandy the dog will be there too.
$19.50-$49.50. (313) 832-2232.

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Gennady Zut performs
Sunday
at the Oak Park JCC.

Twenty-two-year-old vio-
linist Julian Rachlin per-
forms with the DSO
Friday and Saturday,
March 19-20.

Dan Bern performs
at The Ark on Saturday.

play Copland's Rodeo, symphonic
dances from Bernstein's West Side Story
and Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue,
among other selections. $25/$15.
(248) 683-1750.
The Southfield Symphony
Orchestra returns to St. Hugo in the
Hills church 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March
14, in a concert featuring the Fort
Street Men's Chorale; violinist James
Kujawski and soloists Edward Kingins
and Dorothy Duensing. The program
includes "Spring" from Vivaldi's The
Four Seasons; the overture from
Dvorak's In Natures's Realm; Brahm's
Alto Rhapsody and arias and duets by

On The Stage

Dance Fever

youngest
soloist ever to
play with the
Vienna
Philharmonic. Since 1989, he has
appeared with the world's leading
orchestras, including the Israel
Philharmonic. He will be the featured
soloist with the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra at Orchestra Hall 10:45
a.m. and 8 p.m. Friday, March 19; and
8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 20, in a
program that includes Part's Symphony
No. 3, Sibelius' Violin Concerto and
Shostakovich's Symphony No. I.
$13-$60. (313) 576-5111.

The Warren Symphony Orchestra,
under the direction of David
Daniels, combines forces with the
Michigan Ballet Theatre to present
Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty
2 and 7 p.m. Sunday, March 14, at
Macomb Center for the Performing
Arts. The leading roles of Princess
Aurora and Prince Florimund will be
danced by two guest artists from the
renowned Joffrey Ballet — Jennifer
Goodman and Michael Anderson, both
of whom are alumni of the Michigan
Ballet Theatre. $22 adults/$20 seniors
and students. (810) 286-2222.
The members of the Alvin Ailey
American Dance Theater, under artis-

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3/12
1999

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