Theater

Review: Next Act’s The Value of Names
Review

Next Act’s The Value of Names

Jeffrey Sweet's play peels away the layers of meaning and worth bound up in names.

Review: The Boulevard’s It’s Your Mother
Review

The Boulevard’s It’s Your Mother

Durante and Tuxill's string of vignettes about mothers and daughters skates on the surface of the relationships.

Review: Hanreddy’s “Seven Keys” to hilarity
Review

Hanreddy’s “Seven Keys” to hilarity

Joe Hanreddy bows out with Seven Keys to Slaughter Peak as The Rep's AD. It's a funny love letter to theater and the joys of making stuff up.

8-bit Warrior at the Alchemist Theatre

8-bit Warrior at the Alchemist Theatre

Vince Figueroa's original play takes us back to a simpler time, when Donkey Kong ruled the world.

Review: A Wiz made for kids glitters at First Stage
Review

A Wiz made for kids glitters at First Stage

First Stage has adapted the 1975 Broadway version of The Wizard of Oz.

Review: The Florentine’s Elmer Gantry
Review

The Florentine’s Elmer Gantry

A flawed masterpiece brings a great American novel to the opera stage.

You’re all sinners!

You’re all sinners!

As the Florentine mounts the Midwest premiere of Elmer Gantry (the opera), we look at the Sinclair Lewis novel and the 1960 film version.

The Florentine stages Elmer Gantry, an All-American opera

The Florentine stages Elmer Gantry, an All-American opera

Composer Robert Aldridge and librettist Herschel Garfein worked 18 years to make their dream of an opera a reality.

Review: Skylight’s Day in Hollywood/Night in the Ukraine
Review

Skylight’s Day in Hollywood/Night in the Ukraine

A little strain Hollywood, a whole lot of Marx Brothers fun in the Ukraine.

He’s just not that into her…or he’s lost at sea

He’s just not that into her…or he’s lost at sea

Theater Gigante stages a haunting and tender tale of longing and obsession.

Milwaukee Rep’s grand design for 2010-11 theater season

Milwaukee Rep’s grand design for 2010-11 theater season

Mark Clements stepped up on the Powerhouse stage Monday night and launched grand plans and guest artists for the upcoming Rep season.

The Rep’s musical road trip

The Rep’s musical road trip

It's 1959. Put the top down, crank up the radio and roar down Route 66.