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Tony Winner Jack O'Brien Visits Ten Chimneys for Q&A Tonight
by BWW News Desk - June 21, 2014
Tonight, June 21st, Ten Chimneys Foundation will welcome renowned Broadway director Mr. Jack O'Brien for a very special Conversation at Ten Chimneys. Mr. O'Brien will delight the audience with stories about his prolific life in the theatre. Mr. O'Brien's work can be seen in The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing, which runs June 3rd through July 6th in Central Park. Just announced, he will be directing Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane in a new version of Terrence McNally's It's Only A Play, opening on Broadway in September, 2014.
BWW Reviews: Mamet's Legacy of AMERICAN BUFFAFO Endures at APT
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - June 19, 2014
The distinguished experience of Director Kenneth Albers returns to American Players Theatre (APT) in rural Spring Green for David Mamet's multiple award winning play, American Buffalo. First produced in 1975, the three person drama fills the indoor Touchstone Theater with the talents of Brian Mani, James Ridge and Brendan Meyer in perhaps one of the most poetic uses of profanity heard and placed on stage.
BWW Reviews: APT's Exquisite Romantic Comedy THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Charms Audiences
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - June 18, 2014
In a tribute to the quintessential wit of Oscar Wilde, Spring Green's American Players Theatre (APT) opens their 2014 season at the Up the Hill Theatre by staging The Importance of Being Earnest. A play often considered one of Wilde's great literary achievements, APT under the direction of William Brown casts the comedic farce as a classical romantic comedy touched by revisiting the affectionate humor between a vintage Laurel and Hardy routine.
Skylight Music Theatre to Host Skylight Tonight Benefit Concert, Today
by BWW News Desk - June 14, 2014
Skylight Music Theatre has announced a new benefit concert, Skylight Tonight, which will take place Today, June 14, 2014 at 5:30PM at the Broadway Theatre Center. Skylight will be closing out the 2013-14 season with this one-night only performance that is not to be missed. Skylight Tonight: A Concert to Benefit Skylight Music Theatre promises to be one of the city's most unique and entertaining performances of the year.
Marcus Center for the Performing Arts to Host 5th Annual Flag Day Celebration, Today
by BWW News Desk - June 13, 2014
The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts is hosting its 5th annual Flag Day Celebration today, June 13, which is sponsored by the Marcus Center and Environmental Systems, Inc. Festivities are at the Marcus Center's Peck Pavilion from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The theme is Honoring the Dead by Serving the Living and this event is free and open to the public.
The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts Announces New Family Series
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2014
The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts announces a new series for families on select Friday evenings. Peck Flicks at Peck Pavilion is a free series offering family friendly movies shown outdoors in the Marcus Center's Peck Pavilion. The series will show only G or PG movies for a wide audience in the downtown spac
Tickets on Sale Sunday for THE LION KING at Marcus Center for the Performing Arts
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2014
Disney Theatrical Productions and BMO Harris Bank Broadway at the Marcus Center and Broadway Across America-Milwaukee series remind patrons that tickets for the long-awaited return engagement of Disney's THE LION KING will go on sale to the public this Sunday, June 15 at 9:00 am in-person at the Marcus Center Box Office only.
Summer Stages: Summer Stages in Wisconsin Provide Theater Under the Stars
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - June 11, 2014
Wisconsin theater moves to the magnificent outdoors this summer with diverse venues presenting great classical and original productions throughout the state. In Spring Green, Wisconsin, American Players Theatre (APT) has been performing legendary playwrights under the stars for more than 30 years. At the Up the Hill Theatre, Shakespeare's comedy that spars witty conversations between the sexes Much Ado About Nothing features acclaimed actors Colleen Madden and David Daniel in the beloved roles of Beatrice and Benedict. In the company's new indoor Touchstone Theatre, Brenda DeVita directs her first production as APT's new Artistic Director. Sarah Day plays Joan Didion in the adaptation from Didion's award winning memory in her play The Year of Magical Thinking. APT extended their season in 2014 with five Up the Hill Play and now four productions instead of three in the Touchstone that runs through November.
