A Giselle For The Ages
Milwaukee Ballet resets the work in a Jewish town during WWII and the results are stunning.
Mar 27th, 2015
UWM “Winterdances” Left Me Cold
Weak choreography and dancing undercut the impact of concert’s dedication to Trisha Brown.
Feb 9th, 2015
So Many Splendid Dancers
Milwaukee Ballet’s Genesis offers three new works by international choreographers, and lots of great dancing.
Feb 6th, 2015
All The Fine Young Dancers
Milwaukee Ballet II offers a stunning display of its up-and-coming dancers at South Milwaukee PAC.
Jan 26th, 2015
The Nutcracker is Big and Athletic
Yes, its magical, but it’s the dancers’ unreal athleticism that makes the show go.
Dec 15th, 2014
Lightning in a Bottle
Monica Rodero and Dan Schuchart celebrated 10 years of dancing together with a memorable concert.
Nov 24th, 2014
Fashion Through the Ages
Danceworks’ latest show spanned recorded time, from dinosaurs to Victorian dresses to today’s weddings.
Nov 3rd, 2014
Don Quixote is Spectacular
Milwaukee Ballet scores another triumph with its big, three act show.
Oct 31st, 2014
After We Tied One On
A dreamy, evening-length concert by Molly Shanahan and her Chicago-based dance troupe captures the “Delicate Hour.”
Oct 27th, 2014
Brew City Dreams Impressive, Ultimately Incomplete
Wild Space Dance Company’s premiere has some arresting moments, but turns out oddly disjointed.
Sep 15th, 2014
Schlitz Brewery Becomes a Wild Space for Dance
The former brewery Stock-House plays host to a hypnotic dance premier.
Sep 11th, 2014
Danceworks Taps Global Tastes
Metal bottom shoes take audiences around the world in the latest performance by the Danceworks on Tap collective.
Aug 11th, 2014
A Love/Hate Affair With Danceworks
Their latest show, Art to Art, ranged from great to pretty terrible.
Aug 4th, 2014
The Timelessness of Trisha Brown
Her company’s performance at Lynden Sculpture Garden moved Manhattan minimalism to post-card pastoralism.
Jul 28th, 2014
The Fairest of Them All
Ballet’s Mirror Mirror ingeniously retells the Snow White story in a big, magnificent production.
May 16th, 2014
Up Close and Personal
Wild Space moves indoors and gets more intimate in “All About Life.”
Apr 29th, 2014
Save the Last Dance For Us
Danceworks’ season finale was a kind of party for the company’s dancers, more than for the audience.
Apr 25th, 2014
By The End I Was Bewitched
Milwaukee Ballet offers varied set of three dances with a boffo ending.
Apr 7th, 2014
Weird and Wacky But It Works
Temptation’s Snare mixes dance, music and text to wittily retell The Soldier’s Tale.
Mar 7th, 2014
A Hot Time in Dead of Winter
Milwaukee Ballet’s Winter Series offers great dancing and lots of surprises.
Feb 15th, 2014
What You See is What You Get
Wild Space’s mysterious “Sight Readings” lets audience choose what show they want to see.
Jan 31st, 2014
The Power of Intimacy
Wild Space tries a smaller venue where dancers and audience will be on a hunt for meaning.
Jan 28th, 2014
The Magic of the Nutcracker
It’s a wonderful family show, with some memorable moments of adult sensuality.
Dec 17th, 2013
No More Discombobulation, Radermacher Dance Declares
Kelly Radermacher will unveil the Radermacher Dance Company’s Milwaukee premiere, “Recombobulation Area.”
Dec 3rd, 2013
Lionel Popkin’s cultural scavenger hunt at Alverno Presents
West Coast choreographer Lionel Popkin set out on a search for the story behind his own inspirations, and fell into a rabbit hole leading to dance pioneer Ruth St. Denis. The resulting "Ruth Doesn't Live Here Anymore" visits Pitman Theatre this Saturday.
Nov 15th, 2013
the power of collaboration
Danceworks invited dancers, choreographers, set designers, musicians and composers to prove that two brains (or more) are better than one. "Intersect" premieres this weekend at their Water St. studio.
Nov 14th, 2013
Nick Sanborn and the sideman spotlight
Milwaukee-turned-North Carolina musician Nick Sanborn speaks with TCD about his "Lend Me Your Voice" project, premiering this weekend through Alverno Presents and featuring the talents of Sanborn's varied friends and collaborators.
Nov 10th, 2013
Milwaukee Ballet
Artistic Director Michael Pink speaks with TCD about the upcoming 2013-14 season, including the return of anticipated favorites and an exciting world premiere. First up: the iconic "Romeo & Juliet."
