Mark Jacoby, Brit Whittle and More Star in Milwaukee Rep's World Premiere of FIVE PRESIDENTS, Beginning Tonight
by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2015
Milwaukee Repertory Theater announced final casting for the upcoming World Premiere production of Five Presidents. Broadway and television veterans Mark Jacoby, Martin L'Herault, Steve Sheridan, Jeff Steitzer, and Brit Whittle, along with Rep Associate Artist Reese Madigan, make up the cast of Five Presidents from Emmy Award-winning writer Rick Cleveland (The West Wing, House of Cards, Mad Men, and Six Feet Under).
by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2015
Milwaukee Repertory Theater announced final casting for the upcoming World Premiere production of Five Presidents. Broadway and television veterans Mark Jacoby, Martin L'Herault, Steve Sheridan, Jeff Steitzer, and Brit Whittle, along with Rep Associate Artist Reese Madigan, make up the cast of Five Presidents from Emmy Award-winning writer Rick Cleveland (The West Wing, House of Cards, Mad Men, and Six Feet Under).
BWW Reviews: In Tandem's World Premiere Travels Neil Haven's Road of Grief
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - March 07, 2015
Road trips take their travelers into and through unknown territory. In Tandem Theatre's current World Premiere production Come Back presents an unusual road trip, figuratively and metaphorically penned by Milwaukee playwright Neil Haven. Haven's comic yet often poignant journey through love, loss and death features two women, Sky and Erin, in a battle of wits just after Erin has died from a rare blood cancer.
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - March 07, 2015
Road trips take their travelers into and through unknown territory. In Tandem Theatre's current World Premiere production Come Back presents an unusual road trip, figuratively and metaphorically penned by Milwaukee playwright Neil Haven. Haven's comic yet often poignant journey through love, loss and death features two women, Sky and Erin, in a battle of wits just after Erin has died from a rare blood cancer.
MCT's Young Playwrights Festival Showcase to Run 3/19-22
by BWW News Desk - March 06, 2015
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (MCT) is celebrating young writers with its seventh Young Playwrights Festival Showcase, March 19-22, 2015. The Showcase features three one-act plays from the winners of our high school playwriting competition and is directed, designed, and performed by up-and-coming local professionals.
by BWW News Desk - March 06, 2015
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (MCT) is celebrating young writers with its seventh Young Playwrights Festival Showcase, March 19-22, 2015. The Showcase features three one-act plays from the winners of our high school playwriting competition and is directed, designed, and performed by up-and-coming local professionals.
Lake Country Playhouse to Present INCORRUPTIBLE, Begin. 3/13
by BWW News Desk - March 04, 2015
Hartland's Lake Country Playhouse brings to the stage Incorruptible (A Dark Comedy about the Dark Ages) starting March 13, 2015 with the promise of delighting audiences with its satiric wit that constantly risks absurdity, starring an all-star cast of Lake Country Playhouse veterans. Featuring Bob Hurd, Mike Crowley, Carl Liden, James Baker, Jr., Emily Sandoval, John Riley, Kim Flowers and Mare Stenz, directed by Rebecca Schilling.
by BWW News Desk - March 04, 2015
Hartland's Lake Country Playhouse brings to the stage Incorruptible (A Dark Comedy about the Dark Ages) starting March 13, 2015 with the promise of delighting audiences with its satiric wit that constantly risks absurdity, starring an all-star cast of Lake Country Playhouse veterans. Featuring Bob Hurd, Mike Crowley, Carl Liden, James Baker, Jr., Emily Sandoval, John Riley, Kim Flowers and Mare Stenz, directed by Rebecca Schilling.
BWW Reviews: BIG NATE Rocks First Stage with Big Middle School Magic
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - March 04, 2015
Rock out with First Stage this March when BIG NATE: THE MUSICAL blasts through the Todd Wehr Theater. A dynamic young performer cast recreates Lincoln Peirce's popular cartoon characters set in Kristen Ellhert's magical stage design where lights flash, videos display Nate's drawings and sets swing from classroom to home in mere seconds.
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - March 04, 2015
Rock out with First Stage this March when BIG NATE: THE MUSICAL blasts through the Todd Wehr Theater. A dynamic young performer cast recreates Lincoln Peirce's popular cartoon characters set in Kristen Ellhert's magical stage design where lights flash, videos display Nate's drawings and sets swing from classroom to home in mere seconds.
