http://onmilwaukee.com/rss/rss_ent.xml Milwaukee's Daily Magazine Entertainment en-us Thu, 24 May 2012 15:15:22 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://onmilwaukee.com/images/layout/rss_logo.png http://onmilwaukee.com 144 30 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 http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/sundaygeorge.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/sundaygeorge.html?30268 Thu, 24 May 2012 05:34:00 CDT See guitars signed by Tom Petty, Elvis Costello and more. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/mollysnyder/summerfestexhibitdiscoveryworld.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/mollysnyder/summerfestexhibitdiscoveryworld.html?30277 Wed, 23 May 2012 16:10:00 CDT After a nearly three-year absence, the storytelling outfit known as The Moth returned to Milwaukee for a show at the Pabst Theater Thursday night. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/onmilwaukeecomstaffwriters/themoth12.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/onmilwaukeecomstaffwriters/themoth12.html?30229 Fri, 18 May 2012 16:10:00 CDT 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. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/donkum.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/donkum.html?30199 Thu, 17 May 2012 05:33:00 CDT Did you know Milwaukee has an Official Jester? http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/shaperaleno.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/shaperaleno.html?30159 Fri, 11 May 2012 13:10:00 CDT Milwaukee author and historian Dave Luhrssen's latest book, "Hammer of the Gods," tells the story of Germany's Thule Society and how it figured into the birth of Nazism. Published in hardcover by Potomac Books, the work began as a dissertation at UWM. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/thule.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/thule.html?30037 Fri, 11 May 2012 05:02:00 CDT 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. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/veronicasarah.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/veronicasarah.html?30150 Thu, 10 May 2012 05:32:00 CDT Check out the creative work of Christopher Roze at this fun art party at O'Lydia's Bar and Grill: http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/odysseyolydiasevent.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/odysseyolydiasevent.html?30129 Wed, 9 May 2012 09:02:00 CDT The Couto brothers' mural is an uplifting sight. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/mollysnyder/coutobrothersmural.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/mollysnyder/coutobrothersmural.html?30138 Tue, 8 May 2012 13:19:00 CDT 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. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/mbcpanpink.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/mbcpanpink.html?30063 Mon, 7 May 2012 13:07:00 CDT Last September, a slim but fascinating book appeared during the debut of the amazing Historic Milwaukee, Inc., Doors Open event. Written by Yance Marti, "Missing Milwaukee: The Lost Buildings of Milwaukee" featured the photographs of Alan Magayne-Roshak and Gordy Simons. Now, Marti will do a companion tour, at 5:30 p.m., Friday, May 11. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/lostmketour.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/lostmketour.html?30031 Mon, 7 May 2012 05:11:00 CDT Have an artistic project that needs funding? Why not kickstart it? http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/bartzkickstarter.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/bartzkickstarter.html?30109 Sun, 6 May 2012 11:08:00 CDT Independence First hosts its annual Power Dinner May 23, with actress Geri Jewell as the guest speaker. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/gerijewell.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/gerijewell.html?30095 Sun, 6 May 2012 05:19:00 CDT One of comedy's rising stars, Aziz Ansari brought his "Buried Alive" tour to the Riverside Theater Friday evening for an early 7 p.m. show. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/onmilwaukeecomstaffwriters/azizansari12.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/onmilwaukeecomstaffwriters/azizansari12.html?30116 Sat, 5 May 2012 15:37:00 CDT Are Hollywood hook-ups arranged by agents? http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/davebegel/famousfolksmeet.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/davebegel/famousfolksmeet.html?30090 Thu, 3 May 2012 11:02:00 CDT 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. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/windblood12.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/windblood12.html?30083 Thu, 3 May 2012 05:32:00 CDT "Mystery Science Theater 3000" may have gone off the air in 1999, but its status as a cult favorite has only continued to grow. Cinematic Titanic, a five-member off-shoot of performers from the show's run, appeared this weekend at the Pabst Theater for a two-night stint, concluding with Saturday's sold-out showing of the 1976 film "The Astral Factor." http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/onmilwaukeecomstaffwriters/cinematictitanic0428.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/onmilwaukeecomstaffwriters/cinematictitanic0428.html?30044 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:42:00 CDT "In The Heights" will be at the Milwaukee Theatre for three performances: Friday, May 4 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, May 5 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Local performer Kyle Parker is in the cast. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/intheheightskyleparker.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/intheheightskyleparker.html?29985 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:06:00 CDT "Mommy porn" is a relatively new concept that's redefining "tying the knot." Thanks to E.L. James and her erotic novel / bestselling e-book called "50 Shades of Grey," millions of mommies - and non-mommies - are devouring detailed accounts of a bondage relationship. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/50shadesmommyporn.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/50shadesmommyporn.html?30002 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 05:16:00 CDT There is nothing ordinary about Ding Lorenz, starting with his name. It is Michael on his birth certificate, but Ding describes him so much better. "I have been hitting things since I was a little boy," he likes to tell people. "I've done nothing else my entire life. It's all I have ever done. It's all I have ever wanted to do." http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/ding12.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/ding12.html?30008 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:31:00 CDT This is such a great deal, I had to reread the press release twice to believe my eyes. Marquette University is celebrating William Shakespeare's birthday week on Wednesday by presenting American Players Theatre actor and writer James DeVita in his autobiographical one-man show "In Acting Shakespeare," and the performance is free. