Theater
Rhythm of the Streets
In the Heights floods the stage with the music of the barrio, but leaves the Skylight searching for more drama.
Feb 4th, 2014 by Dominique Paul NothNot Easy to Talk About Race
Mamet’s play pushes all the hot buttons, and Next Act and audience struggle with the results.
Feb 3rd, 2014 by Dominique Paul NothEvita Dances the Tango
Revamped Broadway musical adds more dance, while Rep opens The Whipping Man.
Feb 3rd, 2014 by Isabel DunkerleyBlack, White and Brown
The musical In the Heights and Mamet’s Race offer gritty and very different takes on racial identity.
Jan 29th, 2014 by Matthew ReddinMilwaukee Storytellers Battle Onstage
The Moth’s GrandSLAM Championship provides great stories ranked by the judges at Turner Hall.
Jan 27th, 2014 by Isabel DunkerleyChad Piechocki
How a West Point man became a playwright and director of the South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center.
Jan 23rd, 2014 byEurydice, Eurydice, Eurydice!
A unique Milwaukee Opera Theater festival offers several shows about the mythological character.
Jan 22nd, 2014 by Matthew ReddinMilwaukee’s Other International Ballet Company
Milwaukee Ballet II headlines the week’s arts offerings.
Jan 20th, 2014 by Isabel DunkerleyRemembering Rita Moreno
Decades ago, she snuck into Summerfest with the author and his family. On Saturday she receives the SAG lifetime achievement award.
Jan 17th, 2014 byFirst Stage’s Powerful Drama on Slavery
“A Midnight Cry” tells the powerful story of a runaway slave.
Jan 16th, 2014 by Third Coast DailyA young play takes its first steps with World’s Stage
The company's Project: "Working Title" program returns for a second time, guiding Liz Leighton's "Learner's Permit" from manuscript to staged reading to full production, this weekend at the Underground Collaborative.
Jan 15th, 2014 by Matthew ReddinThe Ghost of Judy Garland
“End of the Rainbow” replays Garland’s last days in a backstage play that’s better musically than dramatically.
Jan 13th, 2014 by Dominique Paul Noth