Theater

Off the Wall’s thoroughly modern Alice

Off the Wall’s thoroughly modern Alice

Jeremy Welter's edgy "Alice in Wonderland" makes Disney's look like, well, Disney.

NEW! The show must go on. NOT!

NEW! The show must go on. NOT!

Snow shuts down The Rep, Youngblood, Skylight; also, other stuff I've been meaning to tell you.

The Rep’s “Speaking in Tongues”: The mind reels, the heart aches
The Rep’s “Speaking in Tongues”

The mind reels, the heart aches

Wear your thinking cap to this fugue of love, lust, betrayal, crime and suspicion.

Open Call: Auditions and entries
Open Call

Auditions and entries

Update: RedLine seeks new artists in residence and submissions for one-act plays at the Pink Banana close Feb. 2

The Skylight’s “Brel,” on the outskirts of greatness

The Skylight’s “Brel,” on the outskirts of greatness

The words and music of Jacques Brel, the mid-century singer-songwriter, still wound and amuse today.

Jacques Brel alive, well and living in the Third Ward

Jacques Brel alive, well and living in the Third Ward

The Skylight Opera Theatre revives the 1968 revue that spread the legendary singer-songwriter's fame from Europe to America.

PODCAST:The Penelope Project: Redefining age and memory loss
PODCAST

The Penelope Project: Redefining age and memory loss

UWM's Center on Age & Community collaborates with Sojourn Theatre, using Homer's "Odyssey" to creatively engage seniors in long-term care at Luther Manor.

On Stage 1/25-31: Without football, what would we have? Plenty.
On Stage 1/25-31

Without football, what would we have? Plenty.

Dance with Wild Space and Heidi Latsky, music with MSO, Fest City and Frankly Music, openings at the Rep and the Skylight, jazz and more.

The Rep’s “So Lonesome You Could Cry” — now with video!

The Rep’s “So Lonesome You Could Cry” — now with video!

At the Stackner Cabaret, Matthew Brumlow becomes Hank Williams, Sr., in Lanie Robertson's "Nobody Lonesome for Me."

Next Act’s “Big Boys,” a comedy of greed and power

Next Act’s “Big Boys,” a comedy of greed and power

David Cecsarini plays the corporate bully, and Norman Moses plays his cowed lackey. But people can change.

Youngblood’s “Red Light Winter”: Sexual, emotional intense
Youngblood’s “Red Light Winter”

Sexual, emotional intense

Youngblood Theatre revives Adam Rapp's tale of two buddies who fall for an Amsterdam prostitute.

Two big boys of Milwaukee theater play “Big Boys”

Two big boys of Milwaukee theater play “Big Boys”

Norman Moses and David Cecsarini play business rivals in an executive-suite comedy by Rich Orloff, at Next Act.