Appleton, WI Theatre Newsroom

The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center has unveiled its 2025-26 Season, featuring Wisconsin Broadway premieres and various live performing arts experiences. Learn more about the season here!

Seven Ages Theatricals will be presenting the WORLD PREMIERE production of Fool, Christopher Moore's New York Times best-selling comic novel in a new adaptation by the Reduced Shakespeare Company's Austin Tichenor, in June 2025.

The Board of Directors of Peninsula Players Theatre, Wisconsin's oldest professional theatre, recently honored artist and scenic designer Jim Maronek for his 29 years of service. 

The 2025/26 Broadway at the Marcus Center season has been announced, along with the new MPAC Presents Jazz and Dance series for 2025/26. Learn more about the season here!

Swing, sizzle, and tap your way into the golden age of jazz with Some Like It Hot! Based on the beloved 1959 Billy Wilder film, this high-energy musical comedy follows the misadventures of Joe and Jerry, two down-on-their-luck musicians who witness a mob hit in Prohibition-era Chicago.

Peninsula Players Theatre has been awarded a generous grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board, the state's arts agency. Learn more about the funding and the theatre here.

The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center will present Steve Martin and Martin Short's 'The Dukes of Funnytown' tour. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

The Forst Inn Arts Collective will present the new musical, Alice By Heart in Tisch Mills. See Lewis Carroll's beloved Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in an entirely fresh and poignant way. Learn more about the production.

WICKED, Milwaukee's most popular musical, will return to the Marcus Performing Arts Center this summer as the final show of the 2024/25 Broadway at the Marcus Center Season. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Mandy Gonzalez is headed to Appleton, Wisconsin with An Evening With Mandy Gonzalez! The performance is set for this month. Learn more about the concert and find out how to get tickets here!

The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center has announced that One Night in Memphis will perform on Thursday, May 29, 2025. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. performance in Thrivent Hall start at $46.70 and go on sale Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.

The Marcus Performing Arts Center will present a special performance with Broadway star Joshua Henry, part of the 20th Annual BASH. Learn more about the event and see how to purchase tickets.

Bonnie Raitt is heading back out for her fourth year on tour just months after being recognized for her lifetime of artistic achievements as part of the Kennedy Center's 47th Class of Honorees in Washington, DC last December.

 The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center will present THE 'HAPPY TOGETHER' TOUR. The line-up features favorites: THE TURTLES, JAY AND THE AMERICANS, LITTLE ANTHONY, and more. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Five-time GRAMMY nominated singer/songwriter/guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd and three-time GRAMMY Award-winning blues legend Bobby Rush will perform at The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center. Learn more.

The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center has announced RAIN - A Tribute to the Beatles. RAIN will perform on Sunday, May 11, 2025. Tickets for the 1:00 p.m. performance in Thrivent Hall start at $51.98 and go on sale Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.

Peninsula Players Theatre has announced the cast for a reading of the play “Of Serpents & Sea Spray” by Rachel Bublitz, the first presentation of its 2025 The Play's the Thing series.

The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center has partnered with Broadway Bridges on the Road to bring Disney's The Lion King alive for a group of 100 Northeast Wisconsin high school students at a reduced price on Thursday, January 23.

Peninsula Players Theatre has announced the 2025 season of The Play’s the Thing, a winter play reading series presented to Door County audiences. Learn more here!

The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center has announced multi-Grammy award winning band and Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame inductees Chicago will perform on Friday, June 20, 2025.

What did our critic think of THE LION KING at Fox Cities Performing Arts Center?

Winners have been announced for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Appleton, WI Awards! The 2024 Regional Awards honor regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

The Forst Inn Arts Collective has announced its 2025 Season. The first event is on March 16 and there are theatre and music events scheduled on weekends through the end of 2025.

Featured on SHAQ-TACULAR Spectacular New Year’s Eve Virtual Reality Special, at Coachella with Beyoncé, and on Beyoncé’s Homecoming Documentary on Netflix, DRUMLine Live combines hip-hop, pop, American soul, gospel, jazz and more.

The Grand Oshkosh will present a residency provided by world-renowned illusionist Kevin Spencer in January. Learn more about the upcoming event and find out how to attend here!