Arts Entertainment
CLASSICAL NOTES
Trueblood Theatre presents Love Songs, a
musical by Libbe S. HaLevy with music
and lyrics by Steven Cagan; $8. The Arena
Theatre stages Our Good Neighbor, a play
by Ryan Tecco, and David Anderson's
screenplay The Big Brother, directed by
Gabriel Burnstein; free. (734) 763-TKTS.
Genitti's Hole in The Wall in Northville
presents Trapped in the Rubber Room, a
one-man show written and performed by
Timothy Campos, 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays,
May 30-June 27. $14-$15. (248) 349-0522.
Pianist Stewart Goodyear and the
Detroit Symphony Orchestra perform
Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue 10:45 a.m.
and 8 p.m. Friday and 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 1-2, at Orchestra Hall.
be works by Schuller
Also featured
and Enescu. $15-$67. (313) 576-5111.
Michigan Opera Theatre will hold audi-
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tions, by appointment only, for small roles
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for the 2001-2002 season, Wednesday, June
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6, at the Detroit Opera House. Call (313)
237-3273. Auditions also may be scheduled
THE BIG SCREEN
for the chorus and children's chorus, Monday and
Tuesday, June 25-26, at Central Woodward Christian
The film 'N Sync: Bigger than Live, shot last July
Church in Troy. Call (313) 237-3405.
at Pontiac's Silverdome, premieres at Henry Ford
Museum's IMAX Theatre Friday, June 1, and runs
through September. $10 adults/$8.50 seniors and
children 12 and under. Call for show times.
More than 70 techno artists, including Derrick May,
(313) 271-1570.
De La Soul, Juan Atkins and LTJ Bukem, will perform
free on four stages in Detroit's Hart Plaza Saturday-
THE SMALL SCREEN
Monday, May 26-28, as part of the second annual
Detroit Electronic Music Festival. For a complete
Showtime airs Neil Simon's Laughter on the 23rd
schedule, log on to www.electronicmusicfest.com .
Floor, adapted for television by Richard Benjamin
Eddie Money, with special guest Burning Candles,
and starring Nathan Lane, 8 p.m. Saturday, May
rocks the DTE Energy Music Theatre 7:30 p.m.
26; 10 p.m. Sunday, May 27; and 11:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 27. $12.50-$20.50. (248) 645-6666.
Wednesday, May 30. The comedy is based on
Blue Oyster Cult, the hard rock band featuring
Simon's experiences as a writer for Sid Caesar's Your
Jewish vocalist Eric Bloom, takes the stage 7:30 p.m. Show of Shows, and features characters based on fel-
Monday, May 28, at the DTE Energy Music
low writers Mel Brooks, Larry Gelbart and Woody
Theatre. Also performing is Loverboy. $16.50-
Allen. Check your local listings.
$26.50. (248) 645-6666.
U2 brings its "U2 Elevation Tour 2001," with
special guest PJ Harvey, to the Palace of Auburn
LAUGH LINES
Hills 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 30. $45-$130.
Comedian Ben Konstantin takes the stage 8
(248) 645-6666.
p.m. Thursday and 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday,
Rock duo Daryl Hall & John Oates, whose next
May 24-26, at Royal Oak's Comedy Castle.
album is due out later this summer, perform at DTE
Headliner Bill Hildebrandt also performs. $6-$12.
Energy Music Theatre 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May
(248) 542-9900.
30. $16.50-$28.50. (248) 645-6666.
Traditional bluegrass and classic ballads to old-
time swing and jazz come to Ann Arbor's The Ark 8
FAMILY
p.m. Saturday, June 2, with music by the Raisin
Famous monsters teach basic understanding of atom-
Pickers. $11. (734) 761-1451.
ic structure and the role of atoms in matter and energy
when Cranbrook Institute of Science welcomes The
Atoms
Family May 26-Sept. 3. Museum admission: $7
ON THE STAGE
adults;
$4
children 3-17, students and seniors; free
Hamtramck's Planet Ant Theatre ends its mainstage
under
3.
(877)
462-7262.
season with Marsha Norman's 'Night Mother, winner
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of the Pulitzer and Susan Blackburn prizes, 8 p.m.
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays,
May 25-June 17. $10. (313) 365-4948, Ext. 1.
University of Michigan's Festival of New Works, a
series of script-in-hand staged readings, continues 8
p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 1-2. Ann Arbor's
THE ART SCENE
The Detroit Institute of Arts hosts Dance of the
Forest Spirits, an exhibit of masks used in the
Native American custom of potlatch, a ritual that
demonstrates a family's prestige and position,
through May 2002. Free with museum admission.
(313) 833-7900.
The Sybaris Gallery in Royal Oak presents a one-
person exhibition of sculpture by Diane Simpson,
and Garden of Dreams, jewelry by eight metal-
smiths, through June 30. (248) 544-3388.
Meet expressionist artist Hessam Abrishami 6-8
p.m. Saturday, June 2, at a champagne reception at
Danielle Peleg Gallery in West Bloomfield. The
exhibition highlights the artist's contemporary figu-
rative works on canvas and paper. (248) 626-5462.
In celebration of Detroit's 300th birthday, Henry
Ford Museum exhibits Photographer to the World:
The Detroit Publishing Company, a display of more
than 100 selected images of everyday life, natural
wonders and international cities taken in the late
19th-early 20th centuries. The exhibition runs June
1-Jan. 6, 2002. $7.50-$12.50. (313) 271-1620.
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Native Detroiter and screenwriter/producer
Bonnie Garvin hosts a seminar for local movie buffs
who wish to make their mark in show business 9:30
a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday, June 2, at the Birmingham
Community House. $125, includes continental
breakfast and box lunch. (248) 644-5832.
Greenfield Village's A Nation Divided: Civil War
Remembrance, running 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday and
Monday, May 27-28, includes daily activities giving
visitors an understanding of the Civil War era.
Village admission: $8.50-$14. (313) 271-1620.
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