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Hosts Annual Gala Tonight
by BWW News Desk - June 06, 2014
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (MCT) will host their annual gala, Cheers to Chamber! Off the Rails tonight, June 6 from 7:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m. The gala will be held at the Rail Hall, a dynamic new event space located to the west of the train tracks at 131 W. Seeboth Street in Milwaukee's trendy Fifth Ward. Event tickets are $95 per person, with proceeds benefiting Milwaukee Chamber Theatre's artistic and education programming.
Skylight Music Theatre Receives $25,000 Matching Gift Challenge
by BWW News Desk - May 28, 2014
Skylight Music Theatre has announced that that longtime supporter and Honorary Board Member Colin Cabot has issued a special matching gift challenge in support of Skylight Music Theatre.
Wisconsin Public Radio Seeks Volunteers to Find Vietnam Veteran Memorial Photos
by BWW News Desk - May 21, 2014
Wisconsin Public Radio and its public broadcasting partners are seeking volunteers to find photos of the 1,244 Wisconsinites whose names are listed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. Nearly 1,000 photos have been found as part of the "A Face for Every Name Project," but images of service men from southeast Wisconsin who lost their lives during the Vietnam War are still needed.
BWW Reviews: Michael Pink Conjures A Majestic Masterpiece in MIRROR, MIRROR
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - May 19, 2014
Michael Pink's World Premiere Mirror, Mirror conjures a spell that leaves the audience speechless except for the applause of a standing ovation in Uhlien Hall at Milwaukee's Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. In collaboration with the Milwaukee Ballet Company, Andrews Sill and the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, Composer Philip Fenney, Lighting Designer David Grill and Costume and Scenic Designer Todd Edward Ivins, Pink's masterpiece production on the Thursday night opening of the fairy tale Snow White presented a majestic full-length theatrical ballet for Milwaukee audiences.
Tony Winner Jack O'Brien to Visit Ten Chimneys for Q&A, 6/21
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2014
On Saturday, June 21st, Ten Chimneys Foundation will welcome renowned Broadway director Mr. Jack O'Brien for a very special Conversation at Ten Chimneys. Mr. O'Brien will delight the audience with stories about his prolific life in the theatre. Mr. O'Brien's work can be seen in The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing, which runs June 3rd through July 6th in Central Park. Just announced, he will be directing Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane in a new version of Terrence McNally's It's Only A Play, opening on Broadway in September, 2014.
BWW Revieiws: Shakespeare's Cheeky ROMEO AND JULIET Staged by First Stage Young Company
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - May 16, 2014
As one of the first fully produced Young Company productions, Fist Stage and their First Stage Theater Academy presents this premiere organization of high school talent in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet at Milwaukee's Golda Meir School. The production marks a collaboration with the National Endowment for the Arts and their program Shakespeare for a New Generation in an effort to expose teens to the wonders of the classic literature.
BWW Reviews: Love Abides in The Skylight's I HEAR AMERICAN SINGING
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - May 14, 2014
Friday night for the inagural performance, Milwaukee's Skylight Music Theatre presented Daron Hagen's world premiere I Hear America Singing in the Studio Theatre at the Historic Third Ward's Broadway Theatre Center. The Milwaukee born and bred Hagen, a graduate from Brookfield Central High School and afterwards the University of Wisconsin-Madison before attending Julliard, composed a message that “love abides,' whether in love of art, country, music, personal relationships or self. An innovative production that defies conventional definitions.
WCT to Present DYNAMITE COMEDY, 6/18
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2014
The Waukesha Civic Theatre presents Dynamite Comedy on July 18th, 2014.
BWW Interviews: Todd Ivins Designs MIRROR, MIRROR: Envisioning a Modern Ballet Masterpiece
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - May 13, 2014
This May, the Milwaukee Ballet stages Artistic Director Michael Pink's World Premiere full-length ballet Mirror, Mirror. With Pink's innovative genius and darker, dramatic perspective on the fairy tale Snow White, Pink enlisted Todd Edward Ivins for the ballet's costume and set design. The pair collaborated several years ago under Milwaukee Rep's Artistic Director Mark Clements for the theater company's sellout musical, Cabaret (2010), while Ivins and his designs were instrumental in the success of Ragtime (2013) and the contemporary vision seen on stage in Shakespeare's Othello (2012). The Rep's Quadracci Powerhouse became a familiar place in Milwaukee where the pair could contemplate their reinvention of a beloved fairy tale.
