Theatre 12 News

After sold-out performances at The Joyce Theater in September, GROOVALOO, (www.Groovaloo.com) the dance sensation is back in New York by popular demand and will play off-Broadway at The Union Square Theatre (100 E. 17th Street) beginning December 1st with the official opening scheduled for December 8th. Since the Joyce engagement, GROOVALOO has been reinvented by its creators for its return off-Broadway.

Barter Theatre will hold local auditions for Equity actors and non-Equity adult actors for the upcoming 2010 season on Sunday, December 6 and Monday, December 7 at Barter Stage II.

Broadway Across America - Atlanta and producers Thomas Schumacher of Disney Theatrical Productions and Cameron Mackintosh announced today that tickets for the long-awaited production of MARY POPPINS will go on sale to the public on Sunday, December 6 at noon.

The Garden Theatre presents the Jaimie Roberts Holiday Cabaret from December 4-6, 2009, at the Garden Theatre (160 West Plant Street).

In the Heights, winner of four 2008 Tony Awards and the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, debuts in Minnesota at Hennepin Theatre Trust's Orpheum Theatre, Dec. 1-6, 2009.

Barter Theatre will hold local auditions for Equity actors and non-Equity adult actors for the upcoming 2010 season on Sunday, December 6 and Monday, December 7 at Barter Stage II.

The professional dancers of Omaha Theater Ballet will ignite holiday spirit with their production of The Imperial Nutcracker presented at The Orpheum Theatre December 3-6. First premiered in 2007, this ballet features all of the splendor and majesty of imperial Russia.

Kenny G, the Grammy Award-winning saxophonist with over 75 million albums sold worldwide, brings his holiday show to Hennepin Theatre Trust's State Theatre on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. His sixth album, 'Breathless,' became the biggest selling instrumental record in U.S. history and featured the phenomenally popular single 'Forever in Love,' which won the smooth jazz composer and songwriter a 1994 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition.

The timeless Charles Dickens tale, A Christmas Carol, comes to life at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre with a special one-hour music-filled presentation of this classic on stage from Deceember 5 through 21.

The Lakewood Theatre Company will be presenting a child focused musical revue, Holiday Magic Breakfast Theatre, written and directed by Milli Hoelscher on Saturday mornings in December. Performances will be in Lakewood Center's Community Meeting Room at 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM on Saturdays December 5, 12, and 19.

The Garden Theatre presents the Jaimie Roberts Holiday Cabaret from December 4-6, 2009, at the Garden Theatre (160 West Plant Street).

Detroit's own Skeeter Murray will bring his comedy special 'So Stupid' and his zany cast of characters to the City Theatre on Saturday, December 5 at 8:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.

The national tour of LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL will open the holiday season at the DuPont Theatre on Tuesday, December 1 and will run through Sunday, December 5, 2009.

LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, a new musical based on the beloved Laura Ingalls Wilder series of classic American books, will launch a national tour and makes its debut at the Fox Theatre for seven performances, Tuesday, December 1 - Saturday, December 5!

NICE JEWISH GIRLS GONE BAD is a refreshing mix of comedy, music, spoken-word, and show-stopping burlesque, featuring the gals who learned to smoke at Hebrew School, got drunk at their Bat-Mitzvahs and would rather have more schtuppa than the chupah.

Bryan Adams: A Very Special Acoustic Performance at the State Theatre Friday, December 4 at 8:00pm

The Harvard Office for the Arts (OFA) is sponsoring the largest independent student directed and produced show at Harvard this fall, BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL, at the New College Theatre (NCT) in Harvard Square from December 4 to December 11.

The Garden Theatre presents the Jaimie Roberts Holiday Cabaret from December 4-6, 2009, at the Garden Theatre (160 West Plant Street).

1944 - the year of D-Day but the war is not yet over. Each year there has been hope that the end is in sight. There are still many stories to be told - tales of heroism and remorse, pain and joy. Tapestry Theatre Company revisits that year in America's history with an updated script, new music and arrangements, presented by many cast and band members from past years of the Christmas from Home series, joined by several performers new to the Tapestry stage.

Sweet Love Productions in association with Who Wants Cake? are excited to announce that Detroiters won't be tardy to the latest holiday party when The Real Housewives of the North Pole debuts at The Ringwald Theatre Friday, December 4 and continues Fridays & Saturdays at 10:30pm, and Sundays at 5:30pm through December 20.