Theater

TCD’s Holiday Wish List: Local Arts
TCD’s Holiday Wish List

Local Arts

To: Art lovers, From: ThirdCoast Digest. Tom Strini and TCD staffers hope to find a gift of the arts under the tree this Christmas.

The Rep’s “Next to Normal”: A tale of family, madness and hope
The Rep’s “Next to Normal”

A tale of family, madness and hope

The Rep's regional premiere of the Broadway hit offers a spellbinding, character-driven show without parallel.

Sunset Playhouse “Annie”: A show for the season and the times
Sunset Playhouse “Annie”

A show for the season and the times

The 1982 musical, based on a comic strip set in the 1930s, means something today.

Rep’s “Christmas Carol”: More than holiday comfort food
Rep’s “Christmas Carol”

More than holiday comfort food

The Rep's retelling of Charles Dickens' familiar Scrooge tale amuses, entertains and says something that matters.

Milwaukee scribe: 7 things I’ve been meaning to share
Milwaukee scribe

7 things I’ve been meaning to share

RE: Tim Cuprisin, Laddie Junkunc, Frank Almond, Florentine Grammy, Steve Murphy, First Stage, Rep Artisans Fair.

“Scrooge in Rouge”: So bad it’s good
“Scrooge in Rouge”

So bad it’s good

In Tandem Theatre's holiday music-hall sendup of "A Christmas Carol," everything goes wrong in exactly the right way.

Remembering Rose Pickering

Remembering Rose Pickering

Fellow actors John Kishline and Rose and Jim Pickering were close friends for nearly 40 years.

First Stage: “Junie B.” sets the perfect seasonal tone
First Stage

“Junie B.” sets the perfect seasonal tone

Get into the holiday spirit with the help of some talented young actors and actresses at First Stage's "Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells."

Jingle Thrills: Kids go to the Theater
Jingle Thrills

Kids go to the Theater

At First Stage's "Jingle Bells, Batman Smells," there's a kid show in the lobby, too.

MCT’s ‘Heroes’: Humor on the terrace from old soldiers
MCT’s ‘Heroes’

Humor on the terrace from old soldiers

A tragic countermelody compliments the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre production of a Tom Stoppard comedy.

“The Music Man” lives at the Skylight

“The Music Man” lives at the Skylight

The Skylight Opera Theatre is the natural state for River City, Iowa, Professor Harold HIll, and innocence.

Next Act’s “Sylvia”: Jealous? Of the dog?!
Next Act’s “Sylvia”

Jealous? Of the dog?!

She wants that stray out of the empty-nester Manhattan apartment; he wants to take Sylvia to the park and watch her play. Who will prevail?