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Growing Theater Group Finds New Home in Third Ward

And with it, a bigger platform for 'In The Canyon,' which can discomfort and delight the audience.

Skylight’s ‘Waitress’ Has Big Voices, Thin Script

Energetic staging of hit Broadway musical has its moments, but not enough of them.

New Murals Coming To Third Ward

Four pieces new will appear in time for Gallery Night.

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Announces its 2024-2025 Season, Celebrating its 50th Anniversary

Milwaukee Film Names New CEO, Reports Attendance Growth

And reveals new fall doc festival and 2025 festival dates.

Skylight’s ‘Eternity’ Is a Slam Bang Show

But 2013 musical adaptation of 'From Here to Eternity' offers more fireworks than humanity.

‘The Mountaintop’ Offers Very Human Martin Luther King Jr.

Uneven MCT production offers commanding performance by Bryant Bentley as King.

‘Spring Awakening’ Is a Powerful Show

It actually shut down Skylight's electrical system Friday night. It's a must-see musical about teen angst beautifully performed by hearing and deaf actors.

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Announces Legacy Night performance of THE MOUNTAINTOP on March 22

Hosted by CopyWrite Magazine, Legacy Night invites Black and African American community members to experience THE MOUNTAINTOP by Katori Hall

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Continues 2023-2024 Season with The Mountaintop by Pulitzer Prize Winner Katori Hall

Directed by Dimonte Henning, starring Bryant Bentley and N’Jameh Russell-Camara

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Launches The Mountaintop Legacy Award

Highlighting Black excellence in Milwaukee during MCT’s run of Katori Hall’s play THE MOUNTAINTOP

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre brings to the stage rare revival of Eugene O’Neill masterpiece, A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN

Starring La Shawn Banks, Kelly Doherty, and James Pickering and Directed by Mary MacDonald Kerr

‘School Of Rock’ Is a Holiday Hit

Skylight's show is too long, but actor Joey Sanzaro and the ensemble of kids are tons of fun.

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Presents Brent Hazelton’s LIBERACE! With Milwaukee Native And Off-Broadway Star Brett Ryback

Created in collaboration with the Liberace Foundation for the Performing and Creative Arts

‘Laughs in Spanish’ Rarely Delivers It

Comic whodunit plot with telenovela echoes gets uneven MCT production.

Skylight Music Theatre Announces Cast, Creative Team for Leonard Bernstein’s Beloved Masterpiece Candide

Visionary New Production of Classic Operetta Opens 2023-24 Season

Meat on the Street Closes Operations

Filipino street food business closes food truck and Public Museum kiosk.

Public Museum Selects New Caterer

Noble Catering & Events will offer customized menus for Milwaukee Public Museum events.

Skylight Music Theatre Names Susan Varela Executive Director

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Raises $1,514,428 In Sustainability Campaign, Will Proceed With 23/24 Season

Challenge Match led by Caran and Joel Quadracci through the Windhover Foundation with support from Donna and Donald Baumgartner and the Herzfeld Foundation is Instrumental to Success

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Announces $150,000 Sustainability Campaign Challenge Match led by Caran and Joel Quadracci through the Windhover Foundation with support from Donna and Donald Baumgartner and the Herzfeld Foundation

Campaign Deadline Extended to Tuesday, March 7th

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Presents the World Premiere of HOOPS

Adapted by Eliana Pipes with Original Music by B~Free from The HOOPS Project by Nicole Acosta

Go Grocer Opens in Third Ward

Plus: Farewell to Flannery's, The Spice House, E&F Pizzeria and Gülden Room Cafe.

Noble Catering Will Operate Skylight Bar & Bistro

F Street's catering company starts Feb. 3, coinciding with opening night of 'Evita.'

Chamber Theatre Not Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Revival of Albee’s caustic classic is well acted, powerful and intriguing.

Skylight Music Theatre Receives Wispact Foundation Grant to Support American Sign Language (ASL) Programming

Chamber Theatre’s ‘Misery’ Is Intense

Production more intimate than famous movie but dramatically spotty.

