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Photos: A CHRISTMAS CAROL Celebrates Opening Night at the John W. Engeman Theater


by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - November 16, 2025

A Christmas Carol officially opened recently at the John W. Engeman Theater, featuring music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Check out photos from opening night here!...

Cast and Creative Team Set for A CHRISTMAS CAROL At The Engeman


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 29, 2025

The John W. Engeman Theater has revealed the cast and creative team of A CHRISTMAS CAROL. This is a lively musical adaptation of the classic Dickens tale that follows Ebenezer Scrooge. Learn more! ...

RENT 30th Anniversary Production Coming to Orpheum Theater in June 2026


by A.A. Cristi - October 23, 2025

Capital City Theatre will bring Jonathan Larson’s Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical RENT to Madison’s historic Orpheum Theater June 5–7, 2026, in celebration of the show’s 30th Anniversary....

Capital City Theatre Brings IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE – A NEW MUSICAL In Concert To The Orpheum Theatre


by A.A. Cristi - October 03, 2025

Capital City Theatre, Madison’s professional musical theatre company, will return to the historic Orpheum Theatre this fall with a special concert presentation of It’s a Wonderful Life – A New Musical....

Mark-Eugene Garcia's WITH BATED BREATH to Have Staged Reading With FRIGID New York


by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 19, 2025

FRIGID New York will present a staged reading of With Bated Breath, a new play by FRIGID Resident Artists playwright Mark-Eugene Garcia. Learn more here! ...

Review: ASSASSINS at Overture Center


by Angie Stanton - August 03, 2025

Capital City Theatre delivers a chilling and deeply human production of Assassins. Under Jake Penner's thoughtful direction, delivers a haunting and provocative evening that examines the nine individuals who attempted to assassinate American presidents from John Wilkes Booth to John Hinckley Jr....

Photos: DEAR JACK, DEAR LOUISE At Judson Theatre Company


by A.A. Cristi - August 01, 2025

Judson Theatre Company’s fourth annual Summer Theatre Festival continues with Tony Award winning playwright Ken Ludwig’s Dear Jack, Dear Louise, a heartfelt romantic comedy. Check out photos of the production....

SHAKE IT AWAY: THE ANN MILLER STORY Comes to 59E59 Theaters


by Stephi Wild - June 25, 2025

'Shake It Away: The Ann Miller Story' will be presented by KB Productions at 59E59 Theaters as part of the 2025 East to Edinburgh Festival. The production is written by and stars Kayla Boye and is directed by Michael Weber....

Review: MURDER FOR TWO at Capital City Theatre


by Scott Rawson - March 01, 2025

This cleverly performed show was entertaining and genuinely impressive. Please get to this show before it is gone, it’s a killer show that fits audiences to a tea....

Photos: HEARTBREAK HOTEL at The John W. Engeman Theater


by Stephi Wild - January 22, 2025

The John W. Engeman Theater is now presenting HEARTBREAK HOTEL. Performances began on Thursday, January 16, 2025, and run through Sunday, March 2, 2025. Check out photos here!...

Past Shows

It's a Wonderful Life - A New Musical


Back by popular demand after last year’s successful world premiere, It’s a Wonderful Life – A New Musical returns for one unforgettable performance! With book ...

A Night of Jason Robert Brown


A Night with Jason Robert Brown, starring Tess Lenzen and Andrew Linden, on Friday, September 19 at 7:30 PM at the CCT CORE (6120 University ...

Murder For Two
Murder For Two
2/21 - 3/1/2025


Everyone's a suspect in this multi-award-winning two-person musical comedy. Officer Marcus Moscowicz dreams of making it to detective – and one fateful night, his opportunity ...

The World Goes 'Round
The World Goes 'Round
10/15 - 10/24/2021


Capital City Theatre is back with a show that will put a smile on the tired too-long-in-quarantine faces of theater goers. The World GoesRound is ...

Daddy Long Legs
Daddy Long Legs
11/12 - 11/22/2020


Capital City Theatre presents the live-streaming of the musical, Daddy Long Legs" from Nov 12 to Nov 22, 2020. Daddy Long Legs the two-person stage ...

GYPSY
GYPSY
6/17 - 6/18/2016


Featuring Michele Ragusa as Rose Speculated by many (including NY Times critic Ben Brantley) to be the greatest of all American musicals, Gypsy tells the ...

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