School's "in" for summer as the Downriver Youth Performing Arts Center presents Disney's "High School Musical" at 7 p.m. June 22, 23, 29 and 30 at the Flat Rock High School auditorium, 28100 Aspen.
There also are matinees at 2 p.m. June 23 and 30.
"High School Musical" tells the story of an unlikely couple -- Troy, the popular captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella, the brainy and beautiful member of the academic club. They mix up the social standards by crossing the boundaries of high school cliques and follow their dreams.
Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for students and seniors, and are available by calling 1-734-362-8153 or visiting www.dypac.com. For information, call 1-734-789-8703 or 1-734-671-2202.
Wyandotte Community Theatre's Stage Right Players presents "Improvishness" with special guest comedian Matt Perry at 7:30 p.m. June 25 at The Comedy Room, inside Portofino, 3455 Biddle, Wyandotte.
The show directed by Michael Lomas of Motor City Improv, is a fast-paced, child-friendly improv comedy show where the audience fuels the fun.
Tickets are $12 for adults, $6 for children 8 and under, with free coffee and soda.
Henry Ford Community College presents its One-Act Festival 2007 at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays June 21 through July 1 in the Adray Auditorium of the Mackenzie Fine Arts Center, 5101 Evergreen Road, Dearborn.
The plays in this year's festival are "The Web" by Eugene O'Neill, "Hello From Bertha" by Tennessee Williams and "The F Show" by Nick Kabrovich.
All seats are $5. Call 1-313-845-9817.
Performance Network Theatre, 120 E. Huron St., Ann Arbor, presents Peter Schaffer's "Amadeus" through Saturday.
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. Special rates are available for groups. Rush tickets are available for seniors and students.
Call 1-734-663-0681 or visit www.Performancenetwork. org for tickets or information.
This Father's Day, treat the old man to a down-home tribute to fatherhood when Garrison Keillor, host of the acclaimed nationally broadcast weekly radio show, "A Prairie Home Companion," performs in a special concert with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
Titled "Honor Thy Father," the event takes place at 3 p.m. Sunday in Orchestra Hall at the Max M. Fisher Music Center, 3711 Woodward Ave., Detroit.
The show will feature Keillor's trademark wit and commentary, combined with light classical repertoire ranging from Bernstein to Bizet.
Keillor, a father and grandfather himself, will focus his gentle storytelling and whimsical musical skits on the subject of fatherhood, while conductor Philip Brunelle leads the DSO in a program of short and uplifting orchestral works.
Selections will include music from Mendelssohn's ballet, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Poulenc's "Suite FranÁaise" and Bernstein's "Three Dance Episodes" from "On the Town," among many others.
Tickets range from $35 to $85, and are available at The Max box office, by phone at 1-313-576-511 or online at www.detroitsymphony.com.
The third annual Michigan Theatre Festival brings 10 Michigan theater groups together for a weekend-long series of staged readings of new and established plays today through Sunday at the Boll Family YMCA Theatre, 1401 Broadway Ave., in Downtown Detroit.
The following theaters will participate with the following shows:
The Abreact Theatre, with "On Parenting," a comedy that follows the course of a family that starts by surprise.
Blackbird Theatre, with "Senate Inappropriations" about four U.S. senators who rent a row house to save money during the weekdays, but then pull a practical joke that shakes the foundations of their entire party.
Jewish Ensemble Theatre, with "Saying Kaddish with My Sister." It's the story of two sisters trying to live up to their mother's dying wish, "Girls, don't fight." By uncanny and hilarious means, even after death, their mother is determined to reconcile her warring daughters.
Meadow Brook Theatre, with "An Evening with Jack Kerouac," set in the green room of William F. Buckley's syndicated television program, "Firing Line," Kerouac shares with the audience his deepest thoughts.
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