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Cleopatra Boy
Sept. 13 – Sept. 28 The Andy ahostofpeople.org/cleopatra-boy. "Cleopatra Boy" is an original play that uses the history of Cleopatra combined with music, choreography, bold design and spoken word to illustrate how women, people of color and LGBTQ [...]
Michael Feinstein and Storm Large
Shaken & Stirred Saturday, Oct. 12, 8 p.m. Cobb Great Hall Wharton Center for the Performing Arts whartoncenter.com Five-time Grammy Award-nominated pianist and vocalist Michael Feinstein joins forces with Pink Martini's Storm Large to reimagine [...]
Dionne Warwick
Sunday, Oct. 6, 7:30 p.m. Sound Board at the MotorCity Casino & Hotel soundboarddetroit.com At 78 Dionne Warwick has had 56 singles reach the Billboard Hot 100 between 1962 and 1998 and has built a reputation as one of the most successful female [...]
Patti LaBelle
Sunday, Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m. Sound Board at MotorCity Casino & Hotel soundboarddetroit.com These days Patti LaBelle is perhaps most famous for those delicious sweet potato pies she sells at Walmart. But the soul music legend has been singing for [...]
David Sedaris
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m. Fisher Theatre broadwayindetroit.com David Sedaris has become one of America's best-known humor writers. The great skill with which he uses his satire and sardonic wit to slice through cultural euphemisms and political [...]
RuPaul's Drag Race Werq the World Tour
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 8 p.m. Sound Board at the MotorCity Casino & Hotel soundboarddetroit.com When it first debuted on Logo in 2009, "RuPaul's Drag Race" was a pretty low-budget novelty. At the end of the first season, winner BeBe Zahara Benet [...]
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin
Wednesday, Oct. 30, 7:30 p.m. Fox Theatre 313presents.com Billed as "A Fun Conversation with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin," the Hollywood legends and stars of the Netflix series "Grace & Frankie" will amuse and entertain attendees by answering [...]
Carrie Underwood
Thursday, Oct. 31, 7 p.m. Little Caesars Arena 313presents.com Country sweetheart Carrie Underwood is bringing her Cry Pretty Tour to Detroit this October on Halloween. Way back in 2005, Underwood wowed audiences of "American Idol" when she won the [...]
John Cameron Mitchell
The Origin of Love Tour Saturday, Nov. 2, 8 p.m. Hill Auditorium http://ums.org You know him as Hedwig from "Hedwig and the Angry Inch." John Cameron Mitchell co-wrote the play, which debuted in 1998 and ran off-Broadway for years and won an Obie [...]
Celine Dion
Tuesday, Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m. Little Caesars Arena 313presents.com Oh, Canada! We have many things to thank you for but chief among them – or at least high on the list – must be Celine Dion. Celine Marie Claudette Dion hails from Charlemagne, Quebec, [...]
Hello, Dolly!
Nov. 19 – Dec. 1 Fisher Theatre broaadwayindetroit.com "Hello, Dolly!" won no less than four Tony Awards in 2017 including Best Musical Revival. The history of "Hello, Dolly!" is rich and dates back to 1964, when it first appeared on Broadway. [...]
