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Milwaukee Repertory Theater Presents Guys on Ice January 12 – March 17, 2024
Skylight Music Theatre Announces Cast, Creative Team for Leonard Bernstein’s Beloved Masterpiece Candide
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Skylight Music Theatre Announces Cast, Creative Team for Leonard Bernstein’s Beloved Masterpiece Candide

Visionary New Production of Classic Operetta Opens 2023-24 Season

Skylight Music Theatre Announces Don’t Rána on My Parade
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Skylight Music Theatre Announces Don’t Rána on My Parade

Outdoor Concert and Picnic in the Park to Benefit Skylight Music Theatre Saturday, May 22, 2021, 6 p.m.

Long-Running Skylight Music Theatre KidsWrites Program Turns Student Writing Into Professional Music Theatre Songs
Theater: Theaters Offer Holiday Shows
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Theaters Offer Holiday Shows

Including different versions of Dickens and ‘It’s a Wonderful Life.’

Skylight Sings: A Virtual Concert to Benefit Skylight Music Theatre Just Announced! Broadway’s Kate Baldwin Special Guests: Dennis DeYoung of Styx and Skylight’s Ray Jivoff
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Skylight Sings: A Virtual Concert to Benefit Skylight Music Theatre Just Announced! Broadway’s Kate Baldwin Special Guests: Dennis DeYoung of Styx and Skylight’s Ray Jivoff

Featuring Skylight Favorites: Andrew Varela, Rána Roman, Lucas Pastrana, Rachael Zientek, Doug Clemons, Samantha Sostarich, Shawn Holmes, Raven Dockery, Ryan Cappleman, Susie Robinson, Tim Rebers & more! Thursday, May 21 at 7 p.m.

Skylight Music Theatre Announces Skylight Sings: A Virtual Concert to Benefit Skylight Music Theatre
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Skylight Music Theatre Announces Skylight Sings: A Virtual Concert to Benefit Skylight Music Theatre

Featuring Skylight Favorites with Special Guests Ray Jivoff and Dennis DeYoung Thursday, May 21 at 7 p.m.

Skylight Music Theatre Announces Cast, Creative Team for <em>The Gospel at Colonus</em>
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Skylight Music Theatre Announces Cast, Creative Team for The Gospel at Colonus

An Exuberant Blues & Gospel Re-telling of Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus

Winners for the 2019 Footlights People’s Choice Awards Announced
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Winners for the 2019 Footlights People’s Choice Awards Announced

Non-professional and professional recipients honored in each category

Final Nominees Announced for 2019 Footlights People’s Choice Awards
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Final Nominees Announced for 2019 Footlights People’s Choice Awards

And the nominees are...

Skylight Announces One Night Only “CelebRAYtion” Fundraiser to Benefit Skylight Music Theatre and Honor Artistic Director Ray Jivoff
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Skylight Announces One Night Only “CelebRAYtion” Fundraiser to Benefit Skylight Music Theatre and Honor Artistic Director Ray Jivoff

The event is a fundraiser for Skylight Music Theatre, Jivoff’s “artistic home.”

Skylight Music Theatre Announces New Weekend Cabaret Series and ‘One Night Only’ Salon Series
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Skylight Music Theatre Announces New Weekend Cabaret Series and ‘One Night Only’ Salon Series

First Cabaret September 28 to Feature Winner of 2018 Lee Dougherty Ross Debut Award

Skylight Music Theatre Announces Director, Cast and One Day Sale For Holiday 2018 Production of Broadway Musical <em>Hairspray</em>
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Skylight Music Theatre Announces Director, Cast and One Day Sale For Holiday 2018 Production of Broadway Musical Hairspray

Performances November 16 – December 23, 2018 in the beautiful Cabot Theatre. One Day Sale for 25% Off Tickets on Monday, July 16

Theater: Skylight’s Urinetown Is Fast-Paced Fun
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Skylight’s Urinetown Is Fast-Paced Fun

But the musical itself feels less subversive that it once did.

