Photo Flash: First Look at Sophia Skiles and Mark Junek Milwaukee Rep's AFTER ALL THE TERRIBLE THINGS I DO
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2014
Milwaukee Repertory Theater's 2014/15 Stiemke Studio Season opens with the World Premiere of after all the terrible things I do. This gripping drama, a provocative piece from award-winning playwright A. Rey Pamatmat, will be directed by Milwaukee Rep Associate Artist May Adrales, who returns to The Rep after directing Katori Hall's The Mountaintop (2012/13) and Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (2011/12). Check out a first look at the production below!
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2014
Milwaukee Repertory Theater's 2014/15 Stiemke Studio Season opens with the World Premiere of after all the terrible things I do. This gripping drama, a provocative piece from award-winning playwright A. Rey Pamatmat, will be directed by Milwaukee Rep Associate Artist May Adrales, who returns to The Rep after directing Katori Hall's The Mountaintop (2012/13) and Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (2011/12). Check out a first look at the production below!
BWW Reviews: Discover Love's Mysteries at TAP'S Magical THE FANTASTICKS
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - October 07, 2014
Live and then love a little more after an enchanting evening at Sturgeon Bay's Third Avenue Playhouse this fall. The world's longest running musical The Fantasticks arrived at the Stage Door Theatre Company on October 1st. After more than 17,000 performances played in approximately 90 countries worldwide since the first production in 1960, The Fantasticks garnered 1991 Tony Award Honors for Theatrical Excellence, and still entrances audiences 60 years later.
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - October 07, 2014
Live and then love a little more after an enchanting evening at Sturgeon Bay's Third Avenue Playhouse this fall. The world's longest running musical The Fantasticks arrived at the Stage Door Theatre Company on October 1st. After more than 17,000 performances played in approximately 90 countries worldwide since the first production in 1960, The Fantasticks garnered 1991 Tony Award Honors for Theatrical Excellence, and still entrances audiences 60 years later.
Photo Flash: First Look at Allyson Kaye Daniel, Zonya Love, Nathaniel Stampley and More in Milwaukee Rep's THE COLOR PURPLE
by BWW News Desk - October 03, 2014
Milwaukee Repertory Theater's 2014/15 Quadracci Powerhouse Season kicks off in grand style with an uplifting production of The Color Purple. This hit musical, based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, will be directed by Artistic Director Mark Clements, who reunites with the same creative team behind last season's wildly successful hit production of Ragtime. This will be the fifth musical that Clements has directed at The Rep.
by BWW News Desk - October 03, 2014
Milwaukee Repertory Theater's 2014/15 Quadracci Powerhouse Season kicks off in grand style with an uplifting production of The Color Purple. This hit musical, based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, will be directed by Artistic Director Mark Clements, who reunites with the same creative team behind last season's wildly successful hit production of Ragtime. This will be the fifth musical that Clements has directed at The Rep.
Milwaukee Rep's Stiemke Studio Season Opens with AFTER ALL OF THE TERRIBLE THINGS I DO Tonight
by BWW News Desk - October 03, 2014
Milwaukee Repertory Theater's 2014/15 Stiemke Studio Season opens with the World Premiere of after all the terrible things I do. This gripping drama, a provocative piece from award-winning playwright A. Rey Pamatmat, will be directed by Milwaukee Rep Associate Artist May Adrales, who returns to The Rep after directing Katori Hall's The Mountaintop (2012/13) and Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (2011/12).
by BWW News Desk - October 03, 2014
Milwaukee Repertory Theater's 2014/15 Stiemke Studio Season opens with the World Premiere of after all the terrible things I do. This gripping drama, a provocative piece from award-winning playwright A. Rey Pamatmat, will be directed by Milwaukee Rep Associate Artist May Adrales, who returns to The Rep after directing Katori Hall's The Mountaintop (2012/13) and Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (2011/12).
BWW Reviews: Milwaukee Rep's THE COLOR PURPLE Plays Beautiful, Bold and Brilliant
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - October 02, 2014
n a revival of Alice Walker's bold novel The Color Purple, the award winning musical opens The Milwaukee Rep's 2014-2015 theater season reprising the WOW in entertainment that began with Ragtime in their 60th season. Walker's Pulitzer Prize winning 1982 story arrives in a re-adaptation of the 1985 film and 2005 Broadway musical redesigned for the Quadracci Powerhouse stage featuring a superb cast, which after almost three hours, "fills the room like a sweet perfume… restoring a belief in trust and tenderness."
