SUNSET PLAYHOUSE

Heir to the Frankish throne, young prince Pippin is in search of the secret to true happiness and fulfillment. He seeks it in the glories of...

August 18-19, 2025 – 7-10PM Callbacks (if needed) – August 20, 2025 – 7-10PM

1969; a bar in Brooklyn, NY…a struggling songwriter is visited by the iconic Judy Garland for a spirited evening of wisdom and song. Written, produced, and...

Carolyn Wehner leads the audience in sensational songs from the silver screen.  ...

What do all boy bands have in common? Screaming fans who “Want it That Way!”...

Accusations, mistaken identities, and romances run wild in this traditional, laugh-out-loud farce!Two nuns at the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing have been secretly making wine to...

Felix Unger, a neurotic, neat freak newswriter, and Oscar Madison, a sloppy, easygoing sportswriter, are the best of friends. As Oscar and the guys gather...

It’s back to the ‘90s where we have lots of “Friends in Low Places!”...

Local playwright and actor Doug Jarecki delivers a hilarious and heartwarming holiday treat! ‘Twas The Month Before Christmas takes a unique look at Joseph and...

“This is it!” We’re “Footloose” with this award-winning singer-songwriter!...

Pushed to the boiling point, three female coworkers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss....

From Wayne Newton to the Rat Pack to Kelly Clarkson, the Vegas strip has been entertaining visitors for exactly 80 years!...

Drama critic Mortimer Brewster’s engagement announcement is upended when he discovers a corpse in his elderly aunts’ window seat. Mortimer rushes to tell Abby and...

Auditions: August 19 & 20, 2024, 7-10PMCallbacks (if needed): August 21, 2024Pushed to the boiling point, three female coworkers concoct a plan to get even...

A Chorus Line is a stunning musical capturing the spirit and tension of a Broadway chorus audition. Exploring the inner lives and bittersweet ambitions of...

Join our teen Sunset Summer Stars in this celebration of Broadway hits.Cabaret is approximately 70 minutes with no intermission.  Beverages and chocolates available for purchase.  ...

George & Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Irving Berlin were among the creative geniuses who produced some of the best music in America. You’ll have...

A Chorus Line is a stunning musical capturing the spirit and tension of a Broadway chorus audition. Exploring the inner lives and bittersweet ambitions of...

Sunset School for the Arts students present Disney’s High School Musical JR.  Disney Channel’s smash hit movie musical comes to life. Troy, Gabriella and the...

What’s the buzz? The first musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice for the professional stage, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR has wowed audiences for more than 50...

One of the best-known and most successful musical teams in history, John Lennon and Paul McCartney composed nearly 200 songs in seven years, most of...

In the 1980s, women proved they could rock just as well as any of the guys! Blondie, Bangles, Go-Gos, Heart and others created an undeniable...

California has been the birthplace of some of the biggest and best rock bands. We’ll pay tribute to groups like the Doors who gave us Riders...

Few performers manage to reach the top of both the country and the pop charts. This cabaret will feature songs by amazing artists who achieved success in...

What’s the buzz? The first musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice to be produced for the professional stage, Jesus Christ Superstar has wowed audiences for...

In Jon Robin Baitz’s OTHER DESERT CITIES, Brooke Wyeth returns home to Palm Springs after a six year absence to celebrate Christmas with her parents,...

The Herdmans are the worst kids in the history of the world. When they crash Sunday school and demand parts in the Christmas pageant, the...

Celebrate the season with our tribute to the King of Cool and his A-List friends...

 In this delightful, laugh-a-minute comedy, four unique Southern women, all needing to escape the sameness of their day-to-day routines, are drawn together by Fate—and an...

OverviewOur School for the Arts students present SEUSSICAL KIDS.  Horton the Elephant, the Cat in the Hat and all of your favorite Dr. Seuss characters...

Our School for the Arts Students present Alice in Wonderland. After Alice tumbles down a mysterious rabbit hole, she finds herself in a strange land where...

Through story and song, Sunset’s Fairy Godmother tells tales of princesses, real and imagined.  She shares her wisdom on true royal powers: curiosity, courage, intelligence,...

