Review: TOPDOG/UNDERDOG at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
by Cathy Jakicic - April 29, 2025
'Topdog/Underdog', written by Suzan-Lori Parks, closes the Milwaukee Chamber Theater season out with a bang, telling the explosive story of two brothers. Their parents gave them the names Lincoln and Booth – and little else....
Review: ESPEJOS: CLEAN at Milwaukee Repertory Theater
by Sofia Ascorbe - April 16, 2025
When my friend and I carpooled to this show on opening night, we briefly discussed what we imagined the plot to be. With the hit HBO show’s finale buzzing around, we wondered aloud: “will this be White Lotus-esque?” To our surprise, and delight, the play not only comments on wealth and class inequit...
Review: JEKYLL AND HYDE THE MUSICAL at Lake Country Players
by Cathy Jakicic - April 07, 2025
With Jekyll and Hyde The Musical, the Lake Country Players (LCP) offer a spirited, multi-faceted look at the different faces we present. Of course, the classic source material, the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, on which the musical is based, takes that concept to g...
Review: BUYER & CELLAR Delights at RENAISSANCE
by Kelsey Lawler - March 28, 2025
Directed by Ray Jivoff and starring Doug Clemons, this quirky and charming one-man show is a delight not to be missed—particularly for fans of the incomparable Barbra Streisand. ...
Review: FINDING NEMO is a Totally Tubular Must-See Musical at FIRST STAGE
by Kelsey Lawler - March 12, 2025
If you take your littles to one show this spring, make it Finding Nemo at First Stage. This “theatre for young audiences” version of the classic Disney & Pixar film is a musical adventure featuring book, music, and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez—the dream team behind Frozen. The m...
Review: ROMEO AND JULIET at Milwaukee Rep
by Cathy Jakicic - March 02, 2025
Moving Shakespeare’s classic plays to different, usually more modern, environs is not new — and doesn’t always make the transition with losing something in translation, but the Milwaukee Rep’s “Romeo and Juliet” — presented in Appalachian dress and accented with bluegrass, folk and country music — i...