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 ...
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 ...
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
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
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
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
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
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
Tony and Emmy- Winner Mandy Patinkin Takes the Stage at Cobb Great Hall in October
by A.A. Cristi - September 25, 2024
Broadway's master songman, Mandy Patinkin, accompanied by Adam Ben-David on piano, will bring his newest theatre concert Mandy Patinkin in Concert: BEING ALIVE, to Wharton Center for one night only on Tuesday, October 22, at 7:30PM....
Dee Dee Bridgewater and Bill Charlap Come to the Wharton Center
by Stephi Wild - September 10, 2024
When Grammy-winning singer Dee Dee Bridgewater and Grammy-winning pianist Bill Charlap take the stage, an unforgettable experience awaits. With a repertoire that spans the greatest periods and genres in music, this dynamic duo delivers masterful performances of beloved songbook standards....
COMPANY Returns to the Wharton Center
by Stephi Wild - August 19, 2024
COMPANY is back for another season at the Wharton Center! This monthly workshop series gives students an in-depth look at the many disciplines included in musical theatre performance: singing, dancing, acting, and more. ...
2024 Sutton Foster Award Winners Announced
by Blair Ingenthron - June 02, 2024
Gretchen Shope from H.H. Dow High School in Midland and Braeden Davis from Loy Norrix High School in Kalamazoo were named Outstanding Performers in a Leading Role at the 12th annual Sutton Foster Awards Showcase held at Wharton Center on Saturday, June 1....
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Returns to the Wharton Center in May
by Stephi Wild - April 22, 2024
After 18 years, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra will make its way back to Wharton Center for one night only on Thursday, May 2, 2024, at 7:30PM....
Review: MOULIN ROUGE! at Wharton Center is a Sensory Feast Unlike Anything Mid-Michigan Has Seen
by Stefani Chudnow - April 04, 2024
From now through April 14th, Moulin Rouge! at Wharton Center will astound audiences with its pure extravaganza and spicy love story....
Interview: Executive Director Eric Olmscheid Dishes on Wharton Center's 2024-25 Broadway Series
by Stefani Chudnow - March 05, 2024
Wharton Center has officially announced their 2024-2025 Broadway series! It kicks off with Les Misérables, followed by Shucked, MJ, Life of Pi and Chicago. Add-on shows include Hamilton and The Book of Mormon....
Interview: Blake Price Calls MAMMA MIA! at Wharton Center the Perfect Release When the World is Heavy
by Stefani Chudnow - January 09, 2024
From January 16th to 21st only, the iconic jukebox musical Mamma Mia! will be making its return to Michigan on its 25th Anniversary Tour....
Interview: Tawnya Sauer Says CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE at Wharton Center is a Broadway-Style Holiday Spectacular for the Whole Family
by Stefani Chudnow - December 13, 2023
This year, head over to Wharton Center from December 18-20 for the perfect way to celebrate the holiday season with your family – Cirque Dreams Holidaze....
Review: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD at Wharton Center is a Thoughtful Tale of Family and Race in the 1930's Deep South
by Stefani Chudnow - October 05, 2023
Through this Sunday, October 8th, you can catch the new production of To Kill a Mockingbird at Wharton Center in East Lansing....
Past Shows
Carrie Manolakos Concert
11/13
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 ...
Medusa: A New Musical Development Documentary
11/7 - 11/8/2020
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
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!
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
4/9
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 ...
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
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? ...
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
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 ...
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
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
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
9/22 - 9/27/2015
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
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 ...
Free performance by the high-school students nominated for the 2015 Ovation Awards....
Long Lost Stories
2/21
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
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
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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Godspell
FIM Flint Repertory Theatre (9/27 - 10/20) | |
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Tribute: Broadway Thrillers
The Encore Musical Theatre Company (10/31 - 11/3) | |
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L'Orfeo
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre (3/27 - 3/30) | |
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The Government Inspector
Arthur Miller Theatre (2/20 - 2/23) | |
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Bat Boy The Musical
The Encore Musical Theatre Company (10/10 - 10/20) | |
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Musical Theatre Senior Showcase
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre (5/4 - 5/4) | |
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Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Arthur Miller Theatre (9/26 - 10/6)
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Miller Auditorium (10/29 - 10/29) | |
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