Theater
Rep’s Titanic Will Return This Fall
Show canceled, some 10,000 tickets refunded, after many in the large cast caught COVID-19.
May 18th, 2022 by Dominique Paul Noth
To Be Or Not To Be Hamlet
Next Act’s fun staging of ‘The Last White Man’ imagines three actors competing for role under guidance of Black female director.
Apr 18th, 2022 by Dominique Paul Noth
Skylight Stages 1970s Musical ‘Raisin’
But the musical version often loses power of watershed play ‘Raisin in the Sun.’
Apr 13th, 2022 by Dominique Paul Noth
Rep’s ‘Titanic’ Is a Triumph
A massive undertaking with terrific performers that never misses the show’s humanity or intimacy.
Apr 12th, 2022 by Dominique Paul Noth
Rach Meets Rachmaninoff
Milwaukee Opera Theatre’s "Preludes" is a unique yet disappointing musical theater work about the composer.
Apr 5th, 2022 by Dominique Paul Noth
Rep’s ‘New Age’ Is Not So New
Show celebrating the power of women covers familiar territory, but hits home.
Mar 29th, 2022 by Dominique Paul Noth
“Babel” Offers Disturbing View of Future
Uneven production by The Constructivists imagines society with genetic laws that decide who lives and dies.
Mar 28th, 2022 by Dominique Paul Noth
What I Hear You Saying Is…
Renaissance production of ‘Actually’ looks at sex and consent for university students with thought-provoking play.
Mar 16th, 2022 by Dominique Paul Noth
‘Indecent’ Offers Tangy Slice of Theater History
But Paula Vogel’s play about playwright Sholem Asch’s travails bogs down in over busy Chamber Theatre staging.
Mar 15th, 2022 by Dominique Paul Noth
Rep’s Beatles’ Flavored Bard a Blast
Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It’ with Beatles songs creates funny frothy fun.
Feb 21st, 2022 by Dominique Paul Noth
Even the Program Notes Are Funny
Next Act’s ‘Pipeline’ is witty, insightful look at dilemmas posed for Black students, families at upscale school.
Feb 15th, 2022 by Dominique Paul Noth
MCT’s ‘Mala’ Is Good Family Drama
Rána Roman shines in one-person show, but staging is uneven.
Feb 1st, 2022 by Dominique Paul Noth
