Elaine Stritch Returns To Detroit In A. R. Gurney's ANCESTRAL VOICES Benefit 4/17 & 4/18

Broadway and screen favorite Elaine Stritch returns to home to Detroit in a benefit production of A. R. Gurney's ANCESTRAL VOICES, April 17 and 18. The production will benefit the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts and the Restore The Horse Foundation, an effort to restore a century old barn on Belle Isle.

"A. R. Gurney is a favorite author of mine. I did Love Letters with Jason Robards in New York and touring, and we had a wonderful time," said Stritch. "It's a beautiful script, Love Letters, and my favorite thing about it - as any actress worth her salt will tell you - you don't have to memorize anything, because it's meant to be read. Well so is Ancestral Voices, and it's a beautiful play. I can't wait to get my teeth into it" Stritch said in an interview with Encore Michigan.

In the interview, the '30 Rock' star reveals she is writing a completely new cabaret act, "Elaine Stritch At Home at the Carlisle; A Brand New Cabaret, God Help Me."

Future plans for Stritch include a well-deserved vacation. "I have never been on a vacation. I have never been to an airport, or to a railroad station or gotten into a car where there wasn't a stage manager involved," said Stritch. "I'd like to do this, just go away to some posh place where I never have to lift a finger. I've never been to Bermuda. It's very high on the list."

To read more of the interview with Elaine Stritch, click here.

The cast of ANCESTRAL VOICES will include Edward and Star Herrmann, Blanche front-man John Dan Miller and General Motors Vice Chairman, Bob Lutz.

The benefit, which includes a strolling supper and a question and answer segment with the stars, will all take place in Music Hall's Jazz Café, rather than the theater's main stage, making it an intimate opportunity for just 100 patrons per night.

A. R. Gurney's 'Ancestral Voices' - 6:30 p.m. April 17-18 at the Jazz Cafe at Music Hall, 350 Madison St., Detroit. $175, which includes a play-themed supper and a Q-and-A with the actors. 313-887-8500. www.musichall.org.

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