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Weekend Planner: 'Titanic' Musical, High School Performances Hit Local Stages
Berkley High School offers dark comedy, 'Titanic' comes to Royal Oak stage and Huntington Woods library hosts a used book sale this weekend.
When you're making plans for this weekend, there are two great local performances and a book sale not to miss.
'Arsenic and Lace'
The drama program will presents the 1940s Arsenic and Old Lace this weekend.
The classic dark comedy centers around two elderly sisters who live together. They are a well-off family with three nephews: Mortimer, a drama critic; Teddy, who thinks he is Teddy Roosevelt; and Jonathan, a criminal who has had his face changed three times (currently looking like Boris Karloff).
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From the outside they look like a semi-normal family and are even known for their charity work. But the secret that’s not known is their affinity for poisoning lonely, old gentlemen with elderberry wine spiced with "one teaspoon of arsenic, a half teaspoon of strychnine, and a pinch of cyanide."
The show starts at 7 p.m. today, Friday and Saturday at Berkley High School. Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for students and seniors, and can be purchased 30 minutes before curtain.
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Call 248-837-8100 for more information.
Used Book Sale
Also this weekend, the is hosting its Used Book Sale on Saturday, featuring books starting at just 25 cents.
From 10 a.m.-3 p.m., the public is invited to browse through the sale that includes children's and adult items, fiction and nonfiction books, CDs, DVDs, videos and audio books.
Paperbacks run 25 cents each, hardcovers cost $1 and media items cost up to $1.
This event is sponsored by Friends of the Huntington Woods Library. Call 248-543-9720 for more information.
'Titanic — The Musical'
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the voyage (and sinking) of the Titanic, is hosting Titanic — The Musical.
The five-time Tony-award winning performance will run Friday through Sunday, Arpil 19-22 and May 4-6 at the theater located at 415 S. Lafayette Ave. in downtown Royal Oak. Friday and Saturday shows begin at 8 p.m. with 2 p.m. matinees on Sundays. Tickets cost $20.
For more information, call 248-541-6430.
Berkley actor in 'Waiting for Godot '
will be presented by Guild of Cranbrook, beginning this weekend. Performances start at 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday and April 20-21. The show features several local actors performing in an intimate setting.
Vladimir (Scott MacDonald of Berkley) and Estragon (Paul Dorset of Birmingham) are two lovable vagabonds, waiting near a tree on a barren stretch of road, inhabiting a drama spun from their own consciousness. They comfort and irritate each other all day, every day, as they blather endlessly.
This comical wordplay of poetry, dreamscapes and nonsense has been interpreted as a somber summation of mankind’s inexhaustible search for meaning.
Tickets cost $12 for general admission and reservations can be made by calling 248-737-3587.
Banff Mountain Film Festival
The 2012 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour will screen for one night at on Friday.
The festival is in collaboration with Moosejaw stores and features the world's best footage on mountain subjects. The films range from productions created by first-time filmmakers to professional crews working with companies like the BBC and National Geographic.
The screening starts at 7 p.m. and the cost is $12.50. Tickets should be purchased in advance. Call 248-645-3329 for more information.
Correction: The prices for Arsenic and Old Lace are $8 for adults and $6 for seniors and students.
