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Milwaukee Rep’s 2013-14 Season: First Impressions
Milwaukee Rep’s 2013-14 Season

First Impressions

The Rep's season is extra-musical, with a stacked Stackner and two musicals ("Ragtime," "End of the Rainbow") in the Quadracci, but don't discount a take on Superman's creator, an adapted Iliad or the Stiemke Studio's options.

Backstage with Mark Metcalf: Lee Ernst
Backstage with Mark Metcalf

Lee Ernst

The 20-year veteran of the Milwaukee Rep talks about his theater origins and time in Wisconsin regional theater.

2013-14 Season Updates: First Stage & Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
2013-14 Season Updates

First Stage & Milwaukee Chamber Theatre

First Stage mixes world premieres with returning classics and an extra Young Company show; MCT offers five intimate looks into private lives.

MCT’s Young Playwrights Festival an intro to new talent

MCT’s Young Playwrights Festival an intro to new talent

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre's latest installment of the biennial festival gives three teenage writers a platform for their plays.

MKE This Week: Global artists, local stars
MKE This Week

Global artists, local stars

The Print: MKE conference comes to town, Ilana Setapen solo at the MSO, Milwaukee Opera mixes rock and art, Marcus Center hosts Sam Cooke's music; local playwrights get the spotlight.

“Man in the Glass Booth” tackles responsibility and guilt

“Man in the Glass Booth” tackles responsibility and guilt

Dale Gutzman plays his Nazi war criminal well, but his acting is stronger than the character as-written.

The Rep’s “A Raisin in the Sun”: Keeping it Real
The Rep’s “A Raisin in the Sun”

Keeping it Real

In the Rep's revival, Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 portrait of a black family striving to advance maintains its relevance.

Smart, modern “Lysistrata” deserves your vote

Smart, modern “Lysistrata” deserves your vote

Fools for Tragedy's production of the ancient Greek comedy gets the sexually brash but sharply insightful tone just right.

Skylight’s 2013-14: A new era begins
Skylight’s 2013-14

A new era begins

Skylight Music Theatre's Viswa Subbaraman's debut season as AD comprises seven shows new to the company.

Ron OJ Parson set to retell “A Raisin in the Sun”

Ron OJ Parson set to retell “A Raisin in the Sun”

Lorraine Hansberry's groundbreaking play about a black family trying to pursue their dreams closes the Milwaukee Rep's season.

Milwaukee Scribe: Hot news from UPAF, MAM, more
Milwaukee Scribe

Hot news from UPAF, MAM, more

UPAF goal; MAM, War Memorial strike deal; Present Music clears up "Midas" seating; young dancer's a winner; Cecsarini honored.

Desperate Housewives of Athens: Fools for Tragedy’s “Lysistrata”
Desperate Housewives of Athens

Fools for Tragedy’s “Lysistrata”

Jordan Gwiazdowski, artistic director, has put together a modernized adaptation of the ancient Greek comedy.