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Bawdy, beautiful and very funny: Detroit Public Theatre's fourth annual Holiday Cabaret plays 3960 Third Avenue in Detroit on Friday, December 4, 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

Elsa is crowned queen of Arendelle, her hidden magic comes out, and she runs; her sister Anna heads into a brutal winter to bring her home. Croswell Opera House stages Disney's Frozen, the Broadway musical, on Friday, December 4, 2026, at 7:30 p.m., at 129 East Maumee Street in Adrian. The run has 14 performances.
Croswell Opera House

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

The Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts and The Conservatory of Dance present Sleighbell Spectacular, a family holiday show, on Friday, December 4, at 7:30 p.m. at the Ramsdell in Manistee. It kicks off Sleighbell Weekend, and tickets are available online.
Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, 101 Maple Street, Manistee, MI, 49660, United States

Pontiac Theatre IV stages Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street on Friday, December 4, at 7:30 p.m. at the Flagstar Strand Theatre in Pontiac. Expect a dark, witty, Tony Award-winning tale of love, murder and revenge in 19th-century London. Tickets are available online.
Flagstar Strand Theatre

Go Comedy! brings its 17th annual holiday show, The Holiday Show!, to the Go Comedy! Improv Theater in Ferndale on Friday, December 4, at 7:30 p.m. Expect original sketches, musical acts and movie spoofs, with tickets available online.
Go Comedy! Improv Theater

Williamston Theatre presents A Lansing Christmas Adventure on Friday, December 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Williamston, a holiday story that tours Lansing landmarks along the way. Tickets are available online.
Williamston Theatre

A Christmas movie at the movies, the old-school way. The Redford Theatre (17360 Lahser Road, Detroit) screens National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, the 1989 film, on Friday, December 4, 2026, at 8 p.m.. Tickets are $7, so bring your friends.
Redford Theatre

On Friday, December 4, 2026, at 8 p.m., the Purple Rose Theatre in Chelsea (137 Park Street) stages Bastard, Devin Scillian's dramedy about two brothers who share nothing but a last name: an aging country rocker and a buttoned-down financial whiz. Their mother's death reopens old wounds, and a new one could tear the family apart. Heads-up: adult language and subject matter.
The Purple Rose Theatre

Detroit Repertory Theatre, 13103 Woodrow Wilson Street, stages the Michigan premiere of Sarah Treem's When We Were Young and Unafraid on Friday, December 4, 2026, at 8 p.m.. It's the early 1970s, and Agnes's quiet bed and breakfast is a rare refuge for victims of domestic violence, until her newest runaway starts influencing Agnes's college-bound daughter.
Detroit Repertory Theatre

The Redford Theatre screens National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation on Friday, December 4, 2026, at 8 p.m., at 17360 Lahser Road in Detroit. There's one showing, so if a Christmas movie outing with family or friends is on your list, grab this one.
Redford Theatre

Planet Ant Theatre stages Qui Nguyen's She Kills Monsters starting Friday, December 4, at 8 p.m. at Ant Hall in Hamtramck. It's part comedy, part heartfelt drama and part fantasy adventure, packed with Dungeons & Dragons and 90s pop culture. Tickets are available online.
Planet Ant Theatre

Michael Blaustein brings the final leg of his Taste Me Tour to the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor on Friday, December 4, at 9:30 p.m. Marquee Arts is the organizer, and tickets are available online.
Michigan Theater

Go Comedy! Improv Theater hosts Late Night House Party, an improvised show, on Friday, December 4, at 9:30 p.m. in Ferndale. Some of Michigan's top improv comedians mix short-form games with scenes built from your suggestions. Tickets are available online.
Go Comedy! Improv Theater

The Flint Symphony Orchestra and Flint School of Performing Arts bring The Nutcracker ballet to Whiting Auditorium in Flint on December 5 and 6. Follow Clara on her magical Christmas Eve journey, performed by students and guest artists with live symphony music.
Whiting Auditorium, 123 Whiting Street, Flint, MI, 12345, United States

Elvis tribute artist Jake Slater brings an Elvis Christmas to The Lark Theater in Cheboygan on Saturday, December 5. He’s an award-winning performer who covers every era of Elvis. Tickets: $28.
The Lark Theater, 252 N. Huron Street, Cheboygan, MI, 49721

Santa is in the Arctic Alcove at the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation in Dearborn on Saturday, December 5, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. It's free for members or with museum admission.
Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation

Edsel & Eleanor Ford House hosts a free, all-ages drop-in ornament-making studio on Saturday, December 5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores. Materials and simple instructions provided—no registration needed.
Ford House
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