Arts & Entertainment - Theater

October 2008

Gem: He’s back. That cigar-smokin’, smirking, funny man George Burns is back on the stage, sort of. Say Goodnight Gracie is a history lesson in Burns’ life on and off the stage. See, George is stuck in limbo, between earth and wherever he’s going. He can’t get through to his wife, Gracie Allen, until he gives the performance of his life (or would it be death?) to God. Through the evening, he goes back from where he started as a poor, scrappy youth on Manhattan’s lower East Side to the top of the entertainment world. Through November. 333 Madison, Detroit; 313-963-9800; gemdetroit.com.

Hilberry: Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice throws a modern twist around the classic tragedy of Orpheus, a man on a mission to rescue his beloved Eurydice from the afterlife. Orpheus makes his way past the gods by playing intoxicating music — but can he get her back? Through October. • Ah, Hamlet. Everyone knows it — love, death, insanity, more death, the makings of a timeless story. Add in a little incest and, well, everyone gets a little creeped out. Oct. 24-25. Runs through Jan. 24. 4841 Cass, Detroit; 313-577-2972; hilberry.com.

Meadow Brook: The season opens with a thriller: Jeffrey Hatcher’s Murder by Poe, in which characters created by the master of the macabre converge on a woman in white. Oct. 8-Nov. 2. $22-$38. On the campus of Oakland University, Rochester Hills;248-377-3300; mbtheatre.com.

Tipping Point: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change is a musical celebration of the myths behind relationships, and a tribute to those who have experienced failure with them. Through Oct. 12. $23-$28. 361 E. Cady St., Northville; 248-347-0003; tippingpointtheatre.org.

This article appears in the October 2008 of Hour Detroit.
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