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Milwaukee This Week 2/5: A weekend of song and dance
Milwaukee This Week 2/5

A weekend of song and dance

Concerts at MSO, the Florentine and Milwaukee Theatre, alongside a Year of the Arts musical and the Ballet's Genesis competition.

Stephen Foster, rethought at Alverno Presents

Stephen Foster, rethought at Alverno Presents

Ryan Schleicher and friends (Robbie Fulks, Jon Langford, Christopher Porterfield and more) riff on the composer of "Oh Susanna."

MSO: Beethoven. That’s All.
MSO

Beethoven. That’s All.

Edo de Waart, Milwaukee Symphony dazzle as they go deep into Beethoven's Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4 and two overtures. Through Sunday.

Alverno Presents re-illuminates Stephen Foster

Alverno Presents re-illuminates Stephen Foster

Jon Langford, Juniper Tar, Field Report's Christopher Porterfield, Betty Strigens of Testa Rosa and more will perform Foster's works at "Beautiful Dreamer."

Milwaukee This Week 1/29: The time is right for new shows
Milwaukee This Week 1/29

The time is right for new shows

The Rep and Next Act present time-jumping dramas, Alverno pays tribute to a master from the past, and Danceworks performs pieces yet to exist.

Philomusica: Burning strings at the Conservatory
Philomusica

Burning strings at the Conservatory

The Philomusica was brilliant Monday in quartets by Haydn, Glass and Beethoven.

Pro Arte Quartet, Capital-C Classical at the Wilson Center

Pro Arte Quartet, Capital-C Classical at the Wilson Center

The Pro Arte String Quartet, from Madison, charms a crowd at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center.

Rubens Quartet: Precision, bold emphasis
Rubens Quartet

Precision, bold emphasis

Violinist Sarah Kapustin, Pewaukee native, returns to Milwaukee with her Amsterdam-based string quartet.

Skylight: Fitzwater magnificent as Edith Piaf
Skylight

Fitzwater magnificent as Edith Piaf

Leslie Fitzwater's one-woman show on the life and music of the legendary French chanteuse has become a landmark of Milwaukee musical theater.

MSO: Kalichstein/Mozart, Edo/Bruckner
MSO

Kalichstein/Mozart, Edo/Bruckner

The MSO and Edo de Waart triumph in a challenging Bruckner epic.

Skylight: Leslie Fitzwater as Edith Piaf
Skylight

Leslie Fitzwater as Edith Piaf

Fitzwater beats cancer and returns to the stage as the tragic, heroic French singing star.

Bowing Rogue debuts as a duo with a flair for the dramatic

Bowing Rogue debuts as a duo with a flair for the dramatic

Violinists Margot Schwartz and Ilana Setapen inaugurate their Bowing Rogue partnership.