Broadway Baby Dinner Theatre
Next in TCD's series of stories from amateurs in the arts, Hope Stolarski goes behind the scenes as Milwaukee's longest-running dinner theatre opens a new season.
Apr 15th, 2011
A new perspective on disability
The Milwaukee Public Theatre challenges the way our culture views people with disabilities with Tap the Potential, devoted to the cathartic power of art.
Oct 19th, 2010
Regano’s Roman Coin
For me, Regano’s Roman Coin on Brady Street means several things: Christmas lights year round, regulars at all hours of the day, chili cook-offs, $1 mystery shots and smoke.
Jun 22nd, 2010
Fine-tuning a Tenor
The Broadway revival of "Lend Me a Tenor" debuted last weekend, but you don’t have to travel to see this classic farce.It premieres this weekend on the Bay Players Stage.
Apr 8th, 2010
Local celebs take on Valentine’s Day
TCD's Hope Stolarski catches up with a few of Milwaukee's movers and shakers to find out their plans and ideas for the Day of Love.
Feb 7th, 2010
RENT the Broadway Tour at the Marcus Center
Even if you've seen a locally staged version of RENT, the national Broadway tour still wows audiences.
Nov 25th, 2009
RENT’s Gwen Stewart on the show’s ageless message
Original cast member and "Seasons of Love" soloist talks to TCD about the power of the Broadway tour coming to Milwaukee.
Nov 19th, 2009
Curtain call, behind the scenes
Once the curtain closes, a community stage actress laments the end of the camaraderie on and off the stage that makes each production special. Pt. 2
Oct 21st, 2009
Acting behind the scenes
TCD's resident community stage actress shares her diary about working as a player in Bay Players' "Noises Off!" that premieres this weekend.
Sep 22nd, 2009
Unruly Music Festival doesn’t ‘play’ by the rules
Now in its fourth year and expanded to three nights, this UWM concert series explores new ground.
Sep 7th, 2009
Danceworks’ “Art to Art” melds visual arts and movement
Kinetic sculptures, robots, underwater harps and live music punctuate this performance by guest choreographers, dancers, and other artists at Danceworks this weekend.
Jul 29th, 2009
Audition Idol at Boulevard Theatre
The actor's nightmares: I know I had them.
Jul 11th, 2009
Jarreau, Opera, Ballet, and Bombastics
With Thursday night's concert featuring 7-time Grammy Winner Al Jarreau, interactive activities for the kids, plus a ballet and opera feature with an unbelievable fireworks finale Saturday night -- it's a party unlike most others in the greater Milwaukee area this July
Jul 9th, 2009
“There’s No Place Like Home” for one Wisconsin native (and 12 munchkins from Waukesha)
Do you remember the first time you were serenaded by Judy Garland’s version of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” or hoped little Toto would find his way home? This weekend, trip down a yellow-brick memory lane, live at the Milwaukee Theatre. A revamped, high-tech version based on the 1939 MGM classic The Wizard of Oz flies into town on its first national tour in more than a decade.
Jun 3rd, 2009
MIAD, AmeriCorps & local youth collaborate
People who come to the Sixteenth Street Community Health Center on Milwaukee's south side will get a new kind of medicine these days. It's not through prescriptions or preventative treatment, but instead a vision of hope outside the building. It's art.
May 26th, 2009
Pius XI plays the Pabst
Pius XI High's performing arts office first rented out the Pabst stage a few years ago for a production of Cats. Beauty and the Beast director Kevin Schwartz was also at the helm on that show, and is looking forward to another success. He says it's all about making the kids look good. "I felt it was really important for our students to have at least one shot a year at going to a beautiful theater like the Pabst, which has great acoustics, great sight lines, and comfortable theater seating instead of sitting on the old bleachers," Schwartz explains.
May 8th, 2009