BWW Reviews: MCT's THE TRAIN DRIVER Presents Fugard's Masterful Prayer for Humanity
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - March 03, 2015
A master playwright, Athol Fugard, presents one of his mastepieces at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre's Midwest Premiere of The Train Driver. When the 2010 play opened this weekend in the city's Studio Theatre, the intimate stage created an intense conversation between the audience and two astounding actors, American Players Theatre's David Daniel and Chicago's accomplished Michael Torrey. These veteran professional masters bring Fugard's darkest revelations buried in his script to the surface of the human conscience.
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - March 03, 2015
A master playwright, Athol Fugard, presents one of his mastepieces at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre's Midwest Premiere of The Train Driver. When the 2010 play opened this weekend in the city's Studio Theatre, the intimate stage created an intense conversation between the audience and two astounding actors, American Players Theatre's David Daniel and Chicago's accomplished Michael Torrey. These veteran professional masters bring Fugard's darkest revelations buried in his script to the surface of the human conscience.
Marcus Center For The Performing Arts to Present WICKED, Milwaukee Premiere of KINKY BOOTS, and More in 2015-2016 Season
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2015
The Marcus Center and Broadway Across America invite you to experience the sounds and splendor of Broadway at the Marcus Center throughout 2015-2016. This season your spirits will be raised to new high-heeled heights with the 2013 Tony Award-winner for best musical, KINKY BOOTS. We invite you to have the time of your life at DIRTY DANCING; see the smash hit direct from Broadway, NEWSIES; the return of the acclaimed masterpiece, CABARET; the winner of eight 2012 Tony Awards including Best Musical, ONCE. WICKED will make its anticipated return to Milwaukee as part of a six-show season package option.
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2015
The Marcus Center and Broadway Across America invite you to experience the sounds and splendor of Broadway at the Marcus Center throughout 2015-2016. This season your spirits will be raised to new high-heeled heights with the 2013 Tony Award-winner for best musical, KINKY BOOTS. We invite you to have the time of your life at DIRTY DANCING; see the smash hit direct from Broadway, NEWSIES; the return of the acclaimed masterpiece, CABARET; the winner of eight 2012 Tony Awards including Best Musical, ONCE. WICKED will make its anticipated return to Milwaukee as part of a six-show season package option.
Photo Flash: First Look at MCT's THE TRAIN DRIVER
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2015
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (MCT) continues its 40th Anniversary season, with the Midwest premiere of THE TRAIN DRIVER by Athol Fugard. MCT Producing Artistic Director C.Michael Wright, who has collaborated with Fugard in the past, directs this hard-hitting new drama. Performances are February 25 - March 15, 2015 at the Broadway Theatre Center's Studio Theatre in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward.
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2015
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (MCT) continues its 40th Anniversary season, with the Midwest premiere of THE TRAIN DRIVER by Athol Fugard. MCT Producing Artistic Director C.Michael Wright, who has collaborated with Fugard in the past, directs this hard-hitting new drama. Performances are February 25 - March 15, 2015 at the Broadway Theatre Center's Studio Theatre in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward.
Skylight Music Theatre Sets 2015-16 Season: MY FAIR LADY, PIRATES OF PENZANCE & More
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2015
Skylight Music Theatre announces its productions for 2015-2016 season - a celebration of women. Through five incredible theatre productions Skylight will explore the strength, ingenuity, and resilience of women as they passionately fight both internal and external forces of human nature. Artistic Director, Viswa Subbaraman has selected five equally brilliant female directors. 'I truly believe these women have unique insights into the stories our female characters have to tell,' said Subbaraman.
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2015
Skylight Music Theatre announces its productions for 2015-2016 season - a celebration of women. Through five incredible theatre productions Skylight will explore the strength, ingenuity, and resilience of women as they passionately fight both internal and external forces of human nature. Artistic Director, Viswa Subbaraman has selected five equally brilliant female directors. 'I truly believe these women have unique insights into the stories our female characters have to tell,' said Subbaraman.
HOUSE OF CARDS Scribe Keith Huff's New Play UP THE HILL Begins Tonight at Carthage College
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2015
Carthage College, a four-year, private college of the liberal arts and sciences in Kenosha, Wisconsin, will stage the world premiere of 'Up The Hill', a new work by Keith Huff, one of the television industry's most sought-after writers and producers, and one of contemporary theater's most prominent and exciting playwrights. The play will be performed today, Feb. 27 - March 7 at the Wartburg Auditorium in the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Natural and Social Sciences, 2001 Alford Park Drive.
