Theater: A stage is never dark for too long in this town

Emily Smith | NOISE

Published August 20, 2008

You’re in luck if you’re looking to be entertained in the Lansing area. For its size, Lansing has quite a few theater groups, ranging from professional to community to children’s theater to traveling Broadway shows to high school performances and more.

Here is a list of places to see theater in town. Visit individual Web sites for specific info, refer to the Hub event listings for current productions and check out the Sept. 10 issue of NOISE for a complete 2008-09 theater season preview.

All-of-us Express Children’s Theatre
performance venue: Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road, East Lansing, 394-4118, www.allofusexpress.org

BoarsHead Theater
425 S. Grand Ave., Lansing, 484-7800, www.boarshead.org

Icarus Falling
802 W. Lapeer St., Lansing, performance venue TBA, 898-1679, www.icarusfalling.com

Lansing Civic Players
2300 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, performance venue: Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road, East Lansing, 484-9115, www.lansingcivicplayers.org

Lansing Community College
Performance venue: Dart Auditorium, 500 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing, 483-1488, www.lcc.edu/hums/events

Ledges Playhouse Theatre Company
133 Fitzgerald Park Drive, Grand Ledge, 204-9518

Michigan State University Theatre
Performance venue: Pasant Theatre in the Wharton Center for the Performing Arts, Arena Theatre in the basement of the auditorium building, both on the MSU campus, 432-2000, www.theatre.msu.edu

Peppermint Creek Theatre
Performance venue: Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner St., Lansing’s Old Town, 927-3016, www.peppermintcreek.org

Riverwalk Theatre
228 Museum Drive, Lansing, 482-5700, www.riverwalktheatre.com

Sunsets with Shakespeare
www.sunsetswith shakespeare.com

Wharton Center for Performing Arts
MSU Campus, East Lansing, 432-2000 or (800) Wharton, www.whartoncenter.com

Williamston Theatre
122 E. Putnam St., Williamston, 655-7469, www.williamstontheatre.org