Angie Stanton is a best selling novelist and theatre junkie who loves being transported to other times and places through the magic of musical theatre. Through the years her love of the genre has grown to epic proportions with trips away from her local theatre scene in Madison, Wisconsin, to Chicago, Broadway, and the West End. Angie is a former community theatre performer and holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is the author of nine novels including the Broadway-based book, If Ever.
BWW Interview: Spotlight on Bianca Horn in SISTER ACT
April 21, 2016
April 21, 2016
Bianca Horn is no stranger to the Fireside Theatre. In fact, her role as Deloris Van Cartier in SISTER ACT makes this her fourteenth production. While theatre may have been her first love, she met her true love while performing at the Fireside.
BWW Review: MOTOWN THE MUSICAL Will Have You Dancing in Your Seat
March 2, 2016
March 2, 2016
Motown the Musical rocked into Overture Center in Madison on Tuesday night with an abundance of talent and energy delivering the memorable Hitsville, USA classics. This Berry Gordy biopic covers his life as a young boy striving for more, to a man borrowing money from his family to build a recording empire that changed history. The production culminates with the twenty-fifth anniversary celebration of Motown.
BWW Feature: PETER PAN Flies Into the Fireside Theatre
March 2, 2016
March 2, 2016
The Fireside Theatre, Wisconsin's premiere dinner theatre located in Fort Atkinson, never shied away from a theatrical challenge. Whether it be creating magical moving furniture in Mary Poppins, an epic downpour in Singing in the Rain, or a tornado in Wizard of Oz on their theatre-in-the-round playhouse, they succeed in creating dazzling productions. Working in such an intimate space can be daunting when pulling off special effects that were created with large state-of-the-art venues and budgets in mind, but those hurdles have never held the Fireside back.
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