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Trumpeter/conductor Doc Severinsen
ON THE STAGE
brings his big band sound to Detroit in
In All the World for Love, the Takacs
DSO Pops concerts 1:30 and 8 p.m.
Stagecrafters takes the audience back to Grover's
Quartet and former poet laureate Robert
Thursday, 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday
Corners when it presents Thornton Wilder's
Pinsky celebrate classic and contempo-
and 3 p.m. Sunday, April 18-21, at
Pulitzer-Prize-winning Our Town April 12-28, at
rary poetry, as well as music, all centered
Orchestra Hall. $15-$51. (313) 576-5111.
Royal Oak's Baldwin Theatre. $12-$14. Call for
on themes of love. The University
Creedence Clearwater Revisited, dedi-
show times. (248) 541-6430.
Musical Society program, taking place 8
cated to the faithful revival of CCR music
Zeitgeist Detroit stages the premiere of a new play
p.m. Saturday, April 13, at Lydia
and featuring original band members Doug
by Carla Harryman, Performing Objects Stationed
Mendelssohn Theatre in Ann Arbor, fea-
Clifford and Stu Cook, visits the Palace of
in the Sub World, an exploration of memory and
GAIL ZININIERNIAN
tures the quartet performing works by
Auburn Hills 8 p.m. Thursday, April 18.
presence, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 4 p.m.
Arts li Entertainment
Janacek, Barber and Britten, and Pinsky
$14-$29.
(248)
645-6666.
Sundays through April 27. $10-$15. (313) 965-9192.
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reading 10 poems that evoke the range of
The Jeff Haas Trio, accompanied by
Wayne State University's Bonstelle Theatre
human love. $30-$40. (734) 764-2538.
Marcus Belgrave and Rob Smith, performs
mounts a production of the beloved musical Grease
Cantata Academy's Modern Masters concert, 8
music from their 2001 release Hagesher Chai — The
8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays,
p.m. Saturday, April 13, in St. Hugo of the Hills
Bridge Lives 6:30 and 8 p.m. Friday, April 19, in a
April 19-28. $11-$14. (313) 577-2960.
Catholic Church in Bloomfield Hills, explores some
"Fridays at the DIA" concert at the Detroit Institute of
Rosedale Community Players produces William
of the great chorale works composed during the last
Arts. Free with museum admission. (313) 833-7900.
Inge's romantic comedy Bus Stop 8 p.m. Fridays and
century. The program includes Leonard Bernstein's
The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute's
Saturdays, April 19-May 4, with a 2 p.m. matinee
Chichester Psalms and a selection from Ernest
20th annual dinner to bene-
Sunday, April 28, at
Bloch's Sacred Service, sung in Hebrew. $12-
fit cancer research and care,
Detroit's Upstage Theatre.
$15/available at the door. (248) 358-9868.
Starry, Starry Night takes
$11. (313) 532-4010.
The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, under
place 6 p.m. Saturday, May
Israeli-born conductor Arie Lipsky, closes out its
4, at the Detroit Marriott
season with pianist Anton Nel, performing Brahm's
Renaissance Center, and fea-
DANCE FEVER
Piano Concerto No. 1, 8 p.m. Saturday, April 13, in
tures a performance by
Garth Fagan won a
Ann Arbor's Michigan Theater. Also part of the pro-
vocalist/composer/arranger
Tony Award for choreo-
gram is Ravel's Daphne and Chloe, with a chorus led
Michael Feinstein.
graphing The Lion King.
by Benjamin Cohen, musical director of the Zamir
Individual tickets begin at
He brings his high-energy,
Chorale of Metropolitan Detroit. $18-$32/dis-
$250 and include the per-
gravity defying company,
counts available. (734) 994-4801.
formance, plus cocktails,
Garth Fagan Dance, to
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra offers insight
hors d'oeuvres and dinner.
Music Hall Center for the
into Igor Stravinsky's ballet music with an
To make reservations, call
Performing Arts 8 p.m.
Introduction to the Classics concert, conducted by
Kelly Clayton, (248) 443-
Thursday-Saturday and 3
Yan Pascal Tortlier and hosted by Thomas Wilkins,
5800, Ext. 4709.
p.m. Sunday, April 18-21.
"Grease" is the word at WSU's Bonstelle Theatre.
3 p.m. Sunday, April 14, at Orchestra Hall. $26.
(313) 576-5111.
The Si and Muriel Israel Memorial Concert, fea-
turing artists from the Michigan Opera Theatre,
including baritone Mark Vondrak and soprano
Maria Cimarelli, will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, April
21, at the West Bloomfield Jewish Community
Center. Admission is free, but reservations are
required; call (248) 432-5577.
and I agree," says Bergman, 49, a
SUZANNE CHESSLER
member of the Southfield
Special to the Jewish News
Symphony as well as the DSO.
"I've been with the Emerald
obert
Bergman
recalled
a
private
music
Ozlamatli, winner of this year's Grammy for Best
Sinfonietta
for three years, and it's
teacher's
advice
when
he
was
asked
to
Latin Rock/Alternative Album, performs at the
been
a
great
opportunity for me
perform
a
cello
piece
with
the
Emerald
Shelter in Detroit 9 p.m. Saturday, April 13. $12
to do more intimate music."
Sinfonietta, a 25-piece chamber orches-.
advance/$14 day of. (313) 961-6923.
Also on the program, conducted
tra drawn from the ranks of the Detroit Symphony
At the Ark in Ann Arbor, Mr. B's 5th Annual
by
Felix Resnick to celebrate two
Orchestra.
Blues and Boogie Piano Orgy takes the stage 7:30
Robert
Bergman
generations
of musicians in the Bach
It prompted his decision to play Carl Philipp
p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 13-14, $25;
family,
will
be Wilhelm Friedemann
for
"Bach
Emanuel
Bach's
Concerto
for
Cello
in
B
flat
singer/songwriter Richard Shindell performs 8 p.m.
and
Johann
Sebastian
Bach's Musical
Sinfonia
Bach's
to
Basics,"
a
program
to
be
presented
April
14
at
the
Tuesday, April 16, $13.50; and Irish band Altan vis-
Offering.
First
United
Methodist
Church
in
Birmingham
and
its 8 p.m. Friday, April 19, $25. (734) 761-1451.
Bergman, who grew up in a Conservative Jewish
April 21 at Kerrytown Concert House in Ann
Dubbed Cuba's Edith Piaf and the only woman in
home
on Long Island and now lives in Berkley,
Arbor.
the Buena Vista Social Club, Omara Portuondo vis-
started studying piano at age 5 and cello at 8. He
"A teacher I had in New England told me the
its the Wharton Center in East Lansing 7 p.m.
had private teachers, went to summer music
concerto was a nice piece for chamber orchestra,
Sunday, April 14. $24-$36. (517) 432-2000.
CLASSICAL
NorrEs
`Bach To Basics'
Robert Bergman makes cellos and makes music.
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