Sugar Skull! A Día de Muertos Musical Adventure is a touring bilingual and bicultural musical for young audiences and families that uses traditional regional music and dance from Mexico. The story follows twelve-year-old Vita Flores, who finds herself on a magical, musical...
US National Scottish Fiddle Champion Seán Heely and a cast of nationally acclaimed Celtic performers take audiences on a magical winter tour through the Scottish Highlands and across the rugged Irish coast. The show features kilts and tartan throughout its two performances on...
A hilarious immersive Broadway style show blending favorite holiday movie tropes with high octane, original pop songs. The story follows Holly, an overworked city executive forced to return to her quirky hometown, where she reunites with an old flame named Mark, now the local...
The Marcus Performing Arts Center has celebrated Dr. King's Birthday annually since 1984. This free celebration highlights youth in the community who interpret Dr. King's words through student contests, with winners showcased at the event.
Founded in 1952 by dancer and choreographer Amalia Hernández, the Ballet Folklórico de México revolutionized the concept of traditional dance and transformed the history of Mexican dance. The company laid the groundwork and set the tone for thousands of dance troupes in Mexico...
The GRAMMY Award-winning New Orleans-based Dirty Dozen Brass Band, founded in 1977, has taken the traditional foundation of brass band music and incorporated it into a blend of genres including bebop jazz, funk, and R&B/soul. Described by the band as a musical gumbo, this unique...
Despite it’s setting in a lavish pink bathroom, the “Great White Throne” in the title of Cara Johnson’s new play is not the porcelain one visible throughout on the stage it’s the one envisioned on high by the two church women played brilliantly by Libby Amato and Marcella Kearns.…
In INSTRUCTIONS FOR A SEANCE, I and the rest of the audience - was under actor/playwright Kate Bender's spell from beginning to end.…
Bring your best “bark!” down to the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center (MYAC) for First Stage’s production of Go Dog Go! / Ve Perro ¡Ve! This delightful 60-minute, no-intermission musical romp – geared toward ages 3 and up – sure gets little tails wagging. Good news for grown-ups: you’ll get a…
What did our critic think of FOOTLOOSE at Milwaukee Repertory Theater?…
For me, there are certain musicals that become inseparable from the memories we associate with them. Gypsy: A Musical Fable is one of those shows. Skylight Music Theatre's production of Gypsy at the Cabot Theatre, does exactly that — led by a remarkable Janet Metz as Rose.…
Throughout her life Wisconsin folk/outsider artist Mary Nohl created her art from found treasures and a love of nature. In “Maybe We’ll Fly,’” Wisconsin playwright Marie Kohler created her art from a lifetime of Nohl’s memories.…
There is something wonderfully comforting about returning to Mamma Mia! You know the songs. You know the story. You probably even know exactly when you are going to laugh. But when the right cast comes together, none of that familiarity matters. Instead, it feels a little like reconnecting with old …
What did our critic think of 'THE WORLD GOES ‘ROUND: THE SONGS OF KANDER & EBB' at Milwaukee Repertory Theater?…
What did our critic think of REVIEW: AGATHA CHRISTIE'S AND THEN THERE WERE NONE AT MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER at Milwaukee Repertory Theater?…
Passionate RAISIN IN THE SUN still relevant.…
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Monty Python's Spamalot is continuing its run at the Marcus Performing Arts Center with indoor performances proceeding as planned despite the cancellation of outdoor Rainbow Summer events due to hazardous air conditions.
STILL THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR MUSICAL Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, Les Misérables , makes a triumphant return to Milwaukee. This brilliant staging has taken the world by storm and...
So much happened before Dorothy dropped in. WICKED , the Broadway sensation, looks at what happened in the Land of Oz…but from a different angle. Long before Dorothy arrives, there is another young woman, born with emerald-green skin—smart, fiery, misunderstood, and possessing...
He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Now, Michael Jackson’s unique and unparalleled artistry comes to Milwaukee as MJ, the multi Tony Award®-winning new musical centered around the making of the 1992 Dangerous World Tour, begins a tour of its own. Created by Tony...
Holding onto hope when times are tough can take an awful lot of determination, and sometimes, an awful lot of determination comes in a surprisingly small package. Little Orphan Annie has reminded generations of theatergoers that sunshine is always right around the corner, and...
THE UNTOLD TRUE STORY OF A BROOKLYN KID WHO BECAME A CHART-BUSTING, SHOW-STOPPING, AWARD-WINNING AMERICAN ICON Created in collaboration with Neil Diamond himself, A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL is the uplifting true story of how a kid from Brooklyn became a...
The New York Times calls it “the best musical of this century.” The Washington Post says, “It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals.” And Entertainment Weekly says, “Grade A: the funniest musical of all time.” Jimmy Fallon of The Tonight Show calls it...
CHICAGO is still the one musical with everything that makes Broadway shimmy-shake: a universal tale of fame, fortune, and all that jazz, with one showstopping song after another and the most astonishing dancing you’ve ever seen. In the whirlwind of Chicago’s Jazz Age, two of the...
ELF The Musical is the hilarious modern Christmas classic about Buddy, a young orphan child who mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transported back to the North Pole. Unaware that he is actually human, Buddy’s enormous size and poor toy-making abilities cause him...
BEETLEJUICE He earned his stripes on Broadway… now the ghost-with-the-most is coming to Milwaukee. It’s showtime! Based on Tim Burton’s dearly beloved film, this hilarious musicaltells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager whose whole life changeswhen she...
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Tony Award Nominated: Rock of Ages Skylight Music Theatre (4/16-5/02) |
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Arsenic and Old Lace Lakeland Players (3/12-3/21) |
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Instructions for a Séance Herro-Franke Studio Theater (10/06-11/08) |
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"The Cherry Tortured" Milwaukee Repertory Theater (2/26-3/28) |
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TWELFTH NIGHT First Stage (3/12-3/21) |
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In the Next Room or the vibrator play Next Act Theatre (2/17-3/07) |
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"Somewhere" Checota Powerhouse Theater, Associated Bank Theater Center (4/13-5/09) |
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The Cottage Racine Theatre Guild (2/26-3/14) |
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Heist Milwaukee Repertory Theater (11/17-12/20) |
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WINNIE-THE-POOH: FOREVER FRIENDS First Stage (1/29-2/28) |
