DIVINE DIVA

GOING
`BAREFOOT'

determined to save his
new friend from destruc-
tion and Sir George, the
dragon slayer. September
Productions brings these
characters to life — with a
large dose of music, dance
and laughs — 12:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 26, at
Temple Beth El in a
delightful re-telling of
Kenneth Grahame's The

She turned age 60 in November,
but-Tina Turner still owns the hardest
First produced in 1963,
working pair of legs in show business.
Barefoot in the Park is a Neil
Born in the late 1930s in Nutbush,
Simon gem. The comedy
Tenn., Anna Mae Bullock at age 16
begins as a new lawyer and
moved to St. Louis, where she met her
his bride, having just com-
future husband and the man who
pleted their six-day honey-
would make her a star, Ike Turner.
moon, move into the new
GAIL ZIMMERMAN
"The Ike and Tina Turner Revue" was
Arts Entertainment
high-rent
living quarters she
one of America's top bands in the
Edito r
has chosen for them — a
1960s and early '70s, with hits like
Reluctant Dragon.
rackety Greenwich Village
"Proud Mary" and "River Deep,
The performance is the
apartment, with complica-
Mountain High."
final event in this year's Loren B. Fischer
tions provided by the bride's mother and
In 1976, Tina, emboldened by her
Cultural Arts Series for Children and
an overly friendly, oddball neighbor
newly found Buddhist
Their Families, an annual program that
from the attic above.
faith and big-screen
introduces young children to the magic
Simon based the character of Corie
success as the Acid
of theater. Open to the community at
Brater on his beloved Ri-st wife, Joan,
Queen in the Who's
no charge, the series is a gift from Philip
who succumbed to cancer.
Tommy, left her vio-
and Myrna Fischer and their family in
When asked during an inter-
lently disintegrating
memory of their daughter, Loren, who
view how much of Paul
marriage and
succumbed to cancer at age 16.
Brater he based on himself,
embarked on the
No reservations are necessary for
he answered, "A lot."
long road to a suc-
the performance, recommended for
"Forget the law firm," he con-
cessful solo career.
children ages 3-10. For more informa-
tinued.
"The
behavior was the same. I
By the early
tion, call (248) 851-1100, Ext. 3149.
was, for example, a little too
1980s, she had a new
uptight about certain things.
band, new songs and a
There [Joan] was on a pretty
new rock image fea-
chilly night taking her shoes
turing her one-of-a-
and socks off and walking
kind blend of pop,
our dog in the park say-
R&B and rock vocals.
ing, 'Take your shoes
Private Dancer, her
off, it feels wonderful.'
1984 debut solo
"And I'd say, 'I
album, featured the
don't
want to take
Tina
song "What's Love
Garth Fagan Dance visits
my shoes off, it's
Turner
Got To Do With It,"
Music
Hall March 30-April 2.
performs
cold.'
the title given to the
Sunday at
"Then'she'd
smash 1993 movie that
the Palace.
say, 'Why do you worry
was based on her auto-
POETRY IN MOTION
about things like that?'
biography, I, Tina. Her
"Then again, there would be
latest album, Twenty-Four Seven, was
It's a special time for dance in
those moments that I would indulge
launched at a special performance at
metro Detroit this week. At the same
in all her fantasies, so..."
the Superbowl in January during the
time that the classical ballet Swan Lake
Stagecrafters mounts a production of
pre-game show.
graces the Detroit Opera House, the
Barefoot in the Park 8 p.m. Thursdays-
A multiple Grammy winner and
highly energized, gravity defying
Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Tina
troupe Garth Fagan Dance takes over
April 9 at the Baldwin Theatre, 415 S.
Turner will appear 7:30 p.m. Sunday,
the stage at Detroit's Music Hall for
Lafayette, in Royal Oak. There will be a
March 26, at the Palace of Auburn
the Performing Arts down the street.
sign-interpreted performance for the
Hills in a sold-out concert with special
Detroit native Garth Fagan is the
deaf on April 6. Tickets are $12-$14.
guest Lionel Richie. If you didn't get
Tony Award-winning choreographer of
(248) 541-6430.
this hot ticket this time around, you've
Disney's Broadway smash musical The
got a second chance. Turner and
Lion King. A graduate of Wayne State
Richie have added a second show at
University and former director of
BRING THE KIDS
the Palace on Thursday, June 1.
Detroit's All-City Dance Company,
A dragon who would rather read a
Tickets are $35.25-$85.25. Call (248)
Fagan also was principal soloist and
book than breathe fire, a little boy
645-6666.
choreographer of Detroit Contemporary

Dance and Dance Theatre Detroit.
Fagan's blending of styles — includ-
ing jazz, Afro-Caribbean, ballet and
modern — is performed to the music
of composers ranging from Wynton
Marsalis and Antonio Vivaldi to
Thelonious Monk, Puccini, Harold
Arlen and Duke Ellington. The pro-
gram at Music Hall will include Prelude,
A Trois from Mix 25, In the Beat and

Two Pieces of One: Green and Woza.
Performances are scheduled for 8
p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 3 p.m.
Sunday, March 30-April 2. Tickets are
$30-$40, with group, senior and student
rates available. Call (313) 963-2366.

KAFKA'S PRAGUE

In his new book, Prague Territories
(University of California Press), Scott
Spector, an assistant professor of histo-
ry and German at the University of
Michigan, maps for the first time the
"territories" carved out by German-
Jewish intellectuals living in Prague at
the dawn of the 20th century.
Spector explores the social,
cultural, and ideological con-
texts in which Franz Kafka
and his contemporaries flour-
ished, revealing previously
unseen relationships between
politics and culture. His read-
ings of a broad array of
German writers feature the
work of Kafka and the so-
called Prague Circle and
encompass journalism, politi-
cal theory, Zionism and more.
Spector holds a reading and book
signing 4 p.m. Thursday, March 30, at
Shaman Drum Bookshop, 313 S.
State, Ann Arbor. (734) 662-7407.

CLARIFICATION

After last week's issue went to press
and due to unforeseen circumstances,
the Detroit Historical Museum had to
reschedule last Sunday's tour of the
museum's "On The Air" exhibit with
guest host Sonny Elliot. The tour will
now be conducted by Elliot 1-3 p.m.
Sunday, April 2. The museum regrets
any inconvenience caused by the
rescheduling. For more information,
call (313) 833-1805.

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