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OFFICIAL PROGRAM FOR BROADWAY IN DETROIT AT THE DETROIT OPERA HOUSE THE BROADWAY MUSICAL The Whitney Publication: Broadway in Detroit program for TAKE THE ADVICE OF YOUR 2013–2014 season FAVORITE ACCOUNTANT. Run date: through June 2014 TDetroit’s Most Romantic he Restaurant Whitney • Serving Dinner 7 Nights A Week Size: full page bleed trim size: 5-3/8 in. w. x 8-3/8 in. h. bleed: 1/8 in. USE YOUR REFUND ON safety margin: 1/4 in. Proof: 10/9/13; 10:59AM SOMETHING THAT For: Nederlander Detroit REALLY MATTERS. (Fisher Theatre & others) Design: Frank Bach, Bach & Associates; Phone 313-822-4303, HIS FUTURE. 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Investments in the Program are neither insured nor guaranteed and there is the risk of investment loss. TIAA-CREF Tuition Financing, Inc., Plan Manager. Before investing in a 529 plan, consider whether the state where you or your Beneciary resides has a 529 plan Ghost Bar Open for After-Show Cocktails & Dessert that oers favorable state tax benets that are available if you invest in that state's 529 plan. C8398 4421 Woodward Ave. • Detroit, MI 48201 • 313.832.5700 • thewhitney.com Heartbeat of Home a stage-thumping success recall anywhere. To paraphrase the famous line from Cabaret: “The boys are beautiful, Review by Richard Ouzounian, the girls are beautiful, even the orchestra is The Toronto Star beautiful.” And the fact that this beauty is so 4 stars ★★★★ out of 4 ethnically varied only adds to its potency. The packaging of Heartbeat of Home is first-class, to be sure, but the dancing is world-class, and that’s what we come for. David Bolger is in charge of the overall choreography/musical staging, and his abili- ty to co-ordinate all the various styles so that they never seem like a step-dancing mash-up is breathtaking. And pride of place must also go to the great John Carey, who has taken the mini- malist form of Irish dance and found seem- ingly limitless variations within it. urprise is the best element that a piece out a series of step-dancers, one by one, with Everyone who sees the show will have ball of kinetic energy and coiled sexuality of live entertainment can possess, and laser-like precision. Their tight black cloth- their own favourite performers, but I was whom I defy you to take your eyes off. She’s SHeartbeat of Home, which had its ing, the Uzi-blast sound of their feet, the particularly impressed by Bobby Hodges, tremendous. North American premiere at the Ed Mirvish pride of their carriage are all familiar and a young man who combines the energy of But they all are, as is the entire event Theatre, is positively jam-packed with the yet exhilarating. Gene Kelly with the grace of Fred Astaire called Heartbeat of Home. It’s a spectacular nicest kind of surprises. But before you can get too comfortable, and offers the charm of both. celebration of the human spirit that provides If you were a fan of Riverdance, you’re the music changes tempo, the lighting grows Ciara Sexton is the kind of dark-haired non-stop entertainment as well. That’s quite probably expecting more of the same, since brighter and a team of Latin dancers join the pixie you might imagine playing Tinker Bell the combination. this show is created by the same duo— mix, with the Irish adapting their steps to ac- in a Dublin production of Peter Pan, but her John McColgan and Moya Doherty—who company them. skills are mischievous as well as elfish. And • Tickets are on sale now for Heartbeat of Home at the launched that earlier hard-shoe phenomenon And then a troupe of Afro-Cuban artists Clare Craze, the Latin dance captain, is a Fisher Theatre March 18–23; see ad below. and sent it spinning around the world like a slash across the stage, creating the same dra- step-dancing satellite. matic effect that made the opening number And rest assured, there’s a lot of Irish of Ragtime—for example—so spectacular, FROM THE PRODUCERS OF dancing in Heartbeat of Home, performed as three different cultures existed separately RIVERDANCE Heartbeat of Home with rat-a-tat-tat precision by a dynamic cast. and yet together. If you’re a newcomer to the form, you’ll be From there on, there’s no turning back. Publication: blown away. If you’re already a fan, you’ll We are on a journey from a small island Broadway in Detroit program for fall in love all over again. where people of many cultures exist sepa- But McColgan and Doherty are canny