All new for 2023! Enjoy a seasonal mixture of magic and humor with some tricks ‘n’ treats  in our Marla Eichmann Studio Theater.This wonderful show is...

Which of Frank’s three daughters will inherit his treasured season tickets? The Kosinski sisters employ every trick in the playbook. From kickoff to the final...

 Based on one of Hans Christian Andersen’s most beloved stories and the classic animated film, DISNEY’S LITTLE MERMAID is a hauntingly beautiful love story for the ages.In...

Join our Sunset Summer Stars in this celebration of Broadway hits. Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy this 1-hour concert on our north lawn. (If it...

Clarissa, wife of a diplomat, is adept at spinning tales of adventure, but when a murder takes place in her drawing room she finds live...

Pet owners, Roger and Anita, live happily in London with their Dalmatians, Pongo and Perdita, stalwart dogs devoted to raising their puppies. Everything is quiet...

It is present-day, and in the kingdom of Auradon, all of Disney’s beloved heroes and royalty are living happily ever after, safe from the terrifying...

Take a journey with Red as she skips to her Grandma’s house with a basket full of goodies. But this isn’t the usual Little Red.Watch...

This is the one you’ve been asking for. Is there a bigger, kinder, more successful superstar than the one and only Dolly Parton? You can...

Three Jewish widows meet once a month for tea before going to visit their husbands graves. Ida is sweet-tempered and ready to begin a new...

Tammi Sauer’s magnificent children’s book is brought to life in this bug in a rug original musical. Bernadette might look like your ordinary monster, but...

Jon and Leslie are a couple of out-of-work bachelors who room together in New York City. To save money, Jon has been filing tax returns...

Celebrate New Year’s Eve with Johnny Rodgers and his musicians as they pay tribute to music by “The Boss.” You’ll hear the greatest hits of...

Buddy, a young orphan, mistakenly crawls into Santas bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole where he is raised. Our elf wannabe...

Yule love it!  Classic folk songs with a dash of jolly jingles in celebration of the season.Added performance at 7:30 PM on Wednesday, December 7,...

Based on the beloved Disney animated film, and featuring a jazzy, upbeat score, Disney’s The Aristocats KIDS is a non-stop thrill ride of feline fun, complete with...

Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount movie which was inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, CLUE is a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery.The tale begins at a remote...

ANDRÉ’S MOTHER – Act 1At André’s memorial, his lover tries one last time to get through to André’s mother, an imposing figure in André’s life....

Enjoy a seasonal mixture of magic and humor with some tricks n treats in our Marla Eichmann Studio Theater.This wonderful show is approximately 90 minutes...

Shelby, a feisty parolee follows her dream to a small Northwoods town in Wisconsin where she finds a place for herself working at Hannahs Spitfire...

Whos in the mood for some folk songs? You are!Mark Mrozek and company present the best of the best in this tribute to Americas original...

An Inspector Calls is set in April, 1912 at the home of the well-to-do Birling family. Arthur Birling, a self-made businessman, wife Sybil, daughter Sheila,...

We know you love singing along at our cabaret shows (yes we heard you!), so heres your chance to really Sing out, Louise!Join Carolyn Wehner,...

A singer, songwriter, composer, and actress, Peggy Lees multi-faceted career spanned six decades.Starting out as a big band vocalist, Miss Lee evolved into an award-winning...

For Mature Audiences only An Obie Award-winning whirlwind tour of a forbidden zone, THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES introduces a wildly divergent gathering of female voices, including...

Celebrate two legendary singer/songwriters of the Baby Boom generation.Compositions include I Feel The Earth Move, Fire and Rain, and Its Too Late....

Other mice scurry, but not Tessa. She boogies, bops shimmies, and hops.Tessa taps during her familys raids through Mrs. Timbonis kitchen. Soon Mrs. Timboni brings...

Sandy, the four-times-married-three-times-divorced owner of a wedding chapel in Las Vegas, has certainly seen her fair share of matrimonies!In the hilarious Four Weddings and an...

Good Vibrations! Pull on your best Hawaiian shirt and grab an umbrella drink! Lets ignore the howling January winds and head to wherever the surfs...

SHE LOVES ME at Sunset Playhouse, 700 Wall Street, Elm Grove, WI. runs December 2-19, 2021. Considered by many to be the most charming musical...

