MADISON THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 44

THE LION KING, the Tony winning international hit rolled into Madison this month and wardrobe supervisor Gregory Young generously gave me a behind the scenes peek at how he and his team transform the cast into powerful lions, graceful gazelles and hilarious hyenas.

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.

Bianca Horn is no stranger to the Fireside Theatre.

With less than four months until it returns to Wisconsin for the fourth year, Mile of Music hosted a preview event today at OuterEdge Stage to unveil the first 50 names of new and emerging artists who will appear at the popular festival this summer.

Frank's loved ones don't know where he is, but Frank's destination wasn't exactly a "where".

Local Madison funny man Alan Talaga and Atlas Improv have teamed up to present something circa 1999 -- Pokemon: The First Movie.

If baseball is America's pastime, then gossip has to be a close second.

George Bernard Shaw must have been a talker.

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.

Stamp collecting isn't considered a dangerous hobby.

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.

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.

The Fireside Theatre, Wisconsin's premiere dinner theatre located in Fort Atkinson, never shied away from a theatrical challenge.

Something wonderfully odd is going on over at that Bartell place.

Psycho Beach Party is a lot like United States of Tara - if Tara included beach babes, surfing, and nods to Joan Crawford.

Wizard World, Inc.

On Saturday night, before the Stage Q production of 'Psycho Beach Party', I got the opportunity to chat with 'Psycho Beach Party' playwright Charles Busch and his cabaret partner/pianist Tom Judson about their Sunday evening show in downtown Madison as well as Charles' history as a playwright and pe

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.

KRASS presents a show about three sisters and their struggle to come back together to honor their mother's final wishes.

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.

Florida Georgia Line, the mega-popular country music duo, will be the featured headliner artists in a special C Spire Live mid-May concert at the Baptist Health Systems campus in Madison.

Belle, in her bookish ways and reserved manner, was always a stand out princess of Disney's canon.

At a traditional Catholic baptism, the child is wrapped in a white garment as a symbol of their purity in the eyes of God.

Votes are cast; polls are closed; and results have been tabulated! This was our biggest year yet! After a record number of voters in more than 70 regions worldwide, BroadwayWorld is very excited to announce the 2015 Madison winners! Thanks to all who voted, and huge congratulations to all the winn

?Music Theatre of Madison (MTM), a small professional theatre company beginning its tenth anniversary season, will kick off 2016 with La Cage Aux Folles, running February 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, and 13, 2016, at Five Nightclub, 5 Applegate Court.