Turning 100 this year, Howmet Playhouse sets its 2016 Summer Theatre Festival
3/18/2016 - Leading into the celebration of Howmet Playhouse turning 100 years old this year, the historic theater owned by the City of Whitehall has set its 2016 Summer Theatre Festival. From this July 7 through Aug. 20, the playhouse that opened on Sept. 26, 1916 will host seven weekends of live productions, with subjects ranging from baseball to quilting to fine art to master detective Sherlock Holmes to a summer idyll on a small lake. Beth Beaman, the playhouse’s managing director, said the season will open July 7-9 with “Rounding Third,” playwright Richard Dressler’s story of two Little League baseball coaches, one a veteran head coach, the other his young assistant. Following that July 14-16, the Central Michigan University Summer Theatre touring company will make its annual sojourn to the White Lake Area. CMU will stage “Dearly Departed” on July 14, “Marriage is Murder” on July 15 and “Shady Business” on July 16. CMU has been staging summer shows at the playhouse for decades. Fr...