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A shocking act of violence, a young man obsessed with horses and a psychiatrist set on finding out why. The Ringwald Theatre stages Peter Shaffer's Equus on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 7 p.m. at Affirmations, 290 West Nine Mile Road in Ferndale. Tickets from $20. The production contains nudity and mature subject matter.
The Ringwald Theatre @ Affirmations

Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show hits the stage at the River Raisin Centre for the Arts, 114 South Monroe Street in Monroe, on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 7 p.m.. There are three performances, so pick your night.
River Raisin Centre for the Arts

The Encore Musical Theatre Company, 7714 Ann Arbor Street in Dexter, salutes the music of Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 7 p.m.. Tribute: Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young has four performances on the calendar, sponsored by Dexter's Pub.
The Encore Musical Theatre Company

Senate Theater hosts Horror Film Roulette XIII on Friday, October 23, at 7 p.m. in Detroit, on Michigan Avenue. The night wraps up around 9:30 p.m.
Senate Theater

Meadow Brook Theatre stages The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. at 207 Wilson Hall on the Oakland University campus in Rochester. With 20 performances in the run, it's easy to find a date that works for you.
Meadow Brook Theatre

The Ridgedale Players stage The Big One-Oh! JR. on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. at 205 West Long Lake Road in Troy. The run has six performances, so you've got a few dates to pick from.
Ridgedale Players

Dave Landau takes the stage at The Village Theater at Cherry Hill, 50400 Cherry Hill Road in Canton, on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.. One night, one headliner.
The Village Theater at Cherry Hill

Grosse Pointe Theatre stages Stop Kiss on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. at 15001 East Jefferson Avenue in Grosse Pointe Park. With six performances in the run, you've got options.
Grosse Pointe Theatre

Williamston Theatre stages The One Good Thing or "Are Ya Patrick Swayze?" on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. at 122 South Putnam Street in Williamston. It's a thoughtful, poignant dark comedy about the bond between two brothers, in this life and beyond. With 22 performances in the run, there's a date that works for you.
Williamston Theatre

Nobody's ever seen a Dracula this funny. Old Town Playhouse, 148 East Eighth Street in Traverse City, stages Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 7:30 p.m., a madcap take on the classic tale with a cast of zany characters and blood-curdling screams. Of laughter.
Old Town Playhouse

Grand Rapids Ballet dances Broken Wings on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. at the Peter Martin Wege Theatre, 341 Ellsworth SW in Grand Rapids. Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's ballet draws on Frida Kahlo's life and art, with surrealist imagery and a score laced with Mexican folk music. James Sofranko's A Dreamer, inspired by Stephen Hawking, shares the bill.
Peter Martin Wege Theatre, 341 Ellsworth SW, Grand Rapids, MI, 49403, United States

Halloween, Thanksgiving, back to school, haunted armories and the end of baseball season: Deck the Fall is an original sketch show that has fun with everything you love about autumn. It plays the Go Comedy! Improv Theater, 261 East Nine Mile Road in Ferndale, on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.. And yes, there are mimes and an angry deer.
Go Comedy! Improv Theater

A progressive elementary school, a mumps outbreak and a community that can't agree on what's true. Detroit Public Theatre stages the Michigan premiere of Jonathan Spector's Tony Award-winning, bitingly funny Eureka Day on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 7:30 p.m., at 3960 Third Avenue in Detroit. The run has 22 performances.
Detroit Public Theatre

Fifteenth-century Paris, where prejudice, morality and redemption collide and beauty lies within. Croswell Opera House stages The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the musical based on Victor Hugo's classic story, on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 7:30 p.m., at 129 East Maumee Street in Adrian. The run has nine performances.
Croswell Opera House

A brand-new, evening-length dance work gets its world premiere in Ann Arbor on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.: The Rose Sonata, presented by UMS (University Musical Society), with New York City Ballet principal dancer Sara Mearns and co-choreographers and dancers Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber. There are two performances.
UMS (University Musical Society)

Wayne State University Theatre and Dance stages The Old Man and the Old Moon on Friday, October 23, at 7:30 p.m. at the Hilberry Gateway in Detroit. Expect a large-cast sea-faring epic with storms, civil wars, deep-sea leviathans, and cantankerous ghosts.
Hilberry Gateway

Double bassist Paul Erhard improvises live to Robert deJonge's West Michigan photographs on Friday, October 23, at 7:30 p.m. at the Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts in Manistee. Each image hits the big screen and the music answers in the moment. It's free to attend.
Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, 101 Maple Street, Manistee, MI, 49660, United States

On Friday, October 23, 2026, at 8 p.m., the Purple Rose Theatre in Chelsea (137 Park Street) stages Bastard, Devin Scillian's dramedy about two brothers who share nothing but a last name: an aging country rocker and a buttoned-down financial whiz. Their mother's death reopens old wounds, and a new one could tear the family apart. Heads-up: adult language and subject matter.
The Purple Rose Theatre
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