Oct 30th, 2013
Renaissance Theaterworks
Milwaukee's women-founded, women-run theatre company ushers in its 2013-14 season with "The Belle of Amherst," "The Understudy," and the return of RTW favorite, "Skin Tight." TCD spoke with the ladies at the helm of the productions.
Oct 18th, 2013
Have you heard Milwaukee’s beautiful folk music?
We'd like to introduce you to some of the city's indie folk bands, who have taken that "folk" sound and created stunning, complex and varied music that you should hear, now.
Oct 16th, 2013
Let’s get quirky
Renaissance Theaterworks depicts the eccentric Emily Dickinson, live-action graphic novel The Intergalactic Nemesis comes to the Marcus, Alverno Presents welcomes Vaudeville psychedelics The Hinterlands, Uprooted Theatre goes "Against Type."
Oct 14th, 2013
Why you should join SkylightENSEMBLE
Audience Development Manager Emily Vitrano speaks to TCD about Skylight Music Theatre's young professional organization, with fun, collaborative events that support the local theater community. First up: a Bollywood Bash After Party this Saturday night, celebrating the success of "Fidelio"
Oct 11th, 2013
Bold openings and visual treats
Frankly Music, Early Music Now and First Stage kick off their seasons, while the MAM unveils its newest exhibit and Radiolab Live returns with an all-new sensory overload.
Oct 11th, 2013
Murder Mystery at the Alchemist Theatre
Artistic Director Aaron Kopec has created a creepy, roam-about experience for the Alchemist's annual Halloween show, and this time you will determine who-dun-it.
Oct 2nd, 2013
Classic fall offerings return
The MSO does Concertos for Orchestra, while classic autumnal events like Oktoberfest, ARToberfest, the annual Film Fest and the Alchemist Halloween show round out the week.
Oct 1st, 2013
“Shorts: Let’s Get Animated”
The Milwaukee Film Festival brings you seven strange, dark and heartfelt international shorts, premiering Tuesday night at Fox Bay Cinema.
Sep 30th, 2013
“Ludwig II”
The beautiful, sprawling bio pic of Germany's "mad monarch" comes to the film fest. Friday's screening is already sold out!
Sep 26th, 2013
Youngblood Theatre goes dramatic with “Dying City”
Youngblood Theatre’s artistic director Benjamin Wilson talks their first show of the season, a post-9/11 drama about loss staged in the Lincoln Storage Warehouse.
Sep 25th, 2013
Party on, MKE
The MKE Film Fest reels back into our lives, Milwaukee Cocktail Week ties one on, 88.9 celebrates a new studio space, and Bay View Gallery Night parades local art.
Sep 24th, 2013
Mary MacDonald Kerr goes solo in MCT’s “The Detective’s Wife”
The veteran Milwaukee actress faces a new challenge in playwright Keith Huff's "ghost story" about a woman whose police officer husband is killed.
Sep 17th, 2013
Wild Space Dance Company
Artistic Director Deb Loewen shares her thoughts on the upcoming season, including this weekend's season opener, taking place in Menomonee Valley's new Three Bridges Park.
Sep 16th, 2013
Leda Hoffmann’s underworld, under the Holton Street Bridge
The local director will stage a production of Margaret Atwood's "Penelopiad," a female-focused look at the characters of Homer's "Odyssey," in the pop-up park.
Aug 21st, 2013
Art to Art delivers fresh collaborations
Danceworks' annual performance highlights the talents of Milwaukee's many creatives, with lovely results.
Aug 3rd, 2013
Milwaukee doubles down on Shakespeare this weekend
Both Optimist Theatre and the Alchemist Theatre open works by the Bard this Friday, the first performing "As You Like It" and the second "King Lear."
Jul 11th, 2013
Let’s call it reverie
UWM alums Steven Moses and Jaimi Patterson opened their second performance of Rooftop Dance Thursday evening with an impressive lineup of intense and imaginative works.
Jun 28th, 2013
In Tandem’s “Apartment 3A” delivers constant, sharp humor
In Tandem Theatre closes its season with Jeff Daniels' "Apartment 3A" and its witty answers to life's big, pesky questions.
Apr 29th, 2013
Greek classics, Quasimondo style
Artistic director Brian Rott talks about the physical troupe's newest show, "Bacchanalia," inspired by Greek mythology and philosophy.
Apr 18th, 2013
“Road to Mecca” lined with heart-wrenching performances
Renaissance Theaterworks' season closer beautifully tells the story of outsider artist Helen Martins' fears and struggles in 1974 apartheid South Africa.
Apr 7th, 2013
“Just Like Being There”
Artists Francisco Ramirez and Paloma Chavez, film director Scout Shannon discuss Thursday night's art, film and music event.