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - October 02, 2014
n a revival of Alice Walker's bold novel The Color Purple, the award winning musical opens The Milwaukee Rep's 2014-2015 theater season reprising the WOW in entertainment that began with Ragtime in their 60th season. Walker's Pulitzer Prize winning 1982 story arrives in a re-adaptation of the 1985 film and 2005 Broadway musical redesigned for the Quadracci Powerhouse stage featuring a superb cast, which after almost three hours, "fills the room like a sweet perfume… restoring a belief in trust and tenderness."
ANYTHING GOES National Tour Coming to Marcus Center for the Performing Arts in January 2015
by BWW News Desk - October 01, 2014
The national tour of ANYTHING GOES, the new Broadway revival of Cole Porter's timeless classic musical theatre masterpiece, will make its Milwaukee premiere on January 6-11, 2015 as part of the BMO Harris Bank Broadway at the Marcus Center and Broadway Across America-Milwaukee series.
by BWW News Desk - October 01, 2014
The national tour of ANYTHING GOES, the new Broadway revival of Cole Porter's timeless classic musical theatre masterpiece, will make its Milwaukee premiere on January 6-11, 2015 as part of the BMO Harris Bank Broadway at the Marcus Center and Broadway Across America-Milwaukee series.
MCT Presents Reading of THE BOY INSIDE, 10/13
by BWW News Desk - September 28, 2014
True to its mission of nurturing local theatre artists, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (MCT) presents the Montgomery Davis Play Development Series staged reading of THE BOY INSIDE, by Wisconsin playwright Richard Kalinoski on Oct. 13. Leda Hoffmann directs a cast of nine Milwaukee favorites including Doug Clemons, Di'Monte Henning, Carrie Hitchcock, Karl Iglesias, Dan Katula, Ryan Schabach, Deborah Staples, Noah Totzke and Tami Workentin.
by BWW News Desk - September 28, 2014
True to its mission of nurturing local theatre artists, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (MCT) presents the Montgomery Davis Play Development Series staged reading of THE BOY INSIDE, by Wisconsin playwright Richard Kalinoski on Oct. 13. Leda Hoffmann directs a cast of nine Milwaukee favorites including Doug Clemons, Di'Monte Henning, Carrie Hitchcock, Karl Iglesias, Dan Katula, Ryan Schabach, Deborah Staples, Noah Totzke and Tami Workentin.
Milwaukee Rep's THE COLOR PURPLE Opens Tonight
by BWW News Desk - September 26, 2014
Milwaukee Repertory Theater's 2014/15 Quadracci Powerhouse Season kicks off in grand style with an uplifting production of The Color Purple. This hit musical, based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, will be directed by Artistic Director Mark Clements, who reunites with the same creative team behind last season's wildly successful hit production of Ragtime. This will be the fifth musical that Clements has directed at The Rep.
by BWW News Desk - September 26, 2014
Milwaukee Repertory Theater's 2014/15 Quadracci Powerhouse Season kicks off in grand style with an uplifting production of The Color Purple. This hit musical, based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, will be directed by Artistic Director Mark Clements, who reunites with the same creative team behind last season's wildly successful hit production of Ragtime. This will be the fifth musical that Clements has directed at The Rep.
Celebrate WPR with Kathleen Dunn Tonight at the Elm Grove Woman's Club
by BWW News Desk - September 25, 2014
Celebrate Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) with on-air host Kathleen Dunn tonight, September 25 at the Elm Grove Woman's Club. This evening is a unique opportunity for listeners to interact with radio personalities and other WPR fans.
by BWW News Desk - September 25, 2014
Celebrate Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) with on-air host Kathleen Dunn tonight, September 25 at the Elm Grove Woman's Club. This evening is a unique opportunity for listeners to interact with radio personalities and other WPR fans.
BWW Reviews: Next Act's JENNY SUTTER Features Exceptional Feminine Touches
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - September 24, 2014
The feminine touch explore multiple wounds from war and opens Next Act Theatre's Silver Anniversary season this past September weekend in the Midwest premiere of Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter. Written by award winning playwright Julie Marie Myatt to herald the directorial debut of Milwaukee actor Deborah Staples, the one-hour 40 minute, no intermission performance revisits a Marine returning to the States after serving in Iraq, which represents another woman on stage, an African American soldier, the vulnerable Jenny Sutter.
