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Find out what films, events and series are currently on the slate at the Michigan Theater. Also check out our other series and programs:
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$24.50 - $49.00 |
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Tickets by phone at 734-994-4801 or online at a2so.com |
 This coast-to-coast concert features the piece Gershwin initially titled the New York Concerto and Ann Arbor's Pulitzer Prize-winning composer William Bolcom's Seattle Slew. Then join Dvorak's tour of the American heartland as he offers homage to the folk spirit of the United States... one of the cornerstones of the symphonic repertoire.
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$6.00 - $15.00 |
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Tickets by phone at 734-994-4801 or online at a2so.com |
 Dvorak: Largo from New World Symphony
Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever
Gershwin: I Got Rhythm
Gershwin: Fascinating Rhythm
Bolcom: Derby Dressage from Seattle Slew
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Tower: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
Still: Humor from Afro-American Symphony
Bernstein (arr. Mason): Medley from West Side Story
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$25 general admission; $20 students |
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Advance tickets available at varsityvocals.com |
 The top eight college a cappella groups from across the region give lively, energetic performances as they battle for the title of Midwest Champion and the opportunity to advance to International Finals at NYC's Lincoln Center. For more information, visit www.varsityvocals.com
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The 48th Ann Arbor Film Festival will take place March 23th-28th, 2010 at the historic Michigan and State Theaters in downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The Ann Arbor Film Festival is the longest-running North American independent and experimental film festival. Founded in 1963, the AAFF was independent before "independent film," serving as a critical forum for filmmakers to show their creative work outside of the studio film industry. Today the festival continues its strongly independent spirit as a premier showcase for bold, visionary, experimental and high-caliber films.
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$39.50 & $49.50 |
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On sale now |
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Tickets available online at Ticketmaster.com
and all Ticketmaster outlets including Macy's and the Michigan Union Ticket Office. To charge by phone, call (800) 745-3000. |
On the short list of comedy's all-time greatest duos, Cheech & Chong have been making people laugh until they cry (or puke) since breaking out in the seventies with immortal routines like "Basketball Jones." Thirty years later, and after releasing classic films like "Up in Smoke," the legends are back on-stage once again.
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Avenue Q
Presented by Theatre Council
Monday, April 5 at 7:30 PM |
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$25, $35, $46.50, $65 |
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On sale now |
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Tickets available at Ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster outlets including Macy's and the Michigan Union Ticket Office. To charge by phone, call (800) 745-3000. |
Tony Award winning musical, AVENUE Q is the story of Princeton, a bright-eyed college grad who comes to New York City with big dreams and a tiny bank account. He soon discovers that the only neighborhood in his price range is Avenue Q; still, the neighbors seem nice. There's Brian the out-of-work comedian and his therapist fianceé Christmas Eve; Nicky the good-hearted slacker and his roommate Rod -- a Republican investment banker who seems to have some sort of secret; an Internet addict called Trekkie Monster; and a very cute kindergarten teaching assistant named Kate. And would you believe the building's superintendent is Gary Coleman?!? (Yes, that Gary Coleman.) Together, Princeton and his newfound friends struggle to find jobs, dates, and their ever-elusive purpose in life.
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Broken Social Scene
Presented by University Unions Arts & Programs
Wednesday, April 7 at 7:30 PM |
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$19.50 & $16.50 with student id or $27 & $24 no student id |
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Sunday, March 14 at 10 AM |
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Tickets available at Ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster outlets including Macy's and the Michigan Union Ticket Office. To charge by phone, call 734-763-8587 or (800) 745-3000. |
Broken Social Scene were formed in Toronto by Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning, two musicians with lesser-known, struggling bands. Recruiting various musical friends, they released the mostly instrumental Feel Good Lost in 2001. Their big breakthrough came in 2002 when You Forgot It In People gradually gathered word-of-mouth momentum and enthusiastic reviews from music critics. It's success lay in having inventive musicians focus on a hook-filled pop album, making it both interesting to music geeks and accessible to pop fans. It is now considered one of the best indie-rock records of the decade so far.
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$18, $22, $30, $38, $42 |
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Tickets are available at UMS.org |
One of the true stars to rise from the African continent, Senegalese master musician Baaba Maal has been making music for the world to enjoy for nearly two decades. With releases ranging from contemporary Afropop to expressions of traditional West African music, he has received resounding critical acclaim worldwide. Renowned for his fiery performances by fusing funk, rock, and blues with the beats and melodies of West Africa, Maal has continually reinforced his role as a seminal artist in the world music arena. With nearly constant touring, he has honed and enriched an already phenomenal stage show into an explosion of sound, singing, and dancing. Aside from being a remarkable musician, he is socially conscious and represents the United Nations Development Program as a spokesman on the issue of HIV/AIDS in Africa, committed to the concerns of families, young people, and the future of the continent. “Baaba Maal opened his mouth, and beautiful pearls and lilies and songbirds came flying out. It was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen.” (Michael Stipe, R.E.M.) The opening act for Baaba Maal is NOMO, an Afro-Pop, Fela Kuti-inspired nonet originally formed by U-M School of Music graduates in Ann Arbor.
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$15 adults, $10 students |
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Tickets available at Ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster outlets including Macy's and the Michigan Union Ticket Office. To charge by phone call 734-763-8587 or 800-745-3000. |
The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour brings films from the 34th annual Banff Mountain Film Festival to about 285 communities around the world. From an exploration of remote landscapes and mountain cultures to adrenaline-fueled action sports, films in this year’s world tour are sure to captivate and amaze the explorer within you.
