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2015 DanceMKE Competition at Marcus Center Announced

2015 DanceMKE Competition at Marcus Center Announced

by BWW News Desk — April 22, 2016
Are you looking for a stage to show Milwaukee what you've got? Do you have what it takes to be the last group standing? DanceMKE is a new weekly dance competition featuring Milwaukee dance artists from any discipline.
Skylight Music Theatre's THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Opens 5/20

Skylight Music Theatre's THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Opens 5/20

by BWW News Desk — April 21, 2016
Skylight Music Theatre presents the Gilbert & Sullivan favorite, The Pirates of Penzance from Friday, May 20 through Sunday, June 12, 2016.
Jason Alexander to Serve as Master Teacher for 2016 Lunt-Fontanne Fellows; Class Anno

Jason Alexander to Serve as Master Teacher for 2016 Lunt-Fontanne Fellows; Class Announced!

by BWW News Desk — April 21, 2016
Ten Chimneys Foundation has announced Jason Alexander will serve as the Master Teacher for the 2016 Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship Program, a national program to serve the future of American theatre.
BWW Review: Next Act's MOTHERHOOD OUT LOUD Celebrates Life's Creation and Future

BWW Review: Next Act's MOTHERHOOD OUT LOUD Celebrates Life's Creation and Future

by Peggy Sue Dunigan — April 20, 2016
American's national Mother's Day arrives, Sunday, May 8, and Next Act Theatre presents a heartwarming, poignant and powerful production to close their season at exactly the right time of year titled Motherhood Out Loud.
BWW Review: Misbehave with MCT and Succumb to Coward's Fanciful FALLEN ANGELS

BWW Review: Misbehave with MCT and Succumb to Coward's Fanciful FALLEN ANGELS

by Peggy Sue Dunigan — April 19, 2016
One of the hidden elements entwined in Noel Coward's wry play Fallen Angels becomes the French love song 'Memes les Anges'--which translates the first line to: 'Even the angels succumb to love.
BWW Review: First Stage Young Company Presents Stunning, Superb ANTIGONE

BWW Review: First Stage Young Company Presents Stunning, Superb ANTIGONE

by Peggy Sue Dunigan — April 15, 2016
Antigone--an ancient play first written by Sophocles in approximately 400 B.
Photo Flash: First Look at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre's FALLEN ANGELS

Photo Flash: First Look at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre's FALLEN ANGELS

by BWW News Desk — April 14, 2016
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre closes it 2015-2016 season with the stylish, witty and sparking classic, FALLEN ANGELS by the master of comedy Noe?l Coward, April 14 - May 1, 2016.
BWW Review: RTW'S CENSORED ON FINAL APPROACH Flies High Alongside Marquette Universit

BWW Review: RTW'S CENSORED ON FINAL APPROACH Flies High Alongside Marquette University and WWII WASPS

by Peggy Sue Dunigan — April 8, 2016
In the 1940's, women managed factories while welding to build warships and also sat in a bomber's cockpit, climbing into the air to aid America's war efforts.
VIOLET, SWEENEY TODD & More Set for Skylight Music Theatre's 2016-17 Season

VIOLET, SWEENEY TODD & More Set for Skylight Music Theatre's 2016-17 Season

by BWW News Desk — April 8, 2016
Skylight Music Theatre Artistic Director Viswa Subbaraman today announced Skylight Music Theatre's 2016-17 Season.
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre to Welcome Noel Coward Expert Geoffrey Johnson, 4/20

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre to Welcome Noel Coward Expert Geoffrey Johnson, 4/20

by BWW News Desk — April 7, 2016
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (MCT) welcomes Geoffrey Johnson, longtime friend and representative of Noel Coward and a Trustee of the Noel Coward Foundation, as he shares personal reflections on the playwright.
BWW Review: First Stage World Premiere ELLA ENCHANTED Heroically Speaks to the Value

BWW Review: First Stage World Premiere ELLA ENCHANTED Heroically Speaks to the Value of Words

by Peggy Sue Dunigan — April 5, 2016
The battle between saying 'yes' and 'no,' wages a magical war when spoken by a princess.
Tickets to KINKY BOOTS at Marcus Center on Sale Friday

Tickets to KINKY BOOTS at Marcus Center on Sale Friday

by BWW News Desk — April 4, 2016
Kinky Boots, the smash-hit musical that brings together four-time Tony® Award-winnerHarvey Fierstein (Book) and Grammy® Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper (Tony Award-winner for Best Score for Kinky Boots), opens at the Marcus Center on May 31-June 5 as part of the Associated Bank Broadway
BWW Review: MKE Ballet's 'Oh Wow' KALEIDOSCOPE EYES Turns Audiences on to World Premi

