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Ninety-six years ago, prolific English playwright Eden Phillpotts debuted the play The Blue Comet, about a middle-class family struggling to maintain its standard of living against a backdrop of rising prices, stagnant income, and an apocalyptic threat.

A digital lottery for HAMILTON tickets will begin in conjunction with the show’s first performance (Tuesday, Aug.

Be in the “room where it happens” when HAMILTON comes to Overture Center's Overture Hall on Tuesday, Aug.

Bonnie Raitt brings her 'Just Like That… national tour to Overture Hall in a sold-out show on Tuesday, July 26 at 7:30 p.

APT has announced that Director of Communications, Sara Young, has accepted the position of Managing Director, a role which will begin August 1, 2022, as outgoing Managing Director Carrie Van Hallgren departs.

Musician and actor Chris Isaak, known for his signature 1950s rock 'n roll style and crooner sound as well as his falsetto and reverb-laden music, will entertain audiences in Overture Center's Capitol Theater on Tuesday, July 19 at 7:30 p.

​​​​​​​Almost four years after his first foray into unfamiliar concert territory with his highly-acclaimed Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour, “Weird Al” Yankovic is pressing his luck again, this time with The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent,

Overture Center for the Arts is organizing an exhibit titled “DEMOCRACY- A Visual Exploration” and welcomes submissions of visual art, including paintings, sculpture and prints as well as performance art and social practice.

American Players Theatre (APT) will open two more plays this week.

American Players Theatre (APT) will open two more plays this week.

Peninsula Players Theatre has announced that it is the recipient of a $75,000 grant from the Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) Foundation for its housing campaign, Act II: Protecting the Past, Ensuring the Future.

Shakespeare's roller coaster romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing brings Beatrice, Benedick, and a full cast of characters to area audiences in a full-length production opening July 15 at the Madison Country Day School amphitheater in Waunakee with performances through July 24.

Seven-time Grammy Award nominee Omar Sosa is a Cuban-born pianist and composer who has developed an earthy and graceful signature sound that blends elements of jazz, world, hip hop, electronica and classical music with his Afro-Cuban roots and is a joy to see in concert.

American Players Theatre began its 43rd season this past Saturday, June 11, with a preview performance of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The Rivals, directed by Aaron Posner.

What did our critic think? AIN'T TOO PROUD THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS follows the timeline of the Temptations, a Grammy winning group with 42 top ten hits, from conception as narrated by Otis Williams (Marcus Paul James) the group's founder and only surviving original member.

What did our critic think? Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 is not your typical musical.

Legendary performers Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt have teamed up again to present a delightful evening of genre-bending delight, fusing the sounds of country, swing, jazz, folk and gospel in An Acoustic Evening with Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt on Friday, Oct.

Canadian sing-songwriter and guitarist Gordon Lightfoot returns to Overture Center on Thursday, June 16, 2022, at 8 p.

TCG Entertainment, leader in live entertainment properties and touring productions, in association with Endemol Shine North America, producer of the hit culinary competition series MasterChef Junior, have announced the 2022 MASTERCHEF JUNIOR LIVE! Tour.

Congratulations to Brendan Moore, a senior at Oregon High School, and Catherine Gernetzke, a junior at St Ambrose Academy, who will represent Overture Center's Jerry Awards program at the National High School Musical Theatre Awards (NHSMTA), The Jimmy Awards.

Overture Center for the Arts will present the First National Tour of AIN'T TOO PROUD – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS.

Peninsula Players Theatre is thrilled to return to a five-show season with no seating restrictions in 2022 and seeks volunteer ushers for each of its performances.

Overture Center presents a delightful, albeit unpredictable, evening of jugglers going wild in The Flying Karamazov Brothers Present 4 PLAY Juggling and Cheap Theatrics on Thursday, June 9 at 7:30 p.

The 2021/22 Jerry Awards program will culminate in a show honoring student and school achievements, including performances by the Outstanding Award recipients, in Overture Hall on Sunday, June 12, 2022 at 6:30 p.

Celebrate The Phantom of the Opera and the best of Broadway as Chris Mann (Star of The Phantom of the Opera and NBC's The Voice) is joined by special “Phantom” co-stars Krista Buccallato (Christine u/s in The Phantom of the Opera) and Adam Machart (The Wick Theatre's Brigadoon) for “Phantom Vo