MILWAUKEE THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 79

Milwaukee Rep is excited to present a new, family friendly adaptation of Charles Dicken's A CHRISTMAS CAROL, written by Rep Artistic Director Mark Clements, featuring the same traditional story and characters you love.

When Dickens wrote his timeless Christmas story about mid 19th century London audiences often push aside, especially at the holidays, he wanted his audiences to be transformed into seeing their world  in a new way.

On the heels of a highly successful multi-city tour and run on Broadway, the world's best-selling touring magic show, THE ILLUSIONISTS - LIVE FROM BROADWAY (www.

Written 30 plus years ago in 1985, the late Milwaukee playwright Larry Shue's award winning Foreigner first debuted at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater.

The 'most famous reindeer of all' from the longest running and highest rated holiday television special returns to First Stage with the critically acclaimed Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical at the Marcus Center's Todd Wehr Theater from November 25 - December 31, 2016.

What defines a family--those people who love by sacrificing their own life for someone else? In a lavish production where Chris March's luscious costumes touch the senses, Skylight Music Theater stages the 1983 Broadway musical La Cage Aux Folles.

The Waukesha Civic Theatre presents Elvis: The Legend Lives On, running December 29-31, 2016.

Skylight Music Theatre announced the full 22-member cast for the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical La Cage Aux Folles (The Birdcage), running November 18 through December 23 in the beautiful Cabot Theatre at the Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N.

Tickets go on sale for the brand new production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC , directed by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien on Friday, November 18 at 10:00 am.

Hartland's Lake Country Playhouse is overjoyed to announce the fifth anniversary production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

This season Milwaukee Repertory Theater's Stackner Cabaret warms the holidays with the Great American Songbook: A tribute to the incomparable composer Irving Berlin in the musical revue I Love A Piano.

In an on-stage adventure that will thrill any secret buccaneer, Theater RED world premieres Bonny Anne Bonny in collaboration with the Department of Theatre at Milwaukee's Wisconsin Lutheran College's (WLC).

Voting has opened for the 2016 BroadwayWorld Milwaukee Regional Awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2015 and September 30, 2016.

Lee Blessing's play Two Rooms will be presented by Marquette Theatre at the Evan P.

Esteemed actress Robin Goodrin Nordli, who has performed over 73 roles in 57 productions of 29 plays by William Shakespeare, takes the stage for her one-women show about her personal journey through the female side of Shakespeare's canon.

The 'most famous reindeer of all' from the longest running and highest rated holiday television special returns to First Stage with the critically acclaimed Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical at the Marcus Center's Todd Wehr Theater from November 25 - December 31, 2016.

This past Saturday, October 29th, Milwaukee Children's Choir kicked off its 23rd season with an incredible concert in the beautiful St.

Three women--all seduced into marriage and relieved of their lives and fortunes--beautifully retell their rather unfortunate stories in Renaissance Theaterworks (RTW) The Drowning Girls on stage in the Studio Theatre.

Celebrity judge for The Journeyman's End Halloween Costume Contest will be Project Runway's Chris March, currently in Milwaukee designing costumes for Skylight Music Theatre's upcoming musical, La Cage Aux Folles (The Birdcage) running November 18 - December 23.

On November 5-6, SAVOR Milwaukee, Presented by Pick n' Save, will put on their first annual tasting event.

In a world premiere commissioned by First Stage and Oregon Children's Theatre, R.

This fall, Boulevard Theatre raises the curtain once again (metaphorically speaking, yes!) at Plymouth Church with a nostalgic, noteworthy collaboration between Boulevard and Plymouth Chorale along with inspiration from Milwaukee Opera Theatre.

Skylight Music Theatre announced the full 22-member cast for the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical La Cage Aux Folles (The Birdcage), running November 18 through December 23 in the beautiful Cabot Theatre at the Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N.

The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center has announced today that Star Productions will present Jay Leno, performing his stand-up comedy show, at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center on Friday, March 10 at 8 p.

 Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON , which played a record breaking two-week run in 2015, is pleased to announce a lottery ticket policy for the National Tour, which begins October 25 at the Marcus Center in Milwaukee and plays a limited one week engagement through October 30.