Michigan Theatre Newsroom

The new national tour of Menopause The Musical 2: Cruising Through ‘The Change' is coming to Wharton Center in March. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

Broadway Grand Rapids has announced the 2025-2026 season, featuring seven spectacular productions, including Water for Elephants, & Juliet, and The Great Gatsby—all making their Michigan premieres.

The Acting Company's vibrant new production of August Wilson's Two Trains Running: is an exploration of community and identity during the civil rights movement.

Beloved playwright Neil Simon’s recollections of his early career provide fodder for snappy comedy in Avon Players’ Laughter on the 23rd Floor, in performances this March.

Open Book Theatre Company in Trenton will ignite the stage with a production that promises equal measures of riotous humor and genuine heart in Ripcord, a play by David Lindsay-Abaire

Grammy-nominated and internationally acclaimed Liverpool Legends will be at Frauenthal Center in March. Learn more about the upcoming performance here!

Broadway In Detroit has announced three blockbuster hit shows coming to Detroit as season extras in the 2025 – 26 season including the highly anticipated new tour of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and more.

The Ringwald Theatre is proud to announce its production of Mike Bartlett’s seminal play Cock (aka The Cockfight Play).

The Detroit Repertory Theatre will open the third show of its 68th season with the Midwest Premiere of Hysterical! by Elenna Stauffer. Learn more about the upcoming production here!

Birmingham Village Players will present Steel Magnolias next month. Peel back the layers of Southern charm to reveal the strength and grace of these women.

When international sensation Pink Martini takes the stage, audiences may end up in a Parisian music café, an intimate cabaret, or a Brazilian samba club, eager to discover where the musical journey may lead.

Broadway In Detroit has announced that the Tony Award-winning FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: MERRILY WE STOLE A SONG, Gerard Alessandrini's hilarious musical spoof of Broadway's biggest shows and brightest stars, will make a two-performance stop at Detroit's Fisher Theatre on Saturday, May 3 at 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

The Discovery Orchestra (TDO), the Emmy Award-nominated and Telly Award-winning orchestra, which has introduced millions around the world to the rewards of classical music listening through its Discovery Concerts, has joined forces with the Manhattan Opera Repertory Ensemble (MORE Opera) to present a special Black History Month performance this month.

Witness extraordinary feats with The Peking Acrobats as they demonstrate masterful agility and grace rooted in over 2,000 years of history. The Peking Acrobats will appear at Wharton Center for one night only.

Individual tickets for HAMILTON are on sale now at Wharton Center's Ticket Office, online, or by calling 517.432.2000 or 1.800.WHARTON. Learn more about the show here!

Stagecrafters will present Sherlock Holmes, a mystery production running at the Baldwin Theatre, 415 South Lafayette, Royal Oak, MI, from February 27 – March 2, 2025.

Due to overwhelming demand, Midland Center for the Arts is extending the exclusive Midwest engagement of Space Explorers: THE INFINITE through April 6, 2025.

The DeVos Performance Hall has announced that single tickets for the upcoming engagement of  PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL in Grand Rapids are on sale now.

FIM Flint Repertory Theatre will present the world premiere production of A Driving Beat by Jordan Ramirez Puckett at FIM Elgood Theatre. Learn more about the show here!

Individual tickets for HAMILTON at the Wharton Center  will go on sale Monday, February 17, 2025, at Wharton Center's Ticket Office, online, or by calling 517.432.2000 or 1.800.WHARTON.

Broadway in Detroit has announced its 2025-26 subscription season with seven shows coming to Detroit. Kicking off the season is the 30th anniversary production of Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at the Fisher Theatre.

Tipping Point Theatre's (TPT) 17th theatrical season continues on March 12th with English, by Sanaz Toossi, another Michigan premiere! This comic and heartfelt play about language and identity won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize.

Tickets for LIFE OF PI, the Tony Award winning theatrical experience, at The Wharton Center are now available. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

Prepare for an evening of dynamic strings with Sphinx Virtuosi, an extension of Detroit’s Sphinx Organization, and their latest groundbreaking program, American Form/s. Learn more!

The Encore Musical Theatre Company will present the Michigan premiere of Sense & Sensibility, a romantic new chamber musical with book, music, and lyrics by Tony Award nominee Paul Gordon (Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Daddy Long Legs) and based on the novel by Jane Austen.