Final Nominees Announced for 2018 Footlights People’s Choice Awards
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Final Nominees Announced for 2018 Footlights People’s Choice Awards

Congrats to all our nominees!

Shakespeare in the Park returns to the Marcus Center’s Peck Pavilion for the 2018 Production of “King Lear,” Headlined by Jim Pickering
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Shakespeare in the Park returns to the Marcus Center’s Peck Pavilion for the 2018 Production of “King Lear,” Headlined by Jim Pickering

The tragedy will play on three weekends: July 5-8, 12-15 and 19-21, with a weekday matinee on July 17.

Skylight Music Theatre Announces New High School Musical Theatre Summer Workshop
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Skylight Music Theatre Announces New High School Musical Theatre Summer Workshop

Two-Week Skills-Based Program, July 16-27

Skylight Music Theatre Announces Cast, Creative Team for Hilarious Tony Award-Winning Musical Urinetown
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Skylight Music Theatre Announces Cast, Creative Team for Hilarious Tony Award-Winning Musical Urinetown

Ray Jivoff directs outrageous satire of legal system, social irresponsibility, corporate mismanagement and musical theatre itself. May 18 – June 10, 2018 in Skylight’s Cabot Theatre

Skylight’s “Annie” Extended Through Dec. 27!
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Skylight’s “Annie” Extended Through Dec. 27!

Full Cast & Creative Team Revealed

Theater: Truly a Singular Sensation
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Truly a Singular Sensation

Milwaukee Opera’s radical production of A Chorus Line inverts the ages of performers.

Skylight Music Theatre Presents Hot Mikado
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Skylight Music Theatre Presents Hot Mikado

Updated Version of Gilbert & Sullivan’s Comic Masterpiece. Set to Swinging Sounds of 1940s Jazz and Blues

DanceMKE Returns

DanceMKE Returns

Marcus Center's summer dance competition kicked off this week. Help choose the winner!

First-Ever Footlights Performing Arts Awards Announce Winners
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First-Ever Footlights Performing Arts Awards Announce Winners

Thirty-two nominees were awarded in 16 categories, and both professional and non-professional artists were recognized.

Full Frontal Doherty and Everything Elst
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Full Frontal Doherty and Everything Elst

Saturday, January 7th @ 8 p.m. and Sunday, January 8th @ 4 p.m.

Theater: We Need ‘La Cage’ More Than Ever
Theater

We Need ‘La Cage’ More Than Ever

Skylight production of musical shows it’s still relevant -- and tons of fun.

Skylight Music Theatre Announces Cast for Tony Award-winning Musical La Cage Aux Folles (The Birdcage)
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Skylight Music Theatre Announces Cast for Tony Award-winning Musical La Cage Aux Folles (The Birdcage)

Cast led by Milwaukee favorites Ray Jivoff and Norman Moses, Project Runway's Chris March returns as costume designer. Performances November 18 - December 23, 2016

Theater: Skylight’s “Pirates” A Boatful of Laughs
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Skylight’s “Pirates” A Boatful of Laughs

Buoyed by nifty staging, fine singing, gags aplenty, it’s a huge hit with audiences.

Skylight Music Theatre Presents Gilbert & Sullivan’s Swashbuckling Comedy <i>Pirates of Penzance</i>
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Skylight Music Theatre Presents Gilbert & Sullivan’s Swashbuckling Comedy Pirates of Penzance

Performances May 20 - June 12, 2016 in the beautiful Cabot Theatre

Theater: When Bad Things Happen to Good People
Theater

When Bad Things Happen to Good People

Milwaukee Rep’s Good People, set in South Boston, is a comic drama about that question.

Theater: The Surprising Relevance of <i>Hair</i>
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The Surprising Relevance of Hair

Skylight’s powerful production of 1968 hippie musical makes it seem anything but dated.