Susy Hendrix, a blind Greenwich Village housewife, becomes the target of three con-men searching for a missing doll. (It was her husband who unwittingly transported...

All new for 2021! Enjoy a seasonal mixture of magic and humor with some tricks n treats in our Marla Eichmann Studio Theater.This wonderful show...

John Smith, a happy London taxi driver with an irregular working schedule, has one little problem. He is married. TWICE! Wife number one, Mary, lives...

When opportunity knocks, answer the call! Talented teens who missed out on their high school musicals due to school closures are given the chance to...

Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, Freda Payne, and other fiery divas started a Disco Inferno that lit up the 80s with songs like RESCUE ME, I...

Kerry Hart Bieneman brings the amazing talents of Shawn Holmes, Cynthia Cobb, & Ryan Charles to this celebration in song. With many of the biggest...

Music from the Great American Songbook takes center stage as we feature songs by legendary vocalists like Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, and Nat...

Sunset veteran Kerry Hart Bieneman pays tribute to two of her favorite artists of all time, Carly Simon and Karen Carpenter.From Youre So Vain to...

Paul and Corie Bratter are newlyweds in every sense of the word. Hes a stuffy, ambitious young lawyer and shes a romantic, free spirit. After...

In a Berlin nightclub as the 1920s draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience with assurances that they will forget...

An Obie Award-winning whirlwind tour of a forbidden zone, THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES introduces a wildly divergent gathering of female voices, including a six-year-old girl, a...

Music has been a huge part of Alissa Rhodes life since she was a youngster, so its no surprise that she has assembled her family...

Producer/Director Hal Prince played a role in bringing dozens of the most beloved musical theater productions of the twentieth century to the stage. His most...

As the curtain rises, Frankie (a waitress) and Johnny (a short-order cook who works in the same restaurant) are discovered in bed. It is their...

Four musicians came together in 1971 and became one of the most successful rock bands in history. Well feature their biggest hits like Desperado, Hotel...

The mission of the American Film Institute is to preserve the heritage of the motion picture, to honor the artists and their work, and to...

Its the 1958 Springfield High School prom where we meet Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy, and Suzy, four girls with hopes and dreams as big...

ABBAs hits tell the hilarious story of a young womans search for her birth father. This sunny and funny tale unfolds on a Greek island...

Music of the stellar artists who reigned supreme in Americas original art form will be featured in this swinging tribute to the women who created...

Well be Leaving on a Jet Plane, heading 500 Miles, to visit some of our folk favorites from the Almanacs to the Weavers. Why dont...

It's 1962 in Baltimore, and the lovable plus-size teen, Tracy Turnblad, has only one desire – to dance on the popular "Corny Collins Show." When...

We know you love singing along at our cabaret shows (yes … we heard you!), so here’s your chance to really “Sing out, Louise!” Join...

After years of helping people make their dreams come true, it is time for the Fairy Godmother to retire. Now she needs to pick her...

Lovingly lifted from the classic film comedy “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” SPAMALOT recounts the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the...

A vanished father. A pill-popping mother. Three sisters harboring shady little secrets. When the large Weston family unexpectedly reunites after Dad disappears, their Oklahoman family...

Mrs. Savage is an elderly woman whose late husband has left her $10 million dollars. She intends to give the entire fortune away to people...

Becca and Howie Corbett have everything a family could want, until a life-shattering accident turns their world upside down and leaves the couple drifting perilously...

Adapted from the Caldecott Medal-awarded book by Karen Ackerman, our tale tells a sweet story about the importance of family and its rich history. Two...

From ABBA to The Zombies, from the Tennessee Waltz to Havana...we'll rock and stroll through radio’s chart-topping hits! On January 4, 1936, Billboard Magazine published...

careers spanned more than 60 years. Whether it was records, radio, television, concerts, or film, these superstars were always at the top of the list....

Young Jane and Michael have sent many a nanny packing before Mary Poppins arrives on their doorstep. Mary takes the children on many magical and...

A hilarious spoof of the mystery plays of the twenties. Four ingenious murders take place in an island mansion as a pair of elderly detectives...

