Roundup: Check Out The Top Stories From Detroit You Might Have Missed 5/12 - CAMELOT and More!

Happy Friday, BroadwayWorld! Here are the top stories from Detroit you might have missed this week!

BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature a Spanish adaptation of IN THE HEIGHTS in Washington, DC, HERE LIES LOVE at Seattle Rep, and WEST SIDE STORY in Los Angeles, just to name a few. Check out our top features below!. (more...)

2) CAMELOT to Gallop Into The Encore Musical Theatre
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2017

The Encore Musical Theatre Company continues its ninth season with the Lerner and Loewe classic on June 8, 2017.. (more...)

3) Center Stage Jackson Announces 2017-18 Season
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2017

Center Stage Jackson is pleased to announce its 2017-2018 Season!. (more...)

4) Packed House Celebrates Croswell Opera House's Reopening
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2017

More than 600 people crowded into the Croswell Opera House in Adrian on May 6 to celebrate the historic theater's reopening after a yearlong renovation project.. (more...)

5) Creepy, Kooky Fun for All as Avon Players Present The Addams Family
by BWW News Desk - May 07, 2017

Avon Players will 'Move Toward the Darkness' with its latest offering as it brings to life a beloved pop culture brood with The Addams Family: A New Musical, running May 19-June 3.. (more...)

6) Detroit Music Weekend Starring Aretha Franklin Coming 6/8
by BWW News Desk - May 04, 2017

What just may be her last live performance in her beloved hometown, Aretha Franklin will headline a free outdoor concert which includes some of the most popular Detroit bred musical acts from R&B to Rock, to Hip Hop, to Techno and even Country and Gospel. On Saturday June 10 in the center of the Detroit Entertainment District, bookended by a Friday June 9 Tribute concert to the Queen of Soul starring a bevy of selected celebrity vocalists and backed by the Detroit SuperBAND at Music Hall.. (more...)

7) Photo Flash: St. Dunstan's Theatre Closes Season with 42ND STREET
by BWW News Desk - May 04, 2017

St. Dunstan's Theatre Guild of Cranbrook will close out their season this year with the show-stopping 42ND STREET. Come experience "theatre under the stars," as this classic musical will be performed in the beautiful outdoor Greek Theatre, located right behind the St. Dunstan's pavilion in Bloomfield Hills.. (more...)

8) Ann Arbor Senior Center to Host Author's Civil War Book Presentation Friday, 6/9
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2017

The City of Ann Arbor Parks and Recreation Cultural Arts Program presents author Patricia Camburn Zick (who writes under the name of P.C. Zick) to discuss her book, Civil War Journal of a Union Soldier, on Friday, June 9, 1-2:30 p.m. at the Ann Arbor Senior Center, 1320 Baldwin Ave. This cultural arts program will also include Civil War music by The Dodworth Duo presenting The Music of the America Past. Light refreshments will be provided by event sponsor, StoryPoint senior living community in Saline.. (more...)

9) Matrix Theatre Presents 'Speak Out - With Art' and Improvisation-Based Camps for Summer 2017
by BWW News Desk - May 04, 2017

???????Matrix Theatre Company announces summer programming with Summer Creativity Camps housed at its theatre in Detroit, and improvisation-based camps hosted at partner location, Go Comedy! Improv Theater in Ferndale.. (more...)

10) WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE? Rocks Meadow Brook Theatre Back to the '60s to Close 51st Season
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2017

Millie is getting married, and her friends have thrown her an impromptu bachelorette party. It's the '60s, and while talk of love and marriage carries on, the girls get carried away with the music of the day. Join Millie, Sally, Florence and Dee Dee while they rock out to hits from the '60s, including "Baby I'm Yours," "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me," "I Will Follow Him," and, of course, "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?". (more...)