MICHIGAN THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 338

MotorCity Casino Hotel will welcome The Manhattan Transfer, performing at Sound Board on Thursday, February 16 at 8:00 p.

Get out your dancing shoes! Grosse Pointe Theatre will be holding dance workshops for those interested in auditioning for Hairspray, Broadway's musical comedy phenomenon that inspired a motion picture and won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

Go Comedy! Improv Theater will kick off 2012 with a time-travelling adventure that looks at how things change and remain the same over decades and in the future.

Ain't Misbehavin' is running through January 1, 2012.

Sea Tea Improv, Hartford's favorite comedy troupe, will perform at Central Baptist Churst from 8:45 - 9:00 pm as part of First Night Hartford.

The historic Gem & Century Theatres announce New Year's Eve dinner, show and party packages.

Just in time for the holidays, The All Night Strut Holiday Show! takes the stage at Detroit's sparkling Gem Theatre.

Known for bringing the best works from across the globe to an intimate setting in Ann Arbor, Performance Network Theatre is doing it again with the Michigan premiere of the 2009 Tony-winner for Best Play, "God of Carnage" by Yasmina Reza.

Bay City Players will hold auditions for its upcoming musical production, The Drowsy Chaperone, a charming musical with Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and Book by of Bob Martin and Don McKellar, on Saturday, January 14th at 1:00 p.

Apollinaire Theatre Company presents Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov- A Tragicomedy adapted by Craig Lucas.

The Purple Rose Theatre Company continues its 2011/12 Season with A Stone Carver, a heartfelt story about the rekindling of a father-son relationship by William Mastrosimone.

Broadway's Ramona Keller (Brooklyn, Caroline or Change), Joy Lynn Matthews (The Music Man, Marie Christine), and Destan Owens (Chicago, Rent) will appear in concert with John Varineau and the Grand Rapids Symphony on Saturday, December 31, 2011 at 7:30pm.

Apollinaire Theatre Company presents Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov- A Tragicomedy adapted by Craig Lucas.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 12/25 for Detroit

Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron's LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE, an intimate collection of stories covering some of life's most poignant moments and their corresponding wardrobe, will appear at Detroit's historic Gem Theatre February 8 - March 4.

Bay City Players will hold auditions for its upcoming production, All My Sons by Arthur Miller, on Monday and Tuesday, January 16 & 17, 2012 at 7:00 p.

Detroit's Karen Newman, invites the public to experience 'Christmas Eve on Woodward Avenue', presented by People's Plus, at the historic Fox Theatre on Wednesday, December 21 at 7:30 p.

The quartet of musicians currently being featured in Performance Network's production of the musical "Ain't Misbehavin'" are coming back for even more.

After a tremendously successful staged reading and overwhelming audience response, The New Theatre Project is pleased to announce the addition of If You Start a Fire [Be Prepared to Burn], an Internet sex comedy for the Recession Generation, by Kevin Kautzman to the lineup of its second season.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 12/18 for Detroit

Auditions for 'Stuart Little,' based on the book by E.

The Purple Rose Theatre Company will kick off the 2011/12 Season with a revival of Escanaba in da Moonlight by Jeff Daniels.

The 'New' McCree Theatre, 5005 Cloverlawn Drive, is saluting the Holiday season with its Christmas spectacular, Black Nativity: Christmas at a Crossroads, December 1 - 17, 2011.

PNT will be presenting "Jamie and Jordan" on Saturday December 17 at 1pm, as part of the Saturday Series for Young Audiences.

Who Wants Cake? is set to present its production of A Bright Room Called Day, Tony Kushner's play about Germany, America, Fascism, The Right, Action, Inaction, Losing Battles, and Winning Wars.