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5 Things to Know About The Andersen Project
Robert Lepage’s The Andersen Project comes to Ann Arbor March 15-17. Our own Sara Billmann interviewed actor Yves Jacques, who stars in this person. Jacques plays all three main characters: Frederic, an albino rock lyricist from Montreal who heads to Paris to write the libretto for a children’s opera based on a Hans Christian Andersen story; Arnaud, the opera company’s fast-talking administrator whose personal life is unraveling due to his sexual obsessions; and Rashid, a Moroccan janitor who moms up after clients at a peep show located on the first floor of the building that contains the apartment Frederic is subletting. Read on to find out more.
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People are Talking: UMS Night School – Session 4
UMS Night School is a free and open to the public series “classes” which include a 30-minute discussion of each performance in Pure Michigan Renegade, plus a 60-minute intro session for the next performance on the series. You’ll find follow conversation, coverage, and materials here on the Lobby.
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Livestream Event with San Francisco Symphony
Join us Sunday, March 11 at 4 pm EST for a live web chat with mavericks Jeremy Denk and Morton Subotnick who will offer insights into the music featured in the American…
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Welcome to the Cabaret
Tobias Wacker, owner of lab, has been talking to us about Max Raabe ever since we announced the 11/12 season. Toby’s enthusiasm is so infectious that we felt it would be a true disservice to keep it to ourselves