If you like the nightlife, if you like to boogie, hustle over to Crystal Gardens in Southgate, where Southgate Community Players will present "T & T's Dynamite Disco Wedding" at 7 p.m. today and tomorrow.
Watch the sparks fly at this interactive show where audience members are the guests at this dy-no-mite wedding celebration. Become a part of the ceremony, dance with the bride and watch the evening spiral out of control.
Tickets are $30 per person and include dinner and the show. A table of 10 can be reserved for $25 per person. A cash bar will be available throughout the night. For reservations, call 1-734-281-3108. For more information, visit www.scponstage.com.
The Players Guild of Dearborn will present Clare Booth Luce's comedy, "The Women," with performances at 8 p.m. today and tomorrow and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets are $15. The box office opens 45 minutes before curtain. Late seating is at the discretion of the theater. For advance tickets or information, call 1-313-561-8587. The Players Guild of Dearborn is at 21730 Madison.
"The Phantom of the Opera," directed by Harold Prince, returns to Toledo's Stranahan Theater through Sunday.
Tickets range from $22 to $67 and are on sale at the Stranahan box office, all Ticketmaster outlets and ticketmaster.com or by phone at 1-419-474-1333.
Performances are at 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, with 2 p.m. matinees Saturdays and Sundays. Discounts for groups of 20 or more are available by calling 1-866-314-7687.
For more information, visit www.theaterleague.com.
Performance Network, 120 E. Huron St.,Ann Arbor, presents the world premiere of "Language Lessons" through Feb. 25.
Award-winning playwright Joseph Zettelmaier's story is about a 28-year-old Russian ballerina on her final tour who becomes a guest of a retired American diplomat. Over the course of a summer they unearth each other's long-buried secrets and learn how similar their worlds are.
Tickets range from $25 - $37. Senior, student rush and group rates available. Call 1-734-663-0681 or visit www.performancenetwork.org.
Meadow Brook Theatre presents Bernard Slade's romantic comedy, "Same Time, Next Year," through Feb. 4.
The play tells the story of two people who find enduring love in a 25-year affair, meeting once a year despite being married to other people.
Tickets range from $22-$38 and can be purchased by calling the Meadow Brook Theatre box office at 1-248-377-3300 and at all Ticketmaster locations.
For more information, visit www.mbttheatre.com.
The Arab Theatrical Arts Guild and Water Works Theatre Company present the Midwest Premiere of Heather Raffos' "9 Parts of Desire" at 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and 7 p.m. Sundays Wednesday through Feb. 11 in Studio A at Dearborn's Ford Community and Performing Arts Center, 15801 Michigan Ave.
This one-woman play is a powerful portrait of the ordinary lives and extraordinary experiences of Iraqi women. A free-spirited artist, a radical intellectual, doctors, exiles, wives, mothers and lovers share their voices: vivid, sophisticated, simple, emotional and moving. Together they tell a compelling story of what it means to be a woman in war-torn Iraq.
Tickets are $23 Wednesdays and Thursdays, and $29 Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, and are available at the box office, by phone at 1-313-943-2354 or online at www.dearbornfordcenter.com.
The Hilberry Theatre, 4743 Cass, Detroit, continues its 44th season with "Amadeus," by Peter Shaffer, playing in rotating repertory through March 3 with "Side Man," by Warren Leight, and "On the Verge," by Eric Overmyer.
Tickets range from $15 - $28, with student rush tickets available the day of the performance for $10. Group discounts also are available. For tickets and information, call 1-313-577-2972 or visit www.hilberry.com.
"Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy" will take audiences on an all-new soaring adventure when it comes to Detroit's Fisher Theatre through Feb. 4.
The latest reinvention of theatrical circus artistry from Cirque Productions is a colorful dream in an enchanted forest performed on stage and in the air by an international cast of graceful aerialists, spine bending contortionists, vine swinging characters, strongmen and balancers in a lush setting filled with wildly unpredictable designs, special effects, inventive choreography, puppetry and dazzling costumes.
Tickets range from $27.50 - $49.50 and go on sale Sunday at the Fisher Theater box office. Tickets also can be purchased by phone at 1-248-645-6666 or online at www.NederlanderDetroit.com or at www.ticketmaster.com. For information, call 1-313-872-1000. Group discounts for 20 or more are available by calling 1-313-871-1132.
Cirque du Soleil presents "Delirium," its first-ever live arena event, at The Palace of Auburn Hills at 8 p.m. today and tomorrow.
