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Photo Gallery: Nutcracker Tea Cracks Up The Kids
Photo Gallery

Nutcracker Tea Cracks Up The Kids

Big turnout for 11th annual pre-Nutcracker event for children, all captured in our photos.

“It’s A Wonderful Life” As A Radio Play — But Onstage

“It’s A Wonderful Life” As A Radio Play — But Onstage

Next Act’s clever Christmas show reframes the classic movie once again.

Photo Gallery: Skylight’s Moving Musical “Les Miserables”
Photo Gallery

Skylight’s Moving Musical “Les Miserables”

Our photo gallery captures the atmosphere of the Skylight’s production of “Les Miserables.”

“Americlown” Offers Comic Alternative to Holiday Fare

“Americlown” Offers Comic Alternative to Holiday Fare

The Quasimondo stages the long-awaited production that looks at American culture through the eyes of clowns. Also: previews for The Second City, Alchemist, First Stage and UWM's theater department.

Milwaukee This Week: The Rat Pack, Zombies and Christmas Classics
Milwaukee This Week

The Rat Pack, Zombies and Christmas Classics

It’s not all about Christmas this week. The touring show, “The Rat Pack Is Back” revives the Sinatra and Dean Martin days, the “Mythbusters” gang comes to town to share the TV show’s secrets, and First Stage goes very un-nativity with its zombie-filled play, “Maul of the Dead.”

Photo Gallery: The Rep’s Colorful Production of “Christmas Carol”
Photo Gallery

The Rep’s Colorful Production of “Christmas Carol”

We present a gallery of photos from the colorful production of “Christmas Carol.”

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

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

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

First Stage restores a holiday tradition with “Best Christmas Pageant Ever”

First Stage restores a holiday tradition with “Best Christmas Pageant Ever”

Jeff Schaetzke, an integral part of First Stage's last "Pageant" production, takes the director's chair for this '80s-inspired holiday classic.

Boulevard tells a comic tale of a company in crisis

Boulevard tells a comic tale of a company in crisis

"The Old Garde," written by Bruce Murphy, is inspired by – but not beholden to – the history and struggles of influential avant-garde company Theatre X.

Milwaukee This Week: Getting into the holiday spirit
Milwaukee This Week

Getting into the holiday spirit

Classic Christmas shows including "A Christmas Carol" come to the stage, while Frankly Music hosts their Words and Music concert, and Art vs. Craft holds their final event at the Harley Davidson Museum.

“White Christmas” a flurry of holiday romance at the Marcus Center

“White Christmas” a flurry of holiday romance at the Marcus Center

The touring production retells the story of Irving Berlin's 1954 original, with a new book by David Ives and Paul Blake.

Molly Rhode leads an actor-focused “Les Miserables”

Molly Rhode leads an actor-focused “Les Miserables”

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