rately to a larger body of land, where they Porgy & Bess showmen and they’ve expanded the terpsi- can all live their lives in happy coexistence. Run dates: 3/4/14 to 3/9/14 chorean world of their earlier success to re- There are no spoken words needed, and flect some of the numerous ethnic changes even the lyrics of Joseph O’Connor to the Size: bottom 1/2 of full page bleed that have occurred both stirring music of Brian “★★★★ YOU’LL BE BLOWN AWAY!” —Toronto Star trim size: 5-3/8 in,. w. x 4-1/8 in. h. in their native Dublin and Byrne offer us feelings bleed: 1/8 in. around the world. rather than plot points. The famous “40 shades We’re in the theatre to safety margin of green” that mark the be carried away by the (bottom & sides): 1/4 in. Emerald Isle have added power of music, dance a whole palette filled with and visual artistry, with Proof: 2/11/14; 11:20AM browns and blacks to the the projections of David colour mix, reflecting the Torpey adding an ele- For: Nederlander Detroit tides of Latin and Afro- ment of magic that keeps (Fisher Theatre & others) Cuban immigration over things in constantly the past 20 years since pleasing motion. Agency: SMZ advertising Riverdance first opened. It may sound like a Design: Frank Bach, You wouldn’t know shallow thing to say, Bach & Associates; Phone 313-822-4303, it at first. The amazing but this is probably the Fisher Theatre • March 18–23 TICKETS [email protected] lighting by Peter Can- most physically attrac- Tickets: Fisher Box Office, ticketmaster.com & 800-982-2787. AS LOW AS ning begins by picking tive company that I can Info: BroadwayInDetroit.com & 313-872-1000. Groups (12+): 313-871-1132 $35 4 or e-mail [email protected] (subject: Heartbeat). Jeffrey Richards Jerry Frankel Rebecca Gold Patty Baker Joseph & Matthew Deitch Scott M. Delman Independent Presenters Network The Leonore S. Gershwin 1987 Trust John Frost/Cheryl Wiesenfeld/Ron Simons Cheryl & Ted Lachowicz Luigi Caiola/Rose Caiola Judith Resnick SHN/SHN Presents Dallas What’s the Michael & Jean Strunsky Irene Gandy Will Trice GFour Productions present the AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER production of THE GERSHWINS’® connection PORGY AND BESS® by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward and Ira Gershwin Book Adapted by Musical Score Adapted by between Suzan-Lori Parks Diedre L. Murray Alicia Hall Moran Nathaniel Stampley Sumayya Ali Denisha Ballew Dan Barnhill Danielle Lee Greaves David Hughey Fred Rose and Our Town Alvin Crawford Kingsley Leggs Vanjah Boikai Adrianna M. Cleveland Roosevelt André Credit Cicily Daniels Dwelvan David Nkrumah Gatling Tamar Greene Nicole Adell Johnson James Earl Jones II Quentin Oliver Lee Cheryse McLeod Lewis Sarita Rachelle Lilly and Kent Overshown Chauncey Packer Lindsay Roberts Soara-Joye Ross Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design Riccardo Hernandez ESosa Christopher Akerlind Acme Sound Partners Wig/Hair/Makeup Design Music Supervisor Music Director and Conductor Music Coordinator tir misu? J. Jared Janas and Rob Greene Constantine Kitsopoulos Dale Rieling John Miller Casting Associate Director Production Stage Manager Technical Supervision Telsey + Company Nancy Harrington John M. Atherlay Hudson Theatrical Associates Justin Huff, CSA Oakland Community College. Yes, OCC. You can enjoy Tour Booking Agency Marketing Direction General Management another great evening of fine dining and terrific theatre The Booking Group Type A Marketing Richards/Climan, Inc. Associate Producers at Reflections restaurant and the Smith Performing Arts Greenleaf Productions Michael Crea PJ Miller Olivia Smith-Dews Center located on our Orchard Ridge campus. For details Orchestrations by visit: http://www.oaklandcc.edu/connect/ William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke Choreographed by Ronald K. Brown Directed by Diane Paulus Community is our middle name. First performed at the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University August 17, 2011. Diane Paulus, Artistic Director and Diane Borger, Producer. The worldwide copyrights in the words of George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin for this presentation are licensed by the Gershwin Family. The national tour of THE GERSHWINS’ PORGY AND BESS is dedicated to the memory of Associate Costume Designer www.oaklandcc.edu #WhyOCC Ashley Farra, who followed her dreams and dedicated her passions to the art of theatre.