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State Theatre announces 2021 season

State Theatre has announced the 2021 season for the first half of the year.

Tickets for shows will be available online to the general public beginning at 10 a.m. on Aug. 12 at www.statetheatre.org. In person and phone orders are temporarily suspended.

Upcoming shows include:

THE FAB FAUX

The Fab Faux with The Hogshead Horns, The Creme Tangerine Strings will take the stage at 8 p.m. on March 13.

The most musically satisfying Beatles’ tribute band returns with a glorious hodgepodge of Beatles’ hits and favorites. With a commitment to the accurate reproduction of The Beatles’ repertoire, The Fab Faux treat the seminal music with unwavering respect and are known for their painstaking recreations of the songs.

THE IRISH COMEDY TOUR

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the blokes from the Irish Comedy Tour at 8 p.m. on March 17. Take the party atmosphere of a Dublin pub and combined it with a boisterous, belly-laugh band of hooligans.

The clover - make that clever - comedians, whose ancestors hail from the Emerald Isle, include Detroit native Derek Richards; Boston-born Mike McCarthy; Nova Scotia’s Damon Leibert; and from Inchicore, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland Derrick Keane. Don’t miss these hilarious Irish American comedians as they tear apart as well as validate all of the Irish myths and stereotypes.

The show is for audiences 16 and older.

RENT

There will be two performances of “Rent” at 3 and 8 p.m. on March 27.

For a quarter of a century, Jonathan Larson’s “Rent” has inspired us to choose love over fear and to live without regret. This Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning phenomenon follows a year in the lives of a diverse group of artists and friends struggling to follow their dreams without selling out.

Whether you’ve never seen “Rent” or have completely lost count, you can’t miss it this time around - the 25th anniversary “Farewell Season of Love” is your final chance to experience this celebrated touring production.

TRIFECTA OF FOLK GREATS

The Kingston Trio, The Brothers Four and The Limeliters will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. on April 10 for an amazing night celebrating Folk Music.

This extraordinary combination, a perfect concert of folk music by three of the best known names in folk, together in one amazing show.

ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK

This show will take place at 7:30 p.m. on April 14.

In a career spanning over 50 years, Engelbert has generated sales in excess of 160 million records, including 64 gold albums and 35 platinum four Grammy nominations, a Golden Globe, and stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Las Vegas Walk of Fame.

Engelbert exploded onto the music scene in the ’60s alongside The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Some of his best known songs are “Release Me,” “The Last Waltz,” “After the Lovin,’?” “This Moment in Time” and “A Man Without Love.”

MOTONES & JERSEYS

Motones & Jerseys will perform at 7 p.m. on April 15.

Are you ready for a high-energy ’60s-inspired song and dance experience, featuring the most iconic songs of the 20th Century?

With a set list of nearly 50 songs, The Motones & The Jerseys join forces in this “concert that never was,” to celebrate the music of beloved artists like Marvin Gaye, The Drifters, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, The Temptations, The Beach Boys, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Herman’s Hermits and many more.

This is not your typical show.

B-THE UNDERWATER BUBBLE SHOW

B-The Underwater Bubble Show is a family friendly event that will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on April 16.

A visually spectacular show for all ages and inspired by the “Cirque du Soleil,” B-The Underwater Bubble Show uses the latest laser technologies, snow cannons, soap bubble tornadoes, theatrical fog, gigantic smoke rings, smoke-filled soap bubble machines, optical illusions and many other surprises.

With some references from classics such as “Pinocchio,” “The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “Peter Pan,” “B” is considered a modern fairy tale in which we can all find ourselves, without any age limits.