Lansing’s Meridian Mall has more to offer than a typical shopping center, having recently added a family-oriented theater to its array of stores.
According to excerpts from the article:
Bill Gordon, founder of Mid-Michigan Family Theatre, hopes people will soon visit the Meridian Mall for more than name-brand clothes, trendy gadgets and soft pretzels. After his company, based inside the mall next to Macy’s, makes its debut this week with “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” Gordon anticipates people to count live theater among the reasons to visit the Okemos shopping center.
“We hope that some people will come to the mall just to see our shows,” Gordon said. “Others might come to the mall just to shop and accidentally stumble upon one of ours shows and end up really enjoying it.”
Gordon chose “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” as the company’s first production because the show’s family-friendly feel is what Mid-Michigan Family Theatre is all about.
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