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Skylight’s ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ Delivers Madcap Play Within a Play
Artistic director Ray Jivoff retires on a high note with the Cole Porter musical. Read more
Performing Arts Weekly: May 16-22, 2019
Miscast is a musical revue in which Waukesha Civic Theatre performers sing songs for characters they would never have the chance to play in real life due to their sex, ethnicity or age. Read more
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A Most Authentic 'Carmina Burana'
Skylight Music Theatre, Milwaukee Opera Theatre, Danceworks Performance Company and Chant Claire Chamber Choir present Carmina Burana as a visual and aural spectacle full of boisterous energy. Read more
Performing Arts Weekly: Mar. 14-20, 2019
Highlighting this week’s arts’ scene, First Stage’s production of Big River flows into the Marcus Center’s Todd Wehr Theater; and Ronn McFarlane and Paul O’Dette “lute” the Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts. Read more
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Vaudeville, Percussion and Humor with 'Things That Go Ding!’'
Skylight’s Michael “Ding” Lorenz offers a light-hearted performance with percussions in Things that Go Ding! Read more
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Five Entertaining ‘Guys Named Moe’ Move and Groove at Skylight
Five Guys Named Moe is Skylight Music Theatre’s jazzy homage to singer Louis Jordan. Read more
Performing Arts Weekly: Jan. 24-30, 2019
In this week’s performing arts’ scene, First Stage goes into Locomotion, Five Guys Named Moe grace the Cabot Theatre’s stage and Red Priest gives quite a show in, appropriately enough, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Read more
Winter 2019 Theater Preview
From family drama to human comedy, the new year starts off with some thought-provoking productions sure to keep the conversation going long after the stage lights have dimmed. Read more
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Skylight's Hilarious 'Hairspray' Provides Nonstop Entertainment
John Waters, known for his irreverent humor, considered Hairspray, set in 1962, to be “a comedy about integration,” but it goes beyond that. Hairspray champions the underdog, addresses racism and encourages self-acceptance. Read more
Performing Arts Weekly: Nov. 15-21, 2018
Skylight Musical Theatre’s production of Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman’s Hairspray is a timely presentation of a big and bold story of a teenager who fights for everyone’s rights’ and of her own triumphant transformation. Read more
'Is it Family Friendly?'
There isn’t much in the way of LGBTQ theater this season, but Boulevard Theatre is producing Terrance McNally’s acclaimed masterpiece Mothers and Sons. Read more
UPAF Allocates More Than $9 Million to Member Groups
Six UPAF “Cornerstone Groups” will receive about 86% of the dollars allocated. Read more
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'Pippin' Bears a Message Worth Hearing (and Seeing)
Composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz used the idea of a son growing up under the pressure of being the heir to the throne as the basis of a story about finding one’s own place in life. Read more
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Performing Arts Weekly: Sept. 20-26, 2018
The Milwaukee Rep presents Guards at the Taj; Skylight Music Theatre opens their season with Pippin; and Milwaukee Chamber Theatre stages Chapatti. Read more
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Comfortable Wearing Multiple Hats
After raising the profile of the Milwaukee Opera Theatre, Jill Anna Ponasik was invited to join the staff of one of the city’s venerable performing arts groups, the Skylight Music Theatre. Read more
'With Open Hearts and Full of Hope'
A feature interview with Shepherd Express Assistant Editor of Arts & Entertainment John Schneider on his 2018 Milwaukee Fringe Festival performance, Where or When: The Life and Songs of Lorenz Hart. Read more
Jokes Flow Freely in "Urinetown, The Musical," a Smart Satire Now Playing at Skylight Music Theatre
Critics have called Urinetown, The Musical at Skylight Music theatre “a laugh riot!” and “enormously entertaining!” with a “stunningly talented cast!” Read more
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Skylight's 'Urinetown' a Thinker Wrapped in a Spectacle
There are many Easter eggs in Skylight Music Theatre’s production of Urinetown—some written into the book and score, and some added by this production’s creators/ Read more
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Skylight's 'Urinetown' an Entertaining Satire for Our Times
Skylight Music Theatre closes its season with Urinetown, a satire of both modern politics and the musical genre itself. Read more
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'The Tales of Hoffmann' Told As Never Before
A touch of steampunk, along with excellent voices, uplifts an entertaining Tales of Hoffman by Skylight Music Theatre and Milwaukee Opera Theater. Read more
Jokes Flow Freely in "Urinetown, The Musical," a Smart Satire Now Playing at Skylight Music Theatre
Critics have called Urinetown, The Musical at Skylight Music theatre “a laugh riot!” and “enormously entertaining!” with a “stunningly talented cast!” Read more
