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Two Academy Award winners join togeth-
er on stage with the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 14, for

The John Williams and Steven Spielberg
Benefit for the DSO. Composer/conduc-

tor John Williams will conduct music
from films like E.T, Indiana Jones and
Schindler's List while director Steven
Spielberg will discuss the duo's artistic
collaboration. $30+ (sold out). However,
2014 Heroes Gala packages, which start
at $1,000 and include the best seats to the
concert, are still available by calling (313)
576-5111; for more info, visit dso.org/
heroes.
The Met: Live in HD begins its
Summer Encore Series with a screening
of Rigoletto (originally transmitted live on
February 16, 2013) at 7 p.m. Wednesday,
June 18, at various local movie theaters.
Michael Mayer's acclaimed production,
the talk of the opera world when it pre-
miered in 2013, sets the action of Verdi's
masterpiece in 1960s Las Vegas — a neon-
lit world ruled by money and ruthless,
powerful men. Mayer is best known for
his Broadway credits, including this year's
Tony-nominated Hedwig and the Angry
Inch. For a list of theaters and ticket info,
go to fathomevents.com.
The DSO kicks off the summer season
with a scenic lakeside concert on Saturday,
June 21, at Stony Creek Metropark in
Shelby Township with An American
Celebration, a program of classics by
American masters (Leonard Bernstein
and Aaron Copland among them) and
the music of composers inspired by the
U.S.A., followed by a fireworks display.
The performance begins at 8:30 p.m.;
grounds open at 6 p.m. $12-$20 (children
4 and under free), with advance-purchase
premium tickets available for $50
(includes reserved parking and shuttle to
concert area): (313) 576-5111; dso.org/
summer.
The DSO follows up with the 22nd

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The Tony Awards, for excellence on
W Broadway, will be broadcast at 8-11

p.m. Sunday, June 8, on CBS. Here
are the Jewish nominees in the "mar-
t) guee" categories:
Lead actress, musical: !dine Menzel,
42, If/Then; featured actor, play:
Stephen Fry, 56, Twelfth Night; fea-
tured actress, play: Mare Winningham,
55, Casa Valentina, and Sophie
Okonedo, 46, A Raisin in the Sun; fea-
tured actor, musical: Danny Burstein,
49, Cabaret, and Jarrod Spector, 34,

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Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.

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June 5 • 2014

Annual Salute to
America, with patriotic

About
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Idol Phillip Phillips take
the stage at Freedom Hill
concerts and fireworks
Amphitheatre in Sterling
beginning at 8:30 p.m.
Heights on Sunday, June 22.
Wednesday-Saturday,
Doors at 5:30 p.m.; show at
July 2-5, at Greenfield
6:30 p.m. $26-$49.50. (586)
Village in Dearborn.
268-9700; freedomhill.net .
Gail Zimmerman
Grounds open at 6 p.m.
Royal Oak Music Theatre
A its Editor
for pre-concert enter-
hosts musical duo Ian Axel
tainment; food and
and Chad Vaccarino of A
beverages available for purchase. $15-$60:
Great Big World, touring in support of
(313) 982-6001; thehenryford.org/salute.
their new album, Is Anybody Out There?,
on Thursday, June 26. Doors at 7 p.m.
POP / ROCK / JAZZ / FOLK The Jewish Federations of North America
used Axel's song "This Is the New Year"
98.7 Amp Live returns to Meadow Brook
as the background for its 2012 annual
Music Festival at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 12, campaign video. $20-$25. (248) 399-2980;
with Ed Sheeran, Austin Mahone, Icona
royaloakmusictheatre.com .
Pop, Little Mix and Timeflies singer
The top 10 American Idol finalists,
Cal Shapiro and producer Rob Resnick
including fifth-place finisher Sam Woolf,
formed the duo, which incorporates ele-
formerly of West Bloomfield, bring the
ments of pop, electro, dubstep and rock,
American Idol Live! tour to Canada (no
in 2010 after meeting as students at Tufts
Detroit appearances) at 8 p.m. Friday, June
University in Massachusetts. $39.50-
27, at the Colosseum at Caesars Windsor.
$79.50 pavilion; $19.50 lawn. (800) 745-
$28.25+. caesarswindsor.com.
3000; palacenet.com .
The Ark in Ann Arbor presents har-
FESTIVALS
monica wizard Corky Siegel and vocalist
Marcella Detroit (a.k.a. Motor City native Peace Fest, the outdoor music (10 bands),
Marcy Levy) with the Chamber Blues
art (more than 100 artists), music and
Ensemble, presenting a unique mixture
food-truck "little" festival now in its sixth
of Chicago blues and classical chamber
year, returns 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and
music, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 15,
Sunday, June 7-8, at 5815 Dixie Hwy., in
$25; and singer-songwriter-pianist Anne
Waterford. thepeacefest@aol.com .
Heaton, with special guest Americana
Motor City Pride Festival, headlined by
musician Natalia Zukerman, at 8 p.m.
Glee star Alex Newell (Unique) is the larg-
Thursday, June 19, $15. (734) 761-1451;
est LGBT gathering in Michigan and runs
theark.org.
Saturday-Sunday, June 7-8, in Detroit's
Chene Park Amphitheatre in Detroit
Hart Plaza. Details: motorcitypride.org.
presents the jazz vocal quartet Manhattan
Michigan Beerfest, with nearly four
Transfer, including longtime members
dozen breweries, live music, craft beer
Janis Siegel and Alan Paul, with pianist/
seminars, food trucks and more, runs 1-5
keyboardist Yaron Gershovsky, at 7:30
p.m. Saturday, June 14, at DTE Energy
p.m. Wednesday, June 18. $15-$35. (313)
Music Theatre. Details: (800) 745-3000;
393-7128; cheneparkdetroit.com.
palacenet.com .
American rock band O.A. R. (short for
Detroit River Days, a celebration of
Detroit's RiverWalk benefiting the Detroit
"Of a Revolution" and including Jewish
members Marc Roberge, Chris Culos
Riverfront Conservancy and offering
activities on land and water, runs Friday-
and Benj Gershenson) and American

