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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?

On Stage March 8-14: Arts from Africa and everywhere
On Stage March 8-14

Arts from Africa and everywhere

Five continents will represent in Milwaukee culture this week. Missed Australia, but really -- who needs Antarctica?

On Stage 3/1-7: Got those Eroica Black Bottom blues, oh yes
On Stage 3/1-7

Got those Eroica Black Bottom blues, oh yes

An August Wilson classic, the MSO goes classical, classical guitar at UWM, plus string quartet, accordion, Afro-Caribbean, dinner theater.

Soprano Vovkova’s US debut in a Milwaukee recital

Soprano Vovkova’s US debut in a Milwaukee recital

Familiar arias, with feeling from soprano based in the Czech Republic, with an assist from her baritone husband.

Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra recasts “romantic” music

Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra recasts “romantic” music

The MCO transforms romantic music in the emotional expressionism of Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht and the structured elegance of Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances

Bullies bested in comedy at Windfall Theatre

Bullies bested in comedy at Windfall Theatre

Light comedy addresses a serious subject in "Nurture's Wonders" - a world premiere with many satisfying twists and turns.