Calendar of Events

Theater, Dance, and Opera

Thursday January 2009

"A Streetcar Named Desire": Purple Rose Theatre Company.

Every Wed.-Sun., Jan. 22-Mar. 21. Guy Sanville directs Tennessee Williams's Pulitzer Prize-winning tragedy about Blanche DuBois, an emotionally fragile southern belle who moves into a squalid New Orleans tenement with her sister and brutish brother-in-law. One of Williams's most famous plays, Streetcar offers a definitive treatment of one of his most obsessive themes - the psychological destruction of a self-deluded central character full of aristocratic pretensions and unable to cope with the brute realities of life. Stars Michelle Mountain, Qarie Marshall, and Charlyn Swarthout. 8 p.m., Purple Rose, 137 Park St., Chelsea. Jan. 22-29 previews: $20 (Wed. & Thurs.) & $25 (Fri.-Sun.). After Jan. 29: Tickets $25 (Sun. eves., Wed. & Thurs.), $33 (Sat. & Sun. matinees), & $38 (Fri. & Sat. eves.) in advance and at the door. 433-7673.

"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead": Performance Network Professional Season.

Every Thurs.-Sun., Jan. 8-Feb. 8. John Seibert directs Tom Stoppard's black comedy inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet. It concerns 2 minor characters from the play, old school chums of the prince of Denmark, and depicts them as hapless pawns, vainly trying to make sense of their existence while impersonal political forces inexorably shape their fate. Stars Loren Bass & Malcolm Tulip. The Jan. 31 performance is a benefit for 826michigan. Performance Network, 120 E. Huron. Preview tickets: whatever you can afford to pay (Jan. 8 & Jan. 17 matinee), $22 (Jan. 9, 11, & 15), and $30 (Jan. 10). Jan. 16 opening night tickets: $39 & $41 includes reception. After Jan. 16: $27 & $29 (Thurs.), $32 & $34 (Fri. & Sun.), $25 & $27 (Sat. matinee), $39 & $41 (Sat. eve.). $3 discounts available for seniors age 60 & over. Tickets available in advance at performancenetwork.org & by phone, and at the door. $10 student discounts available in advance, half-price student tickets at the door only. For reservations, call 663-0681; to charge by phone, call 663-0696.

Friday January 2009

"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead": Performance Network Professional Season.

Every Thurs.-Sun., Jan. 8-Feb. 8. John Seibert directs Tom Stoppard's black comedy inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet. It concerns 2 minor characters from the play, old school chums of the prince of Denmark, and depicts them as hapless pawns, vainly trying to make sense of their existence while impersonal political forces inexorably shape their fate. Stars Loren Bass & Malcolm Tulip. The Jan. 31 performance is a benefit for 826michigan. Performance Network, 120 E. Huron. Preview tickets: whatever you can afford to pay (Jan. 8 & Jan. 17 matinee), $22 (Jan. 9, 11, & 15), and $30 (Jan. 10). Jan. 16 opening night tickets: $39 & $41 includes reception. After Jan. 16: $27 & $29 (Thurs.), $32 & $34 (Fri. & Sun.), $25 & $27 (Sat. matinee), $39 & $41 (Sat. eve.). $3 discounts available for seniors age 60 & over. Tickets available in advance at performancenetwork.org & by phone, and at the door. $10 student discounts available in advance, half-price student tickets at the door only. For reservations, call 663-0681; to charge by phone, call 663-0696.

"A Streetcar Named Desire": Purple Rose Theatre Company.

