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Milwaukee Chamber Theatre's home is the Broadway Theatre Center (BTC) located at 158 N. Broadway in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward. The Broadway Theatre Center opened in 1993 and houses two theatre spaces, the 360-seat Cabot Theatre and the 99-seat Studio Theatre. Milwaukee Chamber Theatre performs five plays each season between the two spaces. The mission of the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre is to produce intimate, high-quality, professional theatrical works of literary merit that engage and challenge the audience, while employing and nurturing principally local theatre artists.

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BWW Review: First Stage's GO DOG GO! is a Musical Must for Little Pups

BWW Review: First Stage's GO DOG GO! is a Musical Must for Little Pups

by Kelsey Lawler · October 5, 2026

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…

Review: GYPSY at Skylight Music Theatre

Review: GYPSY at Skylight Music Theatre

by Keith Gray-Dozal · September 26, 2026

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.…

Review: MAYBE WE'LL FLY at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre

Review: MAYBE WE'LL FLY at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre

by Cathy Jakicic · September 25, 2026

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.…

Review: MAMMA MIA! at Marcus Performing Arts Center

Review: MAMMA MIA! at Marcus Performing Arts Center

by Keith Gray-Dozal · September 24, 2026

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 …

Review: GEORGE & GRACIE: A LOVE STORY at Milwaukee Rep

Review: GEORGE & GRACIE: A LOVE STORY at Milwaukee Rep

by Cathy Jakicic · May 4, 2026

Actor/writer Tami Workentin wrote the play (her first) for herself and her real life husband, James Pickering. The jokes (with a bit of music and history thrown in) can fast and furious,. You could almost hear the rim shot.…

Past Shows

18 total · showing 11–18

Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune

Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune

20 Sep – 15 Oct 2017

Restaurant coworkers Frankie and Johnny have been on one date, and they’ve slept together, and that’s IT – as far as Frankie is concerned. Johnny, a compulsive romantic, has other ideas. He’s decided they’re in love. As the night goes on, the duo’s sometimes-touching...

Deathtrap

Deathtrap

10 Aug – 27 Aug 2017

What would you do for a killer idea? Acclaimed but cash-strapped writer Sidney Bruhl has an exceptional new thriller in his hands. There’s just one problem: It was written by one of his students. Sydney and his wife quickly come up with a solution -- offer to collaborate with...

Jeeves in Bloom

11 Apr – 28 Apr 2013

The lovably loopy Bertie Wooster always manages to get into socially precarious situations. This time around he finds himself dodging romantic entanglements with a starry-eyed young woman, eluding an enraged chef wielding a meat cleaver, and begrudgingly helping his Aunt Dahlia...

Bus Stop

12 Apr – 29 Apr 2012

William Inge's classic tale of optimism, romance, and loneliness gets a fresh reboot in the Chicago ensemble tradition. Long time Chicago actress Lia Mortensen and SiNNERMAN Ensemble's Ryan Martin are joining forces for their directorial debuts in the first production to be...

A Thousand Words

16 Feb – 11 Mar 2012

The art world is ecstatic when a box of stunning black and white photos from the ’30s is discovered amongst some long-lost possessions of Ernest Hemingway. A curator from the Metropolitan Museum of Art immediately lays claim to them, but so does a woman who might be the...

Heroes

23 Nov – 18 Dec 2011

Three aging WWI French army veterans, a very different "band of brothers," muse on life, the past and what is over the next hill as they confront, comfort and sometimes ignore each other. This wistful and often hilarious piece takes place on the terrace of a French military home...

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