Dave Chappelle adds 8 shows in 4 nights next week at The Pabst
The Pabst Theater announced Monday that Dave Chappelle will return to Milwaukee for eight shows in four days ... starting less than a week from now, on Sunday, Jan. 31. The comedian will perform two...
View ArticleWisconsin skater brings Princess Belle to the ice in Disney's "Dare to Dream"
There is almost nothing like watching children see a live stage performance, whether it's a play, music or dance. "Dare to Dream," a Disney skating spectacular is a great chance for the kids, opening...
View Article6 must-see museums and shows
We're celebrating unplugged week here at OnMilwaukee - ironic, I know - but it's a perfect reminder that there is plenty to get out and do in this town if you'd just put the damn phone down for a...
View ArticleRep's "Of Mice and Men" tells a mesmerizing tale of relentless heartbreak
Mark Clements' "Of Mice and Men" production running at the Milwaukee Rep is a play about heartbreak, and who among us has not witnessed heartbreak, either our own or a loved one.
View ArticleStorytelling events draw large, attentive crowds
There is no such thing as TMI in the increasingly popular world of storytelling. On stage, people are just as likely to speak about failures, heartbreaks or faux pas as thrilling or enlightening...
View Article"The Mojo and The Sayso" delivers a searing look at coping with the worst grief
"What happened that night?" A lead in, certainly, to a mystery, one to be solved at the end of a night as the audience finally goes, "Oh, yeah. That's what happened that night." The play opened at the...
View ArticleNew Skylight opera tells of tabloid drama before TMZ and Twitter
Before Kanye and Wiz got into a Twitter beef and before TMZ made an industry of grainy club videos and stalking celebs, there was the Duchess Margaret of Argyll, the subject of Skylight Music...
View ArticleSex a lure for "Powder her Face" but it's really a tale of just looking for love
Sexual indiscretion is what the Skylight Music Theatre offered up Friday night at the opening of "Powder Her Face," the chamber opera by Thomas Adés with a libretto by Philip Hensher.
View ArticleThree actors carry "Agnes of God" into theater heaven at Renaissance
The battles between a life of faith and a secular life - science and religion have provided great fodder for novels, film and, of course theater.And along those lines Renaissance mounts a wonderful...
View ArticleNext Act's "Twilight" may be the most don't miss play in city in decades.
"Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992" may well be the most important play in Milwaukee in years and for a decade to come. As Milwaukee struggles with race it makes us fact some uncomfortable facts of our life.
View ArticleMilwaukee Fringe Festival premieres this summer
Milwaukee Fringe Festival, a new, city-wide art fest, is a two-day performance and visual art event celebrating Milwaukee's arts scene. It will take place Downtown from Aug. 27-28.
View ArticleOnce "The Devil's Music" gets going, it's a train that roars ahead at The Rep
"The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith," is running at the Stackner Cabaret at The Milwaukee Rep in a production built around the prodigious talents of Zonya Love as Bessie.
View ArticleMilwaukee theater delivered a weekend of fabulous females on stage
Once I got a chance to sit down and think about it, I was full of marvel at the female actor talent that I saw on stage over the weekend. One spectacular performance after another proved one fact: The...
View ArticleFlorentine Opera delivers a Valentine's Day combo of romance and music
Nothing says "I love you" like romantic music, and the Florentine Opera delivers with a Valentine's Day weekend full of romantic music from opera, operetta and musical theater. It promises to be...
View ArticleCarole King musical headlines Broadway shows coming to Marcus Center
One of the most anticipated national touring shows in a long time headlines the series of Broadway tours coming to the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts next year when the Carole King musical...
View ArticleBallerina San Miguel keeps her toe shoes on despite big promotion
Luz San Miguel has thrilled Milwaukee ballet audiences for 11 seasons and has been promoted to Ballet Mistress of the company. but that doesn't mean she is done dancing and will star in "Dorian Gray."
View ArticleMilwaukee Ballet reaches new heights with Pink's "Dorian Gray"
A groundbreaking production of Michael Pink's "Dorian Gray" had its world premiere Friday night at The Pabst Theater by the Milwaukee Ballet, capturing one of the world's great novels.
View ArticleGun Cotton shoots old-timey tintype photos
Recently, Milwaukeeans Eileen Blom and Margaret Muza revived a lost art form of photography and launched a business, Gun Cotton Tintype Photography. Appointments are available now in studio, and next...
View ArticleClemons' performance lifts "The View From Here" higher than deserved
Being saved at the last moment is the ending of "The View From Here," being staged at Soulstice Theater by the Umbrella Group under the direction of Kelly Doherty.It would have been more interesting...
View ArticleUPAF taps Mindpool to bring The Fonz into the new millennium
UPAF has rediscovered a pair of 1979 television commercials featuring Henry Winkler and has tapped Mindpool Productions to update them to promote this year's United Performing Arts Fund campaign to...