More than 300 feet of projections dominate the scene — the equivalent in width of almost two IMAX screens —from prerecorded visuals to manipulated live feeds that create interactions between the show and the audience, while acrobatic dances and classic Cirque du Soleil feats, including aerial, acrosport and hand balancing acts, are performed
Tickets, at $39.50, $72 and $112.50, are available at Palacenet.com, The Palace box office and all Ticketmaster locations.
The Detroit Opera House welcomes the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company as it presents a brand new production, "Colorography," at 8 p.m. Feb. 10 and 2 p.m. Feb. 11
The show celebrates the work of African-American painter Jacob Lawrence, with a visual feast of movement. The four-part program incorporates some of Lawrence's most famous works and choreography by four of today's most acclaimed African-American choreographers, Donald Byrd, Rennie Harris, Kevin Ward and Reggie Wilson.
Tickets range from $25 -$75 and are available at the Detroit Opera House ticket office, 1526 Broadway; by phone at 1-313-237-7464; online at www.MichiganOpera.org; and at all Ticketmaster outlets.
The Gem Theatre will open the new musical "Respect: A Musical Journey" Feb. 15, with preview performances Feb. 7 -14.
Based on Dr. Dorothy Marcic's book, "Respect: Women and Popular Music," the show takes a historical, hysterical, high-energy look at women's changes from 1900 to today as illustrated by popular song, portrayed by a narrator and three singers, showing music's depiction of women, "Someone to Watch Over Me" to "I Will Survive" and beyond.
Tickets for shows through April 1 are on sale for $39.50. Half-price tickets for previews at 8 p.m. Feb 7, 8, and 9 also are available. Tickets are available by phone at 1-313-963-9800, through Ticketmaster at the Gem Theatre box office. Group discounts for 15 or more and dining packages at the Century Grille and Elwood Bar & Grill restaurants are available.
Get set for a magical rainbow ride through biblical Egypt on the wings of the new national tour of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," coming to Toledo's Stranahan Theatre for six performances Feb. 15 - 18.
Tickets range from $23 - $50 and are available at the Stranahan Theater box office, Ticketmaster outlets or by calling 1-419-474-1333.
"I Can't Stop Loving You — The Music of Ray Charles" will make its Detroit premiere at the Fisher Theatre, Feb. 13 - March 4.
Featuring a live orchestra, dancers and six singers, the show takes audiences on a musical review of Ray Charles' life and music, including "Georgia On My Mind," "Hit The Road Jack," "You Don't Know Me," "Shake A Tail Feather," "What'd I Say," "Bye Bye Love" and other timeless classics.
Tickets range from $ 32.50 - $67.50 and go on sale Sunday at the Fisher Theatre box office and all Ticketmaster outlets. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.NederlanderDetroit.com. Groups of 20 or more can receive a discount by calling 1-313-871-1132. For more information, call 1-313-872-1000.
"Tea at Five," the story of Katherine Hepburn, comes to The Music Hall, 350 Madison Ave., Detroit, at 8 p.m. Feb. 2-4. Tickets range from $22.50 - $55.50.
Ballet Hispanico and Lincoln Center's Afro-Orchestra bring a program that combines ballet, modern and Latin Dance to The Music Hall, at 8 p.m. Feb. 16 and 17. Tickets range from $19.50 - $55.
Buy tickets at the Music Hall box office, by phone at 1-313-887-8501 or at all Ticketmaster locations. For group sales, call 1-313-887-8512.
Celtic mythology with Irish history weave together as "Riverdance" comes to Detroit's Fox Theatre at 8 p.m. March 16, at 2 and 8 p.m. March 17 and at 1 and 6:30 p.m. March 18.
Tickets range from $38 to $68 and can be purchased at the Fox Theatre and Joe Louis Arena box offices and at all Ticketmaster locations. Charge tickets by phone at 1-248-433-1515 or online at OlympiaEntertainment.com or Ticketmaster.com. For more information, call 1-313-471-6611.
Michael Flatley's "Lord of the Dance" returns to The Palace of Auburn Hills for its 10th anniversary tour at 7:30 p.m. April 19 and 20.
Tickets are $29.50 and $49.50 reserved, $19.50 general admission and can be purchased at Palacenet.com, The Palace box office and all Ticketmaster locations.
Dance to spring, or better yet, leave it to the professionals, as the American Ballet Theatre presents "Swan Lake" March 15 - 18 at the Detroit Opera House, 1526 Broadway.
Tickets range from $28 to $100.
The Grand Rapids Ballet Company comes to the Detroit Opera House March 30 and 31 as it presents "Where the Wild Things Are," based on the award-winning children's book by Maurice Sendak.
Tickets are $20.
Tickets for both shows can be purchased at the Detroit Opera House ticket office, by phone at 1-313-237-7464, at all Ticketmaster outlets or online at www.MichiganOpera.org.
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