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Photos: First Look at PIANO MEN at Milwaukee Repby Stephi Wild - Milwaukee, WI
(1/9/2022) - What happens when you put two pianos onstage, add two virtuoso piano players, and throw in a limitless songbook that defies genre and decade? You get Piano Men! Equal parts concert and sing-along, this exhilarating and entertaining musical revue will have you clapping, laughing and calling out requests for your favorite songs.
Photos: First Look at THE LARAMIE PROJECT From First Stage's Young Companyby A.A. Cristi - Milwaukee, WI
(12/6/2021) - First Stage’s Young Company, the Theater Academy’s award-winning training program for advanced high school actors, present THE LARAMIE PROJECT as their first Performance Project for the 2021/22 season and first in-person production since the pandemic began.
Photos: Milwaukee Rep Presents A CHRISTMAS CAROLby Chloe Rabinowitz - Milwaukee, WI
(12/3/2021) - Make up for lost time with family and friends this holiday season as Milwaukee Rep's full ensemble production of A Christmas Carol joyfully returns to the historic Pabst Theater with Lee E. Ernst as Scrooge, November 30 - December 24, 2021.
Photos: First Look at A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS at First Stageby A.A. Cristi - Milwaukee, WI
(11/19/2021) - This holiday season brings the joyful return of First Stage’s production of Charles M. Schulz’s A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS to the Marcus Center’s Todd Wehr Theater.
Photos: First Look at the National Tour of OKLAHOMA!by Chloe Rabinowitz - Broadway
(11/11/2021) - The North American tour of Rogers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! began performances at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, MN on November 9, 2021 and will continue to play over 25 cities during the 2021-2022 season including stops in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Chicago and Nashville, and more.
Photos: First Look at STEEL MAGNOLIAS at Milwaukee Repby A.A. Cristi - Milwaukee, WI
(11/9/2021) - Steel Magnolias will be the first play with a live audience in Milwaukee Rep's Quadracci Powerhouse in over 18 months. As a way to say THANK YOU, Milwaukee Rep is offering free tickets to local Healthcare Workers to performances on November 10 at 7:30pm, November 11 at 7:30pm and November 14 at 7pm.
Photos: Get a First Look at the National Tour of THE PROM!by Chloe Rabinowitz - Broadway
(11/2/2021) - The National Tour of the 2019 Drama Desk Award winner for Outstanding Musical THE PROM begins performances tonight at Playhouse Square in Cleveland.
Photo: First Look At Kyla Stone As Anya In ANASTASIA On Tourby BWW Staff - Broadway
(10/19/2021) - BroadwayWorld has a first look at Kyla Stone as Anya in the non-equity National Tour of ANASTASIA!
Photos: Get A First Look At The New Cast Of RENT On Tourby BWW Staff - Broadway
(10/18/2021) - BroadwayWorld has a first look at the new cast of the RENT 25th Anniversary Farewell Non-Equity Tour, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning landmark rock musical written by Jonathan Larson.
Photo Flash: AN ILIAD Opens at American Players Theatreby Chloe Rabinowitz - Milwaukee, WI
(6/28/2021) - An Iliad featuring Jim DeVita and Alicia Storin opened at American Players Theatre on June 25 and will run through August 15.
Photo Flash: First Look at THE FISHERMAN'S DAUGHTERS at Northern Skyby A.A. Cristi - Milwaukee, WI
(6/17/2021) - The Fisherman’s Daughters, by Katie Dahl, tells the story of two sisters in 1908 Fish Creek who must reckon with their differences when Wisconsin’s governor decides to turn their homestead into part of Peninsula State Park.
Photo Flash: First Stage Young Company Presents THE CRUCIBLEby A.A. Cristi - Milwaukee, WI
(2/17/2021) - Next up in First Stage's Through Our Lens 2021 Virtual Season of Plays will be Arthur Miller's powerful and timely drama THE CRUCIBLE. Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award and inspired by the McCarthy hearings of the 1950s, the play takes audiences back to a fictionalized account of the Salem, Massachusetts witch trials that took place during the years 1692 and 1693. It is a tale of lies, revenge and mass hysteria as the citizens of Salem turn against each other as gossip becomes fact, lies become truth and innocence becomes guilt. Miller explores how public hysteria combined with fear can destroy people's lives.