Based on the classic 1989 film, Westerbert High is ruled by a shoulder-padded, scrunchie-wearing clique: Heather, Heather and Heather, the hottest and cruelest girls in...

Join pianist and singer Kerry Hart Bieneman as she salutes Judy Garland! Two concerts: Saturday, May 12 at 7:30PM and Sunday, May 13 at 2PM....

Five years have passed since Bernard declared his love for Jacqueline in BOEING BOEING, and he is now planning a romantic weekend with his chic...

The play begins in the present, with the meeting of Emma and Jerry, whose adulterous affair of seven years ended two years earlier. Emma's marriage...

The Brothers Grimm hit the stage with an epic fairy tale about the wishes, family and the choices we make. This musical follows a Baker...

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II created timeless classics like OKLAHOMA!, CAROUSEL and SOUTH PACIFIC and are the very heart and soul of the Great...

A nimble-witted producer, living on credit with several actors in a Broadway hotel, is desperately in need of a good script. He finds one, and,...

A cult novel, a classic film, a quintessential hit of the '60s, Benjamin's disastrous sexual odyssey is brought vividly to life in the After Sunset...

This “Tale as Old as Time” focuses on the relationship between the Beast, a young prince trapped under a hideous spell, and a beautiful young...

The classic story tells of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the...

Can a good witch change an evil witch? This is the story of a good witch who overcomes loneliness and feeling different by befriending an...

Six tales of terror by Edgar Allan Poe A collection of stories penned by the Master f the Macabre, Edgar Allan Poe. You may likely...

Two heavyweight singer-songwriters of the Baby Boom era, Carole King and James Taylor are a dream team whose compositions include "I Feel The Earth Move,"...

Nick is a single, Italian-American guy from New Jersey. His parents retired and moved to Florida. That doesn't mean his family isn't still in Jersey....

It’s turn-of-the-century New York City when we meet the enchanting, full-of-life widow Dolly Levi. This socialite-turned-matchmaker is actually a “professional meddler”, whose clients include Horace...

Milwaukee favorite Doug Clemons and accompanist Anne VanDeusen present topnotch tunes, celebrate renowned singers, and have fun with a wide range of music from the...

Award-winning singers pay tribute to Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Tormé, two of the greatest jazz improvisers of the 20th century. Backed by a trio of...

Five Southern women, whose friendships began many years ago on their college swim team, set aside a long weekend every August to recharge those relationships....

Six-time Grammy Award winner and three-time Academy award winner Burt Bacharach composed popular hit songs that created the soundtrack of our lives from the ‘50s...

Most families create stories but some also generate a whole lot of great tunes. In this concert, we'll celebrate the musical ties that bind as...

Swing into spring with sweet musical treats for your special Valentine as PETE SORCE returns to Sunset’s SideNotes Cabaret to present an evening of delightful...

This classic screwball comedy won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 and it’s been entertaining audiences ever since. Set in the large house of a rather...

"What a celebration! Let's do that again!" That was the consensus on New Year's Eve and we agree. By popular demand, premier show band BtW...

Ring in the holiday season with a sleigh full of jazzy harmonies and delicious melodies as Becky Spice, Kay Stiefel, and Peggy Peterson Ryan reunite...

We all live on this fascinating planet called Earth. From all over the world come tales of its beauty. This original musical takes you inside...

You asked. We heard you. Because "more Beatles" is always the answer. A stellar cast will be twisting and shouting to bring a few more...

A hilarious comedy, MOON OVER BUFFALO centers on a couple of over-the-hill actors trying to keep their marriage and their ragtag touring company afloat. In...

Nightclub singer/evangelist Reno Sweeney is en route from New York to England aboard the ocean liner S. S. American. Her pal, Billy Crocker, has stowed...

Few performers can equal the achievements of the incomparable Dame Julie Andrews. TARYN WHIPPLE and DON LOBACZ present an entertaining retrospective of Andrews’ career, including...

An eclectic group of six students vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives,...

From the classic to the contemporary, ADAM ESTES, SAMANTHA SOSTARICH, and NATHAN WESSELOWSKI salute the best of Broadway in this homage to the timeless songs...

Our annual salute to musical theater will find us doubling our pleasure and doubling our fun when we focus on duos like Rodgers & Hammerstein,...