MICHIGAN THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 159

The Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance at Wayne State University is shaking the snow off their shoulders and putting their eyes towards spring.

Flint Youth Theatre - Michigan's Professional Theatre for Young Audiences presents "Akeelah and the Bee," based on the screenplay by Doug Atchison and adapted for the stage by Cheryl L.

The 20th-century's greatest set of piano variations will be played by the artist for whom the work was written, when Ursula Oppens performs Frederic Rzewski's "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!" on the Chamber Music Society of Detroit's Midtown Series Friday, March 2, 2018 at 8:00 PM.

The play that inspired the popular Alfred Hitchcock film starring Grace Kelly will grip audiences with its dark twists and turns as Avon Players presents Dial M for Murder, March 9-24.

Spinning Dot Theatre launched in 2014, creates meaningful international theatre for kids and their families.

Laurie Rubin, a blind singer who challenged the norm and beat the odds is performing at The Berman Center for the Performing Arts at 7:30 p.

The "deliriously funny" (NY Times) 2013 Tony Award winning play Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike is set to take the stage at Open Book Theatre February 23 - March 18.

'Porgy and Bess' has been called the first great American opera, made all the more significant by being set in a black American community and performed by black artists in 1935, a time when black culture was exoticized by the country's white majority.

Bay City Players will present On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson, March 9 - 11 & 15 - 18, 2018 at Bay City Players, 1214 Columbus Avenue, in Bay City.

Renowned jazz artists Regina Carter and Xavier Davis will present an evening of Valentine's Day-inspired tunes beginning at 7:30 p.

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Flint Youth Theatre - Michigan's Professional Theatre for Young Audiences presents 'Akeelah and the Bee,' based on the screenplay by Doug Atchison and adapted for the stage by Cheryl L.

Wild Swan Theater presents The Tale of the Mischievous Bunny, March 21 - 24, at Towsley Auditorium, Washtenaw Community College.

Wild Swan Theater will present A Thousand Cranes as part of its 38th season of bringing high quality professional theater to young audiences in southeast Michigan.

This past weekend I opened and closed the first show I was the Stage Manager for.

Bay City Players Youtheatre will hold registration for its 2018 Season on Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 10:00 a.

Opera Grand Rapids announces upcoming performances of STABAT MATER by Gioachino Rossini and FOUR SACRED SONGS by Giuseppe Verdi on Saturday, March 24 - 3:00 PM at Christ Memorial Church, Holland and Sunday, March 25 - 7:30 PM at First Park Congregational Church, Grand Rapids.

A very sly con-man with HUGE ideas convinces people that he can make them great again and suddenly everything runs amok.

Tipping Point Theatre is calling for short play submissions to their 8th annual play writing competition, the Sandbox Play Festival.

"Stupid F*cking Bird" will make its Wayne State debut at the Studio Theatre at the Hilberry, March 1 thru March 31.

Shakespeare Royal Oak will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the iconic film, The Big Lebowski, Saturday March 3 with an epic fundraising event at Emagine Royal Oak.

In light of the current dialogue around sexual misconduct and harassment, the Circle Theatre staff and board have decided to remove Woody Allen's 'Bullets Over Broadway' from their season and produce 'On the Town' in its place.

Imagine that your favorite prince and princess are real people, and they're not living under the sea or in an enchanted castle, but rather in your own town.

strangers find themselves stuck on a remote island with a murderous maniac picking them off one by one, and each potential victim is also a suspect.

The Chamber Music Society of Detroit's 2017-18 Midtown Series continues with American pianist Stewart Goodyear performing Beethoven's epic Diabelli Variations on Friday, February 16, 2018.