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$45, $50, $55, $65 |
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Tickets on sale now |
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Tickets available at Ticketmaster.com and all
Ticketmaster outlets including Macy's and
the Michigan Union Ticket Office. To charge by phone call 800-745-3000 |
With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today. David Sedaris, author of the bestsellers When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, and Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and National Public Radio contributor, will be appearing for an evening of engaging recollections and readings followed by a book signing.
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Stephen Lynch
Presented by Pike Comedy Night
Friday, April 16 at 7:30 PM |
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$20 & $35 |
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On sale Tuesday, February 8 at 10 AM |
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Tickets available at Ticketmaster.com and all
Ticketmaster outlets including Macy's and
the Michigan Union Ticket Office. To charge by phone call 734-763-8587 or 800-745-3000 |
Raised in Saginaw, Michigan, Stephen Lynch is the son of a former nun and priest. He admits to actively entertaining friends and family since he was a child. True to form, Stephen graduated from Western Michigan University with a B.A. in Drama, and found his talent as a comedic songwriter. Whether he’s singing an ode to an ailing grandfather (and the inheritance that his death will bring), breaking up with a girlfriend because of her racial make-up (she’s just “too white”), or opening the door to his mind to let the voices inside his head sing out, Lynch is a self-proclaimed "musician trapped in the body of a comedian." His unique blend of musical based comedy has earned him fiercely loyal fans around the world who live to experience his sold-out live shows, three best-selling CDs and DVDs, and his top-rated Comedy Central Specials.
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Musical Portraits
Presented by the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, April 24 at 8:00 |
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$24.50 - $49.00 |
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Tickets by phone at 734-994-4801 or online at a2so.com |
 This concert celebrates the landmark opening of the new U-M Kellogg Eye Center. Pictures at an Exhibition endures as one of the most appealing symphonic works. Brahms' brilliant Violin Concerto is one of the greatest violin concertos ever written.
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Mark Knopfler w/special guest Pieta Brown
Presented by Live Nation
Tuesday, April 27 at 7:30 |
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$69.50, $85.00, $145.00 |
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Tickets available at Ticketmaster.com
and all Ticketmaster outlets including Macy's and the Michigan Union Ticket Office. To charge by phone, call (800) 745-3000. |
A four-time Grammy winner, Mark Knopfler has sold 118 million albums as a solo artist and as the front man of the legendary Eighties' band Dire Straits. Famous for his scorching guitar in concert, Mark Knopfler plays solo favorites from albums such as the top twenty "All the Road Running" as well as Dire Straits classics like "Money for Nothing."
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$29.50 & $39.50. Limited Gold Circle $75 |
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On sale this Saturday, February 20 at 10 AM |
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Tickets available at Ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster outlets including Macy's and the Michigan Union Ticket Office. To charge by phone, call (800) 745-3000. |
Dave Mason is one of classic rock’s most underrated artists. The versatile singer, composer, and guitarist co-founded the seminal jazz/jam rock group Traffic in 1967 and proceeded to contribute some of the band’s biggest songs, including “Feelin’ Alright,” “Shouldn’t Have Took More than You Gave,” and “You Can All Join In.” His solo career has included collaborations with Mama Cass Elliott, Delaney & Bonnie and Derek & the Dominos, and has included songs like “Only You Know and I Know,” World in Changes” and many more. In 2004, Dave Mason was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Traffic with bandmates Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, and (posthumously) Chris Wood.
Leon Russell has been described by artists from Elvis Costello to Elton John as one of rock's most influential forces: a veritable musician's musician who has repeatedly demonstrated his abilities as an outstanding songwriter, performer and producer. With his unique singing style and keyboard wizardry, his career includes such gems as “Delta Lady,” “This Masquerade,” “Song for You” and “Tight Rope.” He was recruited by George Harrison for the Concert for Bangla Desh in 1971 and his “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” medley was among the highlights of that legendary event.
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 Benjamin Britten, sailing uncomfortably close to the wind with his new opera, Death in Venice, seeks advice from his former collaborator and friend, W.H. Auden. During this imagined meeting, their first in 25 years, they are observed and interrupted by, amongst others, their future biographer and a young man from the local bus station.
Alan Bennett’s new play is as much about the theater as it is about poetry or music. It looks at the unsettling desires of two difficult men, and at the ethics of biography. It reflects on growing old, on creativity and inspiration, and on persisting when all passion’s spent: ultimately, on the habit of art.
Bennett is one of the UK’s most prolific and best-loved playwrights, whose work includes The Madness of King George and The History Boys, which both began as plays at the National Theatre and have been made into films.
UMS and the Michigan Theater have joined forces to bring high definition screenings of live theater broadcasts by London’s National Theatre to Ann Arbor. In the US, these screenings are delayed broadcasts to accommodate the time difference. Broadcasts will also feature behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with actors.
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GOO GOO DOLLS
Presented by Live Nation
Wednesday, May 12 at 7:30 PM |
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$37.50 & $75.00 |
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Tickets available at Ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster outlets including Macy's and the Michigan Union Ticket Office. To charge by phone, call (800) 745-3000. |
Sometimes you've got to go home to find yourself. That's what the Goo Goo Dolls (currently consisting of John Rzeznik, Robby Takac, and Mike Malinin) discovered when they began writing songs for Let Love In, the band's eighth album. Since forming in 1986, the Goo Goo Dolls have evolved from a scrappy punk-influenced trio into the platinum-selling, chart-topping act behind such radio staples as "Name," "Iris," "Slide," and "Here is Gone." As of 2009, the band has sold more than nine million records in the United States alone.
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