Upcoming Shows
The Fisherman's Daughters
9 Jan – 1 Mar 2026
This heartwarming Wisconsin musical is a testament to the power of sisterhood and self-discovery. When a governor’s order uproots the small village of Fish Creek to...
August Wilson's The Piano Lesson
24 Feb – 22 Mar 2026
August Wilson’s explosive, award-winning play is a gripping story of family, legacy and the choices that define us. During the Great Depression, the Charles household...
McNeal
10 Feb – 22 Mar 2026
Direct from a sold-out Broadway run, Pulitzer Prize-winner Ayad Akhtar’s thrilling and darkly comic new work follows Jacob McNeal — a brilliant yet dangerously charming...
Ain’t Misbehavin’ The FATS WALLER Musical Show
6 Mar – 26 Apr 2026
Step into a jumpin’ jazz joint where the legendary music of Fats Waller takes center stage. Five extraordinary actor-musicians transform into a jubilant swing band for...
Mrs. Christie
14 Apr – 10 May 2026
This effervescent, charming new comedy celebrates writers, womanhood, and the stories that shape our lives. In 1926, famed author Agatha Christie vanished for 11 days,...
Frida…A Self Portrait
3 Apr – 17 May 2026
Live boldly, love wildly, paint passionately — this was the uncompromising life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Through music, movement and irresistible charm, acclaimed writer...
George & Gracie: A Love Story
1 May – 14 Jun 2026
For nearly 40 years, George Burns and Gracie Allen delighted millions as entertainment’s original power couple, sharing love and laughter through their comedic brilliance. Now,...
Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None
26 May – 28 Jun 2026
Agatha Christie’s heart-pounding thriller takes us to a secluded island full of intrigue, as ten strangers with dark secrets find themselves marooned at a grand...
Review: I AM MY OWN WIFE at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
by Cathy Jakicic - February 01, 2026
Milwaukee Chamber Theaters production of “I Am My Own Wife” is a constant revelation....
Review: LOVABYE DRAGON is a Lovable Adventure for Littles at FIRST STAGE
by Kelsey Lawler - January 30, 2026
Once there was a girl, an all-alone girl, who didn’t have a dragon for a friend. But all of that is about to change in First Stage’s Lovabye Dragon, an enchanting musical adventure on stage through February 15th at Milwaukee Youth Arts Center. ...
Review: AMADEUS at Skylight Music Theatre
by Cathy Jakicic - January 29, 2026
In Peter Shaffer’s play, “Amadeus,” unfulfilled composer Antonio Salieri calls himself “the patron saint of mediocrity.” This is the last word you’d associate with Skylight Musical Theatre’s impressive production....
Review: THE LEHMAN TRILOGY is an Epic, Exceptional Experience at MILWAUKEE REP
by Kelsey Lawler - January 20, 2026
A head, an arm, and a potato walk into America circa 1850. Theirs is a century-spanning story of the rise and collapse of a business empire. It’s The Lehman Trilogy, winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Play. It’s three acts, three actors, three epic hours of theater now on stage at the Mi...
Review: THE FISHERMAN'S DAUGHTERS at Milwaukee Rep
by Cathy Jakicic - January 15, 2026
THE FISHERMAN'S DAUGHTERS at Milwaukee Rep is an engaging love song to sisterhood, Door County - and fishing....
Review: CARDBOARD PIANO at Renaissance Theaterworks
by Cathy Jakicic - January 12, 2026
CARDBOARD PIANO at Renaissance Theaterworks creates a palpable, powerful bond with the audience....
Past Shows
The Lehman Trilogy
13 Jan – 8 Feb 2026
Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Play,The Lehman Trilogyis a riveting tour-de-force that is sure to captivate the imagination. In 1844,a young man from...
It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
31 Oct – 21 Dec 2025
Experience the magic of Christmas like never before! This uplifting holiday classic comes to life as a high-energy radio play, blending 1940s retro charm with...
Come From Away
4 Nov – 14 Dec 2025
This exhilarating Tony Award-winning musical shares the remarkable true story of nearly 7,000 airline passengers from all over the world who were grounded in the...
Espejos: Clean
8 Apr – 25 May 2025
By Christine Quintana |Spanish translation and adaptation by Paula Zelaya Cervantes |Directed by Melissa Crespo |In association with Hartford StageThe lives of two women with vastly different life experiences intersect at...
The Last Five Years
21 Mar – 18 May 2025
Romeo and Juliet
25 Feb – 30 Mar 2025
The Woman in Black
21 Jan – 23 Mar 2025
The Craic
17 Jan – 16 Mar 2025
Lumberjacks in Love
8 Nov – 12 Jan 2025
Fred Alley, James Kaplan; book: Fred Alley; lyrics: Fred Alley; music: James Kaplan; dir: Jeffrey Herbst....
Marie and Rosetta
22 Oct – 22 Dec 2024
Prelude to a Kiss: The Musical
10 Sep – 20 Nov 2024
Women of Rock
6 Sep – 3 Nov 2024
The Coast Starlight
3 Sep – 6 Oct 2024
Get Happy: Angela Ingersoll Sings Judy Garland
5 May – 1 Jul 2022
In an Emmy Award-nominated performance seen on PBS, Angela Ingersoll celebrates Judy Garland live in concert. Backed by a dynamite band, Ingersoll delivers a tour...