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - September 24, 2014
The feminine touch explore multiple wounds from war and opens Next Act Theatre's Silver Anniversary season this past September weekend in the Midwest premiere of Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter. Written by award winning playwright Julie Marie Myatt to herald the directorial debut of Milwaukee actor Deborah Staples, the one-hour 40 minute, no intermission performance revisits a Marine returning to the States after serving in Iraq, which represents another woman on stage, an African American soldier, the vulnerable Jenny Sutter.
BWW Reviews: MCT's THE GOOD FATHER Garners Poignant Questions On Family
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - September 24, 2014
What constitutes being a 'good' father or parent-before or after a child's conception and birth? These unexpected questions deceptively have their answers woven through Milwaukee Chamber Theatre's Midwest second selection of their 40th anniversary season of THE GOOD FATHER opening at the Broadway Theatre Center this fall. Featuring actors Jonathan Wainwright and Laura Gray, Irish playwright Christian O'Reilly's complex conversational script keeps audiences smiling and thinking for two compelling acts.
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - September 24, 2014
What constitutes being a 'good' father or parent-before or after a child's conception and birth? These unexpected questions deceptively have their answers woven through Milwaukee Chamber Theatre's Midwest second selection of their 40th anniversary season of THE GOOD FATHER opening at the Broadway Theatre Center this fall. Featuring actors Jonathan Wainwright and Laura Gray, Irish playwright Christian O'Reilly's complex conversational script keeps audiences smiling and thinking for two compelling acts.
Overture & Marcus Center to Expand Tommy Awards Program
by BWW News Desk - September 23, 2014
Overture Center for the Arts and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts today announced they would partner to expand the geographical reach of Overture's Tommy Awards program, allowing schools from Milwaukee, Kenosha and Racine Counties to participate.
by BWW News Desk - September 23, 2014
Overture Center for the Arts and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts today announced they would partner to expand the geographical reach of Overture's Tommy Awards program, allowing schools from Milwaukee, Kenosha and Racine Counties to participate.
Skylight Music Theatre Presents LA CENERENTOLA, Now thru 10/5
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2014
Skylight Music Theatre is creating a new production of Rossini's classic opera La Cenerentola. The production runs today, September 19th through October 5th in the Cabot Theatre at the Broadway Theatre Center (158 N. Broadway, Milwaukee WI).
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2014
Skylight Music Theatre is creating a new production of Rossini's classic opera La Cenerentola. The production runs today, September 19th through October 5th in the Cabot Theatre at the Broadway Theatre Center (158 N. Broadway, Milwaukee WI).
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Presents THE GOOD FATHER, Now thru 10/12
by BWW News Desk - September 17, 2014
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (MCT) presents the Midwest premiere of THE GOOD FATHER by Christian O'Reilly. This contemporary Irish love story features local artists - and real-life married couple - Laura Gray and Jonathan Wainwright. THE GOOD FATHER performs in the Broadway Theatre Center's Studio Theatre in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward. The show runs today, September 17 - October 12, 2014.
by BWW News Desk - September 17, 2014
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (MCT) presents the Midwest premiere of THE GOOD FATHER by Christian O'Reilly. This contemporary Irish love story features local artists - and real-life married couple - Laura Gray and Jonathan Wainwright. THE GOOD FATHER performs in the Broadway Theatre Center's Studio Theatre in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward. The show runs today, September 17 - October 12, 2014.
COOKING WITH THE CALAMARI SISTERS Set for Wilson Theater
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2014
Off Broadway at the Marcus Center will bring the Calamari Sisters to the Wilson Theater in Vogel Hall in their hilarious show, Cooking with the Calamari Sisters. Tickets are $45 and are subject to change. Tickets go on sale this Friday, September 19 at 12:00 pm at the Marcus Center Box Office at 929 North Water Street, Downtown Milwaukee, by phone at 414-273-7206 or online at MarcusCenter.org or Ticketmaster.com. Groups 10 or more SAVE, call Group Sales at 414-273-7121 ext. 210 or 213.