BWW Review: MKE Ballet's 'Oh Wow' KALEIDOSCOPE EYES Turns Audiences on to World Premieres

by Peggy Sue Dunigan — April 1, 2016
With two world premiere ballets and ten Beatles songs front and center on the Uhlein Stage, Milwaukee Ballet presented their Kaleidoscope Eyes at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts in an exquisite opening night performance.
BWW Review: The Rep's World Premiere Sizzles in SIRENS OF SONG and Woos Women to Unit

BWW Review: The Rep's World Premiere Sizzles in SIRENS OF SONG and Woos Women to Unite

by Peggy Sue Dunigan — March 31, 2016
Women of the World unite for Milwaukee Rep's poetic, powerful world premiere titled Sirens of Song featuring the musical history through a women's perspective sung through familiar melodies of the 20th century.
BWW Preview: First Stage World Premiere Brings Spectacle to ELLA ENCHANTED

BWW Preview: First Stage World Premiere Brings Spectacle to ELLA ENCHANTED

by Peggy Sue Dunigan — March 25, 2016
What allows a child or person to say yes or no to any request.
Ten Chimneys Foundation to Welcome Olympia Dukakis This March

Ten Chimneys Foundation to Welcome Olympia Dukakis This March

by BWW News Desk — March 24, 2016
In collaboration with American Players Theatre, Ten Chimneys Foundation will present A Conversation with Olympia Dukakis.
MCT's FALLEN ANGELS to Run 4/14-5/1

MCT's FALLEN ANGELS to Run 4/14-5/1

by BWW News Desk — March 22, 2016
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre closes it 2015-2016 season with the stylish, witty and sparking classic, FALLEN ANGELS by the master of comedy Noel Coward, April 14 - May 1, 2016.
BWW Review: MKE Rep Presents Miraculous Masterpiece and World Premiere AMERICAN SONG

BWW Review: MKE Rep Presents Miraculous Masterpiece and World Premiere AMERICAN SONG

by Peggy Sue Dunigan — March 21, 2016
Perhaps only someone looking from the the outside can see more clearly than those living on the inside of the United States.
Soulstice's SEA MARKS Writes Irish Love Letters to Audiences

Soulstice's SEA MARKS Writes Irish Love Letters to Audiences

by Peggy Sue Dunigan — March 17, 2016
The former star of television's 'Adventures in Paradise' Gardner McKay, also an author, sailor and man of the sea his entire life, wrote Sea Marks in 1981.
A 21st Century Brothers Grimm, Kruckemeyer Travels the World Writing Fabulous Tales

A 21st Century Brothers Grimm, Kruckemeyer Travels the World Writing Fabulous Tales

by Peggy Sue Dunigan — March 16, 2016
First Stage World Premiere The Snow arrived this winter to the Todd Wehr Theater, while famed playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer traveled from half way across the world to appear on March 6 for the play's production debut.
Photo Flash: Check Out Previews of Milwaukee Repertory Theater's AMERICAN SONG

Photo Flash: Check Out Previews of Milwaukee Repertory Theater's AMERICAN SONG

by BWW News Desk — March 15, 2016
Milwaukee Repertory Theater began preview performances of their brand new production AMERICAN SONG.
BWW Review: Off the Wall Theatre Stages Intimate and Spellbinding HAMLET

BWW Review: Off the Wall Theatre Stages Intimate and Spellbinding HAMLET

by Peggy Sue Dunigan — March 10, 2016
With little more than 25 seats available att the Off the Wall Theatre (OTW), Artistic Director Dale Gutzman presents William Shakespeare's Hamlet--An intimate, visceral, up close and personal Hamlet condensed by Gutzman after several years of research and eleven weeks of cast rehearsals.
Tickets to DIXIE'S TUPPERWARE PARTY at Marcus Center on Sale 3/18

Tickets to DIXIE'S TUPPERWARE PARTY at Marcus Center on Sale 3/18

by BWW News Desk — March 10, 2016
Dixie's Tupperware Party, the hilarious show starring Dixie Longate which turned Off-Broadway into Tupperware-mania and garnered the prestigious 2008 Drama Desk Award Nomination returns to the Marcus Center's Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall for a strictly limited engagement of four performances begi
Bww Review: Skylight's Jubilant CROWNS 'Gets the Praise On' for Hat Queens

Bww Review: Skylight's Jubilant CROWNS 'Gets the Praise On' for Hat Queens

by Peggy Sue Dunigan — March 8, 2016
Hat Queens--the women in Skylight Music Theatre's Crowns: A Gospel Musical call themselves Hat Queens--,and honor women who proudly wear a magnificent hat on Sunday to display their unique being and personality.
Armed Forces Day Big Band Celebration Set for Marcus Center, 5/21

Armed Forces Day Big Band Celebration Set for Marcus Center, 5/21

by BWW News Desk — March 8, 2016
The Marcus Center Presents series, sponsored by Envoy Restaurant and Lounge, is honored to host An Armed Forces Day Big Band Celebration featuring Dick Strauss with the Many Happy Returns Orchestra on Saturday, May 21 at 1:00 pm.

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