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Elf the Musical Jr. takes the stage on Saturday, December 19, at 8 p.m. at the Midland Center for the Arts in Midland. The Midland Center for the Arts is organizing this holiday musical, and tickets are available online.
Midland Center for the Arts

Planet Ant Theatre stages Qui Nguyen's She Kills Monsters on Saturday, December 19, at 8 p.m. at Ant Hall in Hamtramck. A grieving sister uses her late sibling's Dungeons & Dragons notebook to get to know her at last. Tickets are available online.
Planet Ant Theatre

Go Comedy! Improv Theater hosts Late Night House Party on Saturday, December 19, at 9:30 p.m. in Ferndale, with some of Michigan's top improv comedians. Tickets are available online.
Go Comedy! Improv Theater

On Sunday, December 20, 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

Christmas with Dickens, live on stage. A Christmas Carol plays Meadow Brook Theatre in Rochester (207 Wilson Hall, Oakland University) on Sunday, December 20, 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 20, 2026, at 2 p.m.. Tickets from $25.
The Ringwald Theatre @ Affirmations

A holiday cabaret in Augusta: Christmas Cabaret 2026 takes the stage at the Barn Theatre, 13351 West M-96, on Sunday, December 20, 2026, at 2 p.m.. With thirteen performances on the calendar, there's room for it in your holiday plans.
Barn Theatre (Augusta)

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 20, 2026, at 2 p.m.. There are nine performances to pick from.
Ridgedale Players

A White Christmas in Grosse Pointe Park: Grosse Pointe Theatre stages Irving Berlin's White Christmas at 15001 East Jefferson Avenue on Sunday, December 20, 2026, at 2 p.m.. With eleven performances on the calendar, it'll fit into your holidays.
Grosse Pointe Theatre

Elf the Musical Jr. takes the stage at the Midland Center for the Arts, 1801 West Saint Andrews Road in Midland, on Sunday, December 20, 2026, at 2 p.m.. It's musical theater with a five-show run, so there's room to fit it into your plans.
Midland Center for the Arts

Bawdy, beautiful and very funny: Detroit Public Theatre's fourth annual Holiday Cabaret plays 3960 Third Avenue in Detroit on Sunday, December 20, 2026, at 2 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

The Encore Musical Theatre Company stages Holiday Inn on Sunday, December 20, at 2 p.m. in Dexter. This Irving Berlin musical follows a farmhouse that transforms with each holiday, and "White Christmas" is part of the score. Tickets are available online.
The Encore Musical Theatre Company

Williamston Theatre presents A Lansing Christmas Adventure on Sunday, December 20, at 2 p.m. in Williamston. It's a heartwarming holiday story that wanders through Lansing landmarks in search of the season's true spirit. Tickets are available online.
Williamston Theatre

The Nutcracker, hip hop style: The Hip Hop Nutcracker takes the stage at Detroit's Fisher Theatre on Sunday, December 20, 2026, at 3 p.m., with ballet and hip hop sharing one stage on West Grand Boulevard for a single Detroit night. Tickets go through the theater's official box office, ATG Tickets.
Fisher Theatre

Wayne State University Theatre and Dance presents the stage musical Scrooge! on Sunday, December 20, at 3 p.m. at the Hilberry Gateway in Detroit. Leslie Bricusse’s take on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol adds six songs not in the film. 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 20, 2026, at 6:30 p.m.. The run has plenty of performances, so it's easy to find one that fits your holiday plans.
Meadow Brook Theatre

A holiday cabaret in Augusta: Christmas Cabaret 2026 takes the stage at the Barn Theatre, 13351 West M-96, on Sunday, December 20, 2026, at 7 p.m.. With thirteen performances on the calendar, there's room for it in your holiday plans.
Barn Theatre (Augusta)

Four local improv troupes take the stage on Sunday, December 20, at 7 p.m. at Go Comedy! Improv Theater in Ferndale. The long-form house team, The Clubhouse, headlines, and tickets are available online.
Go Comedy! Improv Theater
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