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Great Scott!  Back to the Future ,  the beloved, cinematic classic is now a Broadway musical with its destination set for Houston in 2026. When ...

Les Arts Florissants, a renowned Baroque music ensemble, will present Vivaldi's Four Seasons at Wharton Center, featuring violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte. This performance commemorates ...

The New York Times  calls it “the best musical of this century.”  The Washington Post  says, “It is the kind of evening that restores your ...

A revolutionary story of passion, unstoppable ambition, and the dawn of a new nation. Hamilton  is the epic saga that follows the rise of Founding ...

CHICAGO  is still the one musical with everything that makes Broadway shimmy-shake: a universal tale of fame, fortune, and all that jazz, with one showstopping ...

Experience The Acting Company's production of August Wilson's Two Trains Running, which explores community and identity during the civil rights movement. Set in the 1960s, ...

A THEATRICAL EVENT UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE! Winner of three Tony Awards® and the Olivier Award for Best Play, the Broadway and West End sensation  LIFE ...

He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Now, Michael Jackson’s unique and unparalleled artistry comes to East Lansing as  MJ , the ...

Shucked  is the Tony Award®–winning musical comedy  The Wall Street Journal  calls “flat out hilarious!” And nobody knows funny like economists. Featuring a book by ...

Join photographer Ami Vitale for an engaging exploration of our connection with the natural world in Wild Hope. On January 14, 2025, Vitale will share ...

Ana Gasteyer, known for her iconic runs on Saturday Night Live and her Broadway performances, takes the stage for a unique holiday celebration in Sugar ...

Mandy Patinkin takes the stage in a special concert event at the Wharton Center, featuring Adam Ben-David on piano. This performance, titled BEING ALIVE, showcases ...

Cameron Mackintosh presents the acclaimed production of Boublil and Schönberg’s Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon,  Les Misérables . This brilliant staging has taken the world by ...

A play by Lauren GundersonDirected by Bert GoldsteinA Wharton Center Theatre ProductionOne afternoon, Anthony arrives unexpectedly at classmate Carolines door bearing a beat-up copy of ...

Noted author, columnist, and playwright Mitch Albom again takes us into the world of musical comedy with his irresistible farce Hockey - The Musical! Now ...

ROCKTOPIA LIVE is a revolutionary performance celebrating the fusion of classical music with classic rock. The live concert features five world-class vocalists, five top notch ...

Wharton Center for Performing Arts and the MSU Department of Theatre are happy to announce the 20th Annual Young Playwrights Festival. The Young Playwrights Festival ...

How do you go from battlefields to summer barbecues? What price does a family pay when husbands, wives, sons and daughters go off to war? ...

This renowned company from Moscow brings two of the most romantic Russian ballets to our stage. Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare’s classic tale of young ...

Dirty Dancing is an unprecedented live musical experience, with spine-tingling music, passionate romance, and sensational dancing. This worldwide smash hit features the hit songs “Hungry ...

Emmy and Tony Award® winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth comes to Wharton Center – for the very first time – for what promises to ...

Back by popular demand! Jersey Boys is the Tony®, Grammy® and Olivier Award-winning Best Musical about Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, The Four Seasons: ...

A prodigy who made his Beijing Concert Hall debut at age 13, Lang Lang became an overnight sensation at age 17 when he stepped in ...

With its fresh new take on the beloved tale of a young woman who is transformed from a chambermaid into a princess, this hilarious and ...

“Looong gone,” but never forgotten! Mitch Albom’s hit play, Ernie, brings Detroit’s beloved Hall of Fame broadcaster Ernie Harwell to the stage. Ernie is about ...

Free performance by the high-school students nominated for the 2015 Ovation Awards....

In the corner of a forbidden attic sits a longforgotten trunk filled with mysteries and magical stories lost to the world for many years. Join ...

Join us for this magical, unforgettable production The New York Times declared Astonishing! A Pippin for the 21st Century. Pippin is back on Broadway for ...

FIVE STARS! TRANSPORTING! Once is the sweetest and most romantic show on Broadway. It speaks volumes about the power of music and connection. –Daily News ...