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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....
by Keith Gray-Dozal - February 28, 2026
What did our critic think of THE SPITFIRE GRILL at Skylight Music Theatre?...
by Cathy Jakicic - February 01, 2026
Milwaukee Chamber Theaters production of “I Am My Own Wife” is a constant revelation....
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. ...
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....
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...
by Cathy Jakicic - January 15, 2026
THE FISHERMAN'S DAUGHTERS at Milwaukee Rep is an engaging love song to sisterhood, Door County - and fishing....
by Cathy Jakicic - January 12, 2026
CARDBOARD PIANO at Renaissance Theaterworks creates a palpable, powerful bond with the audience....
Past Shows
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Music By George Gershwin, Book by Fred Jackson, Lyrics by Arthur Jackson & B.G. Sylva, Additional Lyrics by Lou Paley, Irving Caesar, & Arthur Francis....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 (the story of archy and mehitabel) July 26 – September 1 By Mel Brooks and Joe Darion Music by George Kleinsinger Lyrics by...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
"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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