Running Nov. 21 through Dec. 24, 2025, on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester, Mich. One of southeast Michigan’s favorite holiday traditions returns for its 43rd year when Ebenezer, Tiny Tim, and a handful of ghosts raise your spirits in A Christmas Carol at Meadow Brook Theatre (MBT) this November and December. Phil Powers as Ebenezer Scrooge. Photo courtesy of Sean Carter Photography A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, with an original adaptation and staging by … [Read more...]
Meadow Brook Theatre celebrates the season with 43 years of ‘A Christmas Carol’
November 11, 2025 by 2 Comments
REVIEW: ‘Shear Madness’ at Meadow Brook Theatre is Murderously Funny
June 6, 2025 by 1 Comment
Cut, color, and murder! Put all those years of watching “Law & Order” to use and help figure out ‘whodunit’ in Shear Madness running through June 22, 2025, at Meadow Brook Theatre (MBT) on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. Written by Paul Pörtner, Shear Madness is the first show that MBT has remounted, apart from A Christmas Carol, since Travis W. Walter became artistic director 15 years ago. The 2017 production included two of this show’s cast members, Leslie … [Read more...]
‘Vanities: The Musical’ at Meadow Brook Theatre
March 16, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Musical runs March 19 through April 13, 2025, on the campus of Oakland University Three best friends support each other through 30 years of lives and loves, disappointments, and dreams. Mary, Joanne, and Kathy start as cheerleaders in Texas. As they grow and become sorority sisters, housewives, and more, this funny and poignant musical follows along to show that, although times may change, good friends are always there for each other. Vanities: The Musical, with a book by Jack Heifner … [Read more...]
REVIEW: Shake Off Your Winter Blues and Get ‘Footloose’ at Meadow Brook Theatre
January 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Opening night, the house was packed and rocking as Footloose the Musical debuted at Meadow Brook Theatre (MBT) on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester, Mich. And it’s tearing up the town now through February 2, 2025. If you are a certain age, you are acquainted with Footloose, the 1984 classic movie starring Kevin Bacon. In 2011 there was a remake, but as artistic director Travis W. Walter told the audience, ‘We’re going to pretend that version doesn’t exist.’ Amen to … [Read more...]
Tickets on Sale for ‘Britain’s Finest – The Complete Beatles Experience’
June 26, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Performing live at Meadow Brook Theatre’s Annual Concert & Cuisine Meadow Brook Theatre (MBT) presents Britain’s Finest – The Complete Beatles Experience on Friday, July 12, 2024, for the theatre’s annual fundraising event Concert & Cuisine. The event includes a pre-glow reception, a strolling dinner, and a one-night-only concert with the band. All proceeds benefit Meadow Brook Theatre, a nonprofit organization and Michigan’s largest-producing professional theatre. Britain’s Finest … [Read more...]
Michigan premiere of ‘A Little More Alive’ at Meadow Brook Theatre
February 5, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Folk-pop musical runs February 14 – March 10 on the campus of Oakland University In this heartfelt and original folk-pop musical, two estranged brothers reunite at theirchildhood home after their mother’s funeral. An unexpected revelation distorts everymemory they have, and as they uncover secrets that had been hiding in plain sighttheir whole lives, Nate and Jeremy find that no one is exempt from the gray areabetween right and wrong. A Little More Alive runs February 14 through March 10, … [Read more...]
REVIEW: Huzzah! It’s Time to Celebrate ‘A Christmas Carol’ at Meadow Brook Theatre
November 18, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Every year as the air grows colder, a debate starts heating up – when does the holiday season officially start? Is it when 100.3 WNIC starts playing Christmas music? Or is it when the switch is flipped during Lagniappe and the Big Bright Light Show illuminates downtown Rochester? In my opinion, it is neither. The official holiday season begins when Meadow Brook Theatre (MBT) brings its beloved version of A Christmas Carol to life. And the time to see it is now through Dec. 24, 2023, on the … [Read more...]
REVIEW: ‘Ken Ludwig’s Moriarty: A New Sherlock Holmes Adventure’ Brings Murder and Comedy Together for a Killer Good Time
October 8, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle may have tired of his ‘consulting detective,’ but Sherlock Holmes still mesmerizes audiences. And nowhere was this more evident than at the Michigan Premiere of Ken Ludwig’s Moriarty: A New Sherlock Holmes Adventure running now through October 29, 2023, at Meadow Brook Theatre (MBT) on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester, Mich. Picking right where they left off this summer with Noises Off, MBT kicks off their 57th season with this wickedly funny … [Read more...]
REVIEW: ‘Noises Off’ Brings Down the House at Meadow Brook Theatre with Hijinks and Hilarity
June 5, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This season, Meadow Brook Theatre (MBT) has taken audiences on a journey that has included the blues (Blues in the Night), honky tonk (Honky Tonk Angels), complex relationships (Birthday Club, Harry Townsend’s Last Stand), and a killer plant (Little Shop of Horrors). However, they may have saved the best for last with Noises Off, which runs until June 25, 2023, at Meadow Brook Theatre on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester Hills, Mich. Written by English playwright Michael Frayn in … [Read more...]
REVIEW: Meadow Brook Theatre’s ‘Honk Tonk Angels’ Will Restore Your Faith in the Power of Dreaming Big
April 30, 2023 by 1 Comment
In 2021, Meadow Brook Theatre (MBT) premiered FANCY, a Country Jukebox Musical. The following year they doubled down with A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline. And in 2023, MBT proves that good things come in threes with the divinely inspirational Honky Tonk Angels, running through May 21, 2023, on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester Hills, Michigan. Angela (Stacy White) shows what housewives from Texas are made of. Photo credit: Sean Carter Photography Written by Ted Swindley, this … [Read more...]
