Southgate Community Players will present the comedy "Noises Off" at 8 p.m. Feb. 9, 10, 16 and 17 at the Davidson Middle School auditorium, 15800 Trenton Road, Southgate.
An embarrassed-looking couple, played by Keri Geftos (left) and Kurt Bowen in varying degrees of undress and a plate of sardines at the ready. Hmmm, what has Sue DeLosier (right) interrupted? There's only one way to find out, and that's to see Southgate Community Players' production of the backstage comedy "Noises Off" Feb. 9, 10, 16 and 17.
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Follow the on- and off-stage antics of an inept acting troupe as they stumble from bumbling dress rehearsal to disastrous closing night. Everything that can go wrong does, as actors desperately try to keep the show going on.
Tickets are $11 for adults, $10 for high school students and seniors. To reserve tickets, call 1-734-282-4727. For more information, visit www.scponstage.com.
Performance Network, 120 E. Huron St., Ann Arbor, presents the world premiere of "Language Lessons" through Feb. 25.
Award-winning playwright Joseph Zettelmaier's story is about a 28-year-old Russian ballerina on her final tour who becomes a guest of a retired American diplomat. Over the course of a summer, they unearth each other's long-buried secrets and learn how similar their worlds are.
Tickets range from $25 - $37. Senior, student rush and group rates available.Call 1-734-663-0681 or visit www.performancenetwork.org.
Meadow Brook Theatre presents Bernard Slade's romantic comedy, "Same Time, Next Year," through Sunday.
The play tells the story of two people who find enduring love in a 25-year affair, meeting once a year despite being married to other people.
Tickets range from $22-$38 and can be purchased by calling the Meadow Brook Theatre box office at 1-248-377-3300 and at all Ticketmaster locations.
For more information, visit www.mbttheatre.com.
The Arab Theatrical Arts Guild and Water Works Theatre Company present the Midwest premiere of Heather Raffos' "9 Parts of Desire" at 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and 7 p.m. Sundays through Feb. 11 in Studio A at Dearborn's Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, 15801 Michigan Ave.
This one-woman play is a powerful portrait of the ordinary lives and extraordinary experiences of Iraqi women. A free-spirited artist, a radical intellectual, doctors, exiles, wives, mothers and lovers share their voices: vivid, sophisticated, simple, emotional and moving. Together they tell a compelling story of what it means to be a woman in Iraq.
Tickets are $23 Wednesdays and Thursdays, and $29 Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, and are available at the box office, by phone at 1-313-943-2354 or online at www.dearbornfordcenter.com.
The Hilberry Theatre, 4743 Cass, Detroit, continues its 44th season with "Amadeus," by Peter Shaffer, playing in rotating repertory through March 3 with "Side Man," by Warren Leight, and "On the Verge," by Eric Overmyer.
Tickets range from $15 - $28, with student rush tickets available the day of the performance for $10. Group discounts also are available. For tickets and information, call 1-313-577-2972 or visit www.hilberry.com.
"Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy" will take audiences on an all-new soaring adventure at Detroit's Fisher Theatre through Sunday.
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"Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy" will take audiences on an all-new soaring adventure when it comes to Detroit's Fisher Theatre through Sunday.
The latest reinvention of theatrical circus artistry from Cirque Productions is a colorful dream in an enchanted forest performed on stage and in the air by an international cast of graceful aerialists, spine bending contortionists, vine swinging characters, strongmen and balancers in a lush setting filled with wildly unpredictable designs, special effects, inventive choreography, puppetry and dazzling costumes.
Tickets range from $27.50 - $49.50 and go on sale Sunday at the Fisher Theater box office. Tickets also can be purchased by phone at 1-248-645-6666 or online at www.NederlanderDetroit. com or at www.ticketmaster.com. For information, call 1-313-872-1000. Group discounts for 20 or more are available by calling 1-313-871-1132.
The University Musical Society presents the acclaimed modern dance company Hubbard Street Dance Chicago at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Power Center, 121 Fletcher St., Ann Arbor.
Tickets range from $20 - $48.
UMS welcomes the Stephen Petronio Company modern dance troupe to the Power Center at 8 p.m. Feb. 17.
Tickets range from $18 - $40. Call 1-734-764-2538 or 1-800-221-1229 or visit www.ums.org.
Film star Morris Chestnut will make his stage debut in David E. Talbert's "Love in the Nick of Tyme" Tuesday through Feb. 11 at The Music Hall, 350 Madison Ave., Detroit.
It's a classic tale of relationships, challenges and dreams deferred. The story centers on smart and sexy salon owner, Tyme Prentice, who is doing her best to raise her 17-year-old son, while attempting to maintain a relationship with his father, Marcelles, who has never made Tyme a priority, but goes out of his way to make sure no one else does, either.
