arts & 8BE�r��Si��� life All At Once from page 81 ��� breaks from Indiana -Vuvt.,. University, he took the stage at the Barn Theatre in Augusta. A tour of Cats (as Rum Tum Tugger) placed him before audiences in Flint and Kalamazoo and Annie (as a tour of Rooster) introduced him to the Fisher. Once, with script by Irish playwright and screenwriter Enda Walsh, has gen­ erated critical energy with eight Tony Awards, including Musical, and the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Musical Northlight Theatre and the now-shut­ tered Apple Tree Theatre. Summer stock at various theaters became his profes­ sional outlet in college. While there is no religious content in Once, Meisner recalls mixing Judaism and music: "I spent a lot of time in junior high and high school teaching Torah and haftorah to bar mitzvah stu­ dents:' But he finds it all Best Theater Album. "I was involved with instrumental music before I discovered theater;' comes together on stage. "There's a certain energy I have that I don't get to use any other place but the stage;' he says. "It's all very ther­ apeutic and spiritual for me:' D says Meisner, who also composes and records, and was involved with sports when he was younger. "I had lots of non-theatrical friends, and it took a lot for me to take the step into theater because it wasn't 'cool' socially. It wasn't until I met a bunch of really cool people who were in theater that I felt comfortable enough to do that in high school" Before high-school graduation, Meisner found professional work at Once runs Feb.3-15 at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit. $30-$90. (313) 872-1000; broadwayindetroit.com. tlcKelmaster.coID) 80();-9(J2.:27&1 6t FisherTheatre box office. Into� BroadWaylnDelroit.Com! 313-872-1000. 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