Milwaukee Repertory Theater Receives $500,000 Challenge Grant
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2014
The Windhover Foundation - founded by the late Harry and Betty Quadracci and continued today by their children - has issued a $500,000 challenge grant as part of Milwaukee Repertory Theater's ongoing capital campaign to raise funds to repair its sinking, 115-year-old building. The announcement was made Saturday evening at The Rep's 60th Anniversary Gala.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Shares More Than Just A Great Story
by Kathy Strain - May 11, 2014
Nicolet High School just outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin had a very special performance of MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM over the weekend. While the show itself was extraordinary, as extraordinary is the school's theater director, Mr. Ken Miller. Mr. Miller marked his final production at Nicolet High School. After 32 years as an example of hard work and dedication to the drama program, Mr. Miller will retire. Students gathered from years gone by to be a part of the final show and honor this man. Many great things were said about him.
Skylight Music Theatre Premieres Daron Hagen's I HEAR AMERICA SINGING, Now thru 6/1
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2014
Skylight Music Theatre is premiering a new work by Milwaukee native Daron Hagen titled I Hear America Singing. The production runs tonight, May 9 through June 1 in the Studio Theatre at the Broadway Theatre Center (158 N. Broadway, Milwaukee WI).
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Announces Annual Gala, 6/6
by BWW News Desk - May 08, 2014
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (MCT) will host their annual gala, Cheers to Chamber! Off the Rails on Friday, June 6 from 7:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m. The gala will be held at the Rail Hall, a dynamic new event space located to the west of the train tracks at 131 W. Seeboth Street in Milwaukee's trendy Fifth Ward. Event tickets are $95 per person, with proceeds benefiting Milwaukee Chamber Theatre's artistic and education programming.
Skylight Music Theatre to Host Skylight Tonight Benefit Concert, 6/14
by BWW News Desk - May 07, 2014
Skylight Music Theatre has announced a new benefit concert, Skylight Tonight, which will take place Saturday, June 14, 2014 at 5:30PM at the Broadway Theatre Center. Skylight will be closing out the 2013-14 season with this one-night only performance that is not to be missed. Skylight Tonight: A Concert to Benefit Skylight Music Theatre promises to be one of the city's most unique and entertaining performances of the year.
BWW Reviews: TAP Celebrates WHAT I WORE, Womanhood and their Wardrobes
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - May 06, 2014
To celebrate women and the love/hate relationship they contemplate with their closets, Wisconsin's Sturgeon Bay', which opens the way to beautiful Door County, and Co Artistic Directors' Robert Boles and James Valcq of Third Avenue Playhouse present the late Nora Ephron's and her sister Delia's theater experience titled Love, Loss and What I Wore. The 2009 Off Broadway premiere won two Drama Desk Awards and will be considered one of the second longest running Off Broadway productions at the Westside Theatre. How fortunate Stage Door Theatre Company gives peninsula audiences a premiere opportunity to experience this worldwide hit show to end their winter season and brighten a cold spring.
RUACH to Present Milwaukee Symphony in New Production of Stravinsky's THE SOLDIER'S TALE, 5/19
by BWW News Desk - May 05, 2014
On Monday, May 19th at 8:00 P.M., RUACH -- Milwaukee's Jewish arts and music organization -- will present Milwaukee Symphony and other top area instrumentalists in a new, Jewish-themed interpretation of Stravinsky's stimulating and compelling chamber masterpiece 'The Soldier's Tale,' conducted by Alexander Mandl.
BWW Reviews: First Stage Delivers Daring and Dynamic NANCY DREW at World Premiere
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - May 04, 2014
Daring, dramatic and dynamic. Words to describe the conclusion of First Stage's 27th season when the company presents a 50th World Premiere co-written by Artistic Director Jeff Frank and Associate Artistic Director John Maclay adapted from the classic series of mystery stories ghost writtne by Margaret Wirt-Benson in their play Nancy Drew and her Biggest Case Ever. Staged front and center in the Todd Wehr Theater, these three words, daring, dramatic and dynamic apply to the inventive theater company and their captivating new production featuring that famous feminine sleuth Nancy Drew.

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