My Weekend Picks – Weekend of 3/12

Another weekend already! And so much exciting stuff happening (as always).

My Milwaukee picks for this weekend (I have lots – sorry!):

Escanaba in Love at the Sunset Playhouse – Yesterday was the... (continue)

Openings and Closings - Weekend of 3/12/10

In Milwaukee:

OPENING

UWM Theatre – Our Town (and closing this weekend), Memories Dinner Theatre – Always… Patsy Cline, Waukesha Civic Theatre – Bye Bye Birdie, Sharon Lynne Wilson Center... (continue)

Milwaukee Ballet season includes 'Esmeralda,' 'Coppelia'

Ballet is about more than dance steps and glittering costumes - it's about telling compelling stories without the hindrance of words. (continue)

Clements Will Usher in Salesman, Cabaret, Bovell, McGrath, Murray-Smith and More at Milwaukee Rep in 2010-11

Milwaukee Repertory Theater's first season under new artistic director Mark Clements will include 11 shows on three stages. Cabaret, directed by Clements, will be the season opener, and will be the first musical ever staged in The Rep's Quadracci... (continue)

I Am Officially Impressed With Mark Clements

Last night was the Milwaukee Rep Season Launch. It is the first season planned by incoming Artistic Director Mark Clements ( read an introductory article written about him when he was first chosen) and I was excited to hear what he... (continue)

Cool Stuff with the Milwaukee Ballet

I am a fan of the Milwaukee Ballet. I think the art form itself is lovely and exciting and athletic and expressive, but I also think that the Milwaukee Ballet does a beautiful job of producing exciting work and providing the... (continue)

March rolls in like a symphony at full blast

From Trey McIntyre's jazzified ballet to Joe Hanreddy's last dance with the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, the local performing arts world is aflutter, and a-Twitter, with music and motion in March.

Here is a look at 10 promising performances this... (continue)

I Love PREMIERES!

A couple of years ago, an article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel challenged the performing arts to do more premieres and new works and I think companies are really trying to do so. I’ve noticed a number of new works from... (continue)

My Weekend Picks (Weekend of 3/5)

This week seems to have gone by pretty quickly – I can’t believe I am already making my weekend picks!

IN MILWAUKEE:

Tonight, I am going to see The Hinterlands present ISAAC NEWTON IS STILL MY DJ at Moct. My... (continue)

Openings and Closings

IN MILWAUKEE:

Opening: Milwaukee Rep – Steimke RADIO GOLF; Milwaukee Theatre HAIRSPRAY (and closing this weekend as well); Milwaukee Rep – Stackner Cabaret ROUTE 66

Closing: Milwaukee Rep –... (continue)