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2014
Off Broadway at the Marcus Center will bring the Calamari Sisters to the Wilson Theater in Vogel Hall in their hilarious show, Cooking with the Calamari Sisters. Tickets are $45 and are subject to change. Tickets go on sale this Friday, September 19 at 12:00 pm at the Marcus Center Box Office at 929 North Water Street, Downtown Milwaukee, by phone at 414-273-7206 or online at MarcusCenter.org or Ticketmaster.com. Groups 10 or more SAVE, call Group Sales at 414-273-7121 ext. 210 or 213.
Milwaukee Rep's Stiemke Studio Season Opens with AFTER ALL OF THE TERRIBLE THINGS I DO, 10/3
by BWW News Desk - September 15, 2014
Milwaukee Repertory Theater's 2014/15 Stiemke Studio Season opens with the World Premiere of after all the terrible things I do. This gripping drama, a provocative piece from award-winning playwright A. Rey Pamatmat, will be directed by Milwaukee Rep Associate Artist May Adrales, who returns to The Rep after directing Katori Hall's The Mountaintop (2012/13) and Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (2011/12).
by BWW News Desk - September 15, 2014
Milwaukee Repertory Theater's 2014/15 Stiemke Studio Season opens with the World Premiere of after all the terrible things I do. This gripping drama, a provocative piece from award-winning playwright A. Rey Pamatmat, will be directed by Milwaukee Rep Associate Artist May Adrales, who returns to The Rep after directing Katori Hall's The Mountaintop (2012/13) and Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (2011/12).
BWW Reviews: DOYLE AND DEBBIE Twang into the Stackner Cabaret's Honky Tonk Heart
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - September 15, 2014
Country music, or incredible parodies of the legendary genre, twanged and twittered into the Stackner Cabaret when the Milwaukee Rep opened The Doyle & Debbie Show this September. A rollicking honky tonk evening, this pastiche tribute to county music also lampoons the battle between the sexes, an effortless task when placed into the gifted hands Michael Accardo (Doyle) and Erin Parker (Debbie) accompanied by the indefatigable Bo Johnson (Buddy) on the guitar.
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - September 15, 2014
Country music, or incredible parodies of the legendary genre, twanged and twittered into the Stackner Cabaret when the Milwaukee Rep opened The Doyle & Debbie Show this September. A rollicking honky tonk evening, this pastiche tribute to county music also lampoons the battle between the sexes, an effortless task when placed into the gifted hands Michael Accardo (Doyle) and Erin Parker (Debbie) accompanied by the indefatigable Bo Johnson (Buddy) on the guitar.
'POWER BALLADZ' Comes to the Marcus Center Tonight
by BWW News Desk - September 12, 2014
'Remember days of skipping school? Racing cars, and being cool? With a six pack, and a radio... we didn't need no place to go.' If these lyrics remind you of your first kiss or your first slow dance....then there is a place to go - to Power Balladz - The Ultimate 80's Sing-Along show! Relive the best of the 80s at Marcus Center's Todd Wehr Theater tonight, September 12 and tomorrow, September 13 at 8:00 pm.
by BWW News Desk - September 12, 2014
'Remember days of skipping school? Racing cars, and being cool? With a six pack, and a radio... we didn't need no place to go.' If these lyrics remind you of your first kiss or your first slow dance....then there is a place to go - to Power Balladz - The Ultimate 80's Sing-Along show! Relive the best of the 80s at Marcus Center's Todd Wehr Theater tonight, September 12 and tomorrow, September 13 at 8:00 pm.
THE SOUND OF MUSIC Opens Tonight WCT
by BWW News Desk - September 12, 2014
The Waukesha Civic Theatre presents The Sound of Music, running tonight, September 12th to 28th, 2014.
by BWW News Desk - September 12, 2014
The Waukesha Civic Theatre presents The Sound of Music, running tonight, September 12th to 28th, 2014.
BWW Reviews: ALWAYS...PATSY CLINE Creates County Magic at Peninsula Players
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - September 09, 2014
While a storm raged in Fish Creek outside Peninsula Players Theatre (PPT) on a Thursday evening, inside actor Christine Mild generated her own songstress fury starring in the musical memoir "Always..Patsy Cline." PPT's memorable production directed by Brian Russell retells Cline's short yet stellar country music career, through the stories related by Louise Seeger, a friend she met in Houston when on tour. Louise relates her chance meeting with Cline at the Esquire ballroom, where afterwards Cline spends the night at Louise's house, and the friendship lasts until Cline's untimely death in a plane crash at the young age of 30 (b.1932-d.1963).
