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CLASSICAL
Nar Es
ON THE STAGE
Andrew Loyd Webber's The Phantom
Bridging classical and popular music,
of
the Opera, directed by Harold
performances of Rackham Symphony
Prince,
will be staged Dec. 26-Jan. 12 at
Choir's Too Hot to Handel, a soul-stir-
the
Stranahan
Theatre in Toledo.
ring, hand-clapping jazz-gospel take on
Performance times are 8 p.m. Tuesdays-
Handel's Messiah, take place 8 p.m.
Saturdays and 7:30 p.m. Sundays, with
Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21-22,
2 p.m. matinees Saturdays and Sundays,
at Detroit's Orchestra Hall. $15-$55.
Thursday, Dec. 26, and Wednesday, Jan.
(313) 237-7464.
1. $20-$65. (419) 474-1333.
GAIL ZIMMERMAN
Conductor Felix Resnick leads the
Arts c;-- Entertainment
A special presentation of Stephen
Birmingham-Bloomfield Symphony
Editor
Sondheim's
musical masterpiece Follies,
Orchestra in its "Between the Holidays
directed by Brent Wagner with musical
Concert," featuring familiar melodies suit-
direction by Bradley Bloom, will be presented 8
able for the whole family, 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28,
p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, January 4-5, at
at Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township.
the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor to celebrate the
$25/children free. (248) 645-2276.
venue's
75th anniversary. The production features
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra's New Year's
Harvey
Evans, Kurt Peterson, Virginia Sandifur
Eve Gala rings in 2003 with a concert of Viennese
waltzes and the best of American song, followed by
complimentary champagne toasts, dessert buffet
and dancing, beginning 9 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31, at
Orchestra Hall. $40-$100. (313) 576-5111.
The DSO performs R. Strauss' Metamorphosen,
Schumann's Konzertstuck for Four Horns and
Rimsky-Koraskov's Scheherazade 8 p.m. Friday, 8:30
p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3-5, at
Orchestra Hall. $15-$56. (313) 576-5111.
Wednesday, Dec. 25, and runs through April 2003.
$8-$10. Tickets: (313) 271-1570.
THE SMALL SCREEN
Olympic Gold Medal ice-skating champion Sarah
Hughes appears in Sarah Hughes: A Life in Balance, her
first TV special since her Salt Lake City upset win, 7 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 22, on NBC. Check your local listings.
The 25th Annual Kennedy Center Honors recog-
nizes the cultural contributions of five individuals in
a broadcast scheduled 9-11 p.m. Friday, Dec. 27, on
CBS. Jewish honorees include actress Elizabeth
Taylor, conductor James Levine and singer/song-
writer Paul Simon. Also being recognized are
University of Michigan attendee actor James Earl
Jones and dancer/actress Chita Rivera. Walter
Cronkite hosts; check your local. istings.
Kennedy Center
Honorees James
Levine, Elizabeth
Taylor, Paul
Simon, Chita
Rivera and James
Earl Jones
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A really big
POP/ROCK/JAZZ/FOLK
The Randy Napoleon Trio, featuring former Ann
Arborite Randy Napoleon, Jared Gold and Quincy
Davis, takes the stage to unveil its new CD, Enjoy
the Moment, 9-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec.
27-28, at Ann Arbor's Bird of Paradise. $10
cover/$7 students. (734) 662-8310.
Crossroads Ceili, a festive Celtic tapestry of Irish
music and dance, visits The Ark in Ann Arbor 7:30
p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 28-29. $13.50.
(734) 761-1451. Fiddle and piano workshops will
be offered 12-5 p.m. Dec. 28-29; for details, call
(313) 537-3489.
Fiddlers Four features Michael Doucet, Darol
Anger, Bruce Molsky and Rushad Eggleston in a
cross-cultural concert of world music 6:30 and 8
p.m. Friday, Jan. 3, as part of "First Friday" at the
Detroit Institute of Arts. Free with suggested muse-
um admission of $4 for adults, $1 for children.
(313) 833-7900.
Erich Kunzel directs a John Williams
Spectacular, featuring works of the renowned film
composer and conductor, 8 p.m. Thursday, 8:30
p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
9-12, at Orchestra Hall. $18-$51. (313) 576-5111.
The six women of a cappella group Sweet Honey
in the Rock return in a University Musical Society
performance 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10, at the Michigan
Theater in Ann Arbor, joined by vocalist/guitarist
Toshi Reagan and her band Big Lovely. $16-$38.
(734) 764-2538.
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"Lion King."
and Marti Rolph, all members of the original 1971
Broadway cast, and Detroit native and Tony Award
winner Donna McKechnie. $25-$45; call (734)
764-2538. VIP tickets, including dinner with the
cast, are $225; call (734) 668-8397, Ext. 25.
Boarshead Theatre in Lansing stages Becky Mode's
comedy Fully Committed, in which Philadelphia
actor Scott Greer portrays all 39 characters interact-
ing at a posh New York restaurant, 7 p.m.
Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, Jan. 9-Feb. 2.
$8-$29. (517) 484-7805.
Meadow Brook Theatre hosts the Shaw
Festival production of George Bernard
Shaw's Candida, a triangle of love and
longing featuring the playwright's first
great heroine, Candida Morell, Jan.
8-Feb. 2. Call for show times. $19-
$38. (248) 377-3300.
THE BIG SCREEN
Walt Disney Pictures' The
Lion King makes its large-
screen debut at Henry Ford
Museum's IMAX Theatre
FAMILY FUN
Birmingham Principal Shopping District holds
First Night, its annual New Year's Eve alcohol-free
festival of arts for children and adults, Tuesday,
Dec. 31. For more information, go to
wwvv.technomasters.com/firstnight, or call
(248) 258-9075.
WHATNOT
The Longhorn Championship
Rodeo visits the Palace of Auburn
Hills 8 p.m. Friday, 8 p.m.
Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
3-5. $14-$20. (248) 645-6666.
Swingtime 2003, the FanClub
Arts Foundation's annual fund-
raising event featuring
food, drinks and music,
comes to the lobby of
the Fisher Building
Saturday, Jan. 11. For
information and tick-
ets, call (248) 584-4150.
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