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/damienjaques/devitafree.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/damienjaques/devitafree.html?29982 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:02:00 CDT Faythe Levine has single handedly, and in collaboration with many others, put Milwaukee on many maps. She started the first indie arts and crafts fair, Art vs. Craft, in 2004, and later, innovative galleries like the now-defunct Paper Boat and Sky High. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/milwaukeetalkslevine.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/milwaukeetalkslevine.html?29972 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:14:00 CDT Shank Hall switches gears this Sunday to host a comedy tribute to C. Cardell Willis, "Milwaukee's King of Comedy," April 22 at 8 p.m. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/cardtrib2012.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/cardtrib2012.html?29932 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 09:04:00 CDT Milwaukee audiences, meet Anne Walaszek and Brenna Kempf. They may be undergraduate theater students at UW-Parkside, but they are key contributors to the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre's pitch-perfect production of "Bus Stop" that opened last weekend. Seeing two bright young Wisconsin actors emerge is part of the fun going on in the Cabot Theatre at the Broadway Theatre Center. Director Lisa Kornetsky's deft staging makes William Inge's character-driven comedy fly 57 years after its Broadway debut. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/busstop12.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/busstop12.html?29940 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:32:00 CDT As much as Milwaukeeans treasure some of the city's landmarks, few of us know much about the folks who created them. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/schnetzkyliebert.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/schnetzkyliebert.html?29879 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 05:06:00 CDT Five of the city's art and culture museums have teamed up to form the Milwaukee Museum Mile and save visitors some money on their visits. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/milwaukeemuseummile.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/milwaukeemuseummile.html?29901 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:07:00 CDT Superb acting and an inventive script makes the world premiere production of "One Time" worth seeing at Next Act Theatre. The national touring company production of "West Side Story" that arrived at the Marcus Center this week is anything but a tired old revival. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/onetimestory.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/onetimestory.html?29877 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 05:32:00 CDT There's really nothing scary about the Monsters of Art collaborative art effort on the fifth floor of the Marion Center in St. Francis. Except that the building might be haunted. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/monstersofartgallery.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/monstersofartgallery.html?29858 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:06:00 CDT The city's most entertaining garage sale returns Saturday with the Milwaukee Rep's annual spring clean-out of stuff we have seen onstage. The Rep's prop and costume departments have combed through their storage spaces, pulling hats, shoes, clothing, furniture, light fixtures and a trove of curiosities to put on sale. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/damienjaques/repgarage12.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/damienjaques/repgarage12.html?29864 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:51:00 CDT It's National Poetry Month. Here are five fabulous poems by female poets, from the Algonquin Round Table's Dorothy Parker to Milwaukee's Susan Firer. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/mollysnyder/fivefemalepoets.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/mollysnyder/fivefemalepoets.html?29833 Thu, 5 Apr 2012 13:02:00 CDT Milwaukee Rep artistic director Mark Clements has had a lifelong passion for motorcycles and a fascination with outlaw motorcycle gangs. That inspired the new production of Shakespeare's classic "Othello" the Rep opens Friday night on its Quadracci Powerhouse Theater stage. Three Harleys will join 22 heavily tatted and leathered actors in the show. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/othelloinleather.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/othelloinleather.html?29819 Thu, 5 Apr 2012 05:32:00 CDT "Shrek the Musical" comes to the Milwaukee Theatre from Thursday, April 5 through Sunday, April 8. "Shrek the Musical" follows the basic story line of the first Shrek film, with the addition of musical numbers that were created specifically for the stage adaptation. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/shrekthemusicalmilwaukee.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/shrekthemusicalmilwaukee.html?29789 Tue, 3 Apr 2012 05:38:00 CDT The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts will host some of Broadway's most recent blockbusters (and a few returning stage smashes) during its 2012-13 season. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/marcuscenter1213.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/marcuscenter1213.html?29791 Mon, 2 Apr 2012 11:26:00 CDT John Hodgman, best known for his work as the "Resident Expert" on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and as the PC in Apple's series of Mac and PC commercials, made the third stop of his "Midwest Cities That Begin With the Letter M" tour Saturday night at Turner Hall Ballroom. In both his writing and his performances, Hodgman is straight-faced and authoritative while coming up with totally absurd thoughts and ideas. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/onmilwaukeecomstaffwriters/johnhodgman.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/onmilwaukeecomstaffwriters/johnhodgman.html?29785 Mon, 2 Apr 2012 09:43:00 CDT Maybe the presidential candidates should commission musicals to be written about them. A new study reveals that attitudinal change about social and cultural issues can occur in audiences after they see a show. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/damienjaques/musicalstudy.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/damienjaques/musicalstudy.html?29771 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:58:00 CDT Seat squirmers. Plays that make us uncomfortable, not because they offend but because they strike a nerve. We don't see enough of them in Milwaukee, where theater tends to reflect the culture - nice. That alone makes Renaissance Theaterworks' trenchant production of "Honour" stand out from the crowd. