This Week's Events Classical Pop, Rock, Jazz & Blues Films, Comedy & Performance Art Theatre, Dance & Opera Fairs, Shows & Sales Lectures, Readings & Forums Recreational Activities Spectator Sports Family & Kids Stuff Clubs/Social Groups & Hobbies The Calendar	Theater, Dance, and Opera The Ann Arbor area plays host to several community and semi-professional theater companies, with new shows going up every month. Ballet, modern, and traditional dance concerts abound, along with musical theater productions from Broadway to grand opera. Highlights this week:  Wednesday September, 2008 "Panhandle Slim & The Oklahoma Kid": Purple Rose Theatre Company. Every Tues.-Sun (except Sept. 2 & 10) through Sept. 27. Guy Sanville directs the premiere production, whose run has been extended another month, of Purple Rose founder Jeff Daniels's new comedy, the tale of a showdown between 2 Wild West archetypes - a singing cowboy a la Roy Rogers and a scoundrelly outlaw. Thrown together by unfortunate circumstances, they argue over the best way to be a cowboy, while 2 other actors portray their reminiscences about themselves. Cast: John Seibert, Tom Whalen, Phil Powers, and Jessica Garrett. 3 & 8 p.m., Purple Rose Theatre, 137 Park St., Chelsea. Tickets $25 (Sun. eves., Wed., & Thurs.), $33 (Sat. & Sun. matinees), & $38 (Fri. & Sat. eves.) in advance and at the door. 433-7673.  Thursday September, 2008 8 p.m. "Panhandle Slim & The Oklahoma Kid": Purple Rose Theatre Company. Every Tues.-Sun (except Sept. 2 & 10) through Sept. 27. Guy Sanville directs the premiere production, whose run has been extended another month, of Purple Rose founder Jeff Daniels's new comedy, the tale of a showdown between 2 Wild West archetypes - a singing cowboy a la Roy Rogers and a scoundrelly outlaw. Thrown together by unfortunate circumstances, they argue over the best way to be a cowboy, while 2 other actors portray their reminiscences about themselves. Cast: John Seibert, Tom Whalen, Phil Powers, and Jessica Garrett. 3 & 8 p.m., Purple Rose Theatre, 137 Park St., Chelsea. Tickets $25 (Sun. eves., Wed., & Thurs.), $33 (Sat. & Sun. matinees), & $38 (Fri. & Sat. eves.) in advance and at the door. 433-7673.  Friday September, 2008 8 p.m. "Panhandle Slim & The Oklahoma Kid": Purple Rose Theatre Company. Every Tues.-Sun (except Sept. 2 & 10) through Sept. 27. Guy Sanville directs the premiere production, whose run has been extended another month, of Purple Rose founder Jeff Daniels's new comedy, the tale of a showdown between 2 Wild West archetypes - a singing cowboy a la Roy Rogers and a scoundrelly outlaw. Thrown together by unfortunate circumstances, they argue over the best way to be a cowboy, while 2 other actors portray their reminiscences about themselves. Cast: John Seibert, Tom Whalen, Phil Powers, and Jessica Garrett. 3 & 8 p.m., Purple Rose Theatre, 137 Park St., Chelsea. Tickets $25 (Sun. eves., Wed., & Thurs.), $33 (Sat. & Sun. matinees), & $38 (Fri. & Sat. eves.) in advance and at the door. 433-7673.  Saturday September, 2008 3 & 8 p.m. "Panhandle Slim & The Oklahoma Kid": Purple Rose Theatre Company. Every Tues.-Sun (except Sept. 2 & 10) through Sept. 27. Guy Sanville directs the premiere production, whose run has been extended another month, of Purple Rose founder Jeff Daniels's new comedy, the tale of a showdown between 2 Wild West archetypes - a singing cowboy a la Roy Rogers and a scoundrelly outlaw. Thrown together by unfortunate circumstances, they argue over the best way to be a cowboy, while 2 other actors portray their reminiscences about themselves. Cast: John Seibert, Tom Whalen, Phil Powers, and Jessica Garrett. 3 & 8 p.m., Purple Rose Theatre, 137 Park St., Chelsea. Tickets $25 (Sun. eves., Wed., & Thurs.), $33 (Sat. & Sun. matinees), & $38 (Fri. & Sat. eves.) in advance and at the door. 433-7673.  Sunday September, 2008 2 p.m. "Panhandle Slim & The Oklahoma Kid": Purple Rose Theatre Company. Every Tues.-Sun (except Sept. 2 & 10) through Sept. 27. Guy Sanville directs the premiere production, whose run has been extended another month, of Purple Rose founder Jeff Daniels's new comedy, the tale of a showdown between 2 Wild West archetypes - a singing cowboy a la Roy Rogers and a scoundrelly outlaw. Thrown together by unfortunate circumstances, they argue over the best way to be a cowboy, while 2 other actors portray their reminiscences about themselves. Cast: John Seibert, Tom Whalen, Phil Powers, and Jessica Garrett. 3 & 8 p.m., Purple Rose Theatre, 137 Park St., Chelsea. Tickets $25 (Sun. eves., Wed., & Thurs.), $33 (Sat. & Sun. matinees), & $38 (Fri. & Sat. eves.) in advance and at the door. 433-7673. 3:30 p.m. "Goldilocks and Red Riding Hood vs. the Monsters": Dreamland Theater. Sept. 7 & 14. This twist on traditional fairy tales by Dreamland Theater puppeteer Naia Venturi finds the 2 classic heroines teaming up against an ogre, a giant, and a dragon. Dreamland Theater, 26 N. Washington St., Ypsilanti. $5 (children age 3 & under, free). 657-2337. Next Week | Back to Top

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