LAUGHING MATTERS

Political satirist Mark Russell,
now in his 23rd season of comedy
specials on PBS, frequently is asked
if he has a writer. "Oh yes," he
responds. "I have 535 writers. One
hundred in the Senate — and 435
in the House."
Russell, who
accompanies
himself on the
piano while
offering the
fresh, topical
comedy for
which he is so
widely known,
will appear 7:30
p.m. Monday,
Oct. 11, at
Orchestra Hall in
a fund-raiser for
Kadima. The
nonprofit, non-
sectarian mental
health agency
offers residential,
counseling and
Political humorist
employment ser- Mark Russell
vices to adults
appears in a And-
with psychiatric
raiser for Kadima.
disabilities.
Students of
Interlochen Center for the Arts open
the program. Tickets begin at $75.
For more information, call (248)
559-8235.

PUPPET MAGIC

The Detroit Puppet Theater opens
its second season this weekend with
Kolobok, a Russian version of the
well-known "Gingerbread Man"
story. It will be presented in English.
Russian music will be played before
and after performances, accompanied
by a display of Russian artifacts.
Kolobok will be performed at 11
a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturdays and
Sundays, Oct. 2-3, 16-17, 23-24 and
30-31.
At 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday, Oct. 9-10, soprano
Maria Mikheyenko will be featured
in a musical performance with pup-
pets titled "Children's Songs From

preview performance 8
Around the World." She
also will perform in a
p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7,
and opens Friday, Oct. 8.
concert of "Russian
Running through Oct.
Romance Songs" 8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, Oct.
24, regular performance
times are 8 p.m.
29 and Nov. 19.
Thursdays through
The Detroit Puppet
Saturdays and 2 p.m.
Theater is located at 25
Sundays.
East Grand River in
Tickets are $10/$8
downtown
GAIL ZIMMERMAN
students and seniors with
Detroit.
Arts Entertainment
I.D./free for UDM stu-
Tickets for
Editor
dents. (313) 993-1130.
puppet shows
are $5 for chil-
dren and $7 for adults.
TECHNICOLOR
Shows, by appointment
only, are performed dur-
ing the week for groups of TREAT
Before
20 or more.
there was The
For information, call
Prince of
(313) 961-7777.
Egypt, there
was Joseph
MILLER TIME
and the
Amazing
An American classic,
Technicolor
Arthur Miller's Death of a
Dreamcoat.
Salesman won a 1949
The first
Tony Award for Best Play
musical
writ-
and a host of 1999 Tonys, including
ten by Sir
Best Revival of a Play, for its 50th
Andrew
anniversary production on
Lloyd
Broadway.
Webber and
Linda Loman's famous line from
Tim Rice, it
the play, "Attention must be paid,"
employs a
surely is appropriate for the Theatre
variety
of
Company produc-
tion opening at the
Above: Deanna
McAuley Theatre
Sperka's "In
on the Outer Drive
Memoriam,"
at
Campus of the
Paint Creek Center
University of
for the Arts. Sperka
Detroit Mercy.
resumes her series of
Starring a pow-
museum and
erhouse cast head-
gallery tours of
ed by David Regal
modern art in
as Willy Loman,
southeast Michigan
Yolanda Fleischer
on Wednesday
as his wife, Linda,
mornings, Oct. 6-
and Arthur Beer as
Dec. I. For more
his brother, Ben,
information, call
the play is directed
(248) 968-5112.
by Geoffrey
Left: Patrick
Sherman, former
Cassidy stars in
artistic director at
"Joseph and the
Meadow Brook
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Amazing
Theatre.
Technicolor
Death of a
Dreamcoat."
Salesman offers a

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musical styles to tell the story of
Israel's favorite son, Joseph, who is
sold into slavery by his 11 jealous
brothers. Because of his power to
interpret dreams, he becomes the
Pharaoh's right-hand man.
Eventually he reunites with his fami-
ly and forgies his brothers.
Joseph returns to the Masonic
Temple Oct. 5-10, in a production
starring Patrick Cassidy (son of
Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy) as
Joseph and former teen pop sensa-
tion Deborah Gibson as the
Narrator. Performance times are 8
p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, 2 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m.
Sunday. $25-$55. (313) 832 2232.

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BODY & SOUL

Featuring the rich, figurative
work of 75 artists working the spec-
trum from abstraction to representa-
tional formats, "Body and Soul," a
new exhibition at Paint Creek
Center for the Arts, showcases figu-
rative art through various media.
The show opens Friday, Oct. 1,
with a 6-8 p.m. reception and con-
tinues through Nov. 5. Among the
works featured is a photographic
sculpture, In Memoriam, by local
artist Deanna Sperka.
PCCA is located at 407 Pine St.
in Rochester. Gallery hours are 9:30
a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays through
Fridays and 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Saturdays. (248) 651-4110.

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