Photo Flash: First Stage Presents ESCAPE FROM PELIGRO ISLANDby Chloe Rabinowitz - Milwaukee, WI
(1/27/2021) - First Stage's next virtual offering is ESCAPE FROM PELIGRO ISLAND. The virtual production starts livestreaming this Friday, January 29 at 7:00 p.m.
Photo Flash: Porchlight Music Theatre's Streaming of The Ruffians' BURNING BLUEBEARD Begins Tomorrowby Chloe Rabinowitz - Milwaukee, WI
(12/3/2020) - Porchlight Music Theatre's latest virtual offering, The Ruffians' Burning Bluebeard, back in its 9th year, a Chicago tradition for many, as recorded from the 2019 performance at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts.
Photo Flash: First Stage Presents Virtual Play THE QUEST FOR SOLOMON'S TREASUREby A.A. Cristi - Milwaukee, WI
(10/7/2020) - First Stage begins its 2020/21 Virtual Season of Plays with THE QUEST FOR SOLOMON’S TREASURE, an exciting new historical adventure web series that will stream exclusively for First Stage audiences.
Photo Flash: LEGEND OF ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS Opens Tonight at First Stageby A.A. Cristi - Milwaukee, WI
(3/6/2020) - THE LEGEND OF ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS, a family- friendly, fun world premiere musical, comes to First Stage tonight!
Photo Flash: Milwaukee Repertory Theater Presents ECLIPSEDby A.A. Cristi - Milwaukee, WI
(3/4/2020) - Milwaukee Repertory Theater presents Eclipsed written by Black Panther and 'Walking Dead' star Danai Gurira in the Quadracci Powerhouse, March 3 - 29, 2020.
Photo Flash: GRETEL! at Milwaukee's First Stageby Chloe Rabinowitz - Milwaukee, WI
(2/24/2020) - This past weekend First Stage opened GRETEL!, a new folk rock musical developed as part of the First Stage Foundry Stage Series. It combines the tale of HANSEL AND GRETEL with VASILISA THE BRAVE (the Russian Cinderella) into a story family audiences will find both compelling and inspiring. Directed by Artistic Director Jeff Frank and showing First Stage's commitment to developing new work, this folk rock musical runs now through March 22 at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center.
Photo Flash: Check Out Production Photos of Milwaukee Rep's HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCHby Chloe Rabinowitz - Milwaukee, WI
(1/28/2020) - Milwaukee Repertory Theater's Hedwig and the Angry Inch will run January 28 - March 8, 2020 in the Stiemke Studio. Matt Rodin will perform the title character Hedwig with Rep favorite Bethany Thomas (Songs for Nobodies, Milwaukee Rep) as Yitzhak.
Photo Flash: First Stage Presents A WRINKLE IN TIMEby A.A. Cristi - Milwaukee, WI
(1/24/2020) - First Stage will fuel the imaginations of audiences young and old with their next 2019/20 mainstage production, A WRINKLE IN TIME, based on the bestselling book by author Madeleine L'Engle and adapted for the stage by John Glore.
Video: First Look at Milwaukee Repertory Theater's CHASIN' DEM BLUESby Chloe Rabinowitz - Milwaukee, WI
(1/20/2020) - Milwaukee Repertory Theater is presenting Chasin' Dem Blues: Untold Story of Paramount Records, running January 17 thru March 22, 2020 to the Stackner Cabaret.
Photo Flash: First Look at THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE at Milwaukee Repby Stephi Wild - Milwaukee, WI
(1/17/2020) - Milwaukee Rep's Quadracci Powerhouse kicks off the New Year with the joyful play The Legend of Georgia McBride from rising star playwright Matthew Lopez (The Inheritance). Kevin Kantor returns to Milwaukee Rep as Casey, after a dazzling debut in the American Premiere of Things I Know To Be True last season. They are joined by 2013/14 EPR Armand Fields (Ms. Black for President, Steppenwolf) as Rexy/Jason, Shavanna Calder (Hairspray, Nat'l tour) as Jo, Courter Simmons (Jersey Boys, Broadway) as Miss Tracy Mills and Associate Artist James Pickering (A Christmas Carol, Milwaukee Rep) as Eddie.
