Theater

How to Stage the Holidays

How to Stage the Holidays

Whatever kind of family you have, there’s a show in town with your name on it.

Christmas at the Black Lagoon

Christmas at the Black Lagoon

Off the Wall spoofs a kitschy, horror movie classic and gives it a holiday slant.

Photo Gallery: The Pure Farce of “Noises Off”
Photo Gallery

The Pure Farce of “Noises Off”

Photos capture the fast moving comedy’s antic style.

Milwaukee This Week: I Got Yule, Babe
Milwaukee This Week

I Got Yule, Babe

Spoofs of Christmas songs and the Creature From the Black Lagoon put a different slant on the holidays.

Photo Gallery: Nutcracker Tea Cracks Up The Kids
Photo Gallery

Nutcracker Tea Cracks Up The Kids

Big turnout for 11th annual pre-Nutcracker event for children, all captured in our photos.

“It’s A Wonderful Life” As A Radio Play — But Onstage

“It’s A Wonderful Life” As A Radio Play — But Onstage

Next Act’s clever Christmas show reframes the classic movie once again.

Photo Gallery: Skylight’s Moving Musical “Les Miserables”
Photo Gallery

Skylight’s Moving Musical “Les Miserables”

Our photo gallery captures the atmosphere of the Skylight’s production of “Les Miserables.”

“Americlown” Offers Comic Alternative to Holiday Fare

“Americlown” Offers Comic Alternative to Holiday Fare

The Quasimondo stages the long-awaited production that looks at American culture through the eyes of clowns. Also: previews for The Second City, Alchemist, First Stage and UWM's theater department.

Milwaukee This Week: The Rat Pack, Zombies and Christmas Classics
Milwaukee This Week

The Rat Pack, Zombies and Christmas Classics

It’s not all about Christmas this week. The touring show, “The Rat Pack Is Back” revives the Sinatra and Dean Martin days, the “Mythbusters” gang comes to town to share the TV show’s secrets, and First Stage goes very un-nativity with its zombie-filled play, “Maul of the Dead.”

Photo Gallery: The Rep’s Colorful Production of “Christmas Carol”
Photo Gallery

The Rep’s Colorful Production of “Christmas Carol”

We present a gallery of photos from the colorful production of “Christmas Carol.”

The Rep’s “Christmas Carol” gets a second dose of Aaron Posner

The Rep’s “Christmas Carol” gets a second dose of Aaron Posner

The director returns for his second take on "A Christmas Carol," celebrating its 38th production in a row.

First Stage restores a holiday tradition with “Best Christmas Pageant Ever”

First Stage restores a holiday tradition with “Best Christmas Pageant Ever”

Jeff Schaetzke, an integral part of First Stage's last "Pageant" production, takes the director's chair for this '80s-inspired holiday classic.