December 01, 2025

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Articles for tag: arts and entertainment

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Encore’s Production of Disney’s Frozen Brings Broadway to Michigan

Encore’s Production of Disney’s Frozen Brings Broadway to Michigan

This winter, The Encore Musical Theatre Company invites audiences to step into the kingdom of Arendelle with its upcoming production of Disney’s Frozen, running Dec. 4 through Jan. 11. The musical marks the first professional regional production of Frozen in Michigan, and early ticket sales are already breaking records. With extra matinees added throughout the limited six-week run, plus ...

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Croswell’s 2025 Broadway Season concludes with ‘Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s Cinderella’

Croswell’s 2025 Broadway Season concludes with ‘Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s Cinderella’

The Croswell Opera House concludes their 2025 Broadway Season with the musical “Cinderella.” This contemporary take on the classic tale features new characters and an unforgettable score from Rodgers and Hammerstein. Originally presented on television in 1957 starring Julie Andrews, the Rodgers and Hammerstein adaptation of “Cinderella” was remade in 1965 for Lesley Ann Warren ...

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The Encore Musical Theatre’s 17th Main Stage Season Kicks Off October 2-11 with U-M’s She Loves Me

The Encore Musical Theatre’s 17th Main Stage Season Kicks Off October 2-11 with U-M’s She Loves Me

The University of Michigan’s Department of Musical Theatre, nationally ranked among the country’s top musical theatre programs and a pipeline to Broadway, presents the musical, She Loves Me at Encore Musical Theatre in Dexter. She Loves Me follows Georg and Amalia, clerks at Maraczek’s Parfumerie, who bicker constantly at work but, unbeknownst to each other, ...

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Four Pets Escaping the Vet in Purple Rose Theatre’s Summer Comedy 

Four Pets Escaping the Vet in Purple Rose Theatre’s Summer Comedy 

The Purple Rose Theatre Company has announced the final production of their 34th season, “Bert & Trixie Visit the Vet” a World Premiere comedy written by Michigan native Matt Letscher. Tickets are on sale now. Four pets in a veterinarian’s waiting room plan an escape when they suspect one of them is in danger. This ...

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The Encore Musical Theatre Company Presents West Side Story

The Encore Musical Theatre Company Presents West Side Story

For a limited five-week run from June 5 – July 6, The Encore Musical Theatre Company will present West Side Story, the groundbreaking Broadway musical inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet on The Encore’s Maas Main Stage. With music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents, based on a ...

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Dexter Community Band Hosts Free Spring Concert May 18

Dexter Community Band Hosts Free Spring Concert May 18

By Todd Nissen The Dexter Community Band will host its summer-themed concert on May 18 at the Dexter High School’s Center for Performing Arts. The performance will feature “Casey at the Bat” and Principal Trumpet Richard Savitski performing an original version of George Gershwin’s “Summertime.” For Savitski, a long-time Dexter resident who has been in the ...

Michigan Playwright Presents Original Play at U of M

Michigan Playwright Presents Original Play at U of M

The Michigan Irish Repertory Theatre will present “I’ll Be Seeing You,” an original musical play by Michigan playwright David Kiley about a love story forged during World War II to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The performances will be at Arthur Miller Theatre on May 29, 30 and 31. ...

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Saline Area Players to Present Winnie the Pooh Play

Saline Area Players to Present Winnie the Pooh Play

The Saline Area Players are set to perform Winnie the Pooh, a play in two acts adapted by Lindsay Price and based on the beloved book by A.A. Milne. Winnie the Pooh will star local students Smanatha Knapp (Winnie the Pooh), Clara Rose (Rabbit) and Gloria Cousino (Piglet) in the lead rolls, as well as ...

Matt Rosentreter

CAP Hosts Auditions for Summer Performance

CAP Hosts Auditions for Summer Performance

Chelsea Area Players will host auditions for its June production of Meet Me in St. Louis on April 9 and April 10 at the St. Mary of Chelsea Catholic Church. The musical, based on the MGM movie of the same name and Sally Benson’s The Kensington Stories, has roles for all ages and will premiere ...

Steven Sheldon

Chelsea Youth Theatre’s Shrek Entertains Sold Out Performance

Chelsea Youth Theatre’s Shrek Entertains Sold Out Performance

The Chelsea Area Players Youth Theatre opened the curtain on Shrek Jr at the sold-out 840- seat Washington Street Education Center (WSEC) Friday evening.  Featuring a cast of sixty 3rd -8th grade students, led by 8th grader Kathryn Dunn as Fiona, 7th grader W. Rock Thompson as Shrek and the very entertaining 8th grader Charlotte ...

Steven Sheldon

Milan High School Gets Heavenly Applause From Dr. Seuss

Milan High School Gets Heavenly Applause From Dr. Seuss

Milan High School will open the curtain on the whimsical Suessical – The Musical in the Dennis McComb Performing Arts Center, an 840-seat auditorium in Milan High School. Suessical – The Musical has three performances this weekend, 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday. There is a 7 p.m. ...

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