Classical

Jimmy Kaplan and his friends light up Sunset Playhouse

Jimmy Kaplan and his friends light up Sunset Playhouse

The cabaret show, featuring Kaplan alongside Steve Koehler, Kay Stiefel, Lisa Gatewood and Katie Dahl, is usually staged in Door County in summer.

Milwaukee This Week: Robots, zombies and pretty music
Milwaukee This Week

Robots, zombies and pretty music

The Quasimondo has a new bot-show, "The Walking Dead" makes a special trip to the Riverside and tunes from Present Music, Early Music Now, and the MSO.

Prometheus Trio: Sindbad goes post-modern
Prometheus Trio

Sindbad goes post-modern

Harold Meltzer + Donald Barthelme = wacky Arabian Night; plus, some glorious Brahms and solid Higdon.

MSO’s 2013-14 Classical Season: A little different
MSO’s 2013-14 Classical Season

A little different

Edo de Waart conducts nine programs in a season that gives a nod to the mid 20th century.

A Singing Valentine from the Florentine

A Singing Valentine from the Florentine

Florentine Studio Artists Carl Frank, Kevin Newell, Kristin DiNinno and Alisa Suzanne Jordheim sing about love, through Sunday.

“The Wild Party”: Young gems, hidden in a rough story
“The Wild Party”

Young gems, hidden in a rough story

UWM's Peck School of the Arts puts on a performance with a high-energy ensemble and a hard-to-swallow plot line.

MSO: Exciting Russians we hadn’t heard
MSO

Exciting Russians we hadn’t heard

Guest conductor Ignat Solzhenitsyn leads an unusual Milwaukee Symphony program with great skill and conviction.

MSO This Week: Russians and a trumpeter
MSO This Week

Russians and a trumpeter

Conductor-pianist Ignat Solzhenitsyn is the MSO's guest, and exec director Mark Niehaus dusts off his trumpet for Shostakovich.

Florentine showcases romantic variety with “That’s Amore”

Florentine showcases romantic variety with “That’s Amore”

The company's four Studio Artists take center stage to perform love songs from across the Western canon.

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.