Photo Flash: Check out Photos from First Stage's THE SNOWY DAY AND OTHER STORIESby Chloe Rabinowitz - Milwaukee, WI
(1/13/2020) - The magic and wonder of a snowy day comes to life in First Stage's production of THE SNOWY DAY AND OTHER STORIES BY Ezra Jack Keats, based on the 1963 Caldecott Medal-winning book by acclaimed author and illustrator Ezra Jack Keats, adapted for the stage by Jerome Hairston and Co-Directed by Samantha Montgomery and Kat Wodtke. An imaginative ode to childhood, audiences will delight in encountering Peter who is eager to explore the winter wonderland outside - throwing snowballs, making snow angels and experiencing the crunch, crunch, crunch of the fresh snow. Adventure with Peter as he grows up and explores the wide and wonderful world around him! THE SNOWY DAY AND OTHER STORIES BY Ezra Jack Keats is a First Stage First Steps production offered to introduce children ages 3 to 7 to theater in an engaging, interactive and lively environment.
Photo Flash: First Stage's Young Company Presents THE WINTER'S TALEby A.A. Cristi - Milwaukee, WI
(12/9/2019) - First Stage's Young Company, the Theater Academy's award-winning training program for advanced high school actors, will present William Shakespeare's THE WINTER'S TALE as their first Performance Project for the 2019/20 season. The play explores multiple facets of the human condition – from false assumptions and lost children to truths revealed, redemption found and the appearance of marvelous wonders. As one of Shakespeare's late plays, it tells the story of wandering and separation leading eventually to tearful and joyous reunion. Sponsored by United Performing Arts Fund.
Photo Flash: First Look at A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Milwaukee Repby Stephi Wild - Milwaukee, WI
(11/27/2019) - Milwaukee Repertory Theater's holiday classic A Christmas Carol returns to the historic Pabst Theater, November 26 - December 24, 2019.
Photo Flash: ELF THE MUSICAL Brings Christmas Cheer To First Stageby A.A. Cristi - Milwaukee, WI
(11/22/2019) - First Stage, one of the nation's leading theaters for young people and families, is delighted to share with Milwaukee audiences ELF – The Musical this holiday season.
Photo Flash: Take a Peek at Photos From Milwaukee Rep's THE NERDby Chloe Rabinowitz - Milwaukee, WI
(11/13/2019) - Milwaukee Repertory Theater is revisiting a Rep classic November 12 - December 15, 2019 with The Nerd by Larry Shue. One of the funniest plays ever written, The Nerd premiered at Milwaukee Repertory Theater in 1981 with playwright Larry Shue filling the role of Willum Cubbert. It went on to become one of the most produced and best loved comedies in the history of American theater, running for 441 performances on Broadway (with Mark Hamill, of Star Wars fame) before moving on to theaters across the U.S. and abroad.
Photo Flash: First Look at NUNSENSE at Milwaukee Repby Stephi Wild - Milwaukee, WI
(11/9/2019) - Milwaukee Repertory Theater presents Nunsense – a musical that has made millions laugh – in the Stackner Cabaret, November 8, 2019 – January 12, 2020.
Photo Flash: ON THE WINGS OF A MARIPOSA Opens First Stage's 2019/20 Mainstage Seasonby A.A. Cristi - Milwaukee, WI
(10/18/2019) - First Stage begins its 2019/20 main stage season with ON THE WINGS OF A MARIPOSA, a lyrical, bilingual play written by Playwright-in-Residence Alvaro Saar Rios. This world premiere production is adapted from the book Ghost Wings by popular Milwaukee author Barbara Joosse, features original music and lyrics by Dinorah Márquez and is a collaboration with Latino Arts Strings Program and United Community Center.
Photo Flash: First Look at Milwaukee Rep's THE NICETIESby Julie Musbach - Milwaukee, WI
(9/26/2019) - Get a look inside Milwaukee Repertory Theater's The Niceties, opening the 2019/20 Stiemke Studio season. A bristling two-woman drama, The Niceties asks the question: Who gets to tell the story of America?
Photo Flash: First Look at THE NICETIES at Milwaukee Repby Stephi Wild - Milwaukee, WI
(9/26/2019) - Milwaukee Repertory Theater presents The Niceties by rising-star playwright Eleanor Burgess in the Stiemke Studio, September 25 - November 3, 2019.
