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Gutman of Huntington
Woods. Loren Bass of
Ann Arbor takes the
role of psychiatrist Dr.
Vocal selections from
Krapinsky. Playwright
beloved operas will
Londos D'Arrigo is a
be performed at 7
Gail Zimmerman
longtime writer for Joan
p.m. Friday, March
Arts Editor
Rivers. $24-$39. Show
23, at OperaFest!,
times and tickets: (248)
at the Seligman
377-3300; www.mbtheatre.com .
Auditorium on the campus of Detroit
The What's That Smell Theatre
Country Day School in Beverly Hills.
Troupe presents Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer
The Rackham Symphony Choir, the
Prize-winning Driving Miss Daisy
Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan,
March 16-31 at the intimate Box
mezzo-soprano Irina Mishura and
Theatre in Mt. Clemens. $16. Show
students of the Detroit Country Day
times and tickets: (586) 954-2311;
School Choir will participate. $30 in
www.theboxtheater.com .
advance/$35 at the door/$10 for stu-
Direct from Las Vegas, Sandy
dents. (313) 404-0222;
Hackett's Rat Pack Show, a revue
www.rackhamchoitorg.
recreating the relationship between
The Ann Arbor Symphony
show-business buddies Frank Sinatra,
Orchestra, conducted by Maestro
Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop and
Arie Lipsky, performs at 8 p.m.
Dean Martin, swings into Macomb
Saturday, March 17, at the Michigan
Center for the Performing Arts at 4
Theater in Ann Arbor, featuring
and 8 p.m. Saturday, March 17. The
Michael Daugherty's "Oh Lois!" from
show features their classic songs,
his comic book-inspired Metropolis
Symphony; Saint-Saens' Violin Concerto original, never-before-heard songs by
Motown songwriter Ron Miller and
No. 3 in B minor, performed by A2S0
recorded voiceovers made by Sandy
Concertmaster Aaron Berofsky; and
Hackett's father, the late comedian
Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 in E
Buddy Hackett. Sandy Hackett plays
minor. $10-$55. (734) 994-4801; www.
Bishop; Lisa Dawn Miller (daughter
a2so.com .
of Ron Miller and Hackett's wife) plays
Hosted by University Musical
"Frank's One Love:' $42-$52. (586) 286-
Society, Michael Tilson Thomas
2222; wwwMacombCenter.com .
and the San Francisco Symphony,
as part of its centennial season,
THE ART SCENE
will present the second American
Mavericks Festival, which will tour
Birmingham's Lido Gallery presents
to only two U.S. venues: Ann Arbor's
Joyce Lieberman: UNstill Life
Hill Auditorium and New York City's
Paintings, in which the award-wining
Carnegie Hall. The 2012 four-day festi-
Venice, Calif., artist, originally from
val, running Thursday-Sunday, March
Michigan, shows her love of flowers
22-25 (the March 25 performance is
in a vibrant series of large canvases.
at Rackham Auditorium), celebrates
Through April 15. 248 792-6246; www.
"the creative and pioneering spirit
everythingart com.
and the composers who created a new
Meet Me at the DIA, a new program
American musical voice for the 20th
for people with early stage dementia
century and beyond." Jewish compos-
ers include Aaron Copland (Orchestral and their caregivers at the Detroit
Institute of Arts, begins on Saturday,
Variations), Morton Feldman (Piano
and Orchestra, performed by American March 17, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Gallery
discussions about art will be led by
pianist Emanuel Ax on March 24),
DIA staff and volunteers with expertise
Lukas Foss (Echoi) and Morton
Subotnick (Jacob's Room; Monodrama, in this area. $20 per couple; sessions
also will be offered on Saturdays, April
a 2012 SFS commission). $10-$75 per
21 and May 19. Each session is limited
performance. (734) 764-2538; www.
to 20 people. To register, call (313) 833-
ums.org.
4005 or go to bit.ly/meetmeatthedia.
Applications for the Benard L. Maas
ON THE STAGE
Prize for Achievement in Jewish
Culture and Continuity are being
Meadow Brook Theater in Rochester
accepted through March 30. This year,
Hills presents Spreading It Around, a
a $5,000 prize is being awarded in the
comedy about a greedy son who finds
area of the performing arts: musicians,
out his mother is spending his inheri-
composers, actors, dancers, comedians,
tance on S.I.N. (Spending It Now), a
fund for people who need assistance in storytellers, performance artists. For
more information and to apply, visit
her retirement community in Florida,
through April 8. Playing the son is Eric jewishdetroit.org/maas.
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