{"id":1992785,"date":"2025-09-02T13:51:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T13:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1992785"},"modified":"2025-09-02T13:51:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T13:51:06","slug":"what-to-expect-on-lansing-area-stages-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/what-to-expect-on-lansing-area-stages-in-september\/","title":{"rendered":"What to expect on Lansing area stages in September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">With Labor Day behind us, the local theater season is in full swing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Musical lovers have an especially full calendar, with tickets available for Wharton\u2019s \u201cA Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical,\u201d Riverwalk\u2019s \u201cLegally Blonde,\u201d Peppermint Creek\u2019s \u201cRide the Cyclone,\u201d MSU Department of Theater\u2019s \u201cTaking Off\u201d and Lebowsky Center\u2019s \u201cJagged Little Pill.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">&#8216;A Beautiful Noise&#8217;<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Nick Fradiani plays Neil Diamond in &#8220;A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical,&#8221; which will run at Wharton Center from Sept. 16-21.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Wharton Center kicks off its season with a jukebox musical featuring the music of Neil Diamond. With hits like \u201cSweet Caroline\u201d and \u201cForever in Blue Jeans,\u201d \u201cA Beautiful Noise\u201d tells the story of a Brooklyn kid who became an American icon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The show is in town from Sept. 16-21. Told in memoir style, the musical traces the life of the pop singer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Taking on the title role in the touring production is Nick Fradiani, who also played the role on Broadway for nearly two years. He was the 2015 \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d winner and released a debut album in 2016 (\u201cHurricane\u201d), featuring the hit single \u201cBeautiful Life.\u201d His second solo album, \u201cPast My Past,\u201d came out in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong>Related: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/wharton-centers-broadway-series-opens-140052089.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Wharton Center's Broadway series opens Sept. 16. Here's what you should see and why;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Wharton Center&#8217;s Broadway series opens Sept. 16. Here&#8217;s what you should see and why<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">&#8216;Legally Blonde&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In downtown Lansing, Riverwalk Theatre opens its season with the upbeat, fun musical, \u201cLegally Blonde.\u201d Running Sept. 11-21 and directed by Brian Farnham with musical direction by Angie Schwab, the show is based on both the novel and the 2001 movie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The musical has enjoyed non-stop popularity with its positive message about a young woman who goes to Harvard in pursuit of love only to find she is more than the blonde stereotype she has lived under up until that point. And yes\u2014there are dogs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Playing the lead role of Elle in the production is Tess Klygis, a Riverwalk newcomer who hails from Chicago and the University of Michigan. Joining her are Nick Kreider as her ex-boyfriend Warner, Spencer Sullivan as the aide who believes in Elle, Kameron Going as the hard-nosed legal professor and Lindsey Parr Hemming as the hairdresser who convinces her not to become a brunette.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">&#8216;Ride the Cyclone&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Peppermint Creek Theatre Company opens its \u201cBased on a True Story\u201d season with a Canadian musical that first opened in 2009 and has been steadily growing in popularity and acclaim.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the dark comedy \u201cRide the Cyclone,\u201d six teenagers who were part of a chamber choir die in a roller coaster accident. In the limbo before the afterlife, they are offered an opportunity to return to life. A fortune-telling automaton, The Amazing Karnak, invites them to tell their stories with the prize being resurrection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The show runs Sept. 19-27 at Stage One Performing Arts Center on Lake Lansing Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8216;Taking Off!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For one weekend only, the musical theater laboratory at MSU will present a workshop production of the new musical \u201cTaking Off!\u201d With a book and lyrics by Sonya Hayden and music by Matthew Lowy, the musical will be performed Sept. 19-21 in the Pasant Theatre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Directed by Adam Yankowy with musical direction by Dave Wendelberger, \u201cTaking Off!\u201d features MSU theater students in partnership with the Institute for Arts &amp; Creativity at Wharton Center. Set in the 1960s aboard a turbulent Panomorama Airlines flight, Amelia Darehart, a mechanic, trades her toolbox for a stewardess uniform, only to be disappointed by the lack of glamour. She navigates love, ambition and the absurd rules placed on women of the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Peppered with spilled drinks, a failed diamond heist and a dream ballet with terrible dancers, \u201cTaking Off!\u201d is performed in collaboration with the creators as they refine the musical for future performances.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">&#8216;Jagged Little Pill&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Opening Sept. 5 and running through Sept. 14, Owosso\u2019s \u00a0Lebowsky Center opens its season with \u201cJagged Little Pill,\u201d directed by the Center\u2019s artistic director, Garrett Bradley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Based on Canadian-American singer Alanis Morissette\u2019s third album, \u201cJagged Little Pill\u201d centers on an imperfect American family grappling with challenges ranging from drug use to gender identity to sexual assault.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Encore<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The MSU Friends of Theatre is holding a weeklong fundraiser at Schuler Books through Sept. 6. A portion of all purchases will be donated to Summer Circle Theatre, free outdoor theater that has been offered at MSU for the past 60-plus years. Tell the cashier that you would like your purchase to benefit MSU Friends of Theatre or use the code MSUFRIENDS at online checkout.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>This article originally appeared on Lansing State Journal: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lansingstatejournal.com\/story\/news\/local\/2025\/09\/02\/fall-musical-season-wharton-riverwalk-peppermint-creek-msu-lebowsky\/85936360007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Lansing fall musical season: Wharton, Riverwalk, Peppermint Creek;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Lansing fall musical season: Wharton, Riverwalk, Peppermint Creek<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Labor Day behind us, the local theater season is in full swing. 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