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INAUGURAL SEASON • 2011-2012
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3 and 8 p.m. Saturday
and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
22-23. $30-$60. Info:
At 8 p.m. Saturday,
(313) 471-6611. Tickets:
Oct. 22, at the
(800) 745-3000;
Michigan Theater in
ticketmaster.com .
Gail Zimmerman
Ann Arbor, the Ann
University Musical
Arts Editor
Arbor Symphony
Society hosts Gate
Orchestra's
Theatre of Dublin,
Beethoven Festival, conducted by
presenting Endgame and Watt, a
Maestro Arie Lipsky, will feature
double bill of one-act plays from the
the Fidelio Overture, Symphony No.
great Irish modernist writer, play-
1 in C major and Piano Concerto
wright and humorist Samuel Beckett,
No. 5 in E-flat major (the "Emperor"
7:30 p.m. Thursday and 8 p.m. Friday
Concerto), which many consider to be
and Saturday, Oct. 27-29, at the Power
Beethoven's greatest and will be per-
Center in Ann Arbor. Gate Theatre is
formed by pianist Anton Nel. $10-$55; considered the leading interpreter of
discounts available. (734) 994-4801;
Beckett in the world. Tickets start at
a2so.com.
$18. (734) 764-2539; ums.org .
The Birmingham-Bloomfield
The Ann Arbor Civic Theatre stages
Symphony Orchestra, conducted by
Death of a Salesman, playwright
Charles Greenwell, kicks off its 2011-
Arthur Miller's enduring drama
2012 concert season with A Night at
about the failure of the American
the Opera, an evening of orchestral
Dream, 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday
music — without voices — from the
and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27-30, at the
world of opera, 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23,
Arthur Miller Theatre, 1226 Murfin,
at Birmingham Seaholm High School,
North Campus, Ann Arbor. $15-$20.
2436 W. Lincoln Road, Birmingham.
(734) 971-2228; a2ct.org .
$22 adults in advance/$25 at the door;
children 18 and under free. (248) 352-
BBSO; bbso.org.
DANCE FEVER
Louis Langree leads the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven's
Trained in tai chi, meditation, Chinese
Fifth Symphony (its infamous four
opera movement, modern dance and
opening notes often are described as
ballet, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of
"fate knocking at the door"), show-
Taiwan is renowned for a repertoire
pieces for violin and orchestra by
with roots in Asian myths, folklore
Ravel and Saint-Saens with Acting
and aesthetics, all infused with a
Concertmaster Kimberly Kennedy
contemporary perspective. For their
and the DSO premiere of a work by
University Musical Society debut,
Chinese composer Qigang Chen, who
Water Stains on the Wall, inspired
served as music director of the 2008
by the aesthetics of calligraphy, the
Beijing Olympics, 7 p.m. Thursday,
dancers will perform on a tilted stage
10:45 p.m. Friday and 8 p.m. Saturday, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Oct. 21-22, at
Oct. 27-29, at Detroit's Orchestra Hall.
the Power Center for the Performing
Tickets start at $15. (313) 576-5111;
Arts in Ann Arbor. Tickets start at $18.
detroitsymphony. corn.
(734) 764-2538; ums.org.
ON THE STAGE
THE BIG SCREEN
On Saturday, October 22, play-
wrights@Work presents Shorts &
Sweets, staged readings of eight
original 10-minute plays, all works-in-
progress, including those by Myron
Stein of Southfield and Joe Feinstein
of West Bloomfield, at Village Players
in Birmingham. Doors open at 7 p.m.;
plays begin at 7:30 p.m., with audience
feedback after each play followed by
dessert and coffee. 34660 Woodward
Ave, Birmingham. Free. (248) 644-
2075; birminghamvillageplayers.com .
Based on Pygmalion, Shaw's play
and Pascal's film, the musical My Fair
Lady, with music and lyrics by Alan
Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe,
takes the stage at Detroit's Fox Theatre
Using a selection of clips from familiar
and unfamiliar movies, San Diego State
University Professor Lawrence Baron
offers The Wandering View: The
Jewish Immigrant in World Cinema,
a multimedia presentation examining
the Jewish immigrant experience in
the modern era, 7 p.m. Monday, Oct.
24, at Wayne State University Oakland
Campus, Room 130, 33737 W. 12 Mile
Road, Farmington Hills. Space limited.
RSVP to Ruth Stern: (313) 577-2679
or cohnhaddowcenter@wayne.edu .
With a debut at this year's Toronto
Film Festival, Between Two Worlds,
filmed in the U.S. and Israel, is a
personal documentary that explores
the divisions between Jews that are
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27375 Bell Rd.
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