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A nightclub singer hides out in a convent and turns the choir into a powerhouse of soul. The University of Michigan's Department of Musical Theatre brings the feel-good musical comedy Sister Act to The Encore Musical Theatre Company, 7714 Ann Arbor Street in Dexter, on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7 p.m.. The run has 10 performances.
The Encore Musical Theatre Company

What's a supervillain to do when keeping his spot in the League of Evil means defeating his best friend, a superhero? Local students in grades 4 through 8 stage Dr. Experimentor and the League of Evil at Tibbits Opera House in Coldwater on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7 p.m.. Tickets are $10, fees included.
Tibbits Opera House

A men's ice hockey game held at John MacInnes Student Ice Arena in Houghton where the home team competes against the Alaska team.
John MacInnes Student Ice Arena

America at 250 is a concert celebrating the United States’ semiquincentennial, featuring the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra, Michigan Tech Concert Choir, and Jazz Lab Band performing works by John Williams, Duke Ellington, John Philip Sousa, Aaron Copland, and a piece inspired by Norman Rockwell's paintings.
Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, Black Performance Hall

Tariq Gardner's Evening Star — concert at Cliff Bell’s, Detroit.
Cliff Bell’s

The Kunty Kittens put on a drag show at The Xperience by LuXury Escapes Event Venue in downtown Kalamazoo on Friday, October 16, 2026, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Check the organizer’s page for tickets.
The Xperience by LuXury Escapes Event Venue

Stagecrafters performs The Fall Of The House Of Usher at the Baldwin Theatre, 415 South Lafayette Avenue in Royal Oak, on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.. With seven performances in the run, you've got options.
Stagecrafters at the Baldwin Theatre

Meadow Brook Theatre stages The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance on Friday, October 16, 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

The Ridgedale Players stage The Big One-Oh! JR. on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. at 205 West Long Lake Road in Troy. The run has six performances, so you've got a few dates to pick from.
Ridgedale Players

Williamston Theatre stages The One Good Thing or "Are Ya Patrick Swayze?" on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. at 122 South Putnam Street in Williamston. It's a thoughtful, poignant dark comedy about the bond between two brothers, in this life and beyond. With 22 performances in the run, there's a date that works for you.
Williamston Theatre

The touring production of The Notebook takes the stage at DeVos Performance Hall, 303 Monroe NW in Grand Rapids, on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.. With eight performances in the run, it's easy to find a date that works for you.
DeVos Performance Hall

Dark Side of the Moon brings back the sights and sounds of Pink Floyd's biggest touring eras on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. at the Frauenthal Theater in Muskegon. Think The Wall, Wish You Were Here, Meddle and Animals, soaring guitar solos and a full light, laser and video show.
Frauenthal Theater

Grand Rapids Ballet dances Broken Wings on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. at the Peter Martin Wege Theatre, 341 Ellsworth SW in Grand Rapids. Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's ballet draws on Frida Kahlo's life and art, with surrealist imagery and a score laced with Mexican folk music. James Sofranko's A Dreamer, inspired by Stephen Hawking, shares the bill.
Peter Martin Wege Theatre, 341 Ellsworth SW, Grand Rapids, MI, 49403, United States

Halloween, Thanksgiving, back to school, haunted armories and the end of baseball season: Deck the Fall is an original sketch show that has fun with everything you love about autumn. It plays the Go Comedy! Improv Theater, 261 East Nine Mile Road in Ferndale, on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.. And yes, there are mimes and an angry deer.
Go Comedy! Improv Theater

The Wharton Center for Performing Arts presents Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. at 750 East Shaw Lane in East Lansing. If a big piano concerto is your idea of a great night out, put this one on the calendar.
Wharton Center for Performing Arts

Midnite plays the Wharton Center for Performing Arts, 750 East Shaw Lane in East Lansing, on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.. With eight performances in the run, it's easy to find a date that works for you.
Wharton Center for Performing Arts

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 Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7:30 p.m., at 3960 Third Avenue in Detroit. The run has 22 performances.
Detroit Public Theatre

Fifteenth-century Paris, where prejudice, morality and redemption collide and beauty lies within. Croswell Opera House stages The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the musical based on Victor Hugo's classic story, on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7:30 p.m., at 129 East Maumee Street in Adrian. The run has nine performances.
Croswell Opera House
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