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2015
Carthage College, a four-year, private college of the liberal arts and sciences in Kenosha, Wisconsin, will stage the world premiere of 'Up The Hill', a new work by Keith Huff, one of the television industry's most sought-after writers and producers, and one of contemporary theater's most prominent and exciting playwrights. The play will be performed today, Feb. 27 - March 7 at the Wartburg Auditorium in the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Natural and Social Sciences, 2001 Alford Park Drive.
BWW Reviews: Off the Wall Shines GOD OF CARNAGE in Combative and Comedic Light
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - February 23, 2015
Milwaukee's Off the Wall Theatre stages a pared down production of a 2009 Tony Award winning play--God of Carnage. Yasmina Reza originally wrote the script in French, which Christopher Hampton then translated for British and American audiences, a popular production until this day. The four person cast streamlines the performance to two sets of parents attempting to reconcile their sons after a physical playground incident knocks 'two incisors' from one of the boy's mouth.
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - February 23, 2015
Milwaukee's Off the Wall Theatre stages a pared down production of a 2009 Tony Award winning play--God of Carnage. Yasmina Reza originally wrote the script in French, which Christopher Hampton then translated for British and American audiences, a popular production until this day. The four person cast streamlines the performance to two sets of parents attempting to reconcile their sons after a physical playground incident knocks 'two incisors' from one of the boy's mouth.
BWW Reviews: MAMMA MIA 'Takes a Chance' on Milwaukee at Marcus Center For The Performing Arts
by Keith Gray - February 22, 2015
Most musical theater ends with a simple curtain call with the audience expressing their appreciation for the performance they had attended. Mamma Mia, though, ends with and explosion of music, bringing the audience to it's feet for an encore where the cast invites the audience to sing and dance along. And, Friday Night at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, we certainly did.
by Keith Gray - February 22, 2015
Most musical theater ends with a simple curtain call with the audience expressing their appreciation for the performance they had attended. Mamma Mia, though, ends with and explosion of music, bringing the audience to it's feet for an encore where the cast invites the audience to sing and dance along. And, Friday Night at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, we certainly did.
BWW Reviews: MAMMA MIA - 'Here We Go Again'
by Amanda Finn - February 22, 2015
Milwaukee was transported from its gloomy, snowy space to a warm Grecian island on Friday when the national tour of Mamma Mia rolled into town. Directed by the brilliant Phyllida Lloyd (who directed both the film version as well as the critically acclaimed film The Iron Lady), the feel good musical certainly had the audiences in Uhlein Hall grooving to the music.
by Amanda Finn - February 22, 2015
Milwaukee was transported from its gloomy, snowy space to a warm Grecian island on Friday when the national tour of Mamma Mia rolled into town. Directed by the brilliant Phyllida Lloyd (who directed both the film version as well as the critically acclaimed film The Iron Lady), the feel good musical certainly had the audiences in Uhlein Hall grooving to the music.
SEX TIPS FOR STRAIGHT WOMEN FROM A GAY MAN Comes to Marcus Center, 4/30 & 5/1
by BWW News Desk - February 18, 2015
Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man, the hit comedy written by Matt Murphy, based on the best-selling book by Dan Anderson and Maggie Berman, is making a stop in Milwaukee at the Marcus Center's Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall for two nights only on Thursday, April 30 and Friday, May 1.
by BWW News Desk - February 18, 2015
Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man, the hit comedy written by Matt Murphy, based on the best-selling book by Dan Anderson and Maggie Berman, is making a stop in Milwaukee at the Marcus Center's Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall for two nights only on Thursday, April 30 and Friday, May 1.
BWW Previews: First Stage Explores Glories of Middle School in BIG NATE: THE MUSICAL
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - February 17, 2015
Oh, the glories of being 11 and going to middle school! An age and time between childhood and young adulthood where the classroom represents an entire, eternal lifetime in one day. Cartoonist Lincoln Peirce invented a comic strip in 1991 around the adventures of 11-year-old Nate Wright, his father, family and friends that soared to popularity over the last 20 years. First Stage brings these comic book characters to Milwaukee's Todd Wehr Theatre when BIG NATE: THE MUSICAL opens on February 27.
