Now in his 80s, Stephen Sondheim has been taking victory laps the last few years. His genius is deservedly appreciated, and I doubt I will get any argument by calling him the greatest living composer of musical theater.
With its exquisite production of "Sunday in the Park With George," the Skylight Music Theatre is taking that further. It is showing us that Sondheim belongs in the discussion about America's greatest theatrical writers, along with O'Neill, Williams, Miller, August Wilson and Edward Albee.
Pay attention to the woman at the piano when you go to see the obscure Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt musical "Roadside" at Off the Wall Theatre. She has worked at a coal mine, been a practicing attorney, rides a motorcycle, plays video games and bicycles 37 miles on most days. But Donna Kummer's defining identity is as Milwaukee's most peripatetic music director.
In Tandem Theatre Company's entertaining production of "Veronica's Position" evokes the frothy wit of Noel Coward. A diva patterned after Elizabeth Taylor is at the center of the drawing room comedy. Meanwhile, Milwaukee-grown actress Sarah Sokolovic has garnered a major award nomination in New York. She is in some very heady company.
The Milwaukee Ballet will present Peter Pan at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts May 10-13. The work will showcases the same classic storyline and the same impressive special effects (dancers in flight!) as its premiere performance, plus a few added twists.
Windfall Theatre has shown an affinity for Stephen Sondheim musicals during its 19 seasons, and it opens another, "Assassins," in the Village Church tomorrow night. The small company is getting the jump on the Milwaukee Rep, which mounts its production of the same musical in September. Youngblood Theatre Company has opened the satirical drama "Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom," in a Walker's Point basement.
"Cinderella, the Musical!" Friday, Mar 9 7:00p, Saturday, Mar 10 2pm, 7pm, Sunday, Mar 11 2pm at Shorewood High School: Shorewood High School Auditorium, Shorewood, WI Price: $8 (or $5 for children under 10) Parking: Free in School Lot, 1701 E Capitol Drive...
If you are of my generation (middle age-ish, OK 41), you probably remember CRIMES OF THE HEART from the 1986 movie, and not as the 1981 Pulitzer Prize winning play for drama. That will soon change.
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (MCT) just opened its season with the heartbreakingly funny play ...
We all know that the Milwaukee Rep presents one of the finest renditions of "A Christmas Carol." It is respected and admired even by those who have not had the good fortune to see it themselves. People from throughout the metro area travel to see it - and in some cases, it i...
Youngblood is back in a big way. A big script, a big cast and to big accolades.
What do you get when you mix 12 superheroes, a submarine and William Shakespeare? Well, it's called SPIRITS TO ENFORCE. That description alone makes this one-act play sound like a farce, and while it's funny and...
They say “if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere” which is good news for local actors Lenny Banovez and Jake Russo. The two Milwaukee-based actors took a chance this summer and up and moved to New York City to stage their own productions. Banovez, along with fi...
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