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/renhonour.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/renhonour.html?29731 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 05:33:00 CDT There's a lot in a name sometimes. Other times it's what is not named that is surprising. Take photographer Tina Barnes' work, for example. The nearly two dozen portraits in "The Europeans: Photographs by Tina Barney," which is on display now through May 20 at the Haggerty Museum of Art, are fairly straightfoward portraiture. But is everything what it seems? http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/theeuropeans.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/theeuropeans.html?29534 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 05:05:00 CDT It's Peeps season again and these Eastertime offerings are a controversial confectionery. It seems folks either love 'em or hate 'em, so this week, OnMilwaukee.com asked the Social Circle to weigh in with their opinions on Peeps. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/socialcirclepeeps.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/socialcirclepeeps.html?29677 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 05:35:00 CDT Henry Rollins started his spoken word performance tonight by saying, "Thank you for taking half of your weekend and giving it to me" and delivered dozens of stories that flowed gracefully, one from the next, about such a wide variety of topics it's impossible to understand in retrospect how it all fit together. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/mollysnyder/henryrollinsturner.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/mollysnyder/henryrollinsturner.html?29691 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:26:00 CDT March Madness is an annual phenomenon that is about buckets and brackets, free throws and personal fouls. You drive the lane and swish a three-pointer. Emotional depth and curtain calls are not in the vocabulary. But March Madness in Milwaukee includes theater this year, as Cotter Smith brings his one-man show about legendary Marquette coach and unconventional philosopher Al McGuire back to town for a two-night stand at the Marcus Center. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/cotterreturns12.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/cotterreturns12.html?29662 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 05:31:00 CDT The Milwaukee Ballet returns with three new contemporary dance selections paired with diverse music in "Spring Series," which runs March 29-April 1. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/springseries12.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/springseries12.html?29645 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:42:00 CDT Wisconsin State Fair officials announced four more Potawatomi Bingo Casino Main Stage headlining acts for this year's Wisconsin State Fair today. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/newstatefairshows12.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/newstatefairshows12.html?29601 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 05:00:00 CDT When I first heard about "Michael Jackson: the Immortal World Tour" - a hybrid of a Michael Jackson musical and a Cirque du Soleil performance - I was both fascinated and skeptical. It had all of the potential to be captivating or completely corny. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/mollysnyder/michaelcirquereview.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/mollysnyder/michaelcirquereview.html?29626 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 23:56:00 CDT The Pedal Pusher Society's Winterless Formal - think of it as an "adult prom" - will take place on Saturday, March 24 at Stonefly Brewery, 725 E. Center St. at 10 p.m. No free food, no free drinks, just the most awesome night of your life. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/mollysnyder/winterlessformal.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/mollysnyder/winterlessformal.html?29614 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:33:00 CDT Jumping from Sally Bowles to Patsy Cline is a leap we would not expect from most actresses, but Kelley Faulkner says the distance between the two characters, one fictional and the other real, is not as great as we may think. She should know. Faulkner blew the roof off of the Quadracci Powerhouse Theater last season playing Bowles in the Milwaukee Rep's landmark production of "Cabaret." She is now about to play Cline in the small musical "Always...Patsy Cline" the Rep opens Sunday in its Stackner Cabaret. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/kelfaulkpatsy.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/kelfaulkpatsy.html?29597 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:31:00 CDT Frank Sadler, formerly of the Frank Allen Gallery in Fox Point, checked out numerous spaces before finding the right location for his new gallery. He shopped Downtown, Walker's Point and Bay View before deciding that the Third Ward's Marshall Building was the best fit for his new venture. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/sadlergallery.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/sadlergallery.html?29566 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:03:00 CDT Snail's Crossing, a park created in 2003 by thousands of Riverwest neighborhood artists, residents and students at various local schools, is in need of some repair. Neighborhood artist Marina Lee created "Voice it, face it -- together" fundraiser to help. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/voiceitfaceit.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/voiceitfaceit.html?29549 Fri, 9 Mar 2012 15:03:00 CDT Going all the way back to its founding visionary, Clair Richardson, the Skylight Music Theatre has a history of coloring outside the lines. Expect the unexpected from the plucky company. We will see an example of that tonight when the Skylight opens "Daddy Long Legs" in the Cabot Theatre at the Broadway Theatre Center. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/damienjaques/dadlong.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/damienjaques/dadlong.html?29550 Fri, 9 Mar 2012 09:12:00 CDT The Milwaukee Ballet announced the performances for its 2012-13 season today and the lineup includes both classic pieces and original choreography. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/mbc2012.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/mbc2012.html?29544 Thu, 8 Mar 2012 14:23:00 CDT "Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour" by Cirque du Soleil comes to the Bradley Center on Friday, March 16 and Saturday, March 17. This is the first musical authorized by Jackson's estate. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/mollysnyder/michaeljacksoncirque.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/mollysnyder/michaeljacksoncirque.html?29540 Thu, 8 Mar 2012 13:01:00 CDT