The latest theatre news from Michigan — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Theatre NOVA will present the 2025 Michigan Playwrights Festival September 11–14, featuring new plays by Joseph Zettelmaier, Jennifer Lane, Jill Halpern, Andrew Morton, and Sarah Elisabeth Brown.
The Royal Starr Film Festival (RSFF) has announced its return for its 10th Anniversary year, taking place September 11–14, 2025, at the Birmingham 8, Powered by Emagine.
FIM Flint Repertory Theatre has announced its 2025-26 season, marking a pivotal and transformational year.
Black Public Media has launched the Black Stories Production Fund to raise $9 million over two years following a $1.
Country artist Walker Hayes will bring his Unplugged tour to Midland Center for the Arts on October 24, 2026, featuring songs from his new album 17 Problems.
Rehearsals have officially begun for the upcoming North American tour of The Sound of Music.
Three-time GRAMMY Award-winning vocal quintet Pentatonix has officially unveiled their Christmas in the City Tour, which kicks off this November and runs until December 22.
The cast has been announced for the forthcoming 2025-26 tour of Chicago.
All new casting has been announced for the 2025-2026 North American Tour of the Tony Award-winning musical SIX.
All new footage has been released from the North American tour of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, the first touring production of the musical presented by Disney in over 25 years.
The Gilmore will present its 2025 Rising Stars Series showcasing today's emerging classical and jazz pianists.
Birmingham Village Players will open its 23rd Season with the Tony Award-winning classic Man of La Mancha, running September 12–28, 2025.
Gateways Music Festival, in association with the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music, will launch its 2025–2026 season with a Fall Festival in Rochester, NY, from October 13–16, and conclude with a Spring 2026 homecoming to Winston-Salem, NC.
A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL will make its East Lansing premiere at Wharton Center for Performing Arts.
Theatre NOVA will present the world premiere of Radical Empathy by Ann Arbor playwright David Wells, running August 1–24, 2025, at Theatre NOVA, 410 W Huron St, Ann Arbor.
IT's SHOWTIME! Beetlejuice the frightening fun musical has returned to Detroit! The demon you know and love is haunting the Fisher Theatre this summer.
Midland Center for the Arts has announced that tickets for the Tony Award-Winning electrifying new musical phenomenon SIX by Tony Award winners Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss will go on sale Friday, Aug.
The principal cast has been revealed for the upcoming North American Tour of the new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.
Tipping Point Theatre in Northville, MI has announced its 18th season of productions, featuring a dynamic mix of new plays, Michigan premieres, and returning audience favorites.
As summer winds down, FIM is looking ahead to its 2025-26 season, continuing its long-standing commitment to showcasing artists rooted in Flint, Genesee County and surrounding communities.
The Ringwald Theatre will launch From the Fringe, a new series spotlighting original, boundary-pushing works, with the world premiere of A CERTAIN KIND OF LIGHT by Detroit-based playwright Joey Urreta.
The Michigan Shakespeare Festival has announced it will return in 2026 with its previously planned 2025 season, including Richard III, Much Ado About Nothing, and a world premiere adaptation of The Beaux’ Stratagem.
Tickets for Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the first North American production of the musical presented by Disney in over 25 years, being presented at Wharton, will go on sale to the public in August.
Rosedale Community Players has revealed the cast of its upcoming production of Tracy Jones by Stephen Kaplan, opening October 10, 2025.
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Tribute: SARA BAREILLES THE ENCORE MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY (5/20-5/23) |
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Caamp Meadow Brook Amphitheatre (9/24-9/24) |
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The Rocket Man Show FIM Whiting Auditorium (10/01-10/01) |
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Rumors Hook & Ladder Theatre Company (8/07-8/09) |
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Band-O-Rama Hill Auditorium (10/25-10/25) |
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Time Passes: 8 Short Plays by Samuel Beckett Arthur Miller Theatre (10/01-10/11) |
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The Crucible The Hilberry Gateway (3/05-4/03) |
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HOLIDAY INN THE ENCORE MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY (11/27-1/03) |
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Summer 2026 One Act Festival Birmingham Village Players (7/31-8/02) |
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98th Annual Spring Dance Concert The Hilberry Gateway (4/23-4/25) |
