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2015-16 Main Stage Season Information
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You’ve all been waiting to hear more about our new season, and here it is! 2015-16 is our Season with Soul, with three amazing, soulful Main Stage performances to choose from! Stay tuned for ticket information as we approach the dates!

WOODWARD Wonderland
A Detroit Holiday Celebration
December 10-13 at Detroit Institute of Arts
One of metro Detroit’s favorite holiday traditions, WOODWARD Wonderland celebrates everything magical about winter in the Motor City, yesterday and today – from the story of the Chilly Willie float’s unforgettable escape from the Thanksgiving Parade, ice skating in Campus Martius, Motown Christmas songs, and the 12th Floor of J.L. Hudson’s. This distinctively Detroit holiday show is perfect for the whole family.

DANCE to the MUSIC
Mosaic Singers in Concert
March 4-6 at Music Hall Center for Performing Arts
Having opened for legendary artists Aretha Franklin, Harry Belafonte, Pete Seeger, and Al Green — and having performed just this year with Josh Groban and Foreigner — the Mosaic Singers are a metro Detroit musical sensation. This March, do not miss Mosaic Singers as they return to Music Hall for DANCE to the MUSIC: Mosaic Singers in Concert, a two-part program featuring Spirtuala, Vocal Jazz, and World Music followed by a tribute to the best of Dance Music from the 1960s to the present.

A Midsummer SOULstice
Soul casts its spell on a Midsummer Dream
May 12-22 at Detroit Institute of Arts
A mash-up of Soul hits from the 60s and 70s and one of the funniest plays ever written, A Midsummer SOULstice is a non-stop, hilarious musical romp through the woods on the longest day of the year. A Midsummer SOULstice continues Mosaic’s 22-year tradition of dynamic re-imaginings of classics, which most recently resulted in a partnership with the nation’s preeminent theatre company, NYC’s The Public Theater, on a musical version of The Tempest. Join us as Mosaic uses the SOUL-ful sound of Detroit to transform another classic comedy for today’s audiences.

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COME JOIN THE GIANT D SING-ALONG AT THE DIA!
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A special message courtesy of our friend Allee Willis, the award-winning songwriter who we collaborated with on “The D” two years ago!

ATTENTION ALL DETROITERS!

As many of you know and participated in, in September and November 2013 I came back to my home and favorite town, Detroit, to record “The D,” the official-unofficial theme song to accompany the reinvention of the city, as well as to shoot the feature-length documentary “Allee Willis loves Detroit,” about human spirit as seen through the people of Detroit as well as how my life and career parallel their trials and triumphs. NOW, on Monday, October 26 at 1 PM at the DIA, you have one more chance to join in one of the most unique collaborations between an artist and a city that has ever taken place!

The 2013 singalongs were recorded at 50 locations all over the city. More people than have ever joined the original artist on a record before – over 6,000 Detroiters – came together in one expression of pride, joy, and funkiness to let the world know that the Soul has never left the Motor City! They were joined by a plethora of world-renowned Detroit born or raised celebrities. For the film, over 20 Oscar, Grammy, Emmy, Tony, and Pulitzer Prize winning and nominated non-Detroit celebs joined too, all of whom or whose work represents triumphing over struggle despite impossible odds.

Now is your chance to not only join us but to also have one of the wildest afternoons of your life at the biggest (and last) sing-along of them all at the DIA in front of the Diego Rivera Detroit Industry Murals on Monday, October 26 at 1 PM!  We will teach you the song there and you will be out by 3 PM at the latest.

The message of “The D”/”Allee Willis Loves Detroit” is the motto I live by – “From the ashes come the miracles” and that against the greatest of obstacles the greatest of things can happen if you only have the imagination, creativity, and guts to try. All of which is happening in Detroit now!

As opposed to other songs and documentaries done on Detroit, this one features no broken windows! And 100% of all profits from the release of the record, video, film, and potential docu-series come back to Detroit, specifically The Heidelberg Project and The Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit.

You can see who in Detroit has participated so far here.
You can see which celebs we’ve recorded and filmed so far here.
To see press on the project, go here.
To see our work progress since the project began, go here.
To see everything Allee Detroit, go here.

So I hope to see all of you as well as your friends, families, coworkers, anyone and everyone at Detroit’s crown arts jewel, the DIA, on Monday, October 26 at 1 PM. It’s also my big send-off before I go to New York where my musical, “The Color Purple,” the ultimate story of survival, opens on Broadway again starring the great Jennifer Hudson. So please forward this to all you know and LEMME SEE YOU THERE!

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