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - September 09, 2014
While a storm raged in Fish Creek outside Peninsula Players Theatre (PPT) on a Thursday evening, inside actor Christine Mild generated her own songstress fury starring in the musical memoir "Always..Patsy Cline." PPT's memorable production directed by Brian Russell retells Cline's short yet stellar country music career, through the stories related by Louise Seeger, a friend she met in Houston when on tour. Louise relates her chance meeting with Cline at the Esquire ballroom, where afterwards Cline spends the night at Louise's house, and the friendship lasts until Cline's untimely death in a plane crash at the young age of 30 (b.1932-d.1963).
BWW Reviews: AFT's Smart and Saucy THE BACHELORS Sparkles at DCA
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - September 09, 2014
American Folklore Theatre (AFT) moves indoors to Fish Creek's Door Community Auditorium when producing the 2014's fall season, The Bachelors. Another inspired musical romp by the writing team of the late AFT co-founder Fred Alley (book and lyrics) and James Kaplan (composer), the plot expounds on how "true love" rarely dies, merely becomes reincarnated over 100 years.
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - September 09, 2014
American Folklore Theatre (AFT) moves indoors to Fish Creek's Door Community Auditorium when producing the 2014's fall season, The Bachelors. Another inspired musical romp by the writing team of the late AFT co-founder Fred Alley (book and lyrics) and James Kaplan (composer), the plot expounds on how "true love" rarely dies, merely becomes reincarnated over 100 years.
BWW Reviews: Coward's Intimate PRIVATE LIVES Inspires Audiences at Third Avenue Playhouse
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - September 09, 2014
In the "intimate" comedy at Sturgeon Bay's "intimate" Third Avenue Playhouse, Stage Door Theatre Company presents Noel Coward's cheeky comedy from the 1930's Private Lives. In one of Coward's most successful plays, two previously married spouses meet on their respective honeymoons with their now younger partners at a French resort after remarrying.
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - September 09, 2014
In the "intimate" comedy at Sturgeon Bay's "intimate" Third Avenue Playhouse, Stage Door Theatre Company presents Noel Coward's cheeky comedy from the 1930's Private Lives. In one of Coward's most successful plays, two previously married spouses meet on their respective honeymoons with their now younger partners at a French resort after remarrying.
Photo Flash: First Look at Erin Parker, Michael Accardo & Bo Johnson in THE DOYLE & DEBBIE SHOW at Milwaukee Rep
by BWW News Desk - September 08, 2014
The Doyle & Debbie Show opens this Sunday, September 7 at 7:00pm at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre's Stackner Cabaret.
by BWW News Desk - September 08, 2014
The Doyle & Debbie Show opens this Sunday, September 7 at 7:00pm at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre's Stackner Cabaret.
Milwaukee LGBT Film Festival Announces Opening and Closing Night Screenings
by Caryn Robbins - September 05, 2014
The Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival is pleased to announce the two films that will bookend this year's Festival.
by Caryn Robbins - September 05, 2014
The Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival is pleased to announce the two films that will bookend this year's Festival.
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, Two World Premieres and More Set for Milwaukee Rep's 2014-15 Season
by BWW News Desk - September 05, 2014
Yesterday Artistic Director Mark Clements announced Milwaukee Repertory Theater's 2014/15 Season. 'Next season will offer strong stories that are substantive pieces of theater that are both enlightening and entertaining,' said Clements. 'The season includes two exciting world premieres, after all the terrible things I do and Five Presidents. We will also continue the tradition that I started upon my arrival by including a musical on our main stage - the first production in the Quadracci Powerhouse will be the award-winning musical, The Color Purple. Audiences responded so enthusiastically to last year's production of Ragtime, I believe they are in for another treat with The Color Purple.'
by BWW News Desk - September 05, 2014
Yesterday Artistic Director Mark Clements announced Milwaukee Repertory Theater's 2014/15 Season. 'Next season will offer strong stories that are substantive pieces of theater that are both enlightening and entertaining,' said Clements. 'The season includes two exciting world premieres, after all the terrible things I do and Five Presidents. We will also continue the tradition that I started upon my arrival by including a musical on our main stage - the first production in the Quadracci Powerhouse will be the award-winning musical, The Color Purple. Audiences responded so enthusiastically to last year's production of Ragtime, I believe they are in for another treat with The Color Purple.'
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