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Announces Departure of Managing Director

Skylight Music Theatre Announces New One Night Only Concerts

Series Launches with Pop Icon Tributes to James Taylor, Prince & Michael Jackson, and ABBA

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Announces New Production Manager!

Skylight Music Theatre Announces Early Career Professional Internship Program

Skylight Music Theatre Announces Skylight in the Park with Sondheim

Outdoor Concert & Picnic to Benefit Skylight Music Theatre Saturday, June 18, 2022, 6 p.m.

Skylight Music Theatre Announces 2022-2023 Season

Exciting Premieres, Dynamic Partnerships and Unexpected Twists

Rach Meets Rachmaninoff

Milwaukee Opera Theatre’s "Preludes" is a unique yet disappointing musical theater work about the composer.

“Babel” Offers Disturbing View of Future

Uneven production by The Constructivists imagines society with genetic laws that decide who lives and dies.

‘Indecent’ Offers Tangy Slice of Theater History

But Paula Vogel’s play about playwright Sholem Asch’s travails bogs down in over busy Chamber Theatre staging.

MCT’s ‘Mala’ Is Good Family Drama

Rána Roman shines in one-person show, but staging is uneven.

Skylight Premiere of Raisin Rescheduled to April 8-24

Shift in Skylight Calendar Due to Impact of Covid on Season

Skylight Music Theatre Presents Free Screening of Documentary South

Saturday, January 29 at 3:45 p.m. Presented in Conjunction with Skylight’s Musical Ernest Shackleton Loves Me

Skylight Music Theatre’s Little Shop of Horrors Raises Funds for Sojourner Family Peace Center

Regional Premiere of Ernest Shackleton Loves Me Postponed One Week Due to Breakthrough Covid-19 Cases

New Dates January 21 – February 6, 2022

Darkly Funny Solo-Performer Tour De Force!

Sabrosa Now Runs Skylight’s Restaurant

Sabrosa offering pre-show food service and catering for events at Broadway Theatre Center.

Skylight Music Theatre Announces Cast, Creative Team for Regional Premiere of Award-Winning Off-Broadway Musical Ernest Shackleton Loves Me

January 14-30, 2022

Skylight Night Fundraiser Starring Tony Award Winner Stephanie J. Block Raises Record Amount

Chamber Theatre Offers Home Cooking

‘Stew’ mixes a Black family’s conflicts and musings on Shakespeare, with uneven results.

Tony Award Winner Stephanie J. Block Headlines Skylight Night 2021

Broadway Star to Perform at Skylight Night Gala November 6 Proceeds Support Skylight Music Theatre

The Brewery District Hosts Equinox Music Festival

Plus, a paranormal conference, Third Space Brewing Fifth Anniversary, Doors Open Milwaukee, the return of Skylight Theatre and more.

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Elects New Trustees, Board Officers

Skylight Season Is Filled With Firsts

Including three shows never before performed in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre is Wisconsin’s First Approved by Actors’ Equity Association to Proceed with In-Person Work to Create Virtual Productions

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Announces Virtual Holiday Program, Season’s Greeting from MCT

Skylight Music Theatre Announces Special Events to Launch Virtual Musical Being Earnest

Behind-the-Scenes Skylight Social Interview Oct. 13; Live Film Premiere and Talkback in the Cabot Theatre Oct. 17; Musical Available Streaming Online Oct. 16 - Nov. 12, 2020

Skylight Music Theatre Announces Revised 2020-2021 Season

Line-Up Adjusts Productions, Timeline to Present Outstanding Music Theatre while Addressing Safety Measures

Skylight Music Theatre Announces MKE Makes: A New Musical Works Series

2020-2021 Series to Launch with Focus on BIPOC Authors

The Loveliest of Meat Markets

Bavette La Boucherie is a butcher shop and restaurant with far more than meat to eat.

‘Drowning Girls’ Is Dry-Eyed Drama

Three brides victimized by serial killer tell their stories. It isn’t pretty.

Actresses Amuse in Chamber Theater Opener

Wanasek and Hitchcock anchor uneven staging of “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.”

The Ghost Sign That Wasn’t

A bit of fake Milwaukee history, some questionable MATC ads, and debunking a war on pot.