Books & Literature

• Booked Up

  New Column Explores Books, Author Readings & More

  Dec 6th, 2013 by Will Stotts, Jr.

  Our new column, Booked Up, explores a variety of books, author readings and more.

• The Rep’s “Christmas Carol” gets a second dose of Aaron Posner

  Nov 29th, 2013 by Matthew Reddin

  The director returns for his second take on "A Christmas Carol," celebrating its 38th production in a row.

• Molly Rhode leads an actor-focused “Les Miserables”

  Nov 22nd, 2013 by Matthew Reddin

  The Skylight's production is the first professional staging in the region, and Rhode's planned an extra-theatrical approach that emphasizes its singers.

• Theater RED blends Shakespeare and Scheherazade in official debut

  Nov 11th, 2013 by Matthew Reddin

  Jared McDaris' "A Thousand Times Goodnight," getting the royal treatment at Sunset Playhouse, is an adaptation of the Arabian Nights in Elizabethan verse style.

• The Horror of Sauk City

  Arkham House’s “weird fiction” legacy

  Oct 30th, 2013 by Tea Krulos

  The Sauk City-based publishing house never rose to financial success, but the Wisconsin imprint is nonetheless responsible for publishing the first works of major sci-fi and horror writers including H.P. Lovecraft and Ray Bradbury.

• “Venus in Fur”

  Sexy, thought-provoking ambiguity – not ambivalence

  Sep 26th, 2013 by Matthew Reddin

  Director Laura Gordon explains the Stiemke's opening show, a two-person show about sexual dynamics more complex than it looks on the surface.

• “The Penelopiad” an epic tale, told in the perfect location

  Aug 23rd, 2013 by Matthew Reddin

  Leda Hoffmann directs an all-female cast in Margaret Atwood's retelling of Homer's "Odyssey" from Penelope's point of view.

• Leda Hoffmann’s underworld, under the Holton Street Bridge

  Aug 21st, 2013 by Danielle McClune

  The local director will stage a production of Margaret Atwood's "Penelopiad," a female-focused look at the characters of Homer's "Odyssey," in the pop-up park.

• The Alchemist’s “King Lear” a crowning achievement

  Jul 14th, 2013 by Matthew Reddin

  Shakespeare's royal family tragedy is given a realistic, nuanced staging by director Leda Hoffmann and a talented cast of Alchemist regulars and guests alike.

• Optimist Theater stages a transformative “As You Like It”

  Jul 13th, 2013 by Matthew Reddin

  Kadish Park may be where this year's Shakespeare in the Park show begins, but you leave this exquisite production from a veritable Forest of Arden.

• TCD’s 2013 Summer Reads

  Jun 22nd, 2013 by Third Coast Daily

  TCD staffers Howard Leu and Madeline Pieschel, Edible Milwaukee publisher Jen Ede and Boswell Books employee Jason Kennedy discuss the books on their summertime agendas.

• Dean Jensen unveils a “Queen of the Air”

  Jun 7th, 2013 by Kat Murrell and Gene Cawley

  The well-known gallery owner has a career as an author as well, and his newest novel, "Queen of the Air," follows Lillian Leitzel, a famous aerialist. Kat catches up with Jensen in this video by Gene Cawley.