staging of the Kander and Ebb clas-
sic, which unlike earlier productions
fully acknowledges the Jewish story
line, is not to be missed.

FASHION SENSE

A professional photographer for 40 years,
Larry Fink is the recipient of many awards,
including two Guggenheim Fellowships, and has
enjoyed one-man shows at both the Museum of
Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American
Art in New York. His latest work focuses on the
international fashion world, and coincides with
the release of his new book, Runway
(PowerHouse Books). A retrospective of Fink's
work currently is touring France and will make
its way to the U.S. later this year.
Fink's black and white photographs portraying
the fashion industry will be shown in an exhibit
titled "Theater Without a Plot: Runway" at
Ferndale's Revolution gallery April 29-May 27.
There will be an opening reception at the
gallery, located at 23257 Woodward, from 5-7
p.m. Saturday, April 29. For more information,
call (248) 541-3444.

CELEBRATE LIFE

INSPIRED BY NATURE

Cranbrook Academy of Art
graduate Barbara Cooper has been
exhibiting her emotionally evoca-
GAIL ZININIERNIAN
tive sculptures, inspired by biologi-
Arts t Entertainment
cal forms and processes, for more
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than two decades.
The Jewish artist's previous sculptures comprised

Clockwise from top:

Larry Fink: "George
Plimpton, Jared Paul Stern
and Cameron Richardson,
Fashion Shoot, Elaine's,
NYC," January 1999,
gelatin silver print; at
Revolution.

The Michigan Jewish AIDS Coalition
Barbara Cooper: "Buttress,"
(MJAC) hosts the cast of Cabaret, currently
wood; at Sybaris Gallery.
playing at the Fisher Theatre, in a Broadway-
style review titled "Celebrating Life" 7:30 p.m.
Lea Thompson headlines a
MJAC benefit on May 8.
Monday, May 8, at Temple Israel.
Lea Thompson, who plays Sally Bowles in
Cabaret and is best known for her role as
Caroline in the TV sitcom Caroline in the City,
will join the other performers in helping to raise funds
for MJAC and Broadway Cares: Equity Fights AIDS.
Tickets are $36 for open seating and $72 for
reserved patron seating. Sponsorships are available at
$100-$1,000. For more information, call the MJAC
office, (248) 594-6522.
Note: If you haven't seen the current production of
Cabaret, which runs at the Fisher through May 14,
make every effort to do so. Director Sam Mendes' re-

MORE BEST BETS ...

In his final concert for the Ann
Arbor Symphony Orchestra, Samuel

Wong conducts Gustav Mahler's
Symphony No. 3. The performance
begins 8 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at
the Michigan Theater; pre-concert lec-
ture by Maestro Wong at 7 p.m. $17-
$30. (734) 994-4801.
Pro Musica hosts pianist Leif Ove
Andses, violinist Christian Tetzlaff
. and cellist Tanja Tetzlaff in an all-
Schumann program 8 p.m. Tuesday,
May 2, in the Recital Hall of the

Detroit Institute of Arts. $30 ticket
includes afterglow following the con-
cert; a 4:30-5 p.m. tour of the Van
Gogh exhibit is available for an addi-
tional $15. For reservations, call
(313) 886-5639 or (313) 833-6855.
Veruca Salt, featuring
guitarists/vocalists Louise Post and
Nina Gordon, takes the stage 8 p.m.
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Thursday, May 4, at the Shelter,
downstairs at St. Andrew's Hall.
$13/$10 advance. (313) 961-MELT
Grosse Pointe Theatre stages the
Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim
classic West Side Story 8 p.m.

woven strips of veneered wood interlocked to form
large abstract biomorphic forms, reminiscent of bas-
ketry. Her latest work uses wood in ways suggestive of
overlapping fish scales or tree bark. Employing furni-
ture factory scraps, she glues small bits of veneer
wood to create larger sheets. The resulting forms have
a close kinship to their original source material: trees.
The daughter of a biochemist and weaver,
Cooper teaches sculpture at the Art Institute of
Chicago and has recently been awarded a visiting
fellowship/residency in Akureyri, Iceland.
Cooper exhibits her sculptures, as well as a series
of charcoal drawings titled "Currents," inspired by
studies of trees and land formations, at Royal Oak's
Sybaris Gallery, 202 E. Third St., through May 20.
For more information, call the gallery at
(248) 544-3388.

TAKE A GAMBLE

For the first time in their 31-year-old history, the
Rosedale Community Players will perform a musical
comedy — the venerable Guys and Dolls, celebrating
its 50th anniversary this year.
Written by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, with
words and music by Frank Loesser, this all-time musi-
cal-theater classic about two gamblers, a Salvation
Army lass and a showgirl, includes such great songs as
"Luck Be a Lady," "Sit Down, You're Rocking the
Boat" and "I've Never Been in Love Before."
All performances by the Rosedale Community
Players will be held at the Upstage Theatre, 21728
Grand River, one-half block east of Lahser in the
Old Redford area of Northwest Detroit. Show times
are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m.
Sundays, April 28-May 13. All seats are reserved and
tickets are $13. Discounts are available for groups,
senior citizens and students. For reservations, call
the theater at (313) 532-4010 or Margaret Bross at
(313) 537-7716.

Thursdays-Saturdays and 2 p.m.
Sundays, May 3-20, at Grosse Pointe
War Memorial's Fries Auditorium.
$16. (313) 881-4004.
The Farmington Players present Kiss
Me Kate, with book and lyrics by Sam
and Bella Spewack and music and lyrics
by Cole Porter, 8 p.m. Thursdays-
Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, May 5-
27, at their playhouse, 32332 W 12
Mile Road. $15. (248) 553-2955.
The Detroit Film Theatre at the
DIA hosts the 38th Ann Arbor Film
Festival Tour, comprising highlights
and prize winners from this year's

week-long festival, 7:30 Monday, May
1. $5.50. (313) 833-3237.
Nickelodeon's Blue Clues-Live
comes to the Fox Theatre for 10 per-
formances May 3-7. Call for show
times. $14.50-$25.50. (248) 433-1515.
Greenfield Village presents Spring
Farm Days, including a sheep-shearing
demonstration, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday-
Sunday, May 4-7. (313) 271-1620.
Michigan artists-blacksmiths Scott
Lankton and Jim Roth turn guns into
art at Detroit's Swords into Plowshares
Gallery in an exhibit titled "Hot Gun
Art." Through July 29. (313) 963-7575.

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