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On Stage: Fall 2011 Theatre Season
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mask copy The fall theatre season is starting up all across the land, from the largest cities to the smallest village.

For many, the only chance they will ever get to see a live Broadway play is on the stage of a local theatre. 
Several, talented actors and singers have started with the local stage.

Below is list of many of the upcoming shows, plays and musicals in local area theatres:

 
Two Muses Theatre - West Bloomfield
www.twomusestheatre.org
Nov. 4-27: "The Odd Couple: The Female Version"


Avon Players - Rochester
www.avonplayers.org
Sept 9-24: The Sound of Music
Oct 28-Nov 12: Frankenstein


Bonstelle Theatre - Detroit
www.theatre.wayne.edu
Oct. 14-23: "Noises Off"
Dec. 2-11: "Twelfth Night"


Broadway Onstage - Eastpointe
www.broadwayonstage.com
Sept. 9-Oct. 8: "Love Song."
Oct. 21-Nov. 19: "Murder Me, Murder Me, My Darling, My Darling"
Dec. 2-23: "The Christmas Carol Caper, Scrooge This!"


Century Theatre - Detroit
www.gemdetroit.com/century.html
Sept. 7-Nov. 20: "Freud's Last Session."
Nov. 23-Dec. 31: "Sister's Catechism Christmas: The Mystery of the Magi's Gold"


Clarkston Village Players - Clarkston
www.clarkstonvillageplayers.org
Sept 8-17: Tomfoolery
Oct 6-15: Wrong for Each Other
Nov 18-Dec 3: Rabbit Hole


Detroit Opera House - Detroit
www.michiganopera.org
Oct. 15-23: "Carmina Burana/The Medium" by Michigan Opera Theatre
Nov. 12-20: "The Marriage of Figaro" by Michigan Opera Theatre
Dec. 7-31: "Wicked"


Detroit Puppet Theater - Detroit
www.puppetart.org
Sept. 10-24: "Sleeping Beauty"
Oct. 1-29: "The Firebird"
Nov. 5-26: "Kolobok"
Dec. 3-Jan. 28: "The Snow Queen"


Detroit Repertory Theatre - Detroit
www.detroitreptheatre.com
Nov. 3-Dec. 31: "Engagement Rules"


Broadway in Detroit at the Fisher Theatre
www.broadwayindetroit.com
Sept. 13-25: "Come Fly Away"
Sept. 27-Oct. 2: Tyler Perry's "The Haves and The Have Nots"
Oct. 14-16: "Gazillion Bubbles Show"
Nov. 15-27: "A Christmas Story, the Musical!"


Farmington Players - Farmington
www.farmingtonplayers.org
Sept 30-Oct 22: To Kill a Mockingbird
Dec 2-18: A Christmas Carol


Fenton Village Players - Fenton
www.fentonvillageplayers.org
Oct 16-23: A Bad Year for Tomatoes


Ford Community and Performing Arts Center - Dearborn
www.dearbornfordcenter.com
Oct. 15: "Brown Leaves in Grass"


Gem Theatre - Detroit
www.gemdetroit.com
Sept. 14-Nov. 20: "Daddy Long Legs"
Nov. 23-Dec. 31: "The All Night Strut Holiday Show!"


Heart of the Hill Players - Lake Orion
www.hohplayers.org
Nov 3 - 18: Hooray for Hollywood


Hilberry Theatre - Detroit
www.hilberry.com
Sept. 23-Oct. 15: "A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine"
Oct. 28-Nov. 19: "Much Ado About Nothing"
Dec. 2-Feb. 4: "The Cripple of Inishmaan," runs in rotating repertory


Jewish Ensemble Theatre (JET) - West Bloomfield
www.jettheatre.org
Sept. 7-Oct. 2: "The Whipping Man,"
Oct. 19-Nov. 13: "Imagining Madoff"
Dec. 3-4: "Red Diaper Baby"
Dec. 7-Jan. 1: "God of Carnage,"


Grosse Pointe Theatre - Grosse Pointe
www.gpt.org
Sep 18-Oct 2: The Music Man
Nov6-19: The Trip to Bountiful


Macomb Center for the Performing Arts - Clinton Twp.
www.macombcenter.com
Oct. 15: "Masters of Illusion -- Live!"
Oct. 22: "Laura Ingalls Wilder"
Oct. 29: "Blast!"
Nov. 13: "In the Mood"
Nov. 15-16: "The Giver"


Magenta Giraffe Theatre Company - Detroit
www.magentagiraffe.org
Sept. 16-Oct. 8: "Rosmersholm"
Nov. 11-Dec. 3: "The Altruists"


Matrix Theatre Company - Detroit
www.matrixtheatre.org
Oct. 28-31: "Haunted Theatre"
Dec. 2-18: "Puppet Scrooge"


Meadow Brook Theatre -- Auburn Hills
www.mbtheatre.com
Oct. 5-30: "Something Wicked This Way Comes"
Oct. 22: "The Wizards' Apprentice and the Magic Bookmark"
Nov. 19-Dec. 23: "A Christmas Carol"


Varner Studio Theatre @ Oakland University -- Auburn Hills
www.oakland.edu/mtd
Oct. 6-16: "Little Mary Sunshine"
Nov. 10-20: "The Women of Lockerbie"


Pontiac Theatre IV - Pontiac
www.pontiactheatreIV.org
Nov 4-12: Jekyall and Hyde (The Musical)


Planet Ant Theatre - Hamtramck
www.planetant.com
Sept. 16-Oct. 8: "Love Song"
Nov. 18-Dec. 10: "Sunday Punch"


Ridgedale Players - Troy
www.ridgedaleplayers.com
Sept 9-25: Love Sex & The IRS
Oct 28 - Nov 13: Return Engagements
Dec 10-11: Bah Humbug! Scrooges Christmas Carol


Ringwald Theatre - Ferndale
www.whowantscaketheatre.com
Sept. 9-26: "Southern Baptist Sissies"
Oct. 15-Nov. 7: "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"
Nov. 26-Dec. 19: "Silent Night of the Lambs"
Dec. 21-23: "The SantaLand Diaries" and "Season's Greetings"


St Dunstan's Guild of Cranbrook - Bloomfield Hills
www.stdunstanstheatre.com
Oct 14-29: Alfred Hitchcocks' The 39 Steps


Stagecrafters - Royal Oak
www.stagecrafters.org
Main Stage
Sept 16-Oct 9: Meet Me in St Louis
Nov 4-20: The Crucible
Second Stage
Oct14-23: W;t


The Village Players - Birmingham
www.birminghamvillageplayers.com
Sept. 16 - Oct 2: Follies
November 4 - 13: One Flew over the Cucoos Nest


Tipping Point Theatre - Northville
www.tippingpointtheatre.org
Sept. 1-Oct. 9: "The Mystery of Irma Vep"
Nov. 3-Dec. 18: "The Importance of Being Ernest"


University of Detroit Mercy Theatre Company
theatre.udmercy.edu
Sept. 30-Oct. 9: "Eleemosynary"
Nov. 4-13: "Anatomy of Gray"


Wayne State University Studio Theatre - Detroit
theatre.wayne.edu
Oct. 20-29: "A Doll's House"
Nov. 25-Dec. 3: "Trouble in Mind" .


The Box Theater - Mt Clemens
www.theboxtheater.com
Sept. 9-24: "Tuesdays with Morrie"
Oct. 14-28: "Spooky Dog & the Teenage Gang Mystery"
Nov. 11-Dec. 3: Disney's "Aida"
 

 

Posted 09-09-2011 12:03 PM by Chris S
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