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Birmingham Village Players stage Once On This Island on Friday, October 2, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. at 34660 Woodward Avenue in Birmingham. It's live theater right on Woodward, and with six performances in the run, you can pick the date that suits you.
Birmingham Village Players

Wayne State University Theatre and Dance stages this comedy on Friday, October 2, at 7:30 p.m. at the Hilberry Gateway in Detroit. A sharp family farce set in a Baptist preacher’s world. Tickets available online.
Hilberry Gateway

Detroit's own Ballet Folklorico dancers tour the regions of Mexico through costume, music and footwork in a one-hour family show at the DIA's Detroit Film Theatre on Saturday, October 3, at noon. It's free with general admission, and Tri-County residents get in free with ID.
Detroit Institute of Arts – Detroit Film Theatre

A progressive elementary school, a mumps outbreak and a community that can't agree on what's true. Detroit Public Theatre stages the Michigan premiere of Jonathan Spector's Tony Award-winning, bitingly funny Eureka Day on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at 2 p.m., at 3960 Third Avenue in Detroit. The run has 22 performances.
Detroit Public Theatre

Meadow Brook Theatre stages The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. at 207 Wilson Hall on the Oakland University campus in Rochester. With 20 performances in the run, it's easy to find a date that works for you.
Meadow Brook Theatre

Wayne State University Theatre and Dance presents The Old Man and the Old Moon on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. at the Hilberry Gateway in Detroit—an imaginative sea-faring epic with storms, leviathans, cranky ghosts, and a choice between duty and love. Tickets available from the theater.
Hilberry Gateway

The Birmingham Village Players stage Complete Works of Shakespeare on Friday, November 6, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. at 34660 Woodward Avenue in Birmingham. With ten performances in the run, you've got plenty of dates to choose from.
Birmingham Village Players

Led by trumpeter-composer Kris Johnson, the Paradise Theatre Big Band plays Orchestra Hall in Detroit on Friday, November 13, 2026, at 8 p.m. Expect innovative, hard-hitting, genre-bending big band that honors the past; tickets are $25.55–$108.95.
Orchestra Hall

Bawdy, beautiful and very funny: Detroit Public Theatre's fourth annual Holiday Cabaret plays 3960 Third Avenue in Detroit on Thursday, December 3, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.. It's a whole new show, packed with world-class vocalists, heartfelt laughs and plenty of sass, across 15 performances.
Detroit Public Theatre

Wayne State University Theatre and Dance presents Scrooge! on Friday, December 4, at 7:30 p.m. at the Hilberry Gateway in Detroit. Leslie Bricusse’s stage musical adapts Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and features six songs not in the film. Tickets available.
Hilberry Gateway

Company One Dance Touring Ensemble brings Innovation Lab, an interactive, educational dance show, on Saturday, December 5, at 4 p.m. at the Hilberry Gateway in Detroit. Styles range from contemporary to Detroit Jit, with choreography by Queen Gabby, Lisa LaMarre, and the cast. Tickets available.
Hilberry Gateway

Christmas with Dickens, live on stage. A Christmas Carol plays Meadow Brook Theatre in Rochester (207 Wilson Hall, Oakland University) on Sunday, December 6, 2026, at 2 p.m.. The run has plenty of performances, so it's easy to find one that fits your holiday plans.
Meadow Brook Theatre

Students, faculty, and guest artists from Wayne State University Theatre and Dance take the stage for the annual December Dance Concert on Thursday, December 10, at 7:30 p.m. at the Hilberry Gateway in Detroit. Family-friendly showcase of diverse dance styles and music; tickets available.
Hilberry Gateway

Curtain up: Curtains plays Meadow Brook Theatre in Rochester on Wednesday, January 13, 2027, at 7:30 p.m.. The theater sits in Wilson Hall on the Oakland University campus, so if you're looking for a night of theater in Rochester, start here.
Meadow Brook Theatre

The Birmingham Village Players stage the 25th Annual Putnam Co. Spelling Bee at 34660 Woodward Avenue in Birmingham on Friday, January 15, 2027, at 7:30 p.m.. As the title promises, you're pulling up a seat at a county spelling bee, and with ten performances, there's plenty of time to catch it.
Birmingham Village Players

Shakespeare, freshly buffed? Polishing Shakespeare plays Meadow Brook Theatre in Rochester on Wednesday, February 17, 2027, at 7:30 p.m., in Wilson Hall on the Oakland University campus.
Meadow Brook Theatre

Detroit Public Theatre stages The Nacirema Society, a sharp comedy by Detroit native Pearl Cleage, on Wednesday, February 24, 2027, at 7:30 p.m.. It's 1964 in Montgomery, Alabama, the society is gearing up for its 100th anniversary debutante ball, and family skeletons are rattling. Find the theater at 3960 Third Avenue.
Detroit Public Theatre

The Birmingham Village Players stage Amadeus at 34660 Woodward Avenue in Birmingham on Friday, March 5, 2027, at 7:30 p.m.. With ten performances in the run, there's plenty of time to fit it in.
Birmingham Village Players
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