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Best play: Act One, Tony-nominated
author James Lapine, 65; and Casa
Valentina, Tony-nominated author
Harvey Fierstein, 60.
Best new musical: After Midnight, a
revue featuring music and lyrics by the
late Harold Arlen and the late Dorothy
Fields; Aladdin, with music and lyr-
ics by Tony-nominated Alan Menken,
65, and the late Howard Ashman;
and Beautiful, featuring the music of
Carole King, 72, and Gerry Goffin,
75, with additional songs by Barry
Mann, 75, and Cynthia Weil, 73; and A

Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder,

with a score by Tony-nominated
Robert L. Freedman, 56, and Steven
Lutvak.
Also nominated for best original

score: Jason Robert Brown, 43, The
Bridges of Madison County; and Tom
Kitt, 40, for If/Then.
Best revival of a musical: Hedwig
and the Angry Inch, with a score by
Stephen Trask, 47, and direction
by Tony-nominated Michael Mayer,
53; Violet, with direction by Tony
nominee Leigh Silverman, 40; and Les
Miserables, with a score by Claude-
Michel Schonberg, 69, Alain Boublil,
73, and Herbert Kretzmer, 88.
Finally, Woody Allen, 79, is nominat-
ed for the book of the musical version
of Bullets Over Broadway.

At The Movies

Opening Friday, June 6:
Edge of Tomorrow stars Tom Cruise

Sunday, June 20-22. Details: (313) 566-
8200; riverdays.com.
Stars & Stripes Festival with music,
food, midway rides and games, and
more — runs Thursday-Sunday, June
26-29, at Freedom Hill County Park in
Sterling Heights. Details: (586) 493-4344;
starsandstripesfest.com.

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ON THE STAGE

Perennial favorite The Wizard of Oz,
with a score by Harold Arlen and E.Y.
Harburg, comes to two Detroit stages this
month. Stagecrafters presents the musical
June 6-22 at the Baldwin Theatre in Royal
Oak, $20-$22 advance/$2 more at the
door; (248) 541-6430 or stagecrafters.org .
An all-new production, with the original
score and additional new songs by Tim
Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, comes to
the Detroit Opera House June 17-29, $24-
$79; (800) 982-2767 or broadwayindetroit.
com.
Purple Rose Theatre Company in
Chelsea presents The Last Romance by
Joe Pietro, a comedy about an ordinary
widower who decides to take a different
path on his daily walk, leading to second
chances, June 12-Aug. 30. $27+. (734)
433-7673; purplerosetheatre.org.
The winner of nine Tony Awards
(including Best Musical, Best Score and
Best Book for Trey Parker, Robert Lopez
and Matt Stone), The Book of Mormon,
which played a record-breaking two-week
Motor City run in 2013, returns to the
Detroit Opera House July 1-13. $34-$95.
(800) 982-2787; broadwayindetroit.com .
Note to ticketholders: As of May 22,
the board of directors of Ann Arbor's
Performance Network Theatre has
canceled all operations, including
performances of Other Desert Cities,
a co-production with Jewish Ensemble
Theatre. performancenetwork.org .

Out & About on page 51

as a desk-bound Army officer thrown
into a personal battle with an alien
race. The film is directed by Doug
Liman, 48.
The Fault in Our Stars, based on the
hit young-adult novel, stars Shailene
Woodley as a teen with cancer and
Ansel Elgort, 20, as a wonderful guy
who takes her to meet her favorite
author. Nat Wolff, 19, has a large sup-
porting role.

Horsing Around

California Chrome, trained by Art
Sherman, 77, will try to be the first
horse since 1978 to win the Triple
Crown when he runs the Belmont
Stakes, airing at 4:30 p.m. Saturday,
June 7, on NBC.

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