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Review: THE PIANO LESSON is Haunting & Hopeful at Milwaukee Repertory Theater


by Kelsey Lawler - March 03, 2026

The Piano Lesson marks The Milwaukee Rep’s ninth production in Wilson’s American Century Cycle. For those unfamiliar, this stunning feat is Wilson’s magnum opus: a ten-part series of plays showcasing the African-American experience set in every decade of the 20th century....

Review: THE SPITFIRE GRILL at Skylight Music Theatre


by Keith Gray-Dozal - February 28, 2026

What did our critic think of THE SPITFIRE GRILL at Skylight Music Theatre?...

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

Moonlight and Magnolias
Moonlight and Magnolias
3 Sep – 18 Oct 2020

1939 Hollywood is abuzz. Legendary producer David O. Selznick has shut down production of his new epic, Gone with the Wind, a film adaptation of...

Anyone Can Whistle
Anyone Can Whistle
30 Jul – 29 Aug 2020

A colorful, controversial, and corrupt politician will do anything to get re-elected in this wacky, smart, zany musical satire. Anyone Can Whistle is a carnival-like...

Driving Miss Daisy
Driving Miss Daisy
25 Jun – 25 Jul 2020

Driving Miss Daisy is the simple yet moving story of the 25-year relationship between Daisy Werthan, a well-to-do Jewish widow in postwar Atlanta, and her...

Tiny Beautiful Things
Tiny Beautiful Things
14 May – 7 Jun 2020

Based on the best-selling book by Cheryl Strayed and adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos, Tiny Beautiful Things personifies the questions and answers that...

A LIfe in the Theatre
A LIfe in the Theatre
26 Mar – 26 Apr 2020

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-The-Plow, David Mamet takes us into the lives of two actors: John, young and rising into the...

A Tuna Christmas
A Tuna Christmas
12 Dec – 31 Dec 2019

TAP wraps up the 2019 season with the hilarious off-Broadway comedy, A Tuna Christmas (the side-splitting sequel to the hit comedy, Greater Tuna!) Come spend...

Tomfoolery
Tomfoolery
12 Sep – 20 Oct 2019

A revue of the witty, wicked and thoroughly twisted world of famed satirical songwriter Tom Lehrer. In concerts, television appearances and a series of now-classic...

Tomfoolery
Tomfoolery
12 Sep – 20 Oct 2019

A revue of the witty, wicked and thoroughly twisted world of famed satirical songwriter Tom Lehrer. In concerts, television appearances and a series of now-classic...

Will Durst in BoomeRaging
Will Durst in BoomeRaging
4 Sep – 7 Sep 2019

Comedian Will Durst returns to TAP with his tribute to the history, growth, joys, achievements and looming terrors of the Baby Boom Generation in todays...

La La Lucille
La La Lucille
25 Jul – 1 Sep 2019

Music By George Gershwin, Book by Fred Jackson, Lyrics by Arthur Jackson & B.G. Sylva, Additional Lyrics by Lou Paley, Irving Caesar, & Arthur Francis....

The Dig
The Dig
27 Jun – 20 Jul 2019

Playwright: Marie KohlerMatties brilliant older brother Jamie told her of myths when she was growing up in Galena, Illinois. As a lonely girl of fourteen...

The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
16 May – 9 Jun 2019

A detective unravels the story of Leonard Pelkey, a tenaciously optimistic and flamboyant fourteen-year-old boy who goes missing. The New Yorker called it A whodunit...

Shooting Star
Shooting Star
4 Apr – 20 Apr 2019

Snowed in overnight at a middle-America airport, college lovers Elena Carson and Reed McAllister have an unexpected and life-altering reunion. As the night gives way...

Shooting Star
Shooting Star
4 Apr – 20 Apr 2019
VELVET GENTLEMAN
VELVET GENTLEMAN
19 Dec – 31 Dec 2018

Written and Performed by James Valcq Directed by James Valcq and Robert Boles VELVET GENTLEMAN returns to TAP for the holiday season. The play is...

BILLY BISHOP GOES TO WAR
BILLY BISHOP GOES TO WAR
13 Sep – 21 Oct 2018

By John MacLachlan Gray with Eric Peterson Music and Lyrics by John MacLachlan Directed by Robert Boles The story of irreverent hero and Canadian WWI...

DURST CASE SCENARIO:  MIDTERM MADNESS!!!
DURST CASE SCENARIO: MIDTERM MADNESS!!!
5 Sep – 8 Sep 2018

WILL DURST is returning this summer with a follow-up to last year’s DURST CASE SCENARIO entitled MID-TERM MADNESS!! DCS:MM describes our strange new world where...

SHINBONE ALLEY
SHINBONE ALLEY
26 Jul – 2 Sep 2018

SHINBONE ALLEY (the story of archy and mehitabel) July 26 – September 1 By Mel Brooks and Joe Darion Music by George Kleinsinger Lyrics by...

LUNGS
LUNGS
28 Jun – 21 Jul 2018

By Duncan MacMillan Directed by Robert Boles Content Advisory: Contains strong language and sexual situations. Not recommended for ages 13 and under. Featuring: Nick Narcisi...

STELLA AND LOU
STELLA AND LOU
10 May – 3 Jun 2018

By Bruce Graham Directed by James Valcq FEATURING: Claire Morkin & Drew Brhel On a quiet night at Lou’s South Philadelphia bar, two kindred spirits...

GRAY'S ANATOMY
GRAY'S ANATOMY
5 Apr – 22 Apr 2018

Featuring Doug Mancheski Directed by Robert Boles In middle age, Spalding Gray (played by Doug Mancheski) has entered “the Bermuda Triangle of Health,” that place...

Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol
Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol
20 Dec – 31 Dec 2017

“Marley was dead, to begin with….” What happens to Ebenezer Scrooge’s mean, sour, pruney old business partner after that? Chained and shackled, Marley is condemned...

A Carpenters Christmas
A Carpenters Christmas
15 Dec

While The Carpenters are known for over a dozen chart topping hits, they also won over their fans with their Christmas celebrations. Singer and playwright...

EVERY BRILLIANT THING
EVERY BRILLIANT THING
7 Sep – 15 Oct 2017

You’re six years old. Your Mom’s in the hospital. Dad says she’s ‘done something stupid’. She finds it hard to be happy. So you start...

CANDIDE
CANDIDE
27 Jul – 2 Sep 2017

Featuring a splendid score by the unparalleled Leonard Bernstein, CANDIDE is a witty and wacky satire of an operetta. Based on Voltaire’s 1759 novella of...

RED
RED
29 Jun – 22 Jul 2017

"A top tier production. It shimmers and it moves." -Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Master abstract expressionist Mark Rothko has just landed the biggest commission in...

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