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A FuN-GEFILTE EVENING
The Cleveland-based klezmer band Yiddishe Cup
revives the Jewish humor of the 1950s and 1960s by
parodying everything from cha-cha to doo-wop to
rock. They also play a pretty mean mainstream
klezmer.
collection of Greek stories, which he fin-
ished around 8 C.E. in an attempt to tell
the story of the world, numbered 250, of
which playwright-original director
Zimmerman chose eight for her play. They
include the tales of Midas and his golden
touch; the tragic love of Alcyone and Ceyx;
Erysichton's great hunger; Orpheus and
Eurdice and a lost love; and Baucis and
GAIL ZIMMERMAN
Philemon and the generosity of man.
Arts Editor
One of the innovations of the original
New York production was a pool of water
that occupied the stage. Director David Magidson,
The tales of old are made new again as Wayne State
who
teaches directing and playwriting at WSU, has
Metamorphoses,
University's Bonstelle Theatre stages
minimized the water but still tells the myths of Ovid
Mary Zimmerman's Tony Award-winning play based
in a new light.
on the writings of the Greek epic poet Ovid. Ovid's
Performances are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2
p.m. Sundays, Jan.21-30. $12/$9 students and seniors.
(313) 577-2960. •
and opens a dance floor for the group's
appearance.
So get ready for songs like "Meshugeneh
Mambo," the title track of the band's latest
CD, a sort of homage. to legendary comedi-
an Mickey Katz (father of actor Joel Grey)
that features five of his parodies plus others.
Tickets are $15. (734) 763-8587 or
www.theark.org.
Go GREEK
WETTER WHITE
Yiddishe Cup performs at the Ark in Ann Arbor.
Heading up the band is 1973 University of
Michigan grad Bert Stratton, the winner of two
Hopwood Awards who also wrote music reviews for
the Michigan Daily. The band comes to Ann Arbor 8
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, when the Ark breaks tradition
THURSDAY, JAN. 20
Round-Up at the Pops, DTE Energy
Foundation Pops Series, features con-
ductor Erich Kunzil, baritone Lewis
Djahle von Schlanbusch and Vision —
Detroit High School for the Performing
Arts Male Ensemble, with music from
Hollywood's greatest westerns, 8 p.m.
Thursday, 8:30 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. From $19.
Orchestra Hall, Detroit. (313) 576-
5111 or
wvvw.detroitsymphony.com .
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• Stagecrafters presents Pippin by Roger
0. Hirson with music and lyrics by
Stephen Schwartz (Godspea Children of
Katie Clark, Will Robb and Danielle Cochrane star in
"Metamolphoses," directed by David Magidson, at
WSU's Bonstelle Theatre.
Eden, Wicked) through Feb. 13., a story
about a young man's journey of self dis-
covery set to a pop-influenced score.
$16-$18. Thursday-Sunday performanc-
es, Baldwin Theatre 415 S. Lafayette
Ave., Royal Oak. For performance
times: (248) 541-8027 or www.stage-
crafter.org.
Double Indemnity, Paramount, 1944,
staring Fred MacMurray, Barbara
Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson,
directed by Billy Wilder and Raymond
Chandler, plays at the Redford Theatre,
8 p.m. (7:30 p.m. organ overture)
Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. (1:30 organ
overture) Sat. matinee. $4. 17360
Lahser Rd., Detroit. (313) 537-2560 or
www.redfortheatre.com .
Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning
musical Rent, inspired by Puccini's La
The Elaine L. Jacob Gallery at Wayne State
University presents "White on White," a new exhibi-
tion featuring 22 talented ceramic artists who survey
"the possibility and conviction of the white aesthetic in
contemporary ceramic art," says curator Jae Won Lee.
It runs Jan. 21-March 4 at the Detroit gallery, which is
located at 480 Hancock between Cass and Second.
Lee, assistant ceramics professor at Michigan State
University, explains the evolution of the project: "After
living a few years in Michigan's wintry horizon, I
assimilated small, multiple nuances of whites and off-
whites into a large, singular sculpture in order to con-
vey the idea of a white winter as a time to contemplate
Boheme, celebrates a community of
artists as they struggle with hopes and
realities of today's world; it plays at the
Masonic Temple Theatre through Jan.
26. $18-$56. For information: (248)
645-6666 or
vvww. ticketmaster.com .
Spotlight Players performs The Man
who Came to Dinner through Feb. 5, 8
p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays.
$18 adults, $16 seniors, children. The
Village Theater, 50400 Cherry Hill,
Canton. (734) 394-5300.
SATURDAY, JAN. 22
Youtheatre presents a musical adaptation
by the Actors' Company of Sleeping
Beauty, 11 a.m., 2 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m.
Sunday. $8. (248) 557-7529 or
wwwyoutheatre.org.
Join the Ann Arbor Symphony
Orchestra and maestro Arie Lipsky in a
Mozart Birthday Bash, celebrating
Mozart's 249th birthday with a con-
cretized version of the opera The
Abduction From the Seraglio, 8 p.m.
$10-$38; discounts for seniors, students,
children. Michigan Theater, Liberty St.,
Ann Arbor. (734) 994-4801 or
www.a2so.com .
SUNDAY, JAN 23
Introduce classical music to children
with the Ann Arbor Symphony
Orchestra and Classical Kids' perform-
ance of Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery, 4
p.m., the story of a gifted young violin-
ist sent to a Venetian orphanage to study
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