As they prepare to head to Pittsburgh for the annual Regional Dance America Festival, Ballet Americana dancers want to show the home crowd their newest moves, and they'll do so with a performance at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the Flat Rock Community Auditorium, 25600 Seneca.
The program will include three new works, choreographed by Leif Lorenz and Bill Evans: "Swan Lake Excerpts," "Salute," and "Sunset Gathering," their performance piece for the festival.
Tickets are $12, and can be purchased in advance by phone, using Visa or MasterCard, at 1-734-374-3904, from 5 to 8 p.m. weekdays, noon to 3 p.m. Saturdays.
Creative Characters, youth theater of Allen Park, will be performing "How to Eat Like A Child And Other Lessons in Not Being a Grown-Up" based on the book by Delia Ephron, John Forster, and Judith Kahan, at the Allen Park Presbyterian Church, 7101 Park St., at 7:30 p.m. today and tomorrow and 3 p.m. Sunday.
Oh, woe, alack and alas. Playing sick is a classic ploy, but it takes skill, and Kalyn Spangler (left), Abbey Knick and Kayla Chavez show how it's done in Creative Characters' production of "How to Eat Like a Child And Other Lessons in Not Being a Grown-Up."
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Children give grown-ups a refresher course in how to be a kid in this comical musical. Some of the musical numbers are "How to Torture Your Sister," "The Brag Rag," and "We Refuse to Fall Asleep," with other lessons about prank phone calls, driving in a car, and behaving at school.
Tickets are $6. For more information or to purchase tickets, 1-313-382-3340.
Ecorse Community High School students will perform a one-hour presentation of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" at 8 p.m. April 28 at Barnes and Noble Booksellers, 3120 Fairlane Drive, Allen Park.
The performance will open the store's weeklong "Spring Media Specialist/Educator" event. It is free to the general public.
Large groups such as schools that would like to attend are asked to call the store at 1-313-271-0820.
For more about the performance, call 1-313-294-0820.
Trenton High School will be presenting "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in the Trenton High School auditorium at 7 p.m. next Friday and 28. Tickets are $6 for all ages. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Wyandotte Community Theatre presents the rock musical "Godspell" in the Wilson Middle School auditorium, 1275 15th St., Wyandotte, at 7:30 p.m. May 4, 5, 11 and 12.
Tickets are $12 for adults, $11 for seniors and students and $8 for children ages 5-12. Call 1-313-842-8810 or visit www.wctspotlights.org.
The Southgate Community Players will close their 50th anniversary season in royal fashion with Elton John and Tim Rice's "Aida" at 8 p.m. May 4, 5, 11 and 12 at the Davidson Middle School auditorium 15800 Trenton Road, Southgate.
In the midst of a war between their two countries, two lovers must make a choice between what they want and what they must do.
Tickets are $14 for adults, $12 for students and seniors. To reserve tickets, call 1-734-282-4727 or visit
www.scponstage.com.
Deduce as you digest when the Friends of St. Michael's Episcopal Church present Trench Coat Theatre at 7:30 p.m. May 11 at VFW Post 552, 1125 Fort St., Lincoln Park.
Enjoy a three-entree dinner, dessert and cash bar as you watch a mystery unfold and try to solve it.
Tickets are $30; reservations are required. Call 1-313-613-3541.
ShowBiz Starz will present the musical "Little Shop of Horrors" at 8 p.m. May 18, 19, 25 and 26 at the Royal Majestic Theater at Trillium Academy, 15740 Racho Road, Taylor.
Tickets are $8 for adults, $7 for children and seniors. Tickets can be purchased in advance by calling 1-734-934-7086.
The Hilberry Theatre, 4743 Cass, Detroit, continues its 44th season with "The Elephant Man," by Bernard Pomerance, playing in rotating repertory through May 3 with "On the Verge," by Eric Overmyer, and "Translations," by Brian Friel.
Tickets range from $15 to $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.
Performance Network Theatre, 120 E. Huron St., Ann Arbor, presents Peter Schaffer's "Amadeus" Thursday through June 10.
Despite his own success, composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed with jealousy over the incomparable talent God has given to his contemporary, the crass, immature Mozart. He sets out to avenge himself on Mozart and God.
Evening performances are at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, with matinees at 3 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $20 Thursdays, $30 Fridays and matinees, $37 for Saturdays and opening nights. Special rates are available for preview week and for groups. Rush tickets are available for seniors and students.
Call 1-734-663-0681 or visit www.Performancenetwork.org for tickets or information.
The Henry Ford Community College Theatre for Young Audiences program will present "The Jungle Book" today through Sunday, as well as April 27 - 29 in the Adray Auditorium, inside the MacKenzie Fine Arts building on the HFCC main campus, 5101 Evergreen Road, Dearborn.
This 70-minute show is designed for kindergartners through seventh-graders and includes audience participation, slapstick song and dance.
Performances are at 7 p.m. Fridays, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for children younger than 18. Groups of 10 or more can get tickets at $4 per seat. Call 1-313-845-9817 for tickets or information.
"Forbidden Broadway," the hilarious musical comedy that pokes fun at Broadway's biggest shows and brightest stars is coming to Orchestra Hall at the Max M. Fisher Music Center at 10:45 a.m. and 8 p.m. May 3; at 8:30 p.m. May 4 and 5; and at 3 p.m. May 6.
This special version of the show will feature the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and a cast of top Broadway song-and-dance pros, who will lampoon "Fiddler on the Roof", "Cats," "Phantom of the Opera," "Les Miserables," "Chicago," "Hello Dolly," "Annie," "The Lion King," "West Side Story," "Guys and Dolls," "The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber" as well as Broadway's biggest stars, including Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli, Sarah Brightman, Ethel Merman and many others.
Tickets range from $15 to $100 and can be purchased at the Max M. Fisher Center box office (3711 Woodward Ave., Detroit) by phone at 1-313-576-5111 or online at www.detroitsymphony.com. For group discount information, call Chuck Dyer at 1-313-576-5130.
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