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The Girls Are Fighting (Literally): Athena Brings Live Swordplay to Theatre NOVA (LtoR): Brittany Batell and Jen Pan in "Athena" by Gracie Gardner, Photograph by Sean Carter Photography. ANN ARBOR, MI - A razor-sharp, darkly funny duel of ambition and recognition, Athena plunges audiences into the high-stakes world of competitive girls’ Junior Olympic fencing. Theatre NOVA, Ann Arbor’s resident nonprofit professional theatre specializing in new plays, presents Athena by Grac

Detroit Public Theatre is seeking an Associate Production Manager for the 2026-27 Season.

After an international search, Detroit Opera has announced the four singers selected to train in Detroit Opera’s Resident Artist Program during the 2026–27 season. They are soprano Madison Montambault, mezzo-soprano Grace Ryan, tenor Travis Leon Williams, and bass-baritone Aurélien Mangwa.

*Sponsored Content Emeri Charlip, Joshua Kremhelmer (as Oliver), Cecily Gamarra (as the Artful Dodger) West Bloomfield, MI — Nicely Theatre Group will present Lionel Bart’s beloved musical Oliver! this July for six performances only at The Berman Center for Performing Arts in West Bloomfield. Directed by Mitch Master, with music and vocal direction by Dan Greig and choreography by Mark McCleese, this classic production will bring the heart, humor, and unforgettable music of C

Check out what's playing this June in Michigan. This week's Rundown is JAM PACKED with new plays, musicals, film screenings, and concerts. And, as always, we have discounts available ONLY to Encore Subscribers!

Nicely Theatre Group will present Lionel Bart’s beloved musical Oliver! this July for six performances only at The Berman Center for Performing Arts in West Bloomfield. Directed by Mitch Master, with music and vocal direction by Dan Greig and choreography by Mark McCleese, this classic production will bring the heart, humor, and unforgettable music of Charles Dickens’ timeless story to the stage.

Detroit Opera Presents Hallelujah, It’s the Holidays!, a new holiday series at the historic Detroit Opera House, in the heart of downtown Detroit, offering unforgettable nights of ballet, film, Broadway brilliance, and soul-stirring gospel.

Contemporary ballet innovators, street-dance visionaries, and world-renowned classical ballet companies will take the Detroit Opera House stage in Dance @ Detroit Opera’s 2026–27 season.

This fall, Pontiac audiences will step into the heart of disco history as Hallelujah Disco, starring legendary DJ and cultural icon Nicky Siano, comes to the stage for a limited engagement at The PLAT this November 6 &7, 2026.

The Obsidian Theatre Festival returns for its sixth season with a powerful new mainstage drama, Soul of the Senator, written by Michael Hagins. As part of this summer’s slate of work, GhostLight presents a politically charged play with a timely, all-too-familiar theme: what happens when a Black Republican senator’s ambition collides with the reality of race, power, and party loyalty.

Rooted Here. Reaching Everywhere. GhostLight's Summer Season Launches June 25 - June 28 CROOKED PARTS, from OTF 2024. Photo by Danan Thomas The Detroit based GhostLight Arts Initiative returns this summer with a three-part season that highlights new work, artist development, and community connection. Centered in Detroit but drawing artists and audiences from across the state, the lineup includes the GhostLight Gala, the Detroit IMPACT Conference, and the 6th Annual Obsidian

Laugh-out-loud comedy from the writers of The Golden Girls runs May 27 through June 21, 2026 Front Row (L to R): Kennedy Vernengo as Understudy and Cheryl Turski as Libby Ruth Ames. Second Row (L to R): Stephanie Wahl as Sedalia Ellicott, Kasie Buono Roberts as Kari Ames-Bissette, Dani Cochrane as Charlie Collins, Leslie Ann Handelman as Deedra Wingate, Milika Chereé as Monette Gentry, and Princess Beyoncé Jones as Understudy A promise made at a senior prom leads to a lifet

The Encore Musical Theatre Company closes its 2025/26 Main Stage season with one of the most enduring and beloved musicals ever written, Fiddler on the Roof, running June 4 through July 19 in The Maas Theatre in Dexter. Sponsored by Marci & Stephen Feinberg, with onstage orchestra sponsorship by JoAnn R. Socha, this new production is directed by Dan Cooney and features a cast led by Broadway veteran and renowned Cantor, Daniel Eli Friedman, as Tevye. Set in the small village

SPIT IN YOUR FACE Opens Friday, May 8 The Detroit Repertory Theatre closes out its 69th Season with the World Premiere of Spit in Your Face by Paul Heller and Alberto Lomnitz. The production opens on Friday, May 29, 2026 at 8pm, with a Champagne Afterglow, and runs through June 28, 2026, with four shows weekly on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Spit in Your Face is a bombastic new work that is a hilarious look at modern politics and absurd theatre. When an idealistic America

Planet Ant invites audiences to experience an immersive and silly theatrical event with FRAT RAT, an original satirical one act, written and directed by Helen Rose Consiglio III. Running May 29th–June 13th at the Planet Ant Black Box, the show explores what happens when a poorly behaved co-ed fraternity has to successfully elect their next chapter president and avoid being banned from campus…forever!

Avon Players’ 79 th season ends with the knock-‘em-dead, uproarious hit musical A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, running May 22-June 6.

Roberto Kalb, Detroit Opera Music Director, recently received a Four-Year Extension. DETROIT – Detroit Opera President and CEO Patty Isacson Sabee and the Detroit Opera Board of Directors have announced that Roberto Kalb’s contract as Music Director has been extended four years. His current contract began in November 2022 and runs through June 30, 2026. The new contract runs from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2030. In addition to his current duties conducting operas and overs

Welcome to THE RUNDOWN, a quick hit highlight of the plays, musicals, concerts, and cabarets now playing on stages in Michigan. This week's Rundown is JAM PACKED with new plays, musicals, film screenings, and concerts. And, as always, we have discounts available ONLY to Encore Subscribers! Come on now, you know what we're gonna say,.. Get On Up and Go See A Show! It’s an old song It’s an old tale from way back when It’s an old song But we’re gonna sing it again PLACES PLEAS

Lettice and Lovage Opens May 8 at The Open Book Theatre Company Kez Settle (left) as Lotte Schoen and Wendy Katz Hiller (Right) as Lettice Douffet. Photo by Jan Cartwright All Photos by Jan Cartwright TRENTON, MI – History is about to get a dramatic makeover at Open Book Theatre Company (OBTC). From May 8 to 31, 2026, OBTC presents Lettice and Lovage, the witty and heartwarming comedy by Peter Shaffer, the legendary playwright behind Amadeus and Equus. Lettice and Lovage fo

Cider House Rules, a two-part play, opens May 15 Josiah Martelle (left), Rashna “Rashi” Sarwar (center), and Nick Easterling (right). Photo by Joe Plambeck FERNDALE, MI - April 27, 2026 – The Ringwald Theatre is thrilled to present their next production, the epic, two-part play The Cider House Rules. Based on John Irving’s beloved, bestselling novel, The Cider House Rules is an epic examination of family, reproductive rights, and what it means to call a place home The play