Theater
“Irma Vep” returns, with calculated comedy, to Next Act
The talented John McGivern and Norman Moses split eight different roles in this chaotic, nonsensical Olde English-y comedy, but their technical precision can be a double-edged sword.
May 9th, 2013 by Matthew Reddin
Soprano Jamie-Rose Guarrine, Mezzo Adriana Zabala
Two lead singers in the Florentine's "Le Nozze di Figaro" go way back -- to Rome.
May 9th, 2013 by Tom Strini
The Queen of Rock and Roll lives
The life of Janis Joplin is celebrated with a flawless performance by Mary Bridget Davies at the Rep, through June 2.
May 7th, 2013 by Angela Morgan
May brings new music, dance and theater
Figaro at the Florentine, Arlo Guthrie in South Milwaukee, Springdances at UWM, an Irish play at the Irish Center, and it's almost Ride Your Bike to Work Week.
May 7th, 2013 by Hannah McCarthy
Camp, with sublime intensity
Jordan Gwiazdowski offers an extraordinary performance as the transgender rock queen Hedwig, with a physicality that carries the production by emerging company Smithereen.
May 6th, 2013 by Jeff Grygny
Windfall’s “A Little Night Music” a waltz to remember
Carol Zippel's cast finds a near-perfect harmony in, ironically, devoting as much time to its words as its notes.
May 4th, 2013 by Matthew Reddin
Soulstice Theatre’s “The Memory of Water”
Three sisters come home to bury their mother and hash out their issues in this British play by Shelagh Stephenson.
May 4th, 2013 by Mary O'Hara Stacy
High-effort cabaret
Kay Stiefel and Jack Forbes Wilson work hard -- sometimes too hard -- in their revue at the Skylight.
May 4th, 2013 by Tom Strini
A tale of two mothers
Director Beth Monhollen directs a talented cast in this must-see production about two families both pursuing an American dream.
May 3rd, 2013 by Ben Gucciardi
Stiefel and Wilson “Sing Me a Story” at the Skylight
Skylight Music Theatre presents singing duo Kay Stiefel and Jack Forbes Wilson in a revue at the Studio Theatre.
May 2nd, 2013 by Tom Strini
Mozart at MSO, Sondheim at Windfall
Tom Strini and Matthew Reddin take the thread tying Mozart and Sondheim together this weekend and play with it, in this latest installment.
May 2nd, 2013 by Tom Strini & Matthew Reddin
Award-winners and stars abound
The Rep hosts a tribute to Janis Joplin, Windfall performs a Sondheim classic, the MSO features a visiting violinist, and two Skylight favorites host a cabaret-esque show.
Apr 30th, 2013 by Hannah McCarthy