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - February 17, 2015
Oh, the glories of being 11 and going to middle school! An age and time between childhood and young adulthood where the classroom represents an entire, eternal lifetime in one day. Cartoonist Lincoln Peirce invented a comic strip in 1991 around the adventures of 11-year-old Nate Wright, his father, family and friends that soared to popularity over the last 20 years. First Stage brings these comic book characters to Milwaukee's Todd Wehr Theatre when BIG NATE: THE MUSICAL opens on February 27.
BWW Reviews: Staples Masters Seven Roles at Stiemke Studio's THE AMISH PROJECT
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - February 17, 2015
September 13, 27, 29 and October 2, 2006. These forgotten dates inherit new meaning when Milwaukee Rep stages Jessica Dickey's The Amish Project in the Stiemke Studio. Each of these four dates represents a school shooting--and one occurred in a tiny Wisconsin town-- while debut playwright Dickey focuses on October 2. October 2, 2006 the local neighborhood milkman walked into Pennsylvania's Nickel Mines schoolhouse with a gun and shot ten girls, five who survived..
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - February 17, 2015
September 13, 27, 29 and October 2, 2006. These forgotten dates inherit new meaning when Milwaukee Rep stages Jessica Dickey's The Amish Project in the Stiemke Studio. Each of these four dates represents a school shooting--and one occurred in a tiny Wisconsin town-- while debut playwright Dickey focuses on October 2. October 2, 2006 the local neighborhood milkman walked into Pennsylvania's Nickel Mines schoolhouse with a gun and shot ten girls, five who survived..
Milwaukee Rep Sets 2015-16 Season: DREAMGIRLS, World Premieres & More!
by BWW News Desk - February 17, 2015
Artistic Director Mark Clements announced Milwaukee Repertory Theater's 2015/16 Season last night to an enthusiastic group of Rep Subscribers and Donors.
by BWW News Desk - February 17, 2015
Artistic Director Mark Clements announced Milwaukee Repertory Theater's 2015/16 Season last night to an enthusiastic group of Rep Subscribers and Donors.
Three World Premieres, Ayad Akhtar's THE INVISIBLE HAND and More Set for Milwaukee Rep's 2015-16 Season
by BWW News Desk - February 16, 2015
Artistic Director Mark Clements announced Milwaukee Repertory Theater's 2015/16 Season this evening to an enthusiastic group of Rep Subscribers and Donors.
by BWW News Desk - February 16, 2015
Artistic Director Mark Clements announced Milwaukee Repertory Theater's 2015/16 Season this evening to an enthusiastic group of Rep Subscribers and Donors.
Photo Flash: First Look at THE AMISH PROJECT, Opening Tonight at Milwaukee Rep
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2015
Milwaukee Repertory Theater presents The Amish Project by Jessica Dickey, a fictional exploration of the Nickel Mines schoolhouse shooting in an Amish community, and the path of forgiveness and compassion forged in its wake. The one-person cast for The Amish Project stars Rep Associate Artist Deborah Staples. Directed by Milwaukee-based theater director and Rep Literary Coordinator Leda Hoffmann, the production runs now through March 22, 2015 and opens tonight, February 13. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2015
Milwaukee Repertory Theater presents The Amish Project by Jessica Dickey, a fictional exploration of the Nickel Mines schoolhouse shooting in an Amish community, and the path of forgiveness and compassion forged in its wake. The one-person cast for The Amish Project stars Rep Associate Artist Deborah Staples. Directed by Milwaukee-based theater director and Rep Literary Coordinator Leda Hoffmann, the production runs now through March 22, 2015 and opens tonight, February 13. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Waukesha Civic Theatre Stages MY FUNNY VALENTINE Tonight
by BWW News Desk - February 12, 2015
The Waukesha Civic Theatre presents My Funny Valentine, running February 12th, 2015.
by BWW News Desk - February 12, 2015
The Waukesha Civic Theatre presents My Funny Valentine, running February 12th, 2015.
Mark Jacoby, Brit Whittle and More to Star in Milwaukee Rep's World Premiere of FIVE PRESIDENTS This Spring
by BWW News Desk - February 11, 2015
Milwaukee Repertory Theater announced final casting for the upcoming World Premiere production of Five Presidents. Broadway and television veterans Mark Jacoby, Martin L'Herault, Steve Sheridan, Jeff Steitzer, and Brit Whittle, along with Rep Associate Artist Reese Madigan, make up the cast of Five Presidents from Emmy Award-winning writer Rick Cleveland (The West Wing, House of Cards, Mad Men, and Six Feet Under).
by BWW News Desk - February 11, 2015
Milwaukee Repertory Theater announced final casting for the upcoming World Premiere production of Five Presidents. Broadway and television veterans Mark Jacoby, Martin L'Herault, Steve Sheridan, Jeff Steitzer, and Brit Whittle, along with Rep Associate Artist Reese Madigan, make up the cast of Five Presidents from Emmy Award-winning writer Rick Cleveland (The West Wing, House of Cards, Mad Men, and Six Feet Under).
