Theater
Boulevard Theatre’s Judgment Days for Actors
Your hopes and dreams dashed: Tragedy. Other guy's hopes and dreams dashed: Comedy.
Oct 8th, 2010 by Paul Masterson
The Rep’s “Asher Lev” is art to be taken seriously
A captivating production reveals rich, intelligent performances that demonstrate that life, like art, is, as Asher Lev describes, “both demonic and divine.”
Oct 5th, 2010 by Peggy Sue Dunigan
Plenty of “Reasons” to get to Renaissance Theaterworks
Beautiful, pretty. Unattractive, ugly. What do these words really convey about a person, especially a woman?
Oct 4th, 2010 by Peggy Sue Dunigan
Renaissance “Reasons to Be Pretty” more than skin-deep
Neil LaBute's stinging needle of a play probes the difference between outer and inner beauty.
Oct 4th, 2010 by Peggy Sue Dunigan
Auditions and entries in SE Wisconsin
UPDATED: Auditions for "Don't Hug Me" and "Miracle on 34th Street" at Racine Theatre Guild, "Dramatic License" at Boulevard Theatre and a photo call from CoPA.
Oct 3rd, 2010 by Third Coast Daily
Neil LaBute’s “Reasons to be Pretty” a comedy that stings
Renaissance Theaterworks stages the third in LaBute's comedy trilogy on how outward appearances shape who we are and how the world assesses us.
Sep 29th, 2010 by Ryan Findley
“The President” impressively opens Windfall’s 18th season
Thoroughly enjoy this Milwaukee premiere, a production that provokes an introspective undercurrent beneath a generous layer of hearty laughter.
Sep 29th, 2010 by Peggy Sue Dunigan
Rep’s “Laurel and Hardy” shines late
Boredom, thy name is exposition. But once through that, Gerard Neugent and Bill Theisen bring the movies' first great comedy team back to life.
Sep 28th, 2010 by Tom Strini
British invade new music series at the Sunset Playhouse
Elm Grove's Sunset Theater launches a new musical series featuring professional local talent.
Sep 24th, 2010 by Peggy Sue Dunigan
Bill Theisen plays Oliver Hardy in the Rep’s Laurel & Hardy
On stage, Theisen is doing his Oliver Hardy impression. Otherwise, he's acting more like James Brown -- the hardest-working man in Milwaukee show business.
Sep 23rd, 2010 by Tom Strini
Next Act’s tragi-comedy about endgame
Conflict and comedy play out in Joel Drake Johnson's "Four Places," as an aging parent and her anxious adult children bump heads over lunch.
Sep 20th, 2010 by Matthew Reddin
Skylight fun and nostalgia with “Dames at Sea”
The Rep, in "Cabaret," shows the 1960s looking back at dark, pre-war Germany. In "Dames," the Skylight shows the 60s looking back at sweet, silly, pre-war Broadway.
Sep 19th, 2010 by Kat Murrell
