Theater
World’s Stage brings “Waiting” to Milwaukee…and beyond
Bob Kelly and Kelly Pomeroy's song cycle will travel to New York after its Milwaukee premiere this week, to be performed at the Off-Broadway Cherry Lane Theater.
May 23rd, 2013 by Christina Wright
Big Names, New Faces
De Waart conducts Brahms at the MSO, Present Music's "Multitude" finale, a New York-bound song cycle from World's Stage.
May 21st, 2013 by Hannah McCarthy
“Porgy & Bess,” distilled at 150 proof
The Skylight Music Theatre's "Porgy and Bess" is gripping, intense in Bill Theisen's chamber version of the Gershwin opera.
May 18th, 2013 by Tom Strini
Bill Theisen, exiting with “Porgy and Bess”
Gershwin's great American opera crowns Theisen's ninth and final year as Skylight Music Theatre's artistic director.
May 17th, 2013 by Tom Strini
“Dixie’s Tupperware Party” a high-energy extravaganza
The nation's top Tupperware salesperson comes with a crazy show, where no one is safe from either the occasional tease or the temptation of her real wares.
May 16th, 2013 by Gene Cawley
Swans, spider women, and Tupperware
Milwaukee Ballet performs the classic "Swan Lake," Marcus Center hosts Dixie's Tupperware Party, "Porgy and Bess" opens at Skylight, and Bill Cosby comes to town.
May 14th, 2013 by Hannah McCarthy
Glorious, funny, poignant
A brilliant cast and canny direction bring Mozart's score and da Ponte's libretto into full bloom.
May 11th, 2013 by Tom Strini
“Electra” rises again, at Theatre Gigante
Isabelle Kralj's new take on the ancient Greek myth synthesizes interpretations from classic and contemporary sources with dance for a powerful retelling of this tale of vengeance.
May 11th, 2013 by Matthew Reddin
“Irma Vep” returns, with calculated comedy, to Next Act
The talented John McGivern and Norman Moses split eight different roles in this chaotic, nonsensical Olde English-y comedy, but their technical precision can be a double-edged sword.
May 9th, 2013 by Matthew Reddin
Soprano Jamie-Rose Guarrine, Mezzo Adriana Zabala
Two lead singers in the Florentine's "Le Nozze di Figaro" go way back -- to Rome.
May 9th, 2013 by Tom Strini
The Queen of Rock and Roll lives
The life of Janis Joplin is celebrated with a flawless performance by Mary Bridget Davies at the Rep, through June 2.
May 7th, 2013 by Angela Morgan
May brings new music, dance and theater
Figaro at the Florentine, Arlo Guthrie in South Milwaukee, Springdances at UWM, an Irish play at the Irish Center, and it's almost Ride Your Bike to Work Week.
May 7th, 2013 by Hannah McCarthy
