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Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ann Arbor Civic Theatre is Michigan's most acclaimed community theater — a 90-year-old institution presenting outstanding theatrical productions for one of America's most highly educated communities (Ann Arbor has the highest concentration of advanced degrees per capita in America).

322 W Ann St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Power Center for the Performing Arts is the University of Michigan's most important theatrical venue — a beautifully designed Ann Arbor theater presenting the University Musical Society (one of America's finest performing arts presenters), outstanding theatrical productions, and cultural events. UMS's extraordinary 140-year history as one of America's most sophisticated performing arts presenters and Power Center's remarkable programming create a performing arts venue of genuine national cultural significance.

121 Fletcher St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Detroit, Michigan

Detroit Symphony Orchestra is one of America's great orchestras — a Midtown Detroit institution whose extraordinary live streaming program (the first major orchestra to live stream all performances, reaching global audiences) and consistent artistic excellence create a classical music experience of genuine national and international significance. The DSO's remarkable role in Detroit's cultural life and its extraordinary Orchestra Hall (one of the finest concert halls in America, beautifully restored) create a classical music experience of genuine Detroit cultural significance.

3711 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48201

Detroit, Michigan

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall is one of America's most beautiful concert halls — an 1919 Beaux Arts masterpiece that serves as the home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, one of America's finest orchestral ensembles. The DSO's tradition of excellence, its extraordinary racial integration (the first major American orchestra to hire Black musicians in the 1940s), and its role in Detroit's cultural resilience through the city's decades of economic hardship make Orchestra Hall one of the most meaningful performing arts institutions in the United States.

3711 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48201

Detroit, Michigan

Fox Theatre Detroit is one of America's most magnificent entertainment palaces — a 1928 Indo-Persian fantasy theater with 5,048 seats, gilded ceilings, and an interior of breathtaking ornamental excess that represents the ultimate expression of the golden age movie palace. Its consistent presentation of Broadway touring productions, major concerts, and significant performances in one of the most beautiful interiors in American entertainment history makes it Detroit's most cherished cultural venue.

2211 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48201

Detroit, Michigan

Michigan Opera Theatre presents the Detroit Opera House — a 2,700-seat venue presenting opera, ballet, and major concerts in a beautifully restored 1922 United Artists theater. Detroit's often-overlooked serious arts culture, which has produced extraordinary classical musicians and maintained the DSO and Detroit Opera through the city's hardest decades, finds a worthy home in the extraordinary ornamental excess of the Detroit Opera House.

1526 Broadway St, Detroit, MI 48226

East Lansing, Michigan

Wharton Center is Michigan State's most important performing arts facility — presenting Broadway touring productions, major concerts, and classical music for the MSU community and greater Lansing area. Wharton Center's extraordinary programming (among the most comprehensive Broadway and classical music series in the Midwest) and its role as the cultural anchor of the state capital region create a performing arts venue of considerable Michigan significance.

Bogue St, East Lansing, MI 48824

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids Civic Theatre is one of the largest community theater organizations in America — a Downtown Grand Rapids institution with three performance spaces presenting outstanding theatrical productions for one of Michigan's most culturally invested mid-size cities. GRCT's extraordinary scale (it operates the largest community theater complex in the Midwest) and its remarkable programming breadth create a theater company of genuine West Michigan community significance.

30 N Division St, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Interlochen, Michigan

Interlochen Center for the Arts is one of the world's most important summer arts academies — a Northern Michigan campus presenting thousands of performances annually and educating the most talented young artists in America. Interlochen's extraordinary alumni (Josh Groban, Norah Jones, Jewel, Meredith Willson) and its remarkable summer academy (which has trained generations of America's finest performing artists) create a performing arts institution of genuine national significance.

4000 J Maddy Pkwy, Interlochen, MI 49643

Kalamazoo, Michigan

Kalamazoo Valley Museum and the Kalamazoo performing arts scene serve Southwest Michigan's most culturally active community — a college town where Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo College, and the remarkable Bell's Brewery create a cultural environment of unusual educational and artistic depth. Kalamazoo's extraordinary per-capita philanthropic giving (the Kalamazoo Promise, a full college scholarship for all Kalamazoo public school graduates, is the most ambitious educational philanthropy in American history) creates a community of remarkable civic generosity and cultural investment.

359 S Kalamazoo Mall, Kalamazoo, MI 49007