Theater
Rep’s Five Presidents Is Blandly Bipartisan
New play by “West Wing” writer is flat fare, but production is solid.
Mar 16th, 2015 by Dominique Paul Noth
Creating An International Opera
Theater pros will be traveling to Milwaukee to see the world premiere of The Snow Dragon.
Mar 11th, 2015 by Claire Nowak
Local Boy Makes Good?
In Tandem struggles with Milwaukee playwright Neil Haven’s comic drama, Come Back.
Mar 3rd, 2015 by Dominique Paul Noth
The Train Driver Offers Magnetic Acting
MCT staging of Fugard play is packed with moral and theatrical lessons.
Mar 2nd, 2015 by Dominique Paul Noth
How to Find the Best Crematorium
In Tandem’s world premiere of Come Back finds humor in a deadly serious subject.
Feb 24th, 2015 by Claire Nowak
Performing Fugard’s Greatest Play?
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre stages The Train Driver, which the acclaimed South African writer calls his most important play.
Feb 19th, 2015 by Claire Nowak
Great Storytelling in The Amish Project
Deborah Staples shines, playing multiple characters, in riveting Rep show.
Feb 16th, 2015 by Dominique Paul Noth
Love and Abandonment
Splinter Group offers world premiere of 3 For The Road, all about characters who leave their loved ones.
Feb 4th, 2015 by Claire Nowak
Every Child Left Behind
A powerful one-woman show at Next Act probes the problems -- and drama -- of urban schools.
Feb 2nd, 2015 by Dominique Paul Noth
The Kreutzer Sonata Is Elegant, Powerful
Renaissance staging imaginatively merges music and drama in captivating adaptation of Tolstoy story.
Jan 27th, 2015 by Dominique Paul Noth
Laura Gordon Is a Show Stopper
Her terrific performance anchors Milwaukee Rep’s probing comic drama, Good People.
Jan 26th, 2015 by Dominique Paul Noth
When Bad Things Happen to Good People
Milwaukee Rep’s Good People, set in South Boston, is a comic drama about that question.
Jan 23rd, 2015 by Claire Nowak