Tickets range from $39.50 to $59.50 and are available through Ticketmaster and at the Music Hall box office.
Plowshares Theatre Company presents "King Hedley II" tomorrow through March 4 at the City Theatre, 2301 Woodward, Detroit.
August Wilson's play is about an ex-con in 1980's Pittsburgh recently released from prison and determined to rebuild his life.
Show times are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 8 p.m. Saturdays (6 p.m. Feb. 10), with matinees at 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
Tickets for evening performances range from $21-$25, matinees are $22.50.
Call 1-313-872-0279.
The Detroit Opera House welcomes the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company as it presents a brand new production, "Colorography," at 8 p.m. Feb. 10 and 2 p.m. Feb. 11
The show celebrates the work of African-American painter Jacob Lawrence, with a visual feast of movement. The four-part program incorporates some of Lawrence's most famous works and choreography by four of today's most acclaimed African-American choreographers, Donald Byrd, Rennie Harris, Kevin Ward and Reggie Wilson.
Tickets range from $25 -$75 and are available at the Detroit Opera House ticket office, 1526 Broadway; by phone at 1-313-237-7464; online at www.MichiganOpera.org; and at all Ticketmaster outlets.
The Gem Theatre will open the new musical "Respect: A Musical Journey" Feb. 15, with preview performances Wednesday through Feb. 14.
Based on Dr. Dorothy Marcic's book, "Respect: Women and Popular Music," the show takes a historical, hysterical, high-energy look at women's changes from 1900 to today as illustrated by popular song, portrayed by a narrator and three singers, showing music's depiction of women, "Someone to Watch Over Me" to "I Will Survive" and beyond.
Tickets for shows through April 1 are on sale for $39.50. Half-price tickets for previews at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and next Friday also are available. Tickets are available by phone at 1-313-963-9800, through Ticketmaster at the Gem Theatre box office. Group discounts for 15 or more and dining packages at the Century Grille and Elwood Bar & Grill restaurants are available.
Calling all superheroes: "Sesame Street Live: Super Grover! Ready for Action!" comes to the Fox Theatre Thursday through Feb. 25.
When Super Grover loses his "superness," Sesame Street needs a hero. Never fear, Elmo, Zoe, Big Bird and friends are here, teaching lessons of healthy habits through song and dance. The "Sesame Street" friends will explore exercise, nutrition, sleep/energy and hygiene — all in a quest to get Super Grover ready for action.
Tickets are $12, $17, $22 and $32 and can be purchased at the Fox Theatre and Joe Louis Arena box offices and at all Ticketmaster locations. Charge tickets by phone at 1-248-433-1515 or online at OlympiaEntertainment.com or Ticketmaster.com. Tickets are $10 (excluding premium) for the 7 p.m. performances Feb. 9, 14 and 22. Tickets for the Detroit Public Television Benefit Premiere Feb. 8 can be purchased by calling 1-248-305-3900. For more information, visit detroitpublictv.org.
Get set for a magical rainbow ride through biblical Egypt on the wings of the new national tour of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," coming to Toledo's Stranahan Theatre for six performances Feb. 15 - 18.
Tickets range from $23 - $50 and are available at the Stranahan Theater box office, Ticketmaster outlets or by calling 1-419-474-1333.
"I Can't Stop Loving You — The Music of Ray Charles" will make its Detroit premiere at the Fisher Theatre, Feb. 13 - March 4.
Featuring a live orchestra, dancers and six singers, the show takes audiences on a musical review of Ray Charles' life and music, including "Georgia On My Mind," "Hit The Road Jack," "You Don't Know Me," "Shake A Tail Feather," "What'd I Say," "Bye Bye Love" and other timeless classics.
Tickets range from $ 32.50 - $67.50 and go on sale Sunday at the Fisher Theatre box office and all Ticketmaster outlets. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.NederlanderDetroit.com. Groups of 20 or more can receive a discount by calling 1-313-871-1132. For more information, call 1-313-872-1000.
"Tea at Five," the story of Katherine Hepburn, comes to The Music Hall, 350 Madison Ave., Detroit, at 8 p.m. today, tomorrow and Sunday. Tickets range from $22.50 - $55.50.
Ballet Hispanico and Lincoln Center's Afro-Orchestra bring a program that combines ballet, modern and Latin dance to the Music Hall, at 8 p.m. Feb. 16 and 17. Tickets range from $19.50 - $55.
Buy tickets at the Music Hall box office, by phone at 1-313-887-8501 or at all Ticketmaster locations. For group sales, call 1-313-887-8512.
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