GROSSE POINTE PARK — High hopes for a happy holiday season for Grosse Pointe Theatre and its audiences were dashed Dec. 2 by news that the production of “White Christmas” — which had been slated to run Dec. 5 to 21 at the new Schaap Center in Grosse Pointe Park — had to be canceled.

Unanticipated construction delays on the building — which had already led to the cancellation of a ticketed community event Nov. 30 — mean that the Schaap Center isn’t ready to host shows or other events yet.

“It is very sad,” Grosse Pointe Theatre Board President Danielle Caralis said. “This cast and crew worked six months to put this on. … It’s so heartbreaking to not let them perform.”

Caralis said GPT did contact other venues in the area — including a high school in St. Clair Shores — but with school and

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