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The fall semester student art showcase at Michigan Tech presents works by students from Scenic Art and Foundations in Entertainment Design and Visual Arts. Held at Rozsa Art Galleries, the exhibition is publicly accessible without charge.
Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, Rozsa Art Galleries

Lake Michigan College's fall drama showcase is at the Mendel Center, 2755 East Napier Avenue in Benton Harbor, on Monday, December 7, 2026, at 6 p.m.. If you're curious what LMC is putting on stage, this is your chance.
Lake Michigan College Mendel Center

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 Monday, December 7, 2026, at 7 p.m.. Tickets from $25.
The Ringwald Theatre @ Affirmations

Go U! Improv Academy students take the stage on Monday, December 7, at 7 p.m. at Go Comedy! Improv Theater in Ferndale. After 8 weeks of improv training, they show what they've learned; tickets are sold online.
Go Comedy! Improv Theater

It's the longest-running improv show in Detroit. The legendary Planet Ant Home Team takes the Black Box stage at Planet Ant Theatre, 2357 Caniff Street in Hamtramck, on Monday, December 7, 2026, at 7:30 p.m., with openers from the Planet Ant Farm Team and a featured guest troupe. Tickets are $10, and The Ant Jam follows right after.
Planet Ant Theatre

Go U! Improv Academy students take the stage on Monday, December 7, at 8:30 p.m. at Go Comedy! Improv Theater in Ferndale for Class Show Bravo. After 8 weeks of improv training, they show what they've learned. Tickets are sold online.
Go Comedy! Improv Theater

The fall semester student art showcase at Michigan Tech presents works by students from Scenic Art and Foundations in Entertainment Design and Visual Arts. Held at Rozsa Art Galleries, the exhibition is publicly accessible without charge.
Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, Rozsa Art Galleries

After eight weeks of improv training, Go U! Improv Academy students take the stage on Tuesday, December 8, at 7 p.m. at Go Comedy! Improv Theater in Ferndale. Double-check you're buying tickets for the right show.
Go Comedy! Improv Theater

Two names, one bill: Emanuel Ax and Yo-Yo Ma take the stage at Wharton Center for Performing Arts, 750 East Shaw Lane in East Lansing, on Tuesday, December 8, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.. It's a single date, so if you want to hear this pair, book early.
Wharton Center for Performing Arts

Go U! Improv Academy students take the stage Tuesday, December 8, at 8:30 p.m. for Class Show Delta at Go Comedy! Improv Theater in Ferndale. After 8 weeks of improv training, they show what they've learned. Tickets are available online.
Go Comedy! Improv Theater

A holiday walk, going by the name: Meadow Brook Holiday Walk is on the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts calendar, 44575 Garfield Road in Clinton Township, on Wednesday, December 9, 2026, at 10 a.m.. It's a single date.
Macomb Center for the Performing Arts

Christmas with Dickens, live on stage. A Christmas Carol plays Meadow Brook Theatre in Rochester (207 Wilson Hall, Oakland University) on Wednesday, December 9, 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

Wayne State University Theatre and Dance stages Leslie Bricusse’s Scrooge! on Wednesday, December 9, at 2 p.m., at the Hilberry Gateway in Detroit. It’s the musical take on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, with six songs not heard in the film. Tickets available online.
Hilberry Gateway

On Wednesday, December 9, 2026, at 3 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 Public Library hosts an in-person author talk with the writer behind The Sound of Safety on Wednesday, December 9, at 6 p.m. at the Main Library in Detroit.
Main | Detroit Public Library

FJA stages Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore's murder-mystery comedy Drop Dead! on Wednesday, December 9, at 7 p.m. at The Berman Center for the Performing Arts in West Bloomfield. Tickets are $19.
The Berman Center for the Performing Arts

Birmingham Village Players presents School of Rock: Young Actors Edition on Wednesday, December 9, at 7 p.m. at its theater in Birmingham. Tickets are available online.
Birmingham Village Players

The Village Theater at Cherry Hill stages Irving Berlin's White Christmas on Wednesday, December 9, at 7 p.m. in Canton. Tickets are available online.
The Village Theater at Cherry Hill
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