The play focuses not on the
murder of Matthew Shepard itself
but on the town's reactions to the
crime. "In this way," says the direc-
tor,"the play could be about any
kind of hate crime — religious,
racial — it's not limited to homo-
sexuality"
Tickets are $16-$22/$9 students.
(734) 764-2538

Piano Man

Jewish keyboard player David
Bryan (born David Bryan
Rashbaum) has been playing
with the rock icons of Bon Jovi
since 1984, when the band
formed in New Jersey.
Born in Edison, N.J., in 1962,
he began taking piano lessons at
age 7 and continued classical
study for 13 years. Bryan
enrolled at
Rutgers
University,
where he
continued
his musical
education
(and pre-
med stud-
ies), prepar-
ing him for
an audition David Bryan
at the presti-

gious Julliard School of Music.
After gaining acceptance to
Juilliard, the phone rang. Jon Bon
Jovi was on the other end telling
him about the band's new record
deal.
In a home accident, Bryan suf-
fered a potentially career ending
injury to his finger, and found
himself unable to play the piano.
After intensive physical rehabili-
tation for the finger, he was
introduced to the genre of musi-
cal theatre, a field he embraced.
He has written scores and lyrics
for musical theater pieces and
also has released solo albums —
the latest in 2000, a mostly
instrumental collection titled
Lunar Eclipse.
"Piano playing is a dying art:'
he has said. "I love the fact that I
can be one guy with one
instrument evoking an emo-
tional and musical experi-
ence."
Bryan joins bandmates Jon
Bon Jovi, Tico Torres and
Richie Sambora as Bon Jovi
rocks the Palace in the band's
"Have a Nice Day" World Tour
7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18.
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