When mulling over things to do this weekend, don’t forget about live theater — and these six shows running on metro area stages …
• The Detroit Public Theatre has opened its production of “The Mountaintop” — playwright Katori Hall’s 2009 depiction of Martin Luther King Jr.’s last night alive, in the Lorraine Motel in Memphis — running through March 8 at the DPT playhouse, 3960 Third Ave., Detroit. 313-974-7918 or detroitpublictheatre.org.
• Perennial favorite “The Phantom of the Opera” is at the Detroit Opera House through Feb. 15, with a special open caption performance at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 8. 1526 Broadway St., Detroit. 313-872-1000 or broadwayindetroit.com.
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• The musical comedy “Kinky Boots” returns for a short run, through Sunday, Feb. 8, at the Fisher Theatre, 3011 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit. 313-872-1000 or broadwayindetroit.com.
• St. Dunstan’s Theatre runs “A Jukebox For the Algonquin” — “a serious comedy about sex, drugs and rocking chairs” — through Sunday, Feb. 8. 400 Lone Pine Road, Bloomfield Hills. 844-386-7826 or stdunstanstheatre.com.
• Hamtramck’s Planet Ant Theatre wraps its run of the original one-act dramedy “On the Nose” on Saturday, Feb. 7. 2357 Caniff St. More details and tickets via planetant.com.
• For the whole family, “The Hare and the Tortoise,” staged by England’s Tutti Frutti Productions, hops into Detroit’s Orsa Music Hall at 3 p.m. Feb. 8. 350 Madison St. 313-0887-8500 or musichall.org.
