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There's been a murder at Rochester's newest salon and the police need your help! Get ready to comb through the clues and question the suspects like a bona fide 'Shearlock' Holmes.

There's been a murder at Rochester's newest salon and the police need your help! Get ready to comb through the clues and question the suspects like a bona fide 'Shearlock' Holmes.

An exciting new musical, JOHNNY MANHATTAN is set in a New York City nightclub when places like the Copacabana, The Latin Quarter and El Morcoco were filled with socialites and glamorous showgirls. This is it's world premiere at The Meadow Brook Theatre, and the critics are weighing in!

More than 40 years after its creation, Dan Goggin and Robert Lorick's musical, Johnny Manhattan, will have its world premiere at the Meadow Brook Theatre (378 Meadow Brook Road) in Rochester, Michigan.

More than 40 years after its creation, Dan Goggin and Robert Lorick's musical, Johnny Manhattan, will have its world premiere at the Meadow Brook Theatre (378 Meadow Brook Road) in Rochester, Michigan.

'The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin,' written by Steven Levenson, runs March 15 through April 9, at Meadow Brook Theatre on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester.

The 'Altar Boyz'-Matthew, Mark, Luke, Juan and Abraham-are going to save the world...and probably make you swoon in the process.

The 'Altar Boyz'-Matthew, Mark, Luke, Juan and Abraham-are going to save the world...and probably make you swoon in the process.

'ATOMIC' makes its regional theatre premiere at Meadow Brook Theatre on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester from February 10 through March 6, 2016. Danny Ginges created 'ATOMIC' and wrote the book and lyrics, with music and lyrics by Philip Foxman. Check out photos from the show below!

Meadow Brook Theatre's 50th anniversary celebration continues with a comedic trip to the 1980s. Small-time theatre producer Martin Klemmer knows he's found the next big Broadway hit: "Star Wars: The Play." He just needs someone-anyone-powerful to return his calls! His best bet to get the attention he needs is to get a famous cast. He goes after big-name stars Sylvia Glenn and Leatrice Monsee for the leads. Unfortunately for Martin, Sylvia and Leatrice can't stand each other, but Martin is convinced that if he can just get them onboard, another big star will join, and he'll have a hit on his hands.

'Luce,' a new drama by J. C. Lee, has its Michigan premiere at Meadow Brook Theatre on the campus of Oakland University from March 18 through April 12.

'Luce,' a new drama by J. C. Lee, has its Michigan premiere at Meadow Brook Theatre on the campus of Oakland University from March 18 through April 12.

Meadow Brook Theatre presents Things My Mother Taught Me, Jan. 7-Feb. 1 as the first show of the new year.

The basketball team at Athens University hasn't won a game in more than 30 years. The worst part in transfer student Lysistrata Jones' opinion is that no one seems to mind! 'Lyssie J' sets out to change that, rallying the cheerleaders to inspire their boyfriends to win, she announces that the cheerleaders will stop 'giving it up' until the team wins.

The basketball team at Athens University hasn't won a game in more than 30 years. The worst part in transfer student Lysistrata Jones' opinion is that no one seems to mind! "Lyssie J" sets out to change that, rallying the cheerleaders to inspire their boyfriends to win, she announces that the cheerleaders will stop "giving it up" until the team wins.

The basketball team at Athens University hasn't won a game in more than 30 years. The worst part in transfer student Lysistrata Jones' opinion is that no one seems to mind! 'Lyssie J' sets out to change that, rallying the cheerleaders to inspire their boyfriends to win, she announces that the cheerleaders will stop 'giving it up' until the team wins.

In 'Harris Cashes Out!' we meet Harris Wellborn who wrote a musical that lasted for just one performance off-Broadway…40 years ago. Now he's barely getting by, surviving on the charity of his overbearing sister and living in a run-down apartment. Then a wacky neighbor enters his life, and her conniving boyfriend has got the perfect plan to cash in on Harris' near-fame.

In "Harris Cashes Out!" we meet Harris Wellborn who wrote a musical that lasted for just one performance off-Broadway…40 years ago. Now he's barely getting by, surviving on the charity of his overbearing sister and living in a run-down apartment. Then a wacky neighbor enters his life, and her conniving boyfriend has got the perfect plan to cash in on Harris' near-fame.

Written by Roger Bean, 'Life Could Be a Dream' runs tonight, April 24 through May 19 at Meadow Brook Theatre on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester, MI.

Written by Roger Bean, 'Life Could Be a Dream' runs April 24 through May 19 at Meadow Brook Theatre on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester, MI.