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Wharton Center (East Lansing, MI) To Kill a Mockingbird October 3-8Hairspray November 28-December 3Mamma Mia! January 16-21Funny Girl February 6-11Moulin Rouge April 2-14Six May 14-19 Solid lineup for a smaller market.

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 October 17-29Mrs. Doubtfire November 14-26Frozen November 29-December 17Wicked January 24-February 18To Kill a Mockingbird March 5-17There is also a 7th show that is still unannounced due to the tour itself not being announced yet. Thought it may have been Into the Woods but no word yet. I'm really curious what it is!

Definitely agree with Wicked being a subscription show being kind of a bummer. Curious on what the mystery 7th show is!

Anthony Rapp toured with If/Then.

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.

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!

Detroit (after a recent revision): Pretty Woman: The Musical November 2-14, 2021Hadestown November 23-December 5, 2021What The Constitution Means to Me December 14, 2021 - January 2, 2022Hairspray January 18-30, 2022An Officer And A Gentleman February 1-13, 2022Ain't Too Proud August 9-28, 2022I can only imagine how difficult it was to try and reschedule all these shows, but it's weird how they are all crammed into the winter months and then a 6 month gap out to August.

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!

Worst... Charlie & The Chocolate Factory Cheesy... The BodyguardMost Boring… An American in Paris

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.

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 of the stick lately. No, Detroit is not Chicago ...

Luckily Broadway was spared, but the US Tour of The Bodyguard deserves a mention.

Fun HomeThe Book of Mormon (2nd National Tour)Wicked (Mary Kate Morrisey as Elphaba)NewsiesHamilton (Angelica company)

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.

-Not My Father's Son- Kinky Boots-Days and Days & Telephone Wire- Fun Home-Lead Us Out of the Night- Come From AwayI'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.

The Lion King uses real animals

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!

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.

So many!!-Rent-Book of Mormon-Hairspray-Kinky Boots-The Little Mermaid-Hamilton-Fun Home-The Lion King

Great topic, there are so many I can think of:"You Will Be Found"- Dear Evan Hansen"Non Stop"- Hamilton"Everybody Say Yeah"- Kinky Boots"Proud of Your Boy (Reprise)"- Aladdin"Blackout"- In The Heights"War/What's Going on"- Motown"Man Up"- Book of Mormon