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Trinity Irish Dance Company Returns To Uihlein Hall After Nearly 20 Years
by BWW News Desk - March 03, 2022
Trinity Irish Dance Company (TIDC) is bringing its renowned legacy and awe-inspiring precision to the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts for a one-night-only performance on March 26, 2022.
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Presents INDECENT By Paula Vogel 
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2022
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre has announced full casting and production details for INDECENT by Paula Vogel directed by MCT's Artistic Director Brent Hazelton.
Renaissance Theaterworks to Stage ACTUALLY
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2022
Renaissance Theaterworks: Theater by Women for Everyone is set to stage Actually by Anna Ziegler. Directed by Mary MacDonald Kerr, this production stars Eva Nimmer and Preston Tate, Jr.
Student Art Show To Open In Gallery 110 North at The Plymouth Arts Center
by BWW News Desk - February 25, 2022
The Plymouth Arts Center will present a “Student Art Show,” in Gallery 110 North  from March 11 through March 25.
Skylight Music Theatre Announces Cast & Creative Team for RAISIN
by BWW News Desk - February 22, 2022
 Skylight Music Theatre today announced the cast and creative team for Raisin, running April 8-24, 2022. Raisin is an uplifting musical adaptation of the award-winning play, A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. Raisin won the 1974 Tony Award and the 1975 Grammy Award for Best Musical.
BWW Review: Big Love for AS YOU LIKE IT at the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre
by Kelsey Lawler - February 21, 2022
At the crossroads of the Bard and Beatlemania lies the fantastic As You Like It. Full disclosure: I’m smack-dab in the middle of the target audience, where the Shakespeare-loving (or at least willing) meet Beatles fans. But I believe this genre-mashup would be terrific fun for anyone. The show takes a classic Shakespearean rom-com and threads Beatles songs throughout. And yes, it totally works.
Photos: Milwaukee Rep Presents A Swingin' 60s AS YOU LIKE IT
by BWW News Desk - February 17, 2022
Milwaukee Rep presents As You Like It by William Shakespeare, adapted & directed by Daryl Cloran, conceived by Daryl Cloran & the Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival, February 15 – March 20, 2022 at Quadracci Powerhouse.
Milwaukee Rep to Present World Premiere of NEW AGE by Dael Orlandersmith
by BWW News Desk - February 17, 2022
 Milwaukee Rep will present the world premiere presentation of New Age by Pulitzer Prize finalist Dael Orlandersmith in the Stiemke Studio March 22 – May 1, 2022.  New Age follows four women at different junctures in life as they contend with their sexuality, insecurities and legacies. 
Door Shakespeare to Present THE TEMPEST and THE THREE MUSKETEERS, A MUSICAL ADVENTURE
by BWW News Desk - February 16, 2022
Door Shakespeare announces its summer 2022 lineup of The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, and The Three Musketeers: An Adventure, with Music, a play by Joe Pine, based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas, with music and lyrics by Scott McKenna Campbell. The season runs June 22 through August 27, 2022 on Door Shakespeare's outdoor stage on the grounds of Björklunden in Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin.
Milwaukee's First Stage to Present THE LEGEND OF ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS
by BWW News Desk - February 15, 2022
First Stage has announced that its next mainstage production will be THE LEGEND OF ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS, a world premiere co-commission with Oregon Children's Theatre, which originally premiered in March of 2020.
Photos: Milwaukee's First Stage and Ko-Thi Dance Company Present THE DANCING GRANNY
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2022
Next up in First Stage’s 2021/22 season will be THE  DANCING GRANNY, a play by Mansa Ra adapted from the children’s book by beloved author/illustrator Ashley Bryan. The production is part of First Stage’s First Steps Series which introduces younger audiences to live theater.
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Announces Sign Language Interpreted Performance Of MALA
by BWW News Desk - February 10, 2022
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre announces sign language interpreted performance on Thursday, February 10th at 7:30pm. MALA by Melinda Lopez directed by Artistic Director Brent Hazelton closes Saturday, February 13th at 2pm.
MY WAY Announced At Milwaukee Rep's Stackner Cabaret, March 4 - May 1
by BWW News Desk - February 09, 2022
Milwaukee Rep will present My Way, a musical tribute to Frank Sinatra in the Stackner Cabaret March 4 – May 1, 2022.  
