Theater
The Short Happy Life of Emmett Till
Renaissance production captures the joys and tragic end of the teen whose death inspired civil rights activists.
Oct 26th, 2015 by Dominique Paul Noth
The Killing of Emmett Till
Shocking murder in 1955, which ignited the civil rights movement, becomes moving drama.
Oct 20th, 2015 by Jim Cryns
The Arab Among Us
Next Act’s ‘Back of the Throat’ offers angry, absurdist look at post 9/11 fears.
Oct 5th, 2015 by Dominique Paul Noth
Love (Sort Of) Between Poets
Chamber Theatre production captures a mystic romance between poets Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop.
Sep 28th, 2015 by Dominique Paul Noth
Dear Elizabeth is a Love Story
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre takes everyone, cast included, on a journey into a special romance.
Sep 22nd, 2015 by Dominique Paul Noth
The Rep Goes Back Home Again
Remarkable musicality keeps the audience engaged, despite the piece's shaky dramatic underpinnings.
Sep 14th, 2015 by Dominique Paul Noth
On the Brink of Greatness
Renaissance Theaterworks picks two of the best women playwrights in the Midwest for staged readings.
Sep 6th, 2015 by Claire Nowak
Chamber Theater Presents Slapstick Romp
Boeing Boeing, once a runaway hit in London, lands here, and our photos capture the action.
Aug 19th, 2015 by Richard Davis
Lives of the Radium Girls
Umbrella Group’s staging of true story about 1920s women working at the Radium Dial Company becomes a harrowing, human tragedy.
Jul 10th, 2015 by Dominique Paul Noth
In Tandem’s Musical Sneaks Up on Audiences
Little by Little is a smart and smartly staged musical about three romantically-entangled friends coming of age.
May 4th, 2015 by Dominique Paul Noth
Peter Pan as Pop Star
Rep’s Peter and the Starcatcher is Disney-esque fun but lacks J.M. Barrie’s dark depth.
Apr 27th, 2015 by
Oh Jeeves, Why So Little Plot?
Chamber Theatre’s third production of the Jeeves trilogy runs merrily on empty.
Apr 20th, 2015 by
