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Is there anything the Milwaukee Opera Theatre touches that doesn't turn to gold? Their latest collaboration with Skylight Music Theatre is Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore, a sweet, hilarious, melodramatic comic opera made exceedingly charming under the inspired watch of co-directors Jill Anna Ponas
First Stage has given us all an early Christmas present in Elf the Musical.
Now in its 44th year, this production is firmly rooted in tradition.
Overall, this is a play about the young having their voices heard.
The thing about 'The Nerd' is it's a farce, which The Rep's audience guide breaks down as a?oea specific style of comedy characterized by unlikely predicaments, verbal humor, mistaken identities, and physical comedy.
It's a hoot! The answer to your prayers! Five nuns on stage, four in the freezer!
This Skylight production is certainly more stripped down, relying on simple orchestrations, bare-bones sets, and a small ensemble to achieve something great.
Even if you've seen West Side Story twenty times before -- even if you know it's based on Romeo & Juliet and therefore tragedy is imminent -- the Milwaukee Rep has succeeded in giving every theater-loving person countless reasons to come out and see it once more.
2 Pianos 4 Hands is a love letter to the play's titular instrument.
This is farcical theater to the extreme, aimed at testing your reflex for laughter.
This Anastasia is impeccably performed, gorgeously rendered, and entertaining to be sure.
Fairy kings and queens, mischievous woodland spirits, young lovers, and merry buffoons - nearly all of Shakespeare's characters are present in the wondrous production that is A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Milwaukee Ballet.
Another op'nin, another show! This time it's a battle of the sexes and a Golden Age musical by Cole Porter.
Though panic, sadness, and uncertainty are felt in Come From Away, there's very little all-out gloom.
From pixie dust to tick-tocking crocodiles, sneaky pirates to Lost Boys, Peter Pan is a beloved story that's been told every which way.
When a play is as aptly named as this one, it makes my job a breeze.
Happily for the national tour of Rogers and Hammerstein's 'The King and I,' the cast holds their own and the story stays, for the most part, as compelling as ever.
When the Milwaukee Ballet presents a trio of works in one mixed program, odds are something will resonate — if not the haunting music of one piece, then the vibrant rush of costumes in another.
Annie Jump and the Library of Heaven is the story of titular character Annie Jump, a 13-year-old science prodigy living in the small town of Strawberry, Kansas, with her alien-hunting dad.
To not give away too much, To Fall In Love is, in short, about psychologist Arthur Aron's famous study that suggested a couple might ask each other 36 questions in order to fall in love.
17 Skylight artists.
'It wasn't supposed to be like this.
Michael 'Ding' Lorenz boasts crazy talent alongside an outrageous instrument collection that warrants awe-inspired sighs and, as the Skylight Music Theatre proves, a show all its own.
Curiosity is part of our humanity.
'Genesis' is a world-class choreographic competition, offering dancers and audiences alike the chance to break from tradition, experience something more contemporary, and discover new talent that will shape the Milwaukee ballet scene in the year to come.
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Tony Award-Winning: Dear Evan Hansen Skylight Music Theatre (1/22-2/07) |
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Firebringer Sixth Street Theatre (9/25-10/18) |
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At the Wake of a Dead Drag Queen Next Act Theatre (4/21-5/09) |
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AUDITIONS - The Play That Goes Wrong Sunset Playhouse (11/16-11/17) |
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Matt Rife Fiserv Forum (11/07-11/07) |
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Great White Throne Renaissance Theataerworks (10/18-11/08) |
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"MKE MVP" Milwaukee Repertory Theater (1/16-2/28) |
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TWELFTH NIGHT First Stage (3/12-3/21) |
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THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE First Stage (4/02-5/02) |
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Come From Away Racine Theatre Guild (5/21-6/06) |
