Sunday, March 14, 2010

Shakespeare in The Park to present 'Two Gentlemen of Verona'

Tickets are on sale for Royal Oak's annual Shakespeare in The Park to be held July 22 through Aug. 8 in Starr Jaycee Park. - 03/12/2010

Science and art exhibit presses global-warming awareness

The schooner Noorderlicht heads for a trip to Greenland as part of the art and climate change project.

Kids will cotton to "Cape Farewell: Art & Climate Change" the minute they're startled by the immense crashing that erupts every 20 minutes. "Cape Farewell" is part of the ongoing "Artology" collaboration between the Cranbrook Academy of Art and Cranbrook Institute of Science, where the show is hung. - 03/11/2010

Hilberry's spot-on 'Good' defines a moral collapse

Christina Flynn and Erman Jones in the powerful

Just as equivocation shapes the tragic events in Shakespeare's "Macbeth," accommodation becomes the undoing of an honorable man in C.P. Taylor's crushing moral tragedy "Good" -- one of the finest ensemble efforts I've seen by Wayne State University's Hilberry Theatre. - 03/11/2010

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Teen with Asperger syndrome takes root in 'Horrors'

Billy McLean is the owner of Audrey II, which will appear in "Little Shop of Horrors" at St. Dunstan's Theatre.

There may be more sympathetic characters in "Little Shop of Horrors," but I'm rooting for the bloodthirsty houseplant. He's been through a lot. - 03/11/2010

Diversions

What's goin' on in Metro Detroit this week

Bon Jovi will perform at The Palace.

Our picks and other happenings, organized by life music, stage, film and more. - 03/11/2010

Review: Purple Rose's 'Gravity' is an irresistible force

Michelle Mountain and Alex Leydenfrost star in "Gravity" at the Purple Rose Theatre in Chelsea.

If the basic human need for nurturing and affection trumps all, even in geniuses, then David MacGregor's intriguing new play, "Gravity," about the brilliant and complicated physicist, astronomer, alchemist and mathematician Isaac Newton, might be viewed as a special kind of love story. - 03/09/2010

Performance Network's 'Mars' is one spacey odyssey

Ann Arbor -- Get a smart cast together with a free-spirited director, and you can end up with a theater experience that outshines the play. - 03/06/2010

Robert Frank's 1955 photographs present a raw, unadulterated view of Detroit

River Rouge Plant, by Robert Frank

In 1955, Swiss-born photographer Robert Frank headed west from New York to look for America. The pictures he shot during a sweltering July in Detroit star in "Detroit Experiences: Robert Frank Photographs, 1955," which runs through July 3 at the Detroit Institute of Arts. - 03/04/2010

Michael York joins DSO as Shakespeare royalty

Michael York will wear the crown of Henry V with the DSO.

Seems like every time actor Michael York comes to Detroit, he's wearing a crown. This time around, the classically trained York puts on the mantle of Shakespeare's Henry V for performances with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and guest conductor Sir Neville Marriner. - 03/04/2010

Ballet Folklorico shows many sides of Mexico

Ballet Folklorico de Mexico performs dances representing about 30 regions of Mexico.

Ballet Folklorico de Mexico, that country's most celebrated folk-dance troupe, has been dazzling audiences for more than five decades with dances representing some 30 regions of Mexico. The company's 40 dancers and 20 musicians will bring nearly a dozen of them to Detroit's Music Hall this weekend. - 03/04/2010

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