Theater

McGivern and Fiestaware come to Renaissance Theaterworks

McGivern and Fiestaware come to Renaissance Theaterworks

McGivern's one-man, 20-character show, American Fiesta, is about the quest for perfect vintage china -- and more.

Review: The Sweetest Swing in Baseball
Review

The Sweetest Swing in Baseball

Milwaukee Chamber Theater stages a play about a disturbed artist who thinks she's Daryl Strawberry. Or is she faking it?

Review: Legally Blonde the Musical
Review

Legally Blonde the Musical

Elle Woods breezes into the Marcus Center bringing the Milwaukee audience what they crave -- frothy song and dance without too much substance.

Suffering for your Art

Suffering for your Art

C. Michael Wright, Artistic Director for Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, steps right into an artist's canvas.

Review: First Stage’s Alexander and his very bad day
Review

First Stage’s Alexander and his very bad day

Musical version of Judith Viorst's tale about a day when everything goes wrong makes an amusing and uplifting musical.

Blonde Ambition

Blonde Ambition

An interview with actor Barry Anderson, one of the men in pink.

Dick Van Patten, star of TV, stage and 10 Chimneys

Dick Van Patten, star of TV, stage and 10 Chimneys

Decades ago, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne took young Dick Van Patten to Wisconsin to prepare him for his first Broadway role. He's back.

Behind the scenes: Fine-tuning a Tenor
Behind the scenes

Fine-tuning a Tenor

The Broadway revival of "Lend Me a Tenor" debuted last weekend, but you don’t have to travel to see this classic farce.It premieres this weekend on the Bay Players Stage.

Review: Next Act’s The Value of Names
Review

Next Act’s The Value of Names

Jeffrey Sweet's play peels away the layers of meaning and worth bound up in names.

Review: The Boulevard’s It’s Your Mother
Review

The Boulevard’s It’s Your Mother

Durante and Tuxill's string of vignettes about mothers and daughters skates on the surface of the relationships.

Review: Hanreddy’s “Seven Keys” to hilarity
Review

Hanreddy’s “Seven Keys” to hilarity

Joe Hanreddy bows out with Seven Keys to Slaughter Peak as The Rep's AD. It's a funny love letter to theater and the joys of making stuff up.

8-bit Warrior at the Alchemist Theatre

8-bit Warrior at the Alchemist Theatre

Vince Figueroa's original play takes us back to a simpler time, when Donkey Kong ruled the world.