Theater
The Ex Fabula season begins
The live storytelling outlet opens its fifth season under the theme "Trust Me," inviting willing audience participants to put their names in a hat and share their tales. Executive director Megan McGhee shares her tips for a great story.
Oct 14th, 2013 by Hannah McCarthy
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 by Danielle McClune
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 by Danielle McClune
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 by Danielle McClune
Theatrical Tendencies returns to “Laramie,” 15 years after
A decade and a half after the murder of gay student Matthew Shepard, director Mark Schuster hopes to revive dialogue about how we handle crimes of hate, both then and now.
Oct 9th, 2013 by Matthew Reddin
First Stage
Jeff Frank, celebrating 10 years as artistic director, looks ahead at the big theater planned for the families of Milwaukee, starting with a modified "Shrek the Musical."
Oct 8th, 2013 by Matthew Reddin
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 by Danielle McClune
In Tandem Theatre
The theatre company, fronted in its 16th year by Chris and Jane Flieller, will begin its season Friday night with a post-apartheid mystery: "Burying the Bones."
Oct 1st, 2013 by Matthew Reddin
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 by Danielle McClune
Sexy, thought-provoking ambiguity – not ambivalence
Director Laura Gordon explains the Stiemke's opening show, a two-person show about sexual dynamics more complex than it looks on the surface.
Sep 26th, 2013 by Matthew Reddin
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 by Danielle McClune
Empty plates, but full story, in Windfall’s opener
"An Empty Plate in the Cafe du Grand Boeuf," the company's season opener, is a realistic tale of a man who must be tempted back to life by the employees of his personal restaurant.
Sep 25th, 2013 by Matthew Reddin
