Theater

Next Act’s “The Exonerated”: Error, malice and death row
Next Act’s “The Exonerated”

Error, malice and death row

Next Act Theatre stages a play crafted from the words of the unjustly convicted.

“The Little Dog Laughed”: Happiness, with a price tag
“The Little Dog Laughed”

Happiness, with a price tag

Theatrical Tendencies' latest show offers a fairy tale premise with real world consequences for its closeted characters.

Next Act Theatre opens its new home

Next Act Theatre opens its new home

"The Exonerated" is the first show in the company's game-changing venue.

Love, destroyed by hate, in the Rep’s “Yellowman”

Love, destroyed by hate, in the Rep’s “Yellowman”

A complex story of race and identity unfolds at the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre's Stiemke Studio.

Alchemist Theatre’s roam-through retelling of “Faust”

Alchemist Theatre’s roam-through retelling of “Faust”

Make your own way through "Faust: An Evening at the Mephisto Theater." Plus, you get to wear a mask.

“Omnium Gatherum” offers a dinner party with food for thought

“Omnium Gatherum” offers a dinner party with food for thought

Windfall Theatre's season opener has an emotional resonance that lasts long after desert is served.

Garrison Keillor, charming and autumnal at Uihlein Hall

Garrison Keillor, charming and autumnal at Uihlein Hall

Radio personality, author, poet and monologist opens the Marcus Center Presents series.

First Stage “Seussical”: A bonding experience
First Stage “Seussical”

A bonding experience

Horton, the Cat in the Hat, and the Dr. Seuss gang give Rosy Ricks and son Samadhi a night to remember.

“On the Beach” at Off the Wall

“On the Beach” at Off the Wall

Sadness, fragility and nobility play out in Dale Gutzman's treatment of a mid-century novel about nuclear apocalypse.

The Skylight’s clever, tuneful “The Rivals” is a hit

The Skylight’s clever, tuneful “The Rivals” is a hit

Kirke Mechem's new comic opera, after the Sheridan play, charms with melody and crackles with jokes.

Kirke Mechem gives The Skylight a new comic opera

Kirke Mechem gives The Skylight a new comic opera

The Skylight will open "The Rivals," by a composer who knows how to tell a joke.

The Rep’s “From My Hometown”: Americana with Soul
The Rep’s “From My Hometown”

Americana with Soul

Three young performers dream big and land at The Apollo in this Stackner Cabaret show.