GPT celebrates holidays — and new stage — with ‘White Christmas’

Grosse Pointe Theatre’s production of the Irving Berlin musical “White Christmas” stars, from left, Mario Simone, of Rochester; Manda Borden, of Clawson; Jillian Evennou, of Warren; and Zak Shugart, of Chesterfield Township.

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GROSSE POINTE PARK — Grosse Pointe Theatre will have local audiences dreaming of a “White Christmas” when they open this show at the new, state-of-the-art Schaap Center in Grosse Pointe Park next month.

The Irving Berlin musical, which kicks off GPT’s 78th season, will be staged Dec. 5 to 21 at the Schaap Center, which is GPT’s new, permanent home.

In “White Christmas,” Army buddies Bob Wallace and Phil Davis are performing as a song-and-dance act after World War II when they run into a pair of singing sisters slated to play