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sion advance tickets/$25 at
the door/patron opportuni-
ties available. (248) 851-5100;
adatshalom.org/tocco.

The Detroit
Symphony
Orchestra, under
POP/ROCK/
JAZZ / FOLK
the baton of Music
Gail Zimmerman
Director Leonard
Arts Editor
Slatkin, welcomes
In her 2010 memoir, singer
pianist Garrick
Roseanne Cash recounts the
Ohlsson, performing Rachmaninoff's
time she married musician Jon Leventhal,
Third Piano Concerto, and presents two
and her dad, country legend Johnny Cash,
Detroit premieres, Michael Daugherty's
remarked: "Thank God. I've been waiting
Lost Vegas, plus Aaron Copland's com-
40 years for one of my daughters to marry
plete Billy the Kid ballet, performed in
a Jew." Cash and Leventhal (not only her
one set and recorded live for an upcom-
husband but her musical collaborator
ing Naxos Records album, at 7:30 p.m.
and director as well) are now on the road
Thursday, 10:45 a.m. Friday and 8 p.m.
with a new show celebrating Cash's lat-
Saturday, Oct. 23-25, at Orchestra Hall.
est release, The River and the Thread. See
$15+. (313) 576-5111; dso.org .
them perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct
Michigan Opera Theatre's 2014-15
23, at Wharton Center for the Performing
opera season offers four main-stage pro-
Arts in East Lansing. $55. (517) 353-1982;
ductions (Elektra, Oct. 18-26; Madame
whartoncenter.com .
Butterfly, Nov. 15-23; The Merry Widow,
April 11-19; and Faust, May 9-17) at the
ON THE STAGE
Detroit Opera House and a co-production
of Frida, based on the life of painter Frida
Detroit's Music Hall Center for the
Kahlo, March 7-8 at the Macomb Center
Performing Arts mounts a production
for the Performing Arts, with subsequent
of The Color Purple, based on the Alice
performances in Wayne and Oakland
Walker novel, with a score co-written by
counties. Season subscriptions: $50-$500;
Detroit native Allee Willis and starring
single tickets: $25-$125. The Elektra
Jennifer Holliday, at 8 p.m. Thursday
Weekend Spectacular, under the leader-
and Friday, 3 and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 3
ship of chairs Gretchen Davidson, Elanah p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23-26. $39.50-$54.50.
Nachman Hunger and Karen Williams,
(313) 887-8500; musichall.org .
features the Opera Ball fundraiser ( 6 p.m.
Amy Herzog's acclaimed 2012 Off-
Friday, Oct. 17) and Young Professionals
Broadway play, 4000 Miles, about a
Event (8 p.m.); Elektra Opening Night
21-year-old who shows up at his feisty
(7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18) and After-
grandmother's West Village apart-
Party (10 p.m.); and Family Open House
ment, makes its Ann Arbor debut at 8
(noon-3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19). Details,
p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 23-25, at
performance times and tickets: (313) 237-
Kerrytown Concert House $15-$25. (763)
7464; michiganopera.org.
764-2999; kerrytownconcerthouse.com .
Experience the sound of four concert
THE SMALL SCREEN
grands on one stage when the Berman
Center in West Bloomfield once again
welcomes Four Pianos: A Tour de Force
Detroit Public Television-Channel 56
at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18. Highlights
broadcasts the San Francisco opera's
include classical selections, movie
acclaimed 2009 high-definition produc-
scores and Broadway hits, and George
tion of the beloved Gershwin opera
Gershwin's Porgy and Bess Suite. $17
Porgy and Bess at 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17.
(child)-$32 (adult) advance tickets/$20
FAMILY FUN
(child)-$40 (adult) at the door. (248) 661-
1900; theberman.org.
At 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct 27, at Adat
At 4 and 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, at the
Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills,
Palace of Auburn Hills, concert goers
the synagogue, in conjunction with the
will hear the greatest hits from the
Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival,
movies Aladdin, The Little Mermaid
presents a concert featuring pianist James
and Disney/Pixar's Toy Story remixed
Tocco; Adat Shalom's cantor, baritone
to rock, pop, reggae, hip-hop, jazz and
Daniel Gross; and soprano Lauren Skuce- country, among other jams, in Disney
Gross. The evening's complete repertoire
Live! Mickey's Music Festival, featuring
a lineup of more than 25 Disney
has a Jewish connection: works by Felix
Mendelssohn (a grandson of famed Jewish characters. The show's writer, Jeremy
thinker Moses Mendelssohn); Reynaldo
Desmon, received the 2007 Kleban
Hahn's Song Selections (Hahris father was
Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre
Jewish); Erich Korngold's vocal music;
Bookwriting and also is a recipient of
Erwin Schulhoff's 5 Jazz Etudes for piano; the Dramatists Guild's Jonathan Larson
Fellowship. $15+. (800) 745-3000;
and works by George Gershwin and
Leonard Bernstein. $20 general admis-
palacenet.com .

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