HOUSE OF CARDS Scribe Keith Huff Writes New Play UP THE HILL for Carthage College in Kenosha
by BWW News Desk - February 11, 2015
Carthage College, a four-year, private college of the liberal arts and sciences in Kenosha, Wisconsin, will stage the world premiere of 'Up The Hill', a new work by Keith Huff, one of the television industry's most sought-after writers and producers, and one of contemporary theater's most prominent and exciting playwrights. The play will be performed Feb. 27 - March 7 at the Wartburg Auditorium in the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Natural and Social Sciences, 2001 Alford Park Drive.
by BWW News Desk - February 11, 2015
Carthage College, a four-year, private college of the liberal arts and sciences in Kenosha, Wisconsin, will stage the world premiere of 'Up The Hill', a new work by Keith Huff, one of the television industry's most sought-after writers and producers, and one of contemporary theater's most prominent and exciting playwrights. The play will be performed Feb. 27 - March 7 at the Wartburg Auditorium in the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Natural and Social Sciences, 2001 Alford Park Drive.
BWW Reviews: MKE Ballet Stages Thrilling GENESIS: INTERNATIONAL CHOREOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - February 11, 2015
An elegant genesis for dance happened throughout the past February weekend, and particularly on one Friday night. Here in the heart of Milwaukee's theatre district, finely dressed small girls or teenagers accompanied by their parents together with grown girls attached to their equally interested partners arrived at the historic Milwaukee theater in anticipation of Milwaukee Ballet and Artistic Director Michael Pink's Genesis: International Choreographic Competition.
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - February 11, 2015
An elegant genesis for dance happened throughout the past February weekend, and particularly on one Friday night. Here in the heart of Milwaukee's theatre district, finely dressed small girls or teenagers accompanied by their parents together with grown girls attached to their equally interested partners arrived at the historic Milwaukee theater in anticipation of Milwaukee Ballet and Artistic Director Michael Pink's Genesis: International Choreographic Competition.
MEN ARE FROM MARS - WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS- LIVE! to Play Marcus Center, 4/9-12
by BWW News Desk - February 09, 2015
Men Are From Mars - Women Are From Venus LIVE!, the one-man fusion of theatre and stand-up starring Peter Story, is a light-hearted theatrical comedy based on the New York Times #1 best-selling book of the last decade by John Gray, is back by popular demand to Marcus Center's Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall on April 9-12. Moving swiftly through a series of vignettes, the show covers everything from dating and marriage to the bedroom. Tickets go on sale at MarcusCenter.org and Ticketmaster.com on Friday, February 13. For tickets or more information, visit MarcusCenter.org or call 414-273-7206. Groups 10 or more SAVE! and should call 414-273-7121 ext. 210.
by BWW News Desk - February 09, 2015
Men Are From Mars - Women Are From Venus LIVE!, the one-man fusion of theatre and stand-up starring Peter Story, is a light-hearted theatrical comedy based on the New York Times #1 best-selling book of the last decade by John Gray, is back by popular demand to Marcus Center's Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall on April 9-12. Moving swiftly through a series of vignettes, the show covers everything from dating and marriage to the bedroom. Tickets go on sale at MarcusCenter.org and Ticketmaster.com on Friday, February 13. For tickets or more information, visit MarcusCenter.org or call 414-273-7206. Groups 10 or more SAVE! and should call 414-273-7121 ext. 210.
WCT Presents FUNNY MONEY, Now thru 2/22
by BWW News Desk - February 06, 2015
After Henry accidentally picks up the wrong (money-filled!) briefcase, he rushes home to get his wife and book a couple of one-way tickets to Barcelona. But an irate taxi driver, a corrupt policeman, and a fancy birthday dinner all stand in his way in this charming farce.
by BWW News Desk - February 06, 2015
After Henry accidentally picks up the wrong (money-filled!) briefcase, he rushes home to get his wife and book a couple of one-way tickets to Barcelona. But an irate taxi driver, a corrupt policeman, and a fancy birthday dinner all stand in his way in this charming farce.
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