The Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, designed by TMP Associates, Inc. of Bloomfield Hills, opened November 7, 1982. The theater, with 1,271 seats, provides intimacy between performer and patron, and features continental seating and unobstructed viewing. The stage, with an adjustable acoustic orchestra shell, can accommodate everything from a 100-piece orchestra to the biggest opera assemblage or a spotlight on a soloist.

Over the years, the list of star entertainment at Macomb Center reads like a Who's Who in the entertainment industry. In the early years Ray Charles, Buddy Rich, Rick Nelson, Glen Campbell, David Copperfield, Pat Boone, and Ben Vereen all made appearances. Then came shows like Tony Bennett, Johnny Cash, Carol Channing, Marcel Marceau, Johnny Mathis, Kenny Rogers, Itzhak Perlman, Bill Cosby, Roger Whittaker, Willie Nelson, Regis Philbin, Howie Mandel, Tom Jones, Wayne Newton, Engelbert Humperdinck, The Beach Boys, Burt Bacharach, Alan King, The Everly Brothers, Anne Murray, Paul Anka, Mitzi Gaynor and Debbie Reynolds. Today the Center welcomes stars like Mandy Patinkin, Jeff Daniels, Kathy Griffin, AirSupply and back for their 25th season, The Irish Rovers. The Center continues to attract the best of world-class artists. Macomb Center currently stands as the cultural centerpiece of Macomb County.