Theater
The Rep Tries Agatha Christie
Its production of ‘The Mousetrap’ is fun but long on melodramatics.
Nov 23rd, 2015 by Dominique Paul Noth
Rare Staging of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
MU stage version comes amid controversy as to who is the real Atticus Finch.
Nov 9th, 2015 by Jim Cryns
‘Wicked’, the Greatest Show on Earth?
Touring production at the Marcus is one of the best shows I’ve seen on stage.
Nov 6th, 2015 by Jim Cryns
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