Apr 2nd, 2013
Overwhelming in its creativity
A collection of dances stun and dazzle at the Rep's Steimke Studio, although they sometimes do too much in the moment.
Mar 15th, 2013
Extracting Milwaukee’s quiet awesomeness
A diverse group of city leaders will gather at the Pabst Theatre for an intimate and lively discussion about our dear Milwaukee's future.
Mar 10th, 2013
Alchemist’s “Dracula,” creative theater with bite
Alchemist Theatre's Year of Fear continues as Aaron Kopec has a bloody good time with "Dracula."
Mar 2nd, 2013
National Players’ Animal Farm delivers creative political commentary
Thursday night's performance at Vogel Hall used imaginative set design to drive George Orwell's allegorical story.
Feb 23rd, 2013
Mystery of the mundane
Morgan Thorson's latest, hosted by Alverno Presents, makes the everyday magical in the bodies and voices of five dancers.
Feb 17th, 2013
Yep. It’s what it sounds like.
Quasimondo director Brian Rott and producer Jessi Miller discuss developing their newest work and (a little of) its premise.
Feb 13th, 2013
Robots, zombies and pretty music
The Quasimondo has a new bot-show, "The Walking Dead" makes a special trip to the Riverside and tunes from Present Music, Early Music Now, and the MSO.
Feb 12th, 2013
Young gems, hidden in a rough story
UWM's Peck School of the Arts puts on a performance with a high-energy ensemble and a hard-to-swallow plot line.
Feb 9th, 2013
interACT and the state of Milwaukee theater
Pink Banana Theater's Matt Kemple, ART Milwaukee's Jeremy Fojut speak of their interACT evening, involving six theater groups.
Feb 8th, 2013
A weekend of song and dance
Concerts at MSO, the Florentine and Milwaukee Theatre, alongside a Year of the Arts musical and the Ballet's Genesis competition.
Feb 5th, 2013
Wind yourself up for a good time
Next Act gives Stephen Massicotte's play pitch-perfect actors and neat use of space. We'll keep its mysteries secret.
Feb 2nd, 2013
Next Act winds up for “The Clockmaker”
Director Mary MacDonald Kerr's play, about a clockmaker trying to save an unhappily married woman, is a "sort of" love story.
Jan 31st, 2013
The time is right for new shows
The Rep and Next Act present time-jumping dramas, Alverno pays tribute to a master from the past, and Danceworks performs pieces yet to exist.
Jan 29th, 2013
“Completely Hollywood” full of stars, some extra bright
Soulstice Theatre's rendition of the Reduced Shakespeare Comedy inspired show hits the right notes, especially in Act II.
Jan 26th, 2013
First Stage takes a serious look at racial conflict
"To the Promised Land" interweaves the lives of a young Golda Meir and an African-American girl amid the civil rights movement.
Jan 25th, 2013
Too much art not to brave the cold
Edith Piaf revived at the Skylight, First Stage honors Milwaukee history, UWM performs Winterdances, and so much music hits the city.
Jan 22nd, 2013
MKE honors Dr. King
Two concerts Sunday pay tribute to MLK: one by the Marcus Center and the other by Bel Canto Chorus.
Jan 17th, 2013
Theater and Gallery Night return
Cream City stages get busy with productions from the Rep, Renaissance, Sunset and more, while winter's Gallery Night launches several exhibits.
Jan 15th, 2013
Local artists and “Memphis,” too
Milwaukee artists from cellist Peter Thomas to an All-State Choir at the Pabst dominate, but the Marcus gets a taste of "Memphis."
Jan 8th, 2013
Cheers to an artsy new year
Support the Milwaukee arts as your New Year's resolution. Formerly known as On Stage, Milwaukee This Week is your weekly guide to the arts in our fine city.
Jan 1st, 2013
TCD’s 2013 New Year’s Hangover Guide
Here at ThirdCoast, we want you to enjoy that fresh, new-year feeling. So we've put together a list of remedies to help keep that New Year's Day hangover at bay.
Dec 31st, 2012
Milwaukee arts ring in 2013
Ring in 2013 with Jim Gaffigan, Andreas Delfs or Dustin Diamond, or catch a holiday show before it's too late.
Dec 25th, 2012
Silly girls
The Rep stages Jane Austen's classic; eloquence and humor yes, passion no.
Dec 15th, 2012
Aaron Rodgers Day not all worth celebrating
Handel's Messiah arrives for the holidays; Jane Austen gets sensible at the Rep; Who Killed Santa returns; and pirates at the Public Museum.
Dec 11th, 2012
The MSO helps deliver some killer Queen
Backed by the MSO, lead singer Brody Dolyniuk and his Queen tribute band symphonically resurrected Freddie Mercury's music at the Riverside.
