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Veteran. Linguist. Powerlifter. Pikachu lover. Reality Leigh Winner is many things, but is she a patriot—or a threat? Based on a true FBI interrogation.
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Tony® Award-winning masterpiece Into the Woods brings together everyone’s favorite fairy-tale characters in a darkly funny, heartfelt adventure. A baker...
Join Next Act Theatre for “Artistic Legacy: An Evening of Classical Music and Conversation” in honor of our final show of the 2025-26 season, DINNER...
Newlyweds Paul, a proper young lawyer, and Corie, a romantic free spirit, are thrilled to move into their new Manhattan apartment — a tiny, sixth-floor walk-up with...
A world premiere musical! Experience a bold new take on Shakespeare’s beloved comedy. Journey from ancient Athens into an enchanted forest where lovers, mischievous spirits,...
RG Productions and Theatre Gigante have come together in an historic collaboration for the world premiere of “Sparrows Fall” written and directed by Richard Gustin...
Wisconsin Classic Stage presents The Persians, the oldest surviving play in recorded history, and the explosive inaugural production of its bold new season.
U.S. Premiere!At the end of a storied career, violin virtuoso Margaret gives her final interview to a young reporter. As the evening wears on, Margaret...
"Happily Ever After" has never been so complicated.The musical Into the Woods, by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapinetakes everyone’s favorite storybook characters Little Red Riding Hood,Jack...
What happens to a dream deferred?Lorraine Hansberry’s trailblazing classic—the first play produced on Broadway written by a Black woman and still one of the American...
Salmon-a-Rama: The Sketch Comedy Puppet Musical that Your Children Won’t UnderstandIt’s the big one! With plenty of puppets, parodies, and punchlines. Sure to be a...
CREATED BY THE EMMY®-WINNING WRITER FROM “SCHITT’S CREEK,” this hilarious new musical flips the script on the greatest love story ever told. & Juliet asks:...
In 2005, Spamalot won the Tony Award for best musical comedy. Lovingly ripped off from the classic film "Monty Python and The Holy Grail," this...
Time to crank out the accordions and unleash some polka pandemonium; it’s time to be completely out there! Comedy Rock Legend “Weird Al” Yankovic brings...
Gypsy, a musical fable of ambition and family, kicks off at Skylight Music Theatre this season. Directed by Michael Unger, the show follows a determined...
Big The Musical brings the beloved 1987 film to the stage at Skylight Music Theatre, showcasing the story of Josh Baskin, an awkward kid whose...
Dear Evan Hansen is a Tony Award-winning musical that explores themes of truth, identity, and belonging through the eyes of seventeen-year-old Evan Hansen, who becomes...
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder is a Tony Award-winning musical that combines humor and intrigue as it follows Monty Navarro, a low-born heir...
Set in the vibrant backdrop of the late 1980s, Rock of Ages explores the dreams of aspiring rock star Drew and small-town girl Sherri as...
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by Sofia Ascorbe - March 29, 2026
Hilariously and smartly reimagined with the help of comedian Amber Ruffin, The Wiz debuts as an all-new tour but still carries a score filled with soul, gospel, rock, and 70s funk....
by Sofia Ascorbe - March 25, 2026
What did our critic think of REVIEW: CAMILLE'S RAINBOW AT MILWAUKEE OPERA THEATRE at Milwaukee Opera Theatre?...
by Cathy Jakicic - March 23, 2026
Is This a Room is theater of a sort most people, including me, have never seen. It’s a one-act verbatim play drawn entirely (word-for-word, pause-for-pause, cough-for-cough) from the actual FBI transcript of the 2017 interrogation of Reality Winner, a former Air Force linguist accused of leaking...
by Cathy Jakicic - March 22, 2026
BAREFOOT IN THE PARK at Renaissance Theaterworks does credit to the classic Neil Simon comedy....
by Sofia Ascorbe - March 16, 2026
In McNeal, Jacob McNeal (Peter Bradbury) is a successful and arrogant novelist who flies too close to the sun of Artificial Intelligence when he experiences the very human struggles of his mental and physical health, his addictions, and his relationships....
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....
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