On Stage with TCD
Summerfest takes over
A little bit of dance, a little theater here and a lot in Spring Green. Otherwise, this week is all about Summerfest.
Jul 5th, 2011 by Matthew ReddinSummerfest isn’t the only gig going on
American Players Theatre, the Fine Arts Quartet and "Church Basement Ladies" continue as the Big Gig begins at the lakefront.
Jun 28th, 2011 by Matthew ReddinSlim but worthy pickings this week
Another free concert from the Fine Arts Quartet, a look at the life of Church Basement Ladies, and Milwaukee Artists Unite for Japan.
Jun 21st, 2011 by Matthew ReddinA surge of theater, and some avant-cabaret
A Broadway smash hits town, Optimist Theatre takes Shakespeare outside again, and Amy X Neuburg comes to reinvent classical music.
Jun 14th, 2011 by Matthew Reddin“Resurrection” ends one season, China opens another
The MSO ends its second season with Edo de Waart, Malcolm Tulip returns to Theatre Gigante, the Milwaukee Art Museum opens a series featuring Chinese art.
Jun 7th, 2011 by Matthew ReddinA quartet turns 65, fool’s love at Alchemist
As June begins, so does a summer season of music, theater and dance.
May 31st, 2011 by Matthew ReddinYoungblood’s take on Faust, MSO’s Wicked Divas
Even on Memorial Day weekend, actors and musicians are stirring.
May 24th, 2011 by Tom StriniSweet ballet, a tough musical, a uke, more
MBC dusts off "Coppelia," Skylight brings home "The Adding Machine," Bel Canto + MSO, funk in Brookfield, hi-tech art at UWM.
May 17th, 2011 by Tom StriniDelfs returns, a three-opera weekend and Mad Hot
The Florentine stages a Baroque double bill, Windfall puts on a one-man opera, Delfs conducts the MSO, and more.
May 10th, 2011 by Tom StriniNo No Nanette, Yes Yes Marvin
UWM revives 1920s musical, Marvin Hamlisch does his own thing at Pops, ghosts of Isadora and Nijinsky haunt Gigante, and more.
May 3rd, 2011 by Tom StriniA high-brow week, except for those Brain Thieves
An incredible five theater openings this week, plus Danceworks, Pops, and Early Music Now.
Apr 26th, 2011 by Tom Strini“Les Miz” and more
Touring show lands at the Marcus Center, Boulevard opens a Shaw and Wilder double bill, George Winston's at the Pabst, percussion at UWM, chamber music at the Conservatory.
Apr 19th, 2011 by Tom Strini