Dec 9th, 2012
Stories, community, Milwaukee
Ex Fabula Spectacular at Turner Hall this Thursday brings the group's favorite storytellers to the stage for a night of human connection and Milwaukee culture.
Dec 5th, 2012
An abundance of the arts
Christmas in the Basilica, indie-pop at Turner, the return of the Nutcracker, Ex Fabula storytelling, and everything in between.
Dec 4th, 2012
The powerful return of Alabama Shakes
Brittany Howard and her band returned to Milwaukee for a sold-out show at the Riverside Theater, packing the venue with soul-blazing southern rock.
Dec 1st, 2012
Lots to do as Christmas looms
Choices range from the classic (Rep's Christmas Carol, Doc at the MSO) to the quirky (In Tandem's Cudahy carolers, Brady Street Festivus).
Nov 27th, 2012
emotional and deep
Sarah Day and Laura Frye are outstanding as mentor and student in Donald Marguiles' probing play about the writing life.
Nov 24th, 2012
A hearty helping of the arts for Thanksgiving
Rudolph comes to First Stage, the MSO presents West Side Story and The Irish Tenors celebrate the pending holiday.
Nov 20th, 2012
“It’s a Wonderful Life Live Radio Show” sparkles
Next Act Theatre uses the Foley sound-effects tradition and layered performances for a "wonderful" show.
Nov 17th, 2012
The season blows wide open
A busy Milwaukee arts week culminates in an epic Friday pile-up, from MSO at the Basilica to David Parsons Dance at the Wilson Center.
Nov 13th, 2012
Next Act’s live radio holiday show
David Cescarini: "It's a Wonderful Life Live Radio Show" combines George Bailey's iconic story with old-time radio charm.
Nov 13th, 2012
A Week for Music
The Wisconsin Philharmonic, The MSO and The Fine Arts Quartet get busy.
Nov 6th, 2012
Soulstice offers a leaden “Blithe Spirit”
The company's production of Noel Coward's 1941 comedy is more creaky than classic.
Nov 4th, 2012
The Quasimondo stakes its claim in Milwaukee
With "Halloween Tree," the new physical theater troupe continues mixing unconventional ideas with traditional forms.
Oct 31st, 2012
Frank Sinatra, Jr. kicks off the Salvation Army Red Kettle campaign
Packer great LeRoy Butler is honorary chair of the benefit concert, to be held this Friday.
Oct 30th, 2012
A quiet week, with charitable options
As the holiday season draws nearer, fundraisers, benefits and pay-what-you-can performances take center stage.
Oct 30th, 2012
disturbing, amazing
Off the Wall Theatre stages Harry Gibson's adaptation with unnerving, incredible results.
Oct 26th, 2012
Sleigh Bells shred Milwaukee a new one
Sleigh Bells dropped an absurd level of noise, talent and crazy at Turner Hall on Wednesday night.
Oct 25th, 2012
Musical gems, unsettling theater, and falling dancers
Present Music, Natalie Merchant and Siberian Virtuosi power up, while the theater re-visits disturbing history.
Oct 23rd, 2012
Favorites returning, or reimagined
Opera La Boheme becomes ballet; the LGBT Film Fest celebrates a 2nd annual 25th anniversary; First Stage adapts "Big."
Oct 16th, 2012
“Titanic” flows beautifully, but a little broad
The touring show at the Milwaukee Theatre lacks deep emotion or a compelling score, despite some talented performances.
Oct 13th, 2012
“The Alchemist Eye” a little foggy
Aaron Kopec's fifth annual Halloween show is long on exposition and short on thrills.
Oct 12th, 2012
the Musical” steams to the Milwaukee Theatre
Wisconsinite Geoff Karnish provides a preview to "Titanic," an emotionally charged Broadway musical.
Oct 12th, 2012
Halloween Horror from “The Alchemist Eye”
Aaron Kopec brings scares to the Alchemist Theatre's cozy space.
Oct 10th, 2012
No time to lounge around. Go out.
Rembrandt at MAM, Alchemist Halloween, "Titanic" anniversary, photos at Via/Transfer, lots of Last Chances.
Oct 9th, 2012
Dark Theater, Light Music
Theater goes Halloween, music bubbles over, and the Milwaukee Film Festival marches on.
Oct 2nd, 2012
Crowding the stage
An arts avalanche hits Milwaukee this week, with an epic pileup of music, dance and theater on Sept. 28.
Sep 25th, 2012
‘Avenue Q’s’ uncensored take on life
The Skylight's production, using the same puppets as the original Broadway show, opens Friday, Sept. 21.
Sep 19th, 2012
Doors Open for Roof Access
Doors Open MKE takes you inside, Wild Space takes you outside, MSO and Mahler address your inner child.
Sep 18th, 2012
