Southgate Community Players' summer series concludes with "Murder at the Howard Johnson's" Sept. 28 and 29 and Oct. 5 and 6 at the Corner Playhouse, 12671 Dix-Toledo Road, Southgate.
A love triangle gets suspenseful in a lighthearted way as everyone at a motor lodge is plotting to murder someone.
All shows start at 8 p.m., and tickets are $12. Call 1-734-281-3108.
"Escanaba in Love," a prequel to Jeff Daniels' "Escanaba in da Moonlight," will play at the Gem Theatre in Detroit Wednesday through Nov. 4.
As deer-hunting season arrives, the Soady men meet their biggest challenge, the camp's first female visitor, young Albert Soady Jr.'s impromptu bride, Big Betty Balou.
Tickets, $39.50 ($19.95 for preview week), are available by calling 1-313-963-9800, in person at the Gem Theatre and at all Ticketmaster locations.
Discounts for groups of 15 or more and dining packages at the Century Grille and Elwood Bar & Grill restaurants are available.
The Dearborn Recreation Department will present Robert Harling's "Steel Magnolias" at 8 p.m. today, at 2 and 4 p.m. tomorrow and at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center, 15801 Michigan Ave., Dearborn.
"Steel Magnolias" is the story of a group of close-knit women at Truvy's Beauty Salon, the unofficial hub of Chinquapin, La., who have lots of time to gossip. Their husbands — absent, depressed or dead — have made sure of that. Consequently, visitors to the salon get more than a wash and cut.
The show will be performed "in the round" in Studio A in The Center, providing an intimate experience for the audience.
Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and students. To purchase tickets, call 1-313-943-2354.
The Players Guild of Dearborn, 21730 Madison, opens its 80th season in 2007-08 with Ira Levin's thriller comedy, "Deathtrap," today through Sunday, as well as Sept. 21-23 and 28-30.
A once-popular playwright sees a possible break in his fortunes when he receives a script from a student in the seminar he has been conducting. It is a potential Broadway hit, a hit he would kill for.
Tickets are $15; all seats are reserved. Friday and Saturday performances begin at 8 p.m., with the ticket booth opening at 7:15 p.m. Sunday matinees begin at 2:30 p.m., with the ticket booth opening at 1:45 p.m. Late seating is at the discretion of the theater.
Tickets also are available for the 2007-08 season. The next show is the musical "The Full Monty," Nov. 9-11, 16-18, 23-25 and Nov. 30,Dec. 1 and 2.
Seeing how much their wives enjoy watching male strippers during their girls' night out, unemployed steelworkers come up with a bold way to make some quick cash.
The new year begins with the comedy "Caught in the Net" Jan. 11-13, 18-20 and 25-27.
The play is about a bigamist keeping his two families in different parts of London both happy and blissfully unaware of each other. But when his teenage children, a girl and a boy from each wife, meet on the Internet and are anxious to meet each other in person, because they have so much in common, he has a problem.
Spring comes early with the romantic comedy "Enchanted April" Feb. 29, March 1-2, 7- 9 and 14-16.
The story is about four dissimilar women in post-World War I England who leave dreary, rainy London to go on a holiday to a secluded coastal villa in Italy.
The season concludes with the spring musical "Children of Eden," based on the first 9 1/2 chapters of the Book of Genesis. It is a joyous and inspirational musical about parents, children and faith.
It runs April 25-27, May 2-4, 9-11 and 16-18.
The complete five-show season ticket packages are available for $65. Individual show tickets also are available at $15 for non-musicals and $18 for musicals. Call 1-313-561-8587.
Performance Network, 120 E. Huron, Ann Arbor, opens its 26th season with Sarah Ruhl's "The Clean House," today through Oct. 21.
A doctor, her husband, his lover and their maid's lives change forever when one stops cleaning, one starts cleaning, and two find the love of their lives in this exotic, romantic comedy.
Performances are at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, with matinees at 3 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets range from $20 to $37.
Call 1-734-663-0681 or visit www.Performancenetwork.org for tickets.
Ballet Folklorico de Mexico brings the color and movement of Mexican folk dance to the Detroit Opera House, 1526 Broadway at 8 p.m. tomorrow and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets range from $28-$75.
The Miami City Ballet presents George Balanchine's "Agon, Raymonda Variations" and Twyla Tharp's "In the Upper Room" at the Detroit Opera House Nov. 2-4.
Tickets are $20, and are available at the Detroit Opera House ticket office, by phone at 1-313-237-7464, online at www.MichiganOpera.org and through all Ticketmaster outlets.
The University Musical Society's 2007-08 season opens with Chinese choreographer Shen Wei's multidisciplinary work "Second Visit to the Empress" at 8 p.m. Sept. 28 and 29 and at 4 p.m. Sept. 30 at The Power Center, 121 Fletcher St., Ann Arbor.
This hybrid of ancient and modern influences incorporates a live Chinese orchestra, monumental backdrops and lush costumes in a 70-minute performance based on a 200-year-old Beijing Opera production.
Tickets range from $20 - $40. Call 1-734-764-2538, visit www.ums.org or purchase in person at the Michigan League ticket office, 911 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor.
Leonardo Defilippis brings to life the story of the world's greatest self-documented sinner-turned-saint in "The Confessions of St. Augustine" at 7:30 p.m. at the Davidson Middle School auditorium, 13940 Leroy, Southgate.
"The Confessions of St. Augustine is the autobiography of the famous fourth century bishop Augustine of Hippo.
Tickets are $8 per person or $25 for a family. Send a self-addressed stamped envelope with check payable to St. Luke Productions to: The Confessions of Saint Augustine, c/o Debbie Bloomfield, 1811 Superior, Wyandotte, MI 48192. For more information, call 1-248-217-0844 or e-mail confessionsofaugustine@gmail.com
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