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THE ANTICHRIST COMETH Comes to The Purple Rose Theatre Company This Month


by Stephi Wild - March 08, 2024

The Purple Rose Theatre Company (PRTC) has announced the second production of their 33rd season, “The Antichrist Cometh” by beloved playwright, David MacGregor. Tickets are on sale now....

Interview: Executive Director Eric Olmscheid Dishes on Wharton Center's 2024-25 Broadway Series


by Stefani Chudnow - March 05, 2024

Wharton Center has officially announced their 2024-2025 Broadway series! It kicks off with Les Misérables, followed by Shucked, MJ, Life of Pi and Chicago. Add-on shows include Hamilton and The Book of Mormon....

Williamston Theatre Continue Season With PHOSPHATES AND FISTFIGHTS Reading


by Stephi Wild - February 07, 2024

Williamston Theatre continues its 2023-2024 Season Dark Nights in Billtown Series with a staged reading of the new play Phosphates and Fistfights by Dionne O’Dell. Learn more about the reading here!...

Video: Companies of A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL & More Share Message of Support for MSU


by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 22, 2023

Watch a video message from the companies of Broadway and touring shows, showing support for students at Michigan State University....

Wharton Center to Present OF EQUAL PLACE: ISOTOPES IN MOTION in November


by Blair Ingenthron - October 05, 2022

Of Equal Place: Isotopes in Motion will incorporate dance, video, and physics to create an exhilarating and engaging performance on Sunday, November 6 at 1:00PM. This project is a mass collaboration between Wharton Center, the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB), Dance Exchange, Women and Minorit...

Eric Olmscheid Appointed Executive Director of MSU's Wharton Center


by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 20, 2022

Eric Olmscheid has been selected to serve as executive director of Michigan State University’s Wharton Center for Performing Arts. Olmscheid currently serves as director of programming at Des Moines Performing Arts and will assume his new role at Wharton Center on June 22, 2022....

10th Annual Sutton Foster Awards to Take Place at Wharton Center's Cobb Great Hall


by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 11, 2022

The Sutton Foster Award ceremony is a celebration of outstanding achievement recognizing individual artistry in vocal, dance, and acting performances in a high school musical theatre production....

Grammy-Nominated Composer Patrice Rushen To Premiere New Jazz Work For The Carr Center's 30th Anniversary Year


by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 10, 2022

The Carr Center has announced that Grammy-nominated composer and multi-instrumentalist Patrice Rushen will premiere 'The Resonate Suite,' featuring The Gathering Orchestra Nonet, a newly commissioned jazz work celebrating the Carr Center's 30th Anniversary during a special concert on Saturday, May 2...

Broadway Grand Rapids Announces Meghan Distel as New President and CEO


by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 03, 2022

Meghan Distel, formerly the Director of Marketing and Public Relations of Broadway Grand Rapids is stepping into the role of President and CEO following the retirement of Mike Lloyd....

BWW Review: Symphonic Return To Bid Farewell to John Varineau at An American in Paris!


by Brian Hilbrand - January 20, 2022

I was fortunate enough to get to head down to DeVos Hall for the first live event I have been to there in over two years, the last being to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the week the tour was put on pause due to Covid.   I was very excited to come back for a very special event, to not only h...

Past Shows

Bright Star
4/14 - 4/23/2023


Inspired by a real event and featuring the Tony®-nominated score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Broadway’s BRIGHT STAR tells a sweeping tale of love ...


Robert Bastron Michigan State University...


Michigan State University Lauren Wilson...

INTO THE WOODS
INTO THE WOODS
2/14 - 2/23/2020


What happens after Happily Ever After, after all? In Sondheim and Lapine’s beloved musical retelling of the Grimm classics, a parade of familiar folktale figures ...


Halley Feiffer Michigan State University...

One Man, Two Guvnors
6/6 - 6/9/2019


Richard Bean Michigan State University...

Oklahoma!
2/15 - 2/23/2019


AMOUR
6/6 - 6/9/2018


AMERICAN IDIOT
4/13 - 4/22/2018


American Idiot is a sung-through rock musical based on the concept album of the same name by rock band Green Day. After a run at ...

URINETOWN
4/14 - 4/23/2017


Winner of three Tony Awards, three Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards and two Obie Awards, Urinetown is a hilarious musical satire of ...

A Grand Night for Singing
6/8 - 6/11/2016


Broadway's tribute to the genius of Rodgers & Hammerstein is truly A Grand Night for Singing. This Tony-nominated Best Musical shows how wonderfully timeless their ...

CARRIE the musical
CARRIE the musical
10/10 - 10/19/2014


Carrie White is a misfit. At school, she's an outcast who's bullied by the popular crowd, and virtually invisible to everyone else. At home, she's ...

XANADU
11/15 - 11/24/2013


XANADU follows the journey of a magical and beautiful Greek muse, Kira, who descends from the heavens of Mt. Olympus to Venice Beach, California in ...

BABY
6/19 - 6/22/2013


Is there anything more exciting, frightening and utterly transformational than impending parenthood?  BABY , the musical from acclaimed duo Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire, examines ...

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
4/5 - 4/7/2013


Sondheim  creates a stunning tour de force when he takes Ingmar Bergman's comedy of manners,  Smiles of a Summer Night , and turns it into ...

Videos


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