Theater
A Scary-Funny Teachable Moment
First Stage's Willy Wonka has nasty for the naughty, sweet for the nice.
Mar 8th, 2012 by Rosy Ricks
The Skylight’s “Daddy Long Legs”
Rob Hancock plays the title role in a new musical about a man largely dreamed up by a smart, charming young woman.
Mar 8th, 2012 by Tom Strini
Contradictory, and worth the choice
In Tandem's latest has its weaknesses, but those weaknesses turn into strengths, fueling a thought-provoking, powerful performance.
Mar 3rd, 2012 by Matthew Reddin
Brain fever in “Flu Season”
Will Eno shows what happens to the play when the playwright goes to pieces during the writing. Not pretty, but pretty funny.
Mar 2nd, 2012 by Tom Strini
Disney’s elaborate, touring “Mary Poppins”
An extravagant "Mary Poppins," very different from the movie, alights on the Marcus Center's Broadway Series.
Feb 29th, 2012 by Mary O'Hara Stacy
Youngblood Theatre’s “Flu Season” in the hospital
Will Eno's "Flu Season" to play in UWM's Northwest Quadrant, until lately Columbia Hospital.
Feb 28th, 2012 by Tom Strini
Marcus Center’s “Mary Poppins” local connection
Fatherly Michael Dean Morgan, a Waukesha native, plays fatherly George Banks in the Marcus Center's touring "Mary Poppins."
Feb 27th, 2012 by Mary O'Hara Stacy
Blarney at the Boulevard Theatre
In Conor McPherson's "This Lime Tree Bower," three Irish share their intertwined stories with one another and the rest of us.
Feb 23rd, 2012 by Tom Strini
To believe or not to believe
Windfall Theatre puts Luther, Hamlet and Faust in a bar, for deep thoughts and belly laughs. Like Luther, Windfall nails it.
Feb 20th, 2012 by Patti Wenzel
Walker Evans photos at the heart of MCT’s new play
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre's "A Thousand Words": A photographer's Dustbowl expeditions and the fight for his legacy.
Feb 20th, 2012 by Matthew Reddin
Four things I’ve been meaning to tell you
Next Act's "Vigil," the Eisner remade, the Pfister seeks a writer, a Haiti conference at the Lynden.
Feb 18th, 2012 by Tom Strini
Hamlet, Faust and Martin Luther walk into a bar…
Windfall Theatre's "Wittenburg," philosophical comedy shows that great minds drink alike.
Feb 15th, 2012 by Patti Wenzel
