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The two-hour shows official opening night is May 26. It runs through June 18, with shows Thursdays through Sundays.

Sutton Foster Awards event will be at Detroits Fisher Theatre on May 21.

Wild Horses opens on Feb. 3, with previews running Jan. 26-29.

The renovation took four years as the theater raised money, applied for grants to make improvements.

A century after the publication of 'The International Jew,' filmmaker Andy Kirshner revives the automaker in '10 Questions for Henry Ford,' screening at the SF Jewish Film Festival

Our roundup of the latest news from metro Detroit and Michigan businesses as well as announcements from government agencies.

Today on Stateside, fully vaccinated Americans will soon be able to cross the border into Canada for non-essential travel. Well hear from a reporter about what they can expect. Plus, a conversation about the many varieties of vaccine hesitancy—and effective strategies to convince skeptics. And, we’ll talk with the directors of the Williamston Theatre, outside of Lansing, about their reopening plans.  Listen to the full show above or find individual segments below.  [Get Stateside on your...

Photo provided by Scott Myers Ed Nahhat to virtually premier original comedy, ‘Hope Canyon’ Advertisement ROYAL OAK — While live theater has been put on the back burner during the COVID-19 pandemic, Ed Nahhat, longtime attorney, Royal Oak High School drama coach and founder of Shakespeare Royal Oak, used the downtime to finish a comedy he had begun writing a decade ago. The Feb. 27 virtual premier of Nahhat’s original play, titled “Hope Canyon,” will feature six actors from the area...

On Saturday, February 27 Shakespeare Royal Oak will host a virtual play reading of the new original comedy Hope Canyon by Edward Nahhat. Tickets for this FREE event with a limited number available now at shakespeareroyaloak.com. All attendees will be invited to join the professional cast and playwright immediately after the reading for a live conversation. Before he was a well-known area lawyer and long before he founded Shakespeare Royal Oak, Royal Oak native Edward Nahhat (BFA Wayne State 198...