BWW Review: Celebrate a Classic with OKLAHOMA! at Skylight Music Theatre
This Skylight production is certainly more stripped down, relying on simple orchestrations, bare-bones sets, and a small ensemble to achieve something great.
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BWW Review: Must-See WEST SIDE STORY Brings Beautiful Heartbreak & Hope to the Milwaukee Repertory Theater
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.
BWW Review: 2 PIANOS 4 HANDS is Fun Cabaret Fare at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater
2 Pianos 4 Hands is a love letter to the play's titular instrument.
BWW Review: UNNECESSARY FARCE Wins Slapstick Laughs at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
This is farcical theater to the extreme, aimed at testing your reflex for laughter.
BWW Review: ANASTASIA Dazzles While Drawing Comparisons For Fans Of The 1997 Film
This Anastasia is impeccably performed, gorgeously rendered, and entertaining to be sure.
BWW Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM is Pure Magic at the Milwaukee Ballet
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.
BWW Review: A Dynamite Duo Makes KISS ME KATE A Golden Age Delight
Another op'nin, another show! This time it's a battle of the sexes and a Golden Age musical by Cole Porter.
BWW Review: Uplifting COME FROM AWAY Rocks the Marcus Center
Though panic, sadness, and uncertainty are felt in Come From Away, there's very little all-out gloom.
BWW Review: 5 Reasons to Fly to TINKER BELL at Milwaukee's First Stage
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.
BWW Review: Uplifting EVERY BRILLIANT THING Shines at Milwaukee Repertory Theater
When a play is as aptly named as this one, it makes my job a breeze.
BWW Review: THE KING AND I Does Justice to a Classic at Milwaukee's Marcus Center
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.
BWW Review: Exuberant LAMBARENA Blends African & Classical Dance at the Milwaukee Ballet
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.
BWW Review: World Premiere ANNIE JUMP AND THE LIBRARY OF HEAVEN Brings Young-Adult Sci-Fi To The Stage
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.
BWW Review: Intimate TO FALL IN LOVE Makes Midwest Premiere at The Constructivists
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.
BWW Review: Exhilarating CARMINA BURANA Brings 'Total Theatre' to the Skylight
17 Skylight artists.
BWW Review: Poignant & Powerful THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE Grips the Milwaukee Repertory Theater
'It wasn't supposed to be like this.
BWW Review: Music & Mayhem Delight in THINGS THAT GO DING! at Skylight Music Theatre
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.
BWW Review: Spellbinding CHINESE LADY Gives Voice to Lost History at The Milwaukee Rep
Curiosity is part of our humanity.
BWW Review: GENESIS Competition Creates the Future of Dance at the Milwaukee Ballet
'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.
BWW Review: FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE Heats Up The Skylight Music Theatre
It's the talk of rhythm town, ya dig? Five Guys Named Moe at the Skylight brings crazy energy, big voices, and hot moves to the Cabot Theatre.
BWW Review: MARK TWAIN'S RIVER OF SONG Soothes & Inspires at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater
From the first chords they strum, the terrific trio of Harvy Blanks, David Lutken, and Spiff Wiegand plant smiles on faces and set toes a-tappin'.
BWW Review: JUNK Unpacks Power & Greed at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater
Ahktar has a knack for writing real people with real flaws, and for taking a hard look at tough, often-uncomfortable issues in our society.
BWW Review: MATILDA Brings Big Magic to Milwaukee's FIRST STAGE
Director Jeff Frank's team of all-star creatives and actors is serving up a Broadway-caliber production, made all the more special with First Stage's signature small-scale intimacy and kid-friendly flair.
BWW Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL Makes For A Merry Tradition At Milwaukee Repertory Theater
Ebenezer Scrooge's story is ever familiar and warms the soul, and the Rep consistently delivers production value you can count on.
BWW Review: Rom Com-esque TWELVE DATES OF CHRISTMAS Rings in the Holidays at Next Act Theatre
Twelve (largely-failed) meet-cutes, four performers, two backup singers, and one very chatty partridge in a pear tree suffering from a year of aloneness.
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Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None Milwaukee Repertory Theater (5/26-6/28) |
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Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra: Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets In Concert Riverside Theater (12/05-12/05) |
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Matt Rife Fiserv Forum (11/07-11/07) |
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Churchill Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall (10/01-10/01) |
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Now and Then Lake Country Playhouse & Academy (7/10-7/12) |
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Disney's Dare to Dream Jr The Historic Sprague Theater (7/17-7/26) |
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Come From Away Racine Theatre Guild (5/21-6/06) |
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The Good One Sixth Street Theatre (7/24-8/02) |
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Lombardi Lake Country Playhouse & Academy (7/17-7/19) |
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Dad's Season Tickets Racine Theatre Guild (7/17-7/26) |