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Where does the curtain go up tonight?

146 theaters and companies across Detroit and Michigan, from Broadway tours to basement stages. 322 performances to pick from in the next 30 days.

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Quarter Detroit presents

  • 146theaters
  • 500shows on the bill
  • 24lost legends
Mosaic Youth Theatre of DetroitWilliamston TheatreGo Comedy! Improv TheaterAll-of-us Express Children's TheatreOpen Book Theatre CompanyPlowshares Theatre CompanyBay City PlayersTibbits Opera HouseThe Encore Musical Theatre CompanyMeadow Brook TheatreOld Town PlayhouseAvon Players TheatreUMS (University Musical Society)All The World's A Stage (ATWAS)Riverwalk TheatreCroswell Opera HouseTwin City PlayersPit & Balcony Community TheatreCircle TheatreDetroit Repertory TheatreDetroit Dance CollectiveFlint Community PlayersCenter Stage JacksonRiver City Improv

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Straight from the theaters’ own calendars, refreshed several times a day. One card per show: the next performance and how long it runs.

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Summer & outdoor theater / Augusta

Barn Theatre (Augusta)

A former dairy barn in Augusta, between Kalamazoo and Battle Creek, that grew into one of Michigan's best-known Equity summer stock theatres. 2026 is its 80th season, and after the show the night rolls on at the Rehearsal Shed bar.

Since 1946

Summer & outdoor theater / Grand Rapids

Circle Theatre

Grand Rapids' summer community theatre since 1953. It started in a hotel room, then played a park pavilion that housed the zoo's monkeys in winter. Today it's at Aquinas College's Performing Arts Center.

Summer & outdoor theater / Holland

Hope Repertory Theatre

Hope College's professional summer theatre in Holland, with more than 50 seasons under its belt. From June to August it plays in rotating repertory, so several shows take turns on the stage.

Summer & outdoor theater / Coldwater

Tibbits Opera House

Coldwater's 1882 opera house, designed by Detroit architect Mortimer Smith. It calls itself the second oldest operating theatre in Michigan: pro summer theatre, plus concerts, films and kids' shows year-round.

Since 1882

Summer & outdoor theater / Calumet

Calumet Theatre

A historic opera house opened in 1900 in the copper-mining town of Calumet on the Keweenaw Peninsula, hosting concerts, theater and tours.

1,200 seats

Summer & outdoor theater / Detroit

Shakespeare in Detroit

It bills itself as Detroit's first professional theatre company devoted to Shakespeare and the classics. In 2013 it staged the city's first Shakespeare in the park, and it has played parks, theatres and non-traditional venues ever since.

Since 2013Being checked

Summer & outdoor theater / Royal Oak

Shakespeare Royal Oak (Water Works Theatre Company)

A professional outdoor Shakespeare festival in Royal Oak's Starr Jaycee Park every summer, produced by the Water Works Theatre Company, founded in 2001. Shakespeare under the open sky in a city park.

Since 2001Being checked

Summer & outdoor theater / Marquette

Lake Superior Theatre

A summer theatre on the Lake Superior shore in Marquette whose motto is 'presenting and preserving our past since 1998.' It plays to locals and visitors alike.

Since 1998Being checked

03 / Legends

Where the applause used to be

Closed, demolished or converted theaters. We keep their stories and their old contact details, because they’re Detroit too.

1900192019401960198020002020 Avenue Theatre · 1880–1950Avenue TheatreDetroit Opera House (Campus Martius) · 1880–1966Detroit Opera House (Campus Martius)Garrick Theatre · 1887–1928Garrick TheatreTemple Theatre · 1901–1930Temple TheatreBonstelle Theatre · 1902–2020Bonstelle TheatreTheatre Comique · 1905–1928Theatre ComiqueMiles Theatre · 1910–1927Miles TheatreNational Theatre · 1911–1975National TheatreCircle Theatre · 1912–1936Circle TheatreGayety Theatre · 1912–1958Gayety TheatreFine Arts Theatre · 1914–1998Fine Arts TheatrePalace Theatre (Monroe Avenue) · 1914–1931Palace Theatre (M…Shubert-Lafayette Theatre · 1914–1964Shubert-Lafayette TheatreCass Theatre · 1926–1975Cass TheatreCherry County Playhouse · 1955–2003Cherry County PlayhouseHilberry Theatre · 1964–2022Hilberry TheatreBoarsHead Theater · 1966–2009BoarsHead TheaterPerformance Network Theatre · 1981–2015Performance Network TheatreJewish Ensemble Theatre (JET) · 1989–2022Jewish Ensemble Theatre (JET)The Second City Detroit (Novi) · 1993–2009The Second City …Kickshaw Theatre · 2015–2020
Each bar is one building’s life, from opening night to the last show. Click one for its story.

1955–2003

Cherry County Playhouse

Traverse City / Muskegon

One of Michigan's first professional theaters started in 1955 in a red-and-white striped tent in Traverse City with Hollywood stars, moved to Muskegon for big musicals and went quiet after 2003.

Parallel 45 Theatre

Traverse City

Traverse City's professional theater company, best known for its summer festival of rotating plays and musicals on its own outdoor stage in Civic Center Park, with food vendors, a bar and live music.

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