Theater
Quality Over Quantity
There's only a few theater and music events on stage this weekend, including a 'Grey Gardens" musical and Youth Lagoon, but consider it an appetizer for the fall arts rush next week.
Sep 10th, 2013 by Hannah McCarthyThe life of a forgotten suffragist, in song
Victoria Woodhull, a women's rights advocate and social reformer in the mid-1800s, is revived at Milwaukee Opera Theatre by sisters Susan Peterson Holmes and Peggy Peterson Ryan.
Sep 4th, 2013 by Matthew ReddinSounds on Stage
Many musical openings from Milwaukee Opera Theater, Present Music and Early Music Now, as well as opera lessons from Viswa Subbaraman and playwrights staging their own works.
Sep 3rd, 2013 by Hannah McCarthyGoodbye and Good Luck
After 31 years in Milwaukee arts journalism, the last four as senior editor at TCD, Tom Strini turns the page.
Sep 2nd, 2013 by Tom StriniJulie Harris Remembered
Long-time Milwaukee arts writer Dominique Noth remembers a 1979 encounter with the late, great actress Julie Harris.
Aug 27th, 2013 byTony Bennett’s voice, unheard, looms over the Rep’s “I Left My Heart”
At the Stackner Cabaret, three good tenors still searching for just the right tone in this Milwaukee Rep tribute to Tony Bennett.
Aug 26th, 2013 by Tom Strini“The Penelopiad” an epic tale, told in the perfect location
Leda Hoffmann directs an all-female cast in Margaret Atwood's retelling of Homer's "Odyssey" from Penelope's point of view.
Aug 23rd, 2013 by Matthew ReddinHomage to Tony Bennett
In "I Left My Heart," three tenors give their takes on Tony Bennett's hits at the Stackner Cabaret, to open the Milwaukee Rep's 2013-14 season.
Aug 23rd, 2013 by Tom StriniLeda Hoffmann’s underworld, under the Holton Street Bridge
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.
Aug 21st, 2013 by Danielle McCluneMusic in the air, theater under the bridge
Live at Peck Pavilion, Luminous Theatre, hip-hoppers, the Summer Philharmonia get busy, and The Rep opens its season with a Tony Bennett homage.
Aug 20th, 2013 by Hannah McCarthyIt’s not that easy being green
Robby McGhee's ambitious new show at the Alchemist Theatre doesn't always get the tone right, but the puppet musical's successful moments are very good indeed.
Aug 19th, 2013 by Jeff GrygnyCooperative Performance Milwaukee makes its debut with “Hamlet”
The new theater co-op will offer a different take on Shakespeare's Danish prince at Villa Terrace as its first Milwaukee show.
Aug 17th, 2013 by Jeff Grygny