Every Wed.-Sun., Jan. 22-Mar. 21. Guy Sanville directs Tennessee Williams's Pulitzer Prize-winning tragedy about Blanche DuBois, an emotionally fragile southern belle who moves into a squalid New Orleans tenement with her sister and brutish brother-in-law. One of Williams's most famous plays, Streetcar offers a definitive treatment of one of his most obsessive themes - the psychological destruction of a self-deluded central character full of aristocratic pretensions and unable to cope with the brute realities of life. Stars Michelle Mountain, Qarie Marshall, and Charlyn Swarthout. 8 p.m., Purple Rose, 137 Park St., Chelsea. Jan. 22-29 previews: $20 (Wed. & Thurs.) & $25 (Fri.-Sun.). After Jan. 29: Tickets $25 (Sun. eves., Wed. & Thurs.), $33 (Sat. & Sun. matinees), & $38 (Fri. & Sat. eves.) in advance and at the door. 433-7673.

"Patty Hearst": Blackbird Theatre.

Jan. 23 & 24. Barton Bund directs a staged reading of his new musical based on the 1974 kidnapping of heiress Patty Hearst. The story follows Hearst's brainwashing by the Symbionese Liberation Army and subsequent deprogramming by family members, lawyers, and psychiatrists that amounted to another type of brainwashing. Blackbird Theatre. Tickets $20 (seniors, $15; students, $10) in advance at blackbirdtheatre.org and at the door. 332-3848.

Armenian Hye Hop: U-M Armenian Students Cultural Association.

Dancing to a DJ and live music by an ensemble led by oud player Mark Gavoor. Buffet dinner, raffle, and cash bar. Proceeds benefit the Mer Doon orphanage in Armenia. Polo Fields Country Club, 5200 Polo Fields Dr. $35 (students, $25) in advance from ssimonia@umich.edu & altoumaj@umich.edu, and at the door. (248) 790-2412, (248) 224-2443.

Saturday January 2009

"Fabliscious": Performance Network Children's Theater Network.

Chelsea Sadler directs Kimberly Yost and Patrick Farrell's musical adaptation and modernization of several classic Aesop stories, including "The Tortoise and the Hare," "The Ant and the Grasshopper," "The Fox and the Grapes," "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," and more. Cast: Scott Longpre, Mori Richner, Jeremy Salvatori, Tiffany Jones. Performance Network, 120 E. Huron. Tickets $10 (youth 16 & under, $7) in advance at performancenetwork.org & by phone, and at the door. For reservations or to charge by phone, call 663-0681.

"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead": Performance Network Professional Season.

Every Thurs.-Sun., Jan. 8-Feb. 8. John Seibert directs Tom Stoppard's black comedy inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet. It concerns 2 minor characters from the play, old school chums of the prince of Denmark, and depicts them as hapless pawns, vainly trying to make sense of their existence while impersonal political forces inexorably shape their fate. Stars Loren Bass & Malcolm Tulip. The Jan. 31 performance is a benefit for 826michigan. Performance Network, 120 E. Huron. Preview tickets: whatever you can afford to pay (Jan. 8 & Jan. 17 matinee), $22 (Jan. 9, 11, & 15), and $30 (Jan. 10). Jan. 16 opening night tickets: $39 & $41 includes reception. After Jan. 16: $27 & $29 (Thurs.), $32 & $34 (Fri. & Sun.), $25 & $27 (Sat. matinee), $39 & $41 (Sat. eve.). $3 discounts available for seniors age 60 & over. Tickets available in advance at performancenetwork.org & by phone, and at the door. $10 student discounts available in advance, half-price student tickets at the door only. For reservations, call 663-0681; to charge by phone, call 663-0696.

"A Streetcar Named Desire": Purple Rose Theatre Company.

Every Wed.-Sun., Jan. 22-Mar. 21. Guy Sanville directs Tennessee Williams's Pulitzer Prize-winning tragedy about Blanche DuBois, an emotionally fragile southern belle who moves into a squalid New Orleans tenement with her sister and brutish brother-in-law. One of Williams's most famous plays, Streetcar offers a definitive treatment of one of his most obsessive themes - the psychological destruction of a self-deluded central character full of aristocratic pretensions and unable to cope with the brute realities of life. Stars Michelle Mountain, Qarie Marshall, and Charlyn Swarthout. 8 p.m., Purple Rose, 137 Park St., Chelsea. Jan. 22-29 previews: $20 (Wed. & Thurs.) & $25 (Fri.-Sun.). After Jan. 29: Tickets $25 (Sun. eves., Wed. & Thurs.), $33 (Sat. & Sun. matinees), & $38 (Fri. & Sat. eves.) in advance and at the door. 433-7673.

