MICHIGAN THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 171

Students in an engaged learning workshop called Practice Sessions will mock-up a design of a solar umbrella roof for a former wallpaper factory that now is a graduate art center at UCLA-a project the firm has been working on for some time and will complete this year.

Nominations are NOW OPEN for the 2017 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards! Regional productions, touring shows, community theatre and more are all included, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017.

The Michigan Dance Council (MDC) and Oakland University will co-host the Michigan Dance Festival at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan on Saturday, October 7, 2017.

Touring together for the first time, 'The Heart and Soul Queen of New Orleans' featuring Irma Thomas, The Blind Boys of Alabama, and The Preservation Legacy Quintet, will treat audiences to a special evening filled with musical collaborations and traditional standards on Sunday, October 29th

The swashbuckling adventure! The fabulous fun! The rollicking romance! Everything you want in a musical! Grosse Pointe Theatre will open its historic 70th season with the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta The Pirates of Penzance.

Remember those educational cartoons when you were a little kid, like Conjunction Junction, I'm just a Bill, and Interjection? Now is your chance to hear all of those timeless tunes in one setting, at Spotlight Players in Canton, where director John Sartor works his unique brand of magic bringing out

Bay City Players announces the cast for the musical production, Nice Work If You Can Get It, with music & lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin, book by Joe DiPietro.

The Brass Tacks Ensemble (Artistic Director James Ingagiola and Executive Director Isaac Ellis) is excited to present the third and final Shakespeare production of their 2017 season, Measure for Measure, running November 3 19 at the CCC.

The Encore Musical Theatre Company proudly presents Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, running September 28 - October 22, 2017, directed by Matthew Brennan and music directed by Tyler Driskill.

Take a trip back in time to the Roaring Twenties as Oakland University's Theatre Department opens its season with Bullets Over Broadway the Musical, written by Woody Allen, based on the screenplay for the film Bullets Over Broadway by Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath.

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Cabaret 313 will present a glimpse at the future of the cabaret genre with multi-faceted artist Kyle Riabko (Spring Awakening, Hair) in Close to You: Bacharach Reimagined on Saturday, Oct.

The Tony Award winning musical, Falsettos, will open the 2017-2018 season for St.

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The Purple Rose Theatre Company (PRTC) announces its 27th season of performances.

The 4th Annual Detroit Fringe Forward Festival, #DFFF2017, is here! The fest brings together performing artists from across the Midwest for a four-day exploratory, immersive, and experimental entourage of performing, visual and fringe theatre, open to all.

Matthew Brennan, director of Encore Theatre's new production of Sweeney Todd, has been driving the Dexter-based company's staff a little crazy in recent months.

Any PJ Masks fan knows that pajamas are a powerful, magical tool for children.

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, the most awarded new musical of 2015 and winner of four Tony Awards, will play the Detroit Opera House for a two-week engagement November 28 December 10.

Theatre and Dance at Wayne is excited to welcome audiences as it embarks on its 55th season.

Comprising four wind soloists from top German orchestras and the distinguished pianist Thomas Hoppe, ensemble 4.

Join The Lost Boy and the Tinker Fairy at the Neverland Party for theatre games, songs, a dance, and much more! Ages 3-12 can participate and parents can watch!

The University Musical Society of the University of Michigan (UMS) and the New York Philharmonic, in conjunction with the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD), announce full details for the New York Philharmonic's 2017 residency in Ann Arbor, taking place November 16-19, 20

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.

It's astounding! The Ringwald Theatre is finally taking on The Rocky Horror Show for the first time with performances beginning Friday, September 29th in Ferndale.