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Theater: The Killing of Emmett Till
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The Killing of Emmett Till

Shocking murder in 1955, which ignited the civil rights movement, becomes moving drama.

Theater: The Arab Among Us
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The Arab Among Us

Next Act’s ‘Back of the Throat’ offers angry, absurdist look at post 9/11 fears.

Theater: Love (Sort Of) Between Poets
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Love (Sort Of) Between Poets

Chamber Theatre production captures a mystic romance between poets Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop.

Theater: <i>Dear Elizabeth</i> is a Love Story
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Dear Elizabeth is a Love Story

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre takes everyone, cast included, on a journey into a special romance.

Theater: The Rep Goes Back Home Again
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The Rep Goes Back Home Again

Remarkable musicality keeps the audience engaged, despite the piece's shaky dramatic underpinnings.

Theater: On the Brink of Greatness
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On the Brink of Greatness

Renaissance Theaterworks picks two of the best women playwrights in the Midwest for staged readings.

Theater: Chamber Theater Presents Slapstick Romp
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Chamber Theater Presents Slapstick Romp

Boeing Boeing, once a runaway hit in London, lands here, and our photos capture the action.

Review: Lives of the Radium Girls
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Lives of the Radium Girls

Umbrella Group’s staging of true story about 1920s women working at the Radium Dial Company becomes a harrowing, human tragedy.

Review: In Tandem’s Musical Sneaks Up on Audiences
Review

In Tandem’s Musical Sneaks Up on Audiences

Little by Little is a smart and smartly staged musical about three romantically-entangled friends coming of age.

Review: Peter Pan as Pop Star
Review

Peter Pan as Pop Star

Rep’s Peter and the Starcatcher is Disney-esque fun but lacks J.M. Barrie’s dark depth.

Review: Oh Jeeves, Why So Little Plot?
Review

Oh Jeeves, Why So Little Plot?

Chamber Theatre’s third production of the Jeeves trilogy runs merrily on empty.

Theater: Jeeves Takes One Last Bow
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Jeeves Takes One Last Bow

The Chamber Theatre continues its popular Jeeves comedies, as the perfect butler and star Matt Daniels return again.