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Join photographer Ami Vitale for an engaging exploration of our connection with the natural world in Wild Hope. On January 14, 2025, Vitale will share ...

Shucked
Shucked
1/21 - 1/26/2025


Shucked  is the Tony Award®–winning musical comedy  The Wall Street Journal  calls “flat out hilarious!” And nobody knows funny like economists. Featuring a book by ...

MJ
MJ
2/11 - 2/16/2025


He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Now, Michael Jackson’s unique and unparalleled artistry comes to East Lansing as  MJ , the ...

Life of Pi
Life of Pi
3/11 - 3/16/2025


A THEATRICAL EVENT UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE! Winner of three Tony Awards® and the Olivier Award for Best Play, the Broadway and West End sensation  LIFE ...

CHICAGO
CHICAGO
4/8 - 4/13/2025


CHICAGO  is still the one musical with everything that makes Broadway shimmy-shake: a universal tale of fame, fortune, and all that jazz, with one showstopping ...

Hamilton
Hamilton
5/21 - 6/1/2025


A revolutionary story of passion, unstoppable ambition, and the dawn of a new nation. Hamilton  is the epic saga that follows the rise of Founding ...

The Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon
6/19 - 6/22/2025


The New York Times  calls it “the best musical of this century.”  The Washington Post  says, “It is the kind of evening that restores your ...


RELATED STORIES

Time for Three To Perform Live at Wharton Center


by A.A. Cristi - December 18, 2024

Popular Grammy and Emmy-winning ensemble Time for Three's captivating sound merges Americana, classical, pop, and singer-songwriter styles have resonated with audiences globally. ...

Time for Three to Perform Live at Wharton Center This Winter


by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 18, 2024

Popular Grammy and Emmy-winning ensemble Time for Three will perform at Wharton Center in January. TF3 rewrites the rules of music in their Wharton Center debut. Learn how to purchase tickets....

MOMIX: ALICE Announced At Wharton Center


by A.A. Cristi - December 16, 2024

Travel down the rabbit hole for an integrated dance experience with MOMIX: Alice, inspired by Lewis Carroll's classic tale, Alice in Wonderland. Directed by Moses Pendleton, audiences are transported into Wonderland through light, shadow, props, and whimsical dance and movement. ...

THE BOOK OF MORMON is Coming to Wharton Center This Summer


by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 13, 2024

 Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, will return to East Lansing for a limited engagement in June 2025. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets....

WILD HOPE: With Photographer Ami Vitale Announced At Wharton Center


by A.A. Cristi - December 11, 2024

Embark on a journey into the wild with Ami Vitale as she leads audiences through our natural world in her piece Wild Hope: With Photographer Ami Vitale on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at 7:30PM....

SHUCKED National Tour is Coming to Wharton Center This winter


by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 09, 2024

Tickets for SHUCKED at Wharton Center are available now!  A hilarious and audacious farm-to-fable musical about the one thing Americans everywhere can't get enough of: corn. Learn how to purchase tickets....

WHOSE LIVE ANYWAY? Coming To Wharton Center


by A.A. Cristi - December 05, 2024

The Emmy-nominated cast of Whose Line Is It Anyway? has announced the brand-new live improv comedy tour, WHOSE LIVE ANYWAY?, will come to Wharton Center for one night only on Friday, April 18, 2025, at 7:30PM....

MARIACHI HERENCIA DE MÉXICO Announced At Wharton Center


by A.A. Cristi - December 04, 2024

When classic holiday tunes add a modern mariachi twist, there's no telling how festive the celebration can be! The two-time Latin Grammy-nominated band Mariachi Herencia de México will appear at Wharton Center on December 12, 2024, at 7:30PM, for their performance of A Mariachi Christmas....

Bill Blagg to Present FAMILY MAGIC at Wharton Center


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 27, 2024

Prepare yourself for electrifying illusions with Bill Blagg as he presents Family Magic the Wharton Center in December. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets....

HAMILTON Flash Sale to Launch for Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall Engagement


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 27, 2024

Just in time for the holiday season, tickets for the return engagement of HAMILTON in Michigan will be on sale, for a limited time only. Learn more and see how to purchase!...

