The Great Gatsby - Theatrical Production

The Great Gatsby - Theatrical Production at Fisher Theatre - MI

Every great love story lives in the ache between what we want and what we can have. The Great Gatsby takes F. Scott Fitzgerald's indelible portrait of desire and regret and gives it a pulse through an original musical score that carries the longing Jay Gatsby feels for Daisy Buchanan into song. This Tony-winning adaptation by Kait Kerrigan, with music by Jason Howland and Nathan Tysen, explores the longing beneath the Roaring Twenties glamour. Director Marc Bruni and choreographer Dominique Kelley craft a jazz-and-pop-infused theatrical experience that honors the novel's emotional core while giving it fresh rhythm and dimension. The score weaves through ambition, wealth, and the tragic gap between dream and reality, turning familiar characters into something immediate and visceral. You know how the story ends, but watching it unfold in song and movement at Fisher Theatre on Saturday, November 28, 2026, at 7:30 PM offers a different way to engage with its emotional stakes.

Saturday night belongs to the dreamers, and few fictional dreamers have made a bigger mess of love than Jay Gatsby. At Fisher Theatre, the parties and polished surfaces give way to an original score about wanting what you cannot recover. You don't have to admire Gatsby's choices to feel the heartbreak behind them. Take a friend who loves a debate after the curtain, and reserve an evening for The Great Gatsby's Detroit performance.