What To Do, What To Do .
Musical
Notes
For the third year
in a row, The New
Orleans Klezmer
All Stars will put a
Southern Yiddish
spin. on Temple
Beth El's annual
GAIL
ZIMMERMAN Jazz Shabbat
Service. The All
Arts er
Stars — dubbed
Entertainment
Editor
"the funniest and
wildest of the
klezmer new wave" by the Village Voice
— feature drums, guitar and trom-
bone in addition to the standard
klezmer fare of clarinet, violin and
accordion. The 8 p.m. Friday, March
26, New Orleans-style worship experi-
ence includes Cantor Stephen Dubov,
the Temple Beth El Choir and the all-
new Temple Klez Kids Band, who will
join together for a mixed gumbo of
New Orleans jazz, klezmer, rock, blues
and scat music blended with tradition-
al liturgical words and melodies.
Refreshments and dancing to the All
Stars follows. The service and Oneg
are free and open to the community.
To reserve a place for Shabbat dinner
at 6:15 p.m. (there is a charge), call
Irene Soble at (248) 855-6550. The
New Orleans Klezmer All Stars also
will appear 8 p.m. Wednesday, March
24, at The Ark, 316 S. Main St., Ann
Arbor. $12. (734) 761-1451.
The Intergenerational Choir, estab-
lished in 1994 to bring together senior
citizens and youth from the former
Soviet Union, performs 4 p.m. Sunday,
March 21, at the Jimmy Prentis Morris
Building of the Jewish Community
Center in Oak Park. The group, led by
conductor Larisa Matusova and accom-
panied by Lilya Ostapenko, sings in
Russian, English, Yiddish, Hebrew and
Italian. Tickets are $1. (248) 967-4030.
Self-styled alternative country singer
Lyle Lovett visits Ann Arbor's Michigan
Theater 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 23.
Lovett's witty and ironic lyrics are fla-
vored with music ranging from country,
folk and jazz to Texas swing. 603 E.
Liberty $35/$27.50. (248) 645-6666.
Sometimes compared with John Tesh
and Yanni, contemporary jazz key-
• •
boardist Keiko Matsui performs 8 p.m.
Wednesday and Thursday, March 24
and 25, at the Royal Oak Music Theatre.
The Ken Navarro Group opens. 318 W.
4th. $28.50. (248) 645-6666.
Following their sold-out perfor-
mance in December, the quintet 'N
Sync takes the stage 7 p.m. Thursday,
March 25, at the Palace of Auburn
Hills. $35/$24.50. (248) 645-6666.
Guitar virtuoso and former
Yardbird Jeff Beck perform songs from
Who Else!, his first collection of new
original music in a decade, 8 p.m.
Friday, March 26, at the Fox Theatre.
$40/$32.50. (248) 433-1515.
On The Stage
- The Bloomfield Players production
of The Wizard of Oz takes the stage 8
p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m.
Sundays, March 19-21 and 26-28, at
Andover High School, 4200 Andover
Road, Bloomfield Township. The cast
includes Leslie Handelman of West
Bloomfield as Dorothy; Larry Miller
of Bloomfield Hills as the Cowardly
Above: The New Orleans Klezmer All Stars
play at Temple Beth El's annual
Jazz Shabbat Service on March 26
Above right; Keiko Matsui perms
March 24-25 in Royal Oak.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra
premieres U-M professor and composer
Stephen Rush's Possession for Orchestra
and performs Berlioz's Symphonie fim-
tastique and Beethoven's Piano Concerto
No. 2, with soloist Garrick Ohlsson, 8
p.m. Thursday, March 25; 10:45 a.m.
and 8 p.m. Friday, March 26; and 8:30
p.m. Saturday, March 27, at Orchestra
Hall. Neeme Jarvi conducts. $13-$63.
(313) 576-5111.
Lion; Udi Kapen of Southfield as the
Tin Woodsman; Richard Payton of
Bloomfield Hills as the Scarecrow;
Betsy Heuer of West Bloomfield as the
Wicked Witch; and Hanna LoPatin of
West Bloomfield as Glinda. $10
adults/$8 children. (248) 433-0885.
Porgy and Bess — Gershwin's opera
featuring the standards "Summertime"
and "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin" — visits
the Macomb Center for the Performing
Arts 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday,
March 19-20; and 2:30 p.m. Sunday,
March 21. $30 adult/$27 students and
seniors. (810) 286-2222.
The University of Michigan Opera
Theatre's production of Mozart's The
Magic Flute, featuring an all-white
minimalist set and a cast of nearly 40
who perform this tale of mystery and
enchantment in English, will be
mounted 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday,
March 25-27; and 2 p.m. Sunday,
March 28, at the Lydia
Mendelssohn Theatre in the
Michigan League, Fletcher at N.
University, Ann Arbor. $18/$14/$7
students. (734) 764-0450.
Fiddler on the Roof takes the
stage at the Townley Auditorium of
Washtenaw Community College,
4800 E. Huron River Dr., Ann
Arbor, with a cast that includes
Rebekah Adler of Ann Arbor's
Beth Israel Congregation, 8 p.m.
Thursday-Saturday, March 25-27;
and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 28.
$15/$10 seniors, children and
WCC students. (734) 973-3450.
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now
Change, featuring songs and
sketches recounting the joys and tribu-
lations of the modern-day mating
game, has been extended at the Gem
Theatre through June 27. For tickets,
call (313) 962-2913.
Dance Fever
The American Ballet Theatre returns
to its Midwest home with a production
of Don Quixote 8 p.m. Thursday-
Saturday, March 25-27; and 2 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, March 27-28, at
the Detroit Opera House. Originally
created for the Russian Imperial Ballet
in 1869 and based on the Cervantes
classic, this ABT cast features premiere
dancers Angel Corella, Jose Manuel
Correno, Paloma Herrera and Susan
Jaffee. $15-$62. (313) 961-3500.
It's
M
ac
Illusionist David Copperfield
appears at the Fox Theatre 6 and 9
p.m. Saturday, March 20; and 12, 3:30
and 7 p.m. Sunday, March 21, in a
new show called U.; which will feature
never-before-seen interactive illusions.
In one feat, 13 randomly selected
members of the audience will gather
FYI: For Arts and Entertainment related events that you wish to have considered for Out & About, please send the item, with a detailed description of the event, times, dates, place, ticket prices and publishable phone number,
to: Gail Zimmerman, JN Out & About, The Jewish News, 27676 Franklin Road, Southfield, MI 48034; fax us at (248) 354-6069; or e-mail to gzimmerman@thejewishnews.com Notice must be received at least three weeks before
the scheduled event. Photos are appreciated but cannot be returned. All events and dates listed in the Out & About column are subject to change.
3/19
1999
78 Detroit Jewish News