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and tickets: (734) 663-0696;
performancenetwork.org .
The Village Players pres-
The Detroit
ents Kiss Me Kate, with
Symphony
music by Cole Porter and
Orchestra performs
book by Bella and Samuel
a Neighborhood
Spewack, May 2-18 at the
Zimmerman
Concert Series
Village Players Playhouse
Arts Editor
program of works
in Birmingham. $19. Show
by Mozart, Haydn
times and tickets: (248) 644-
and more at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 8,
2075; birminghamvillageplayers.com .
at the Berman Center in West Bloomfield.
The Ringwald Theatre in Ferndale
$25/$10 students. (313) 576-5111; dso.org. mounts a reimagined production (with a
Pro Musica of Detroit presents Israeli- cast of 10 and one piano) of the fairy-tale
American cellist Amit Peled at 8:30
musical (soon to be a movie) Into the
p.m. Friday, May 9, at the Music Box
Woods, with music and lyrics by Stephen
in the Max M. Fisher Music Center in
Sondheim and book by James Lapine,
Detroit. He will be accompanied by
May 2-June 2. $10-$25. Show times and
pianist Noreen Polerain in a program
tickets: (248) 545-5545; theringwald.com.
of classic and sacred works, including
pieces by Mark Kopytman (Kaddish),
DANCE FEVER
David Popper (Tarantella) and John
Williams (Schindler's List). Afterglow
Detroit's Music Hall Center for the
with artists follows. $45 cabaret seat-
Performing Arts presents the Moscow
ing/$25 theater seating/$10 students
Festival Ballet in a production of Giselle
(reserve at 313-882-7775). Tickets: (313) (which hasn't been performed in Detroit
576-5111; promusicadetroit.com .
in over a decade), at 8 p.m. Saturday, May
The Vivace Music Series hosts guitar-
3. $30-$50. (313) 887-8501; musichall.org .
ist Paul Vondiziano, in a concert of classi-
cal and ethnic music, at 8 p.m. Saturday,
LAUGH LINES
May, 10, at the Birmingham Temple in
Farmington Hills. Afterglow follows.
Comedian/talk-show host Chelsea
$23/$20 members and seniors. (248) 788- Handler performs at the Fox Theatre
in Detroit in support of her new book,
9338 or (248) 661-1348; vivaceseries.org .
Uganda Be Kidding Me, a collection
POP / ROCK / JAZZ / FOLK of travel essays, at 8 p.m. Saturday,
May 3. $49.50-$69.50. (800) 745-3000;
The University of Michigan Department olympiaentertainment.com .
of Musical Theatre hosts its annual
Musical Theatre Senior Showcase, a
THE ART SCENE
revue featuring the talents of graduating
seniors, before it is performed for agents Back after 30 years, the Palmer Park Art
and casting directors in New York, at
Fair returns to Detroit at 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
4 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at the
Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday, May
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre in Ann
3-4. The work of 50 juried artists will
Arbor. $22/$10 students. (734) 764-
be featured, along with demonstrations,
2538; tickets.music.umich.edu .
kids' activities and food. Free admission.
The Ark in Ann Arbor presents An
A Palmer Park Art Fair Charity Gala,
featuring Thornetta Davis, takes place at
Evening with Peter Wolf, the longtime
lead singer of the J. Geils Band, at 7:30
7-10 p.m. Saturday, May 3; tickets start at
p.m. Sunday and 8 p.m. Monday, May
$75. Details: palmerparkartfair.com .
4-5. $35. (734) 761-1451; theark.org .
WHATNOT
Musical wunderkind Ethan Bortnick,
the 13-year-old pianist, singer, composer
and more, returns to Metro Detroit for a The Junior League of Detroit's 2014
concert Saturday, May 10, at Royal Oak
Designers' Show House, located at 1007
Music Theatre in Royal Oak. Doors at
Bishop Road, in Grosse Pointe Park,
7:30 p.m.; all ages welcome. $29-$39.
includes the work of 19 Metro Detroit
interior decorating firms and more than
Tickets: axs.com/events/248249/
ethan-bortnick-tickets.
30 designers and artists. It will be open
for public viewing May 3-18. Tickets:
ON THE STAGE
$20 before May 3/$25 at the door. (313)
881-0040; jldetroit.org .
Performance Network in Ann Arbor
Planned Parenthood Mid and South
Michigan's 20th Annual Luncheon,
stages a radically reimagined, gender-
bending version of Shakespeare's
featuring speaker Gloria Steinem, takes
Richard III, set in a distant but omi-
place noon-2 p.m. (11:30 a.m. registra-
nous future and with Artistic Director
tion) Monday, May 12, at the Henry in
Carla Milarch starring as Richard,
Dearborn. $85 general admission. (855)
through June 1. $25-$41. Show times
896-4966; ppmsm.org. ❑

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