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Review: MADISON RAPS ABOUT HAMILTON at The Overture Center


by Scott Rawson - January 08, 2026

This would mark my third time seeing Hamilton at The Overture Center. All have been good, and all have been slightly different. And all have had a varied effect on me.  ...

Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Pabst Theater


by Cathy Jakicic - December 04, 2025

Though the Milwaukee Rep is presenting its 50th season of 'A Christmas Carol,' this year, the current production has the freshness and energy of a debut. Returning as Scrooge, Matt Daniels brings back his nimble physicality and vocals, making Dickens familiar words full of surprises. Whether grumpy ...

Past Shows

Creditors
Creditors
Nov 2 – Nov 19, 2017

This fall, the Touchstone takes on a darker hue. A seemingly solid relationship suddenly teeters, attacked from without and within. Motes of mistrust, sown in...

A View From The Bridge
A View From The Bridge
Aug 12 – Oct 22, 2017

In a community entrenched in honor and iron wills, secrets have a way of exploding. It’s an uneasy venue for a patchwork family. For a...

Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Aug 11 – Sep 29, 2017

Here we have something of a rare delicacy. Funny and heartfelt, with a healthy dose of danger. Like the sea that serves as his path,...

Antony and Cleopatra
Aug 11 – Oct 20, 2013

Antony and Cleopatra is a love story with the power to shatter nations. (Sound hyperbolic? Trust us, it’s not.) But reality has a way of...

Dickens in America
Jun 26 – Oct 19, 2013

You may know APT core company member James Ridge. Whether you recognize him is another matter. You see, he’s nothing if not adaptable. He transforms...

Dickens in America: Adapted from his works and words
Jun 25 – Oct 19, 2013

The Touchstone Theatre: - James DeVita; dir: C. Michael Wright....

The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Jun 8 – Oct 6, 2013

Our two gentlemen seek travel, adventure and, yes, love too. But nothing complicates friendship like a little romantic competition, as the boys attempt to thrive...

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Aug 2 – Oct 5, 2013

Tom Stoppard makes his debut on our Hill with the play that first put him on the map. Take a peek around the corners of...

Hamlet
Jun 21 – Oct 4, 2013

Up the Hill Theatre: - William Shakespeare; dir: John Langs....

All My Sons
Aug 9 – Sep 28, 2013

The Keller family struggles with a real-life willing suspension of disbelief in a community rocked by war, scandal and one very specific combination of the...

Molly Sweeney
Jun 8 – Sep 21, 2013

Molly is a new bride – happy, content. And blind. And now, she has a chance to see. For Molly’s husband, restoring her sight is...

Too Many Husbands
Jun 14 – Sep 14, 2013

Up the Hill Theatre: - W. Somerset Maugham; dir: David Frank....

The Gift of the Magi
Nov 27 – Dec 22, 2012

Winter is special at APT. An experience not to be missed. As our iconic oak tree dons its snowy crown, The Touchstone Theatre breaks stage...

Shakespeare's Will
Aug 16 – Oct 21, 2012

- Vern Thiessen; music: Marc Desmoreaux; dir: Miles Potter....

Skylight
Jun 23 – Oct 21, 2012
In Acting Shakespeare
Aug 17 – Oct 7, 2012

James DeVita....

Twelfth Night
Jun 9 – Oct 7, 2012
Heroes
Jul 1 – Oct 6, 2012

Three aging WWI French army veterans, a very different "band of brothers," muse on life, the past and what is over the next hill as...

The Admirable Crichton
Aug 2 – Oct 6, 2012
Troilus and Cressida
Aug 10 – Oct 5, 2012
Richard III
Jun 21 – Sep 29, 2012
The Royal Family
Jun 15 – Sep 22, 2012

Edna Ferber, George S. Kaufman; dir: Rachel Chavkin.McGuire Proscenium:...

The Gift of the Magi
Nov 25 – Dec 18, 2011
Crime and Punishment
Jun 23 – Oct 16, 2011
The Glass Menagerie
Jun 16 – Oct 15, 2011
The Taming of the Shrew
Jun 4 – Oct 2, 2011
Of Mice and Men
Jul 29 – Oct 1, 2011

Hitch a ride to 1930’s California for this journey through the heartland of America. The Fine Arts Center’s 75th anniversary celebration concludes with this production...

The Tempest
Aug 5 – Sep 30, 2011

There could scarcely be a more provocative start to the season—or a more vivid way to experience Shakespeare’s beloved final play. Unique staging that transports...

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