UW students experiment with the dramatic art of kabuki theater

At a recent rehearsal in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Vilas Hall basement, it took more than an hour to help Robert V. Phan into his costume. (continue)

Rock on, Rocky Horror

Feel free to dance along to "The Time Warp," but please, if you're going to throw something, mind the actors. You may be in the Orpheum, but this is live theater. (continue)

Breaking barriers: More female conductors make their way to front of orchestra

Last season, a petite blond conductor with king-size gestures shook up the Madison Symphony Orchestra.

This week, that Estonian maestro, Anu Tali, will return to the MSO in an unusually close follow-up visit while John DeMain conducts the opera... (continue)

Wicked to fly into Overture Center this fall

Ding-dong, the witch is here. Or she will be this fall, anyway.  (continue)

A husband-and-wife duo will bring their musical talent to the Union Theatre

When your job is entertainment, your life can change in a day. (continue)

Overture a powerful financial engine, study says

Despite its financial trouble, Overture Center has been an audience magnet, generating more than a thousand jobs and millions of dollars in spending while helping boost property values and spur Downtown redevelopment, according to a new study... (continue)

Local and national dance companies celebrate movement

It may be cold outside, but it’s a hot time for dance in Madison. With four shows in the next three weeks featuring a half-dozen dance companies, both local and national, it’s the perfect time to watch bodies in motion. (continue)

Madison theater survives and thrives after a devastating year

When the Madison Repertory Theatre closed its doors for the last time in March 2009, a veritable Greek chorus wailed that this was the end of professional theater in our fair city. After 40 years of providing the area with topnotch productions, the... (continue)

French connection: Play sends up Francophiles

Parlez-vous Francais? In "La Colonie," a new musical by local artist Ritt Deitz, Quebec invades Wisconsin and everyone must learn to speak French, whether they like it or not. (continue)

They make beautiful music together — and solo

Cellist Amanda Forsyth hates to travel. She has to buy a seat for her cello -- a beautiful, valuable instrument made in 1699 by Carlo Giuseppe Testore -- and then convince air travel authorities to let her take it, sometimes spending hours... (continue)