2023-2024 Touring Season
Apr 11
2023, 06:05:57 PM
Wharton Center (East Lansing, MI)
To Kill a Mockingbird October 3-8
Hairspray November 28-December 3
Mamma Mia! January 16-21
Funny Girl &n
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2023-2024 Touring Season
Dec 15
2022, 12:49:10 PM
Broadway in Detroit had announced their season a couple of weeks back (thought there was a thread on that already).
Six May 23-June 11
Company &
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2023-2024 Touring Season
Nov 10
2022, 07:57:04 PM
Definitely agree with Wicked being a subscription show being kind of a bummer. Curious on what the mystery 7th show is!
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Big Names Touring
Mar 20
2022, 04:25:29 PM
Anthony Rapp toured with If/Then.
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2022-2023 Touring Season
Mar 12
2022, 09:02:08 AM
Any word on The Prom tour continuing into 2022-2023? Haven't seen it pop up in any seasons past September 2022 even though it hasn't played a lot of major markets yet.
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COVID performance cancellation
Jan 23
2022, 04:13:29 PM
Hairspray tour in Detroit cancelled last night's performance (the matinee went on) and both shows today. Currently planned to resume on Tuesday for week two of the run. I was supposed to go tonight and switched my tickets to Thursday--fingers crossed!
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21-22 Touring Seasons
May 3
2021, 05:54:15 PM
Detroit (after a recent revision):
Pretty Woman: The Musical November 2-14, 2021
Hadestown November 23-December 5, 2021
What The Co
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Stilts Onstage
Aug 2
2020, 02:02:32 PM
A local theater company here did a production of A Christmas Carol and had the Ghost of Christmas Future on stilts in a Grim Reaper outfit. Super effective and creepy!
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What Was The Worst Musical You Saw
Apr 9
2020, 06:54:45 PM
Worst... Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
Cheesy... The Bodyguard
Most Boring… An American in Paris
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2020-2021 Touring Season
Feb 7
2020, 04:49:08 PM
I feel the same about Detroit's announcement. I'm actually excited to see Hairspray but am shocked that it is part of the subscription instead of an add-on. With so many good shows touring this seems like a waste. Also not sure why they keep the extra add-on shows such a secret, I don't know of any other city that does this.
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2020-2021 Touring Season
Jan 12
2020, 12:01:46 PM
Det95 said: "I'm just hoping we get a decent season package in Detroit. The past couple years have been sub-par. There's so many good shows touring that I hope we get. Miss Saigon is in it's second(?) touring season right now and we haven't gotten it yet. Now that Broadway in Detroit is using three theatres again I'm being cautiously optimistic for a decent season."
For real. For having such a large subscription base we seem to get the short end o
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Worst Broadway Show of the Decade?
Dec 23
2019, 07:46:38 AM
Luckily Broadway was spared, but the US Tour of The Bodyguard deserves a mention.
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Best touring production you have ever seen?
Oct 30
2019, 06:45:40 PM
Fun Home
The Book of Mormon (2nd National Tour)
Wicked (Mary Kate Morrisey as Elphaba)
Newsies
Hamilton (Angelica company)
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Traveling home with window cards
Aug 12
2018, 07:55:59 AM
Carried one on the plane without issue last year. Just be careful when putting it in the overhead bin as other people's suitcases could damage it.
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Saddest songs in musical theater
Jul 26
2018, 10:24:19 PM
-Not My Father's Son- Kinky Boots
-Days and Days & Telephone Wire- Fun Home
-Lead Us Out of the Night- Come From Away
I'll also throw a strange one in the mix. It's not necessarily "sad" but Where Did the Rock Go from School of Rock always makes me think about several passions of mine that I am unable to live out due to the demands of adult life.
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Oddest things you've heard from non theatre people
Jul 15
2018, 10:38:34 AM
The Lion King uses real animals
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2018 - 2019 Touring Season
Feb 20
2018, 10:38:11 PM
Does anyone know if Something Rotten! will be touring still? It seems like Detroit was one of the ONLY major markets it missed...really hoping to see it here!
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Raunchy - Adult - X-Rated Broadway Songs?
Sep 18
2017, 08:21:37 AM
-Contact- Rent
-You Can Be As Loud As The Hell You Want- Avenue Q
Both of these aren't exactly family friendly but I don't think there are too many truly X-rated musicals/songs out there.
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Worst National Tour
Sep 3
2017, 09:41:09 AM
Have to give another vote for Matilda. Saw it in Detroit and one of the biggest problems was the sound. All musical numbers and 2/3 of the dialogue were completely inaudible. The Fisher has wonderful acoustics so it was not an issue with the venue. The story did nothing for me also. It's the only show I've ever left at intermission. Even the dreaded Beauty and the Beast tour scored higher for me.
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Favorite Finales?
Aug 22
2017, 07:08:23 AM
So many!!
-Rent
-Book of Mormon
-Hairspray
-Kinky Boots
-The Little Mermaid
-Hamilton
-Fun Home
-The Lion King
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