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Renaissance’s ‘The Moors’ Is a ‘Excellent Menagerie’
This is not theater for everyone, but it is good theater that upends theater norms.
Oct 22nd, 2024 by Dominique Paul Noth
‘Witch’ Is a Stitch
Renaissance offers darkly funny, episodic update of 17th century fable pitting the devil against a witch.
Oct 23rd, 2023 by Dominique Paul Noth
Why Black Men Die Young
Next Act’s ‘Kill Move Paradise’ is beautifully directed and acted though the dialogue can get preachy.
Sep 27th, 2022 by Dominique Paul Noth
Gobel Is Powerful in ‘Neat’
Playing multiple characters, Marti Gobel powers engaging tale of growing up Black in the South.
Mar 22nd, 2021 by Dominique Paul Noth
Stories My Aunt Told Me
Renaissance Theaterworks revives ‘Neat,’ with Marti Gobel playing 24 characters.
Mar 12th, 2021 by Jeff Jordan
Lessons From an Inner City School
Next Act Theater’s ‘Principal Principle’ is an edgy look at a new teacher trying to make good.
Feb 17th, 2021 by Dominique Paul Noth
Short Plays That Stretch Your Mind
Renaissance Theaterworks offers three works by playwrights of color. It’s an adventure.
Dec 11th, 2020 by Dominique Paul Noth
Next Act’s ‘The Christians’ Is Compelling
It feels like live theater being streamed, in a smart play about a mega-church facing a sudden challenge.
Nov 25th, 2020 by Dominique Paul Noth
Local Companies Are Innovating Amid Pandemic
Renaissance, Next Act and Milwaukee Rep all are finding creative ways to do theater.
Nov 16th, 2020 by Dominique Paul Noth
‘The Roommate’ Is Funny, Serious, Fast-Paced
Renaissance Theaterworks show has weaknesses but good acting, directing make it all work.
Oct 21st, 2019 by Dominique Paul Noth
Reflections Within a Riot
‘Fires in the Mirror’ propels power of documentary theater
Sep 23rd, 2019 by Dominique Paul Noth
The Tangled Roots of Racism
Next Act’s “Blood at the Root” hits hard, but lacks subtlety and shading.
Feb 4th, 2019 by Dominique Paul Noth
Don’t You Be My Neighbor
Renaissance staging of ‘Native Gardens’ pits a white couple against the Hispanic couple next door.
Oct 23rd, 2018 by Dominique Paul Noth
‘The Brothers Size’ Upsets Expectations
Play by rising black playwright mixes dance, music and more in potent MCT production.
Feb 26th, 2018 by Dominique Paul Noth
‘Sex With Strangers’ Scores
Play by ‘House of Cards” writer is a witty, gritty and erotic battle of the sexes.
Oct 24th, 2017 by Dominique Paul Noth
The Weight of Words
Renaissance staging of ‘The Violet Hour’ dramatizes the golden days of American publishing.
Apr 11th, 2017 by Dominique Paul Noth
Growing Up Irish In Milwaukee
In Tandem offers solid staging of local playwright Mike Neville's bittersweet memory play.
Feb 23rd, 2016 by Dominique Paul Noth
A Nation at Urban War With Itself
Next Act offers powerful production of ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992’
Feb 1st, 2016 by Dominique Paul Noth
Black Souls Matter
Can challenging shows like ‘The Ballad of Emmett Till’ change how we think about race?
Nov 17th, 2015 by Joey Grihalva
The Short Happy Life of Emmett Till
Renaissance production captures the joys and tragic end of the teen whose death inspired civil rights activists.
Oct 26th, 2015 by Dominique Paul Noth
The Killing of Emmett Till
Shocking murder in 1955, which ignited the civil rights movement, becomes moving drama.
Oct 20th, 2015 by Jim Cryns
Every Child Left Behind
A powerful one-woman show at Next Act probes the problems -- and drama -- of urban schools.
Feb 2nd, 2015 by Dominique Paul Noth
Next Act Theatre
David Cecsarini opens the season with "Perfect Mendacity," a complex play about truth and deception, but it's just one of Next Act's diverse offerings this year.
Sep 16th, 2013 by Matthew Reddin
Joy and laughter fuel the Rep’s “Christmas Carol”
A new director and new Scrooge are just the most noticeable changes that enliven Dickens' classic tale.
Dec 3rd, 2012 by Matthew Reddin