Royal Shakespeare Company, Michael Boyd, and Ralph Williams: University Musical Society Ford Honors Program.

RSC actors perform an excerpt from Henry V, Shakespeare's sly-humored history play about the nature of political power and authority. Also, RSC artistic director Boyd and U-M English professor Williams, both recipients of the 2009 UMS Distinguished Artist Award, speak about their past collaborative projects. Followed by video tributes and a performance TBA in honor of Boyd and Williams. The program is followed by a gala dinner fund-raiser ($300 & up). Rackham Auditorium. Tickets $30-$70 (students, $20) in advance at the Michigan League and ums.org, and at the door. To charge by phone, call 764-2538 or (800) 221-1229. For gala tickets, call 764-8489.

"Patty Hearst": Blackbird Theatre.

Jan. 23 & 24. Barton Bund directs a staged reading of his new musical based on the 1974 kidnapping of heiress Patty Hearst. The story follows Hearst's brainwashing by the Symbionese Liberation Army and subsequent deprogramming by family members, lawyers, and psychiatrists that amounted to another type of brainwashing. Blackbird Theatre. Tickets $20 (seniors, $15; students, $10) in advance at blackbirdtheatre.org and at the door. 332-3848.

Sunday January 2009

"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead": Performance Network Professional Season.

Every Thurs.-Sun., Jan. 8-Feb. 8. John Seibert directs Tom Stoppard's black comedy inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet. It concerns 2 minor characters from the play, old school chums of the prince of Denmark, and depicts them as hapless pawns, vainly trying to make sense of their existence while impersonal political forces inexorably shape their fate. Stars Loren Bass & Malcolm Tulip. The Jan. 31 performance is a benefit for 826michigan. Performance Network, 120 E. Huron. Preview tickets: whatever you can afford to pay (Jan. 8 & Jan. 17 matinee), $22 (Jan. 9, 11, & 15), and $30 (Jan. 10). Jan. 16 opening night tickets: $39 & $41 includes reception. After Jan. 16: $27 & $29 (Thurs.), $32 & $34 (Fri. & Sun.), $25 & $27 (Sat. matinee), $39 & $41 (Sat. eve.). $3 discounts available for seniors age 60 & over. Tickets available in advance at performancenetwork.org & by phone, and at the door. $10 student discounts available in advance, half-price student tickets at the door only. For reservations, call 663-0681; to charge by phone, call 663-0696.

"A Streetcar Named Desire": Purple Rose Theatre Company.

Every Wed.-Sun., Jan. 22-Mar. 21. Guy Sanville directs Tennessee Williams's Pulitzer Prize-winning tragedy about Blanche DuBois, an emotionally fragile southern belle who moves into a squalid New Orleans tenement with her sister and brutish brother-in-law. One of Williams's most famous plays, Streetcar offers a definitive treatment of one of his most obsessive themes - the psychological destruction of a self-deluded central character full of aristocratic pretensions and unable to cope with the brute realities of life. Stars Michelle Mountain, Qarie Marshall, and Charlyn Swarthout. 8 p.m., Purple Rose, 137 Park St., Chelsea. Jan. 22-29 previews: $20 (Wed. & Thurs.) & $25 (Fri.-Sun.). After Jan. 29: Tickets $25 (Sun. eves., Wed. & Thurs.), $33 (Sat. & Sun. matinees), & $38 (Fri. & Sat. eves.) in advance and at the door. 433-7673.

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