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Your songs become the show. Mixtape Friendship 5000 kicks off with a friendly music chat at Planet Ant Theatre, 2357 Caniff Street in Hamtramck, on Saturday, December 5, 2026, at 10:30 p.m., then veteran Detroit improvisers and a killer opening group turn it into comedy. Tickets are $7.
Planet Ant Theatre

On Sunday, December 6, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., The Henry Ford has Santa in the Arctic Alcove at the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation in Dearborn. It's free for members or with museum admission.
Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation

Allongé Danceworks presents its winter recital on Sunday, December 6, at 10:30 a.m. at The Berman Center for the Performing Arts in West Bloomfield. It wraps up at noon.
The Berman Center for the Performing Arts

Eight chances to catch it: SIX takes the stage at Wharton Center for Performing Arts, 750 East Shaw Lane in East Lansing, on Sunday, December 6, 2026, at 1 p.m.. There are eight performances packed into less than a week.
Wharton Center for Performing Arts

The Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts kicks off Sleighbell Weekend with the Sleighbell Spectacular on Sunday, December 6, at 1 p.m. in Manistee, Michigan. The Conservatory of Dance directs this family holiday show.
Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, 101 Maple Street, Manistee, MI, 49660, United States

Marquee Arts screens Home Alone 2 on Sunday, December 6, at 1:30 p.m. at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, with free admission.
Michigan Theater

Take a seat and find out what you're watching once the film starts. The Redford Theatre (17360 Lahser Road, Detroit) hosts its Holiday Mystery Movie on Sunday, December 6, 2026, at 2 p.m.: a holiday film, and the title is part of the surprise. Tickets are $7.
Redford Theatre

On Sunday, December 6, 2026, at 2 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 Sunday, December 6, 2026, at 2 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

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

Christina Crawford wants to find her birth mother, and the trail points to Bette Davis, Judy Garland and Eartha Kitt, so the only logical move is to invite all three for Christmas. Blake Fountain's camp holiday comedy Mamma Dearest! Here We Joan Again plays The Ringwald Theatre in Ferndale (290 West Nine Mile Road) on Sunday, December 6, 2026, at 2 p.m.. Tickets from $25.
The Ringwald Theatre @ Affirmations

Little Women takes the stage at the Farmington Players Barn Theater, 32332 West Twelve Mile Road in Farmington Hills, on Sunday, December 6, 2026, at 2 p.m.. With ten performances on the calendar, you've got plenty of chances.
Farmington Players Barn Theater

For anyone who loves a made-for-TV Christmas movie, the title alone is a gift: Ridgedale Players stage The Holiday Channel Christmas Movie Wonderthon at 205 West Long Lake Road in Troy on Sunday, December 6, 2026, at 2 p.m.. There are nine performances to pick from.
Ridgedale Players

The Nutcracker Ballet comes to River Raisin Centre for the Arts, 114 South Monroe Street in Monroe, on Sunday, December 6, 2026, at 2 p.m.. There are four performances to pick from, so it's easy to make it a holiday outing.
River Raisin Centre for the Arts

A White Christmas in Grosse Pointe Park: Grosse Pointe Theatre stages Irving Berlin's White Christmas at 15001 East Jefferson Avenue on Sunday, December 6, 2026, at 2 p.m.. With eleven performances on the calendar, it'll fit into your holidays.
Grosse Pointe Theatre

Willy Wonka is opening the gates to his mysterious factory, but only for a lucky few: follow Charlie Bucket and four other golden ticket winners into Wonka's world of pure imagination at Old Town Playhouse, 148 East Eighth Street in Traverse City, on Sunday, December 6, 2026, at 2 p.m.. Ten performances to choose from.
Old Town Playhouse

No script, as the name says: MSU Unscripted takes the stage at Wharton Center for Performing Arts, 750 East Shaw Lane in East Lansing, on Sunday, December 6, 2026, at 2 p.m.. There are five performances to choose from.
Wharton Center for Performing Arts

The Redford Theatre in Detroit holds its 8th Annual Holiday Mystery Movie on Sunday, December 6, 2026, at 2 p.m.. The name says it all: a holiday film with a little mystery built in. One screening only, at 17360 Lahser Road.
Redford Theatre
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