View ArticleBlack Cat Alley project offers artists $1,000
Black Cat Alley, a project that will pay artists to create murals in an East Side alley, is currently seeking applicants.
View ArticlePrize winners and classic dramas highlight 2016-17 Rep lineup
"Man of La Mancha," the classic Tony award winning musical will kick off the Milwaukee Rep's Quadracci Powerhouse 2016-17 to be followed by a Pulitzer Prize winner by Milwaukee native Ayad Akhtar
View ArticleUPAF drive kickoff continues vital contribution to performing arts
The United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF) is one of the top two or three arts fund raising organizations in the country, helping keep theater of all varieties - large and small - alive and well in the...
View ArticlePink's "Dorian Gray" receives national praise from Huffington Post
Michael Pink, the artistic director at Milwaukee Ballet has once again proven that his unique and individual style continues to gather high-level praise on a national level from the Huffington Post.
View ArticleA conversation with Milwaukee-raised Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar
Before "The Invisible Hand" hits the Rep stage, OnMilwaukee sat down with Brookfield-raised playwright Ayad Akhtar to talk about winning the Pulitzer, how people view Muslim characters and why social...
View Article"Lamps for My Family" is a memorable voyage at In Tandem Theatre
The mind can be a dangerous place, especially when it's flooded with memories to vital to shake away. That's the journey in "Lamp for My Family," which opened Friday night at In Tandem Theatre Company.
View ArticleMaking some noise: 6 questions for one of the stars of "Stomp"
Turning chaotic clinks and clanks into something resembling a beat is a primal and universal human delight - one that the theater show "Stomp," coming to the Milwaukee Theatre Thursday night, has been...
View ArticleMarcus Center's "Cabaret" the very best that Broadway has to offer
For over a century it's been called "The Great White Way" and it landed with a sparkling explosion on the stage of the Marcus Center in Milwaukee Tuesday night with the opening of "Cabaret."
View ArticleDesigners talking about Designers Talking: A chat with creator Nate Pyper
The Designers Talking series is part residency, part gallery, and part conversation that seeks to connect thinkers, artists, and problem-solvers through discussion about interesting ideas and...
View ArticleKaminski talks Milwaukee beards at Waxwing event
Photographer Jessica Kaminski hosts an artist talk and book signing Thursday, Feb. 26 at Waxwing. She will chat about making "The Milwaukee Beard Book." Warning: things might get hairy. (Wha-wha...)
View ArticleMAM's Hudson River School show heads back into America's natural history
The Milwaukee Art Museum's "Nature and the American Vision: The Hudson River School" provides Midwesterners with an unprecedented experience of the nation's first original artistic movement.
View Article"PostSecret: The Show" satisfyingly brings the Internet sensation to the stage
When hearing about "PostSecret: The Show," I was kind of confused as to how personalized postcards could be the root of a live performance. However, seeing such a personal show, I can confirm that it...
View ArticleA chilling look at the consumption of capitalism a thrill at The Rep
Money, money, money is at the heart of "The Invisible Hand," the intelligent and seductive play by Pulitzer Prize playwright Ayad Akhtar that opened at the Milwaukee Rep Friday night.
View ArticleChamber's "Slowgirl" is a gentle look at two strangers bound by blood and love
It starts with a whisper and ends with wonder and in between two souls, lost in their own private jungles struggle for truth and a common ground upon which each can walk with comfort. It's "Stargirl"...
View ArticleFirst Stage's "The Snow" supplies a blizzard of magic for kids of all ages
Nobody weaves a spell of magic in Milwaukee theater quite like First Stage, a company designed for children but that tells universal stories as meaningful for an old man as they are for a young girl....
View ArticleMilwaukee Ballet's 2016-17 season mixes classics and new compositions
For almost a half a century, the Milwaukee Ballet Company has entertained audiences in seasons both up and down as it struggled to find a niche in the Milwaukee performing arts panorama. Since the...
View ArticleThe awfully good and the awfully awful mark Off the Wall's "Hamlet"
Hamlet, perhaps the greatest play ever written, is especially difficult to do. Proof of how hard it is to stage this play is obvious in the Dale Gutzman's production at his Off the Wall Theatre.
View ArticleSkylight's "Crowns" is a spectacular and important step in city's history
"Crowns" at Skylight Music Theatre is an example of how art can lead a city to a better place and to a life of equality and diversity where all that matters is the quality of the art, not the color of...
View ArticleRaunchy roars without pause in Theatre Red's hilarious "Bachelorette"
There is a distinct possibility that somewhere in "Bachelorette" there is a morality play about friendship, excess, jealousy and truth.The play opened at Theatre Red over the weekend.
View ArticleThe forgotten stained glass masterwork of Marie Herndl
Marie Herndl has many impressive works bearing her name and a couple than can still be viewed. But "The Fairy Queen," this beautiful 6-by-9 foot piece of mystery and controversy, spends most of its...
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