Photo Flash: First Stage Kicks Off 2019/20 Season ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S WE ARE IN PLAY!by A.A. Cristi - Milwaukee, WI
(9/24/2019) - First Stage kicks of its 2019/20 season with Mo Willems' rollicking musical adventure ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S “WE ARE IN PLAY!”
Photo Flash: First Look at Milwaukee Rep's WEST SIDE STORYby Julie Musbach - Milwaukee, WI
(9/20/2019) - One musical changed theater forever and it will be making its triumphant Rep debut in a rare professional production.
Photo Flash: First Look at Milwaukee Rep's 2 PIANOS 4 HANDSby Stephi Wild - Milwaukee, WI
(9/8/2019) - Milwaukee Repertory Theater presents 2 Pianos 4 Hands, a comedic music duel featuring the music of Bach, Beethoven, Billy Joel and Jerry Lee Lewis and more in the recently renovated Stackner Cabaret, September 6 - November 3, 2019.
Photo Flash: Meet The Stars Of WEST SIDE STORY At Milwaukee Repby A.A. Cristi - Milwaukee, WI
(8/27/2019) - Milwaukee Repertory Theater presents West Side Story, the iconic American musical from Broadway visionariesJerome Robbins, Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, in the Quadracci Powerhouse, September 17 – October 27, 2019.
Photo Flash: First Look at TINKER BELL at First Stageby Stephi Wild - Milwaukee, WI
(4/28/2019) - First Stage concludes its 2018/19 mainstage season with a sparkling new adaptation of TINKER BELL, written by playwright Patrick Flynn and based on the works of Sir J.M. Barrie. This family-friendly adventure brings to the stage characters audiences know and love - Peter Pan, Wendy, the Lost Boys and Captain Hook - but told all from the unique perspective of the feisty fairy, Tinker Bell. With over a dozen different puppets, original music and even some potent fairy dust, Milwaukee families will get to experience theater magic at its best. The world of Neverland will come to life in the Todd Wehr Theater like it has never been seen before! Audience members young and old won't want to miss taking this fantastic voyage in TINKER BELL.
Photo Flash: First Stage Presents BIG RIVER: THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINNby A.A. Cristi - Milwaukee, WI
(3/15/2019) - Adapted for family audiences from the Tony Award- winning Broadway musical, BIG RIVER: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn tells the story of Huck and his friend Jim, a slave, as they travel along the mighty Mississippi River. Huck tries to help Jim escape to freedom and reunite with his family. Their shared journey of discovery proves humorous, suspenseful and heartwarming. Mark Twain's timeless classic comes alive on stage at First Stage in this coming-of-age musical which features live bluegrass music with fiddles, guitar, harmonica, piano and more.
Photo Flash: Milwaukee Repertory Theater Presents American Premiere of THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUEby A.A. Cristi - Milwaukee, WI
(3/6/2019) - Milwaukee Repertory Theater presents the American premiere of Things I Know To Be True by Australian playwright Andrew Bovell in the Quadracci Powerhouse March 5-31, 2019.
Photo Flash: First Stage Presents Inaugural Forge Production LOCOMOTIONby A.A. Cristi - Milwaukee, WI
(1/25/2019) - Acclaimed as "lively" and "lyrical" by The Washington Post and written by award-winning author/playwright Jacqueline Woodson, LOCOMOTION chronicles the thoughtful, creative, 11-year-old Lonnie Collins Motion, who discovers a passion for poetry as a way to express his feelings as he navigates life following his parents' death and his placement in the foster care system. Weaving together Lonnie's past and present, humor flows through the play's eccentric and witty characters poignantly revealing his journey of hope from tragedy to a brighter future.
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Grease School Version
Sunset Playhouse (8/9 - 8/11) | |
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Wicked
Uihlein Hall at Marcus Center For The Performing Arts (7/30 - 8/17) | |
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Josh Thone: Live in Concert
The Brick House (5/8 - 5/8) | |
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Disney's High School Musical Jr
Sunset Playhouse (5/6 - 5/7) | |
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Summer Stars Broadway Cabaret
Sunset Playhouse (6/30 - 6/30) | |
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A Rock Sails By
Lake Country Playhouse (5/10 - 5/24) | |
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Queen of Rock & Roll: Stevie Nicks Tribute
Sunset Playhouse (6/4 - 6/4) | |
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