BWW Review: THE ILLUSIONISTS LIVE FROM BROADWAY at The Overture Center
As a haze envelopes, The Overture Center for the Arts a drum beat begins, followed shortly by screaming electric guitar licks.
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BWW Review: MARY'S WEDDING at American Players Theater
Theater should have an effect on the audience, and this show does exactly that.
BWW Review: SOMEONE'S GOTTA DO IT Sweeps Madison
Opening to the punk sound of The Flying Lizards 'Money, That's What I Want' Forward Theater begins its biennial monologue festival.
BWW Review: The African Company Presents RICHARD III Timidly Important work.
Did you know that there was an African Theater Company in 1821? We learn during American Players Theater production of 'THE AFRICAN THEATER COMPANY PRESENTS RICHARD III, that 6 years before New York abolished slavery and 20 years before the beginning of the Civil War, this company existed.
BWW Review: DEATH OF A SALESMAN Effects Spring Green
Willy Loman (Wonderfully portrayed by Brian Mani) is a phony, a faker.
BWW Review: The Spectacle of THE LION KING
Disney's The Lion King has dominated the stage for almost 20 years and audiences still flock to the theatre whenever the show migrates into a new city -- or even an old city as the show makes its return to Overture Center.
BWW Review: Howling at the COYOTE MOON
Frank's loved ones don't know where he is, but Frank's destination wasn't exactly a "where".
BWW Review: SWEET WILLIAM Bats a Thousand
If baseball is America's pastime, then gossip has to be a close second.
BWW Review: Comedy Talks in MISALLIANCE
George Bernard Shaw must have been a talker.
BWW Review: Fly Away with PETER PAN
On a lovely Sunday afternoon at the Fireside Theatre, just hours before the new work week was set to begin, adults in the audience for Peter Pan smiled along to the repeated utterance of "I won't grow up.
BWW Review: There's Nothing Insufficient About MAURITIUS' Postage
Stamp collecting isn't considered a dangerous hobby.
BWW Review: MOTOWN THE MUSICAL Will Have You Dancing in Your Seat
Motown the Musical rocked into Overture Center in Madison on Tuesday night with an abundance of talent and energy delivering the memorable Hitsville, USA classics.
BWW Review: Dance Into the Night with MONSTER BOOGIE
Monster Boogie, curated and directed by Matsushita, is a culmination of audio recordings, righteous dance moves, and the sharp wit of Jessica Jane Witham as the narrator.
BWW Review: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW is Sexy, Feisty, and Fabulous
Something wonderfully odd is going on over at that Bartell place.
BWW Review: Get Lei'd at PSYCHO BEACH PARTY
Psycho Beach Party is a lot like United States of Tara - if Tara included beach babes, surfing, and nods to Joan Crawford.
BWW Review: Times Are Changing for LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
When Jean Poiret's French play of the same name came out in 1973, and when Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein premiered their Tony Award winning musical in 1983, society was fundamentally different.
BWW Review: Family Quibbles Galore in RUMORS OF TRUTH
KRASS presents a show about three sisters and their struggle to come back together to honor their mother's final wishes.
BWW Review: Overture Hall is alive with THE SOUND OF MUSIC
The musical warhorse penned by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II - the last musical written by the duo -- will turn 57 this year, but thanks to invigorated direction by Jack O'Brien, the musical hasn't aged a day.
BWW Review: An Enchanting BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at Overture Center
Belle, in her bookish ways and reserved manner, was always a stand out princess of Disney's canon.
BWW Review: Bring Your Quarters to THE 800TH ANNUAL SALVATION SWING-OFF
At a traditional Catholic baptism, the child is wrapped in a white garment as a symbol of their purity in the eyes of God.
BWW Review: GADZOOKS! A New Holiday Tradition
Scrooge, the elves, Santa, and the mistletoe have been done.
BWW Review: ARE WE DELICIOUS? Xmas '15
With just a week of preparation time - just 'winging it' is a mantra for the members of the Are We Delicious family.
BWW Review: Madison Opera's LA BOHEME Reminds Us To See the Beauty
“How do I live? I live!” Exclaimed Mackenzie Whitney as Rodolfo in Madison Opera's fifth incarnation of Giacomo Puccini's La Bohéme.
BWW Review: A WONDERFUL LIFE By the Fireside
Christmas in my childhood home involved several traditions: adorning the tree with my mother's crystal ornaments, meticulously setting up the Christmas town figurines, and watching Frank Capra's 1946 classic It's a Wonderful Life.
BWW Review: Look Up For SILENT SKY
In the early 20th century, women were barred from many fields of study - even pondering the wonders of the night sky.
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Hadestown Overture Center for the Arts (6/01-6/06) |
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Footloose Cambridge-Deerfield Players (7/16-7/19) PHOTOS |
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SIX Overture Center for the Arts (1/19-1/24) |
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Jonathan Van Ness: Hot & Healed Comedy Tour 2026 Barrymore Theatre (9/11-9/11) |
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Maybe Happy Ending Overture Center for the Arts (11/24-11/29) |
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Jersey Boys Overture Center for the Arts (8/03-8/08) |
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Outback / Murray & Peter Present Viterbo University Fine Arts Center (11/07-11/07) |
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The Outsiders Overture Center for the Arts (7/06-7/11) |
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Oconomowoc Arts Center (7/17-7/19) |
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Green Bay Ballet Theater presents Beer and Ballet at The Weidner Center August 1! The Weidner (8/01-8/01) |