Past Shows


Ana Gasteyer, known for her iconic runs on Saturday Night Live and her Broadway performances, takes the stage for a unique holiday celebration in Sugar ...


Mandy Patinkin takes the stage in a special concert event at the Wharton Center, featuring Adam Ben-David on piano. This performance, titled BEING ALIVE, showcases ...

Les Misérables
Les Misérables
10/8 - 10/13/2024


Cameron Mackintosh presents the acclaimed production of Boublil and Schönberg’s Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon,  Les Misérables . This brilliant staging has taken the world by ...


Join Broadway star, actress, writer and recording artist Carrie Manolakos on Friday, NOVEMBER 13, 2020, at 8:00pm, for a virtual unplugged concert featuring many of ...


The documentary will follow Broadway actors, directors, and choreographers as they collaborate with MSU musical theatre and dance students and local high school actors to ...

I and You
I and You
3/22 - 3/24/2019


A play by Lauren GundersonDirected by Bert GoldsteinA Wharton Center Theatre ProductionOne afternoon, Anthony arrives unexpectedly at classmate Carolines door bearing a beat-up copy of ...

Hockey--The Musical!
Hockey--The Musical!
8/24 - 8/26/2017


Noted author, columnist, and playwright Mitch Albom again takes us into the world of musical comedy with his irresistible farce Hockey - The Musical! Now ...

Rocktopia Live


ROCKTOPIA LIVE is a revolutionary performance celebrating the fusion of classical music with classic rock. The live concert features five world-class vocalists, five top notch ...

Young Playwrights Festival


Wharton Center for Performing Arts and the MSU Department of Theatre are happy to announce the 20th Annual Young Playwrights Festival. The Young Playwrights Festival ...

Re-Entry: A Staged Reading
Re-Entry: A Staged Reading
2/26 - 2/27/2016


How do you go from battlefields to summer barbecues? What price does a family pay when husbands, wives, sons and daughters go off to war? ...

Moscow Festival Ballet: Romeo and Juliet & The Sleeping Beauty


This renowned company from Moscow brings two of the most romantic Russian ballets to our stage. Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare’s classic tale of young ...

Dirty Dancing
Dirty Dancing
11/10 - 11/15/2015


Dirty Dancing is an unprecedented live musical experience, with spine-tingling music, passionate romance, and sensational dancing. This worldwide smash hit features the hit songs “Hungry ...

An Evening with Kristin Chenoweth


Emmy and Tony Award® winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth comes to Wharton Center – for the very first time – for what promises to ...

Jersey Boys
Jersey Boys
10/13 - 10/18/2015


Back by popular demand! Jersey Boys is the Tony®, Grammy® and Olivier Award-winning Best Musical about Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, The Four Seasons: ...

Lang Lang
Lang Lang
9/28


A prodigy who made his Beijing Concert Hall debut at age 13, Lang Lang became an overnight sensation at age 17 when he stepped in ...

Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella


With its fresh new take on the beloved tale of a young woman who is transformed from a chambermaid into a princess, this hilarious and ...

Ernie - The Play
Ernie - The Play
8/19 - 8/22/2015


“Looong gone,” but never forgotten! Mitch Albom’s hit play, Ernie, brings Detroit’s beloved Hall of Fame broadcaster Ernie Harwell to the stage. Ernie is about ...

Ovation Awards - Free Public Performance


Free performance by the high-school students nominated for the 2015 Ovation Awards....

Long Lost Stories


In the corner of a forbidden attic sits a longforgotten trunk filled with mysteries and magical stories lost to the world for many years. Join ...

Pippin
Pippin
1/27 - 2/1/2015


Join us for this magical, unforgettable production The New York Times declared Astonishing! A Pippin for the 21st Century. Pippin is back on Broadway for ...

Once
Once
10/14 - 10/19/2014


FIVE STARS! TRANSPORTING! Once is the sweetest and most romantic show on Broadway. It speaks volumes about the power of music and connection. –Daily News ...

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