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Theater: Provocative ‘MCNEAL’ Takes on Heady Issues of AI
Theater

Provocative ‘MCNEAL’ Takes on Heady Issues of AI

Rep's new studio theater creates technically splashy environment for literary drama.

Milwaukee Rep Sets Opening Date For Renovated Studio Theater

Milwaukee Rep Sets Opening Date For Renovated Studio Theater

Final phase of $80 million project will open with play by Pulitzer Prize winner.

Theater: ‘Sanctuary City’ Offers Powerful Look at Immigration Issue
Theater

‘Sanctuary City’ Offers Powerful Look at Immigration Issue

Strong Next Act production handles play's challenging structure.

Theater: Rep Takes Us Back to Sun Studios
Theater

Rep Takes Us Back to Sun Studios

'Million Dollar Quartet' has mawkish plot but lots of Elvis, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis songs.

Theater: Rep’s ‘The Coast Starlight’ Is An Intriguing Journey
Theater

Rep’s ‘The Coast Starlight’ Is An Intriguing Journey

West coast train route is setting for a language play that starts strong but loses its way.

Theater: ‘L’Appartement’ Is a Mind-Bending Comedy
Theater

‘L’Appartement’ Is a Mind-Bending Comedy

North American premiere of Australian play gets smart RTW production.

Theater: ‘Scarecrow’ Is All About Wisconsin
Theater

‘Scarecrow’ Is All About Wisconsin

Heidi Armbruster's skilled writing and performance of one-woman play offers humor, drama and an uneven ending.

Deep Lake Future Exhibition Opens July 21

Deep Lake Future Exhibition Opens July 21

Immersive art experience at Small Works gallery in Walker's Point takes you under the surface and into the future of the Great Lakes.

Theater: Chamber Theatre Not Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Theater

Chamber Theatre Not Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Revival of Albee’s caustic classic is well acted, powerful and intriguing.

Theater: Rep’s ‘Titanic’ Is a Triumph
Theater

Rep’s ‘Titanic’ Is a Triumph

A massive undertaking with terrific performers that never misses the show’s humanity or intimacy.

Classical: Florentine’s Smaller Show Is Charming
Classical

Florentine’s Smaller Show Is Charming

Two early 20th century mini-operas, 'Cinderella,' and a Ravel work about a naughty child, are well performed.

Theater: Skylight’s ‘Shackleton’ Is a Wild One
Theater

Skylight’s ‘Shackleton’ Is a Wild One

Elusive, fascinating, hypnotic musical with terrific performances. It will linger in your mind.

Theater: Mankind Was My Business
Theater

Mankind Was My Business

The Rep offers ‘Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol.’ It’s Dickens with a twist.

Theater: “Annie Jump” Is a Technical Triumph
Theater

“Annie Jump” Is a Technical Triumph

New play premiered by Renaissance has great atmosphere, but mawkish scenarios.

Theater: Skylight’s ‘Carmina Burana’ Will Wow You
Theater

Skylight’s ‘Carmina Burana’ Will Wow You

The most original and mesmerizing production I’ve seen this season.

Theater: The Tangled Roots of Racism
Theater

The Tangled Roots of Racism

Next Act’s “Blood at the Root” hits hard, but lacks subtlety and shading.

Theater: Skylight’s ‘Pippin’ Is a Puzzle
Theater

Skylight’s ‘Pippin’ Is a Puzzle

All that energy and pizzaz for musical set in Middle Ages, but what does it all mean?

Theater: ‘The Brothers Size’ Upsets Expectations
Theater

‘The Brothers Size’ Upsets Expectations

Play by rising black playwright mixes dance, music and more in potent MCT production.

Theater: A Russian Comic Mystery Drama
Theater

A Russian Comic Mystery Drama

Renaissance production of ‘Russian Transport’ covers all the bases powerfully.

Theater: “Guys and Dolls” Smacked Too Hard
Theater

“Guys and Dolls” Smacked Too Hard

Rep production overplays a worthy musical.

Theater: ‘Sweeney Todd’ Is Grisly Fun
Theater

‘Sweeney Todd’ Is Grisly Fun

Skylight’s take on Sondheim musical has inventive staging and strong voices.

Theater: Regrets, They Have a Few
Theater

Regrets, They Have a Few

Four actors deftly stretch time and memory in “Bloomsday.”

Theater: The Rep Tries Agatha Christie
Theater

The Rep Tries Agatha Christie

Its production of ‘The Mousetrap’ is fun but long on melodramatics.

The Season Ahead: Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
The Season Ahead

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre

C. Michael Wright talks about his company's season of "Our Friends and Neighbors," and gives an on-set video interview about their first show, "'Art,'" where he plays Serge. Video by Gene Cawley.