Skylight Music Theatre Announces Black History Month Events
by BWW News Desk - February 04, 2022
Skylight Music Theatre announced special events taking place in February in celebration of Black History Month. Skylight is Milwaukee's professional Equity music theatre company. Safety requirements are in effect, including masks while indoors and proof of vaccination or negative Covid test before entering the building.
Milwaukee Rep Holds a One Day Sale For TITANIC THE MUSICAL
by BWW News Desk - February 04, 2022
Milwaukee Rep will hold a One Day Sale for the musical event of the season, Titanic The Musical, on Monday, February 7, 2022. 
The Plymouth Arts Center Presents A WEE BIT IRISH
by BWW News Desk - February 03, 2022
The Plymouth Arts Center presents “A Wee Bit Irish” a live musical concert featuring the group Celtic Folk and their special guests, The Harp Twins March 12 & 13 & 17-20, 2022.
Johnson Financial Group Continues Support Of Marcus Performing Arts Center
by BWW News Desk - February 03, 2022
Today, the Marcus Performing Arts Center and Johnson Financial Group announced a renewed multi-year Title Sponsorship of the Johnson Financial Group Broadway at the Marcus Center Series.
BWW Review: ANTONIO'S SONG/I WAS DREAMING OF A SON is Powerful Poetry at the MILWAUKEE REP
by Kelsey Lawler - February 03, 2022
The Milwaukee Rep welcomes theater back into the Stiemke Studio with Antonio's Song/I Was Dreaming of a Son by Dael Orlandersmith and Antonio Edwards Suarez, directed by Mark Clements. The Rep describes the play as a 'poetic journey of a dancer/artist/father questioning the balance of his passions -- art, culture, family.'
Black Arts MKE To Receive $100k Grant From The National Endowment For The Arts
by BWW News Desk - February 01, 2022
Black Arts MKE have been approved to receive an American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to help the arts and cultural sector recover from the pandemic.  Black Arts MKE is recommended to receive $100K and may use this funding to save jobs and to fund operations, health and safety supplies, and marketing and promotional efforts to encourage attendance and participation.
The SideNotes Cabaret Series to Present BOYGIRLBOYGIRL at The Sunset Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - January 29, 2022
Stylish arrangements and intricate harmonies fill the air as BOYGIRLBOYGIRL presents an evening of musical entertainment February 10-13, 2022 in the SideNotes Cabaret. The popular cabaret series is staged in the Marla Eichmann Studio Theater of Sunset Playhouse.
Photos: Milwaukee Rep Presents ANTONIO'S SONG / I WAS DREAMING OF A SON
by BWW News Desk - January 27, 2022
Milwaukee Rep presents Antonio’s Song / I Was Dreaming of a Son by Dael Orlandersmith and Antonio Edwards Suarez, directed by Mark Clements. Running January 26 — March 6, 2022.
Milwaukee's First Stage And Ko-Thi Dance Company to Present THE DANCING GRANNY
by BWW News Desk - January 27, 2022
Next up in First Stage's 2021/22 season will be THE DANCING GRANNY, a play by Mansa Ra adapted from the children's book by beloved author/illustrator Ashley Bryan.
Renaissance Theaterworks Delves Into #MeToo and Consent With ACTUALLY
by BWW News Desk - January 27, 2022
Renaissance Theaterworks (RTW) presents ACTUALLY by Anna Ziegler at their new artistic home, 255 S. Water St., running March 11 through April 3, 2022. The play will be directed by Mary MacDonald Kerr and features Eva Nimmer and Preston Tate, Jr. ACTUALLY is sponsored By: George & Sandy Dionisopoulos and J. Michael Reavis.
Skylight Premiere of RAISIN Rescheduled to April
by BWW News Desk - January 26, 2022
Skylight Music Theatre announced that the musical Raisin will be rescheduled to April 8-24, 2022. The much-anticipated production required a scheduling change after other shows in Skylight’s schedule were postponed due to positive COVID-19 cases among the fully vaccinated company.
AS YOU LIKE IT With A Twist Announced At Milwaukee Rep
by BWW News Desk - January 24, 2022
Milwaukee Repertory Theater presents William Shakespeare's As You Like It in a new adaptation by Daryl Cloran in the Quadracci Powerhouse, February 15 – March 20, 2022. T

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