Murder on the Orient Express
31 May – 1 Jul 2022
Board the exotic and mysterious Orient Express as it takes off into the opulence and grandeur of the 1930s, with a train full of suspects,...
Titanic The Musical
5 Apr – 15 May 2022
Winner of five Tony Awards, Titanic The Musical is a stirring and unforgettable account of the first and last days of the ship of dreams....
My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra
4 Mar – 1 May 2022
From the king of swing to the Rat Pack, Ol Blue Eyes charmed his way into the hearts of millions. Celebrate the pivotal moments of...
New Age
22 Mar – 1 May 2022
Told through music, movement and lyrical storytelling, New Age follows four women at different junctures in life as they contend with their sexuality, insecurities and...
As You Like It
15 Feb – 20 Mar 2022
The Beatles meet the Bard in this rollicking, celebratory musical take on William Shakespeares As You Like It. Its 1960s British Columbia and love is...
Antonio's Song
26 Jan – 6 Mar 2022
Antonios Song is a poetic journey of a dancer/artist/father questioning the balance of his passions art, culture, family. From the streets of Brooklyn to Russias...
Piano Men
7 Jan – 27 Feb 2022
What happens when you put two pianos onstage, add two virtuoso piano players, and throw in a limitless songbook that defies genre and decade? You...
Toni Stone
4 Jan – 30 Jan 2022
Declared the Best New Play of 2019 by The Wall Street Journal, this sensational theatrical event knocks it out of the park with a high...
Dad’s Season Tickets
29 Oct – 2 Jan 2022
A New Musical Comedy Celebrating Family, Folly, and FootballDirect from its sold-out engagement in Door County where it became the best-selling hit in Northern Sky...
A Christmas Carol
30 Nov – 24 Dec 2021
Make up for lost time with family and friends this holiday season as our full ensemble production joyfully returns to the historic Pabst Theater. A...
Steel Magnolias
9 Nov – 5 Dec 2021
In Chinquapin, Louisiana everybody who is anybody gets their hair done at Truvys beauty shopwhere the women are all sass and brass. Through clouds of...
SoundStage MKE
11 Jun – 31 Oct 2021
An immersive exploration of Downtown Milwaukee like you've never seen it before! Take an aural journey through the streets of the city and experience the...
Free Day of Theater
2 Oct
"Free Day of Theater" is a day filled with performances and interactive opportunities at Milwaukee Reps Patty & Jay Baker Theater Complex. The 10 free...
Hedwig Cast Reunion
13 Aug
Milwaukee Rep is back for a series of outdoor summer concerts!Members of the cast from Milwaukee Reps hit production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch...
The Three Divas
31 Jul
Milwaukee Rep is back for a series of outdoor summer concerts!Featuring three of your favorite Milwaukee Rep leading women Nova Y Payton (Effie in Dreamgirls),...
The Three Divos
26 Jun
Milwaukee Rep is back for a series of outdoor summer concerts!Featuring three of your favorite Milwaukee Rep leading men Gavin Gregory (Coalhouse Walker, Jr in...
One Night With Janis Joplin
3 May – 2 Jun 2013
written and directed by Randy Johnson in the Kreeger SEPTEMBER 28 – NOVEMBER 4, 2012 With a voice like whiskey and a laugh like pure...
Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash
1 Mar – 5 May 2013
A tribute to the legendary Man in Black. Growing up dirt-poor, wrestling with family tragedy, striking out on his own, emerging as a songwriter, finding...
A Raisin in the Sun
12 Mar – 14 Apr 2013
Quadracci Powerhouse: - Lorraine Hansberry; dir: Ron OJ Parsons....
Clybourne Park
29 Jan – 24 Feb 2013
Home is where the heart—and history—is in Clybourne Park, a "buzz-saw sharp new comedy" (The Washington Post) that cleverly spins the events of A Raisin...
How The World Began
16 Jan – 24 Feb 2013
Stiemke Studio: - Catherine Trieschmann; dir: Brent Hazelton....
Sense and Sensibility
11 Dec – 13 Jan 2013
"Sense and Sensibility" by Jon Jory, adapted from the novel by Jane Austen (February 17 – March 18, 2012) Fortune lost to fate. Romance lost...
Always . . . Patsy Cline
16 Mar – 6 May 2012
Othello
3 Apr – 6 May 2012
In the Next Room or the vibrator play
7 Mar – 22 Apr 2012
Sarah Ruhl's In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play will be presented by The San Pedro Playhouse at the Cellar Thetre as part of...
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged
13 Jan – 11 Mar 2012
All 37 Plays in 97 Minutes! An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard’s plays, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) was London’s longest-running comedy...
To Kill a Mockingbird
31 Jan – 4 Mar 2012
Rep Lab: A Short-Play Festival
12 Jan – 16 Jan 2012
Next to Normal
6 Dec – 15 Jan 2012
Song Man Dance Man
4 Nov – 8 Jan 2012
A Christmas Carol
2 Dec – 24 Dec 2011
Lombardi
11 Oct – 13 Nov 2011
Yellowman
28 Sep – 13 Nov 2011
From My Hometown
9 Sep – 30 Oct 2011
Ten Chimneys
30 Aug – 25 Sep 2011
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