Detroit Theatre Guide to Plays, Broadway Shows and Musicals

Detroit is home to several theaters, entertainment venues and playhouses. The Detroit Theatre Guide to plays, Broadway shows and musicals lists the events coming to the metropolitan area in February, March, April and May of 2013:

Note: Comedy and Music Concerts coming to the Metro-Detroit area are listed in the Guide to Metro-Detroit Concerts.


Ann Arbor Summer Festival, Locations throughout Ann Arbor
Schedule:

• Acrobats: Les 7 Doights de La Main in Sequence 8 (6/22 Power Center)
• Digital Arts Exhibition: Superhero (6/28 through 6/30 Top of the Park)
• Theatrical Experience: The Intergalactic Nemesis Book One: Target Earth (6/30 Power Center)
• All-Male Ballet: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (7/5 Power Center)

City Theatre, Downtown Detroit
Schedule / Buy Tickets:

• Spank! The Fifty Shades Parady (5/1 through 5/5)
• Ernie A Play by Mitch Albom (6/7 through 7/7)

The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor, Windsor
Schedule / Buy Tickets:

• No plays currently scheduled

Detroit Opera House, Downtown Detroit
Schedule / Buy Tickets:

• All Star Comedy (4/6)
• Fidelio (4/13, 4/17, 4/19-21)
• Martin Short (4/27)
• The Happy Prince (4/28)
• Aida (5/11, 5/15, 5/17-19)
• Carlos Mencia (5/31)
• Mos Def (6/1)
• Wagner's The Flying Dutchman (10/19, 10/23, 10/25-27)
• Dance: Diavolo Dance Theater (11/2 through 11/3)
• Verdi's La Traviata (11/16, 11/20, 11/22-24)
• Ballet: The Nutcracker (11/29 through 12/1)
• Dance: Dance Theatre of Harlem (2/14 through 2/26)
• Bolcom's A View from the Bridge (4/5/14, 4/9/14, 4/11/14 through 4/13/14)
• Puccini's Turandot (5/10/14, 5/14/14, 5/16/14 through 5/18/14)
• The Joffrey Ballet: Romeo and Juliet (5/30/14 through 6/1/14)

The Fisher Theatre, New Center, Detroit
Schedule / Buy Tickets:

• Memphis (4/9 through 4/21)
• Catch Me If You Can (5/7 through 5/19)
• Miss Saigon (9/24 through 10/6)
• Elf The Musical (12/3 through 12/15) at the Detroit Opera House
• WarHorse (12/17/13 through 1/5/14)
• Love Never Dies (2/18/14 through 3/2/14)
• We Will Rock You (4/1/14 through 4/13/14)
• Sister Act (4/22/14 through 5/4/14)

Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, Michael A. Guido Theater, Dearborn
Schedule
Highlights:

• 1964 – Beatles Tribute (4/19)
• Little River Band (4/20)
• Sing Out on Sundays (5/18 through 5/19)
• Smile U R in America (5/25)
• Opera: La Serva Padrona by Pergolesi (9/28)

The Fox Theatre, Downtown Detroit
Schedule / Buy Tickets
Show Highlights:

• Scooby-Doo Live! Musical Mysteries (4/13 through 4/14)
• Peter Pan (4/19 through 4/21)
• The Addams Family (6/14 through 6/15)

Joe Louis Arena, Downtown Detroit
Schedule / Buy Tickets:

• No plays or shows currently scheduled

Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, Clinton Township
Schedule
Highlights:

• Eisenhower Dance Ensemble (4/5)
• Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (4/13)
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (5/3 through 5/4)
• Opera: Verdi's Aida (5/10)

Masonic Temple, Detroit
Schedule / Buy Tickets:

• No plays or shows currently listed

Meadow Brook Music Festival, Rochester Hills
Schedule / Buy Tickets:

• There are currently no plays scheduled

Meadow Brook Theatre, Rochester Hills
Schedule / Buy Tickets:

• The Constant Wife (3/20 through 4/14)
• Life Could Be A Dream (4/24/13 through 5/19/13)
• 70, Girls, 70 (5/29 through 6/23)

The Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor
Schedule / Buy Tickets
Highlights:

• Great Big Sea (4/16 the Ark)
• National Theatre Live: People (4/23)
• Seussical (4/28)
• National Theatre Live: This House (6/23)

Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, Detroit
Schedule / Buy Tickets:

• Wayne State University ISA Culture Show Prana (4/6) Angelina Ballerina The Musical (5/5)
• Complexions Contemporary Ballet (6/22)

The Palace, Auburn Hills
Schedule / Buy Tickets:

• No plays or shows currently listed

Purple Rose Theatre Company, Chelsea
Schedule:

• 33 Variations (3/28 through 6/1)
• Miles & Ellie (6/20 through 8/31)

The Royal Oak Music Theatre
Schedule / Buy Tickets
Shows and Special Presentations:

• Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie (5/21)

The Village Theater at Cherry Hill, Canton
Schedule
Highlights:

• Dance BEAT Chicago (6/14 through 6/15)
• The Rat Pack Show from Las Vegas (6/22)

Water Works Theater, Shakespeare in the Park 2012, Royal Oak
Schedule:

• No plays or shows scheduled at this time