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On Stage May 17-23: Sweet ballet, a tough musical, a uke, more
On Stage May 17-23

Sweet ballet, a tough musical, a uke, more

MBC dusts off "Coppelia," Skylight brings home "The Adding Machine," Bel Canto + MSO, funk in Brookfield, hi-tech art at UWM.

On Stage 5/10-16: Delfs returns, a three-opera weekend and Mad Hot
On Stage 5/10-16

Delfs returns, a three-opera weekend and Mad Hot

The Florentine stages a Baroque double bill, Windfall puts on a one-man opera, Delfs conducts the MSO, and more.

MSO Pops and Cirque de la Symphonie: Magic for Eye and Ear
MSO Pops and Cirque de la Symphonie

Magic for Eye and Ear

European cirque style proves a good match for European musical masterworks.

Danceworks gets physical and brainy in Bay View

Danceworks gets physical and brainy in Bay View

Danceworks has never done anything like the brilliant "Stone Soup," a 45-minute abstraction of the highest order.

On Stage 4/26-5/2: A high-brow week, except for those Brain Thieves
On Stage 4/26-5/2

A high-brow week, except for those Brain Thieves

An incredible five theater openings this week, plus Danceworks, Pops, and Early Music Now.

George Winston, Gentle Genius

George Winston, Gentle Genius

At the Pabst Theater Thursday, sophisticated, yet friendly music that anyone can love.

NEW! A Gay Spring for Milwaukee Theater

NEW! A Gay Spring for Milwaukee Theater

Paul Masterson rounds up three productions on gay themes or by gay playwrights.

On Stage 4/5-11: Mark Morris dance, MSO’s Cole Porter and more
On Stage 4/5-11

Mark Morris dance, MSO’s Cole Porter and more

Lots of classy stuff, plus a trailer park musical from Carte Blanche. Juicy links inside.

MSO’s lively music from the Age of Enlightenment

MSO’s lively music from the Age of Enlightenment

Conductor Christopher Seaman brings out the nuance in the orchestra, the Naughton twins and Todd Levy deliver the solo goods.

On Stage 3/22-28: It’s like speed dating, but artsy
On Stage 3/22-28

It’s like speed dating, but artsy

This week: violin virtuoso Joshua Bell plays with the MSO, Off the Wall takes on Brecht and We Six takes the "A Train" with Billy Strayhorn.

Rising young clarinetist, pianist at Wisconsin Lutheran College

Rising young clarinetist, pianist at Wisconsin Lutheran College

Clarinetist José Franch-Ballester and pianist Anna Polonsky survey styles, moods in an engrossing concert at Wisconsin Lutheran College.

Theatrical Tendencies stages Terrence McNally’s take on Jesus

Theatrical Tendencies stages Terrence McNally’s take on Jesus

What if Jesus was from Texas and lived in the 1950s? And what if he were gay?