Photo Flash: First Look at Stephen Wade in THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC ALL AROUND US, Now Playing at The Rep's Stackner Cabaret

Milwaukee Repertory Theater's Stackner Cabaret will resound with American voices in The Beautiful Music All Around Us, featuring Grammy-nominated performer Stephen Wade who has delighted audiences from the White House to Broadway. Fusing a deeply personal story with virtuosic musicianship, Wade lovingly brings to life the music of largely unheralded individuals - domestics, farm laborers, state prisoners, schoolchildren, cowboys, housewives and mothers, loggers and miners - whose music has become part of the wider American musical soundscape. The Beautiful Music All Around Us runs in The Rep's Stackner Cabaret from January 16, 2015 - March 15, 2015 and opens Sunday, January 18.

The Beautiful Music All Around Us brings Wade's near-lifetime exploration of Southern musical traditions to the Stackner. Best known for his long-running one-man show, Banjo Dancing, Wade's newest piece is based on his recent award-winning book, The Beautiful Music All Around Us, that uncovers largely hidden, but surprisingly influential, makers of iconic American folksong. Drawn from the celebrated Library of Congress field recordings of the 1930s and '40s, this exhilarating theatrical concert features spoken word, projected images, and live music-making. The Beautiful Music All Around Us is guaranteed to be a performance unlike any audiences have ever seen.

Tickets for The Beautiful Music All Around Us begin at $40.00. Single Tickets for all of Milwaukee Repertory Theater's 2014/15 productions are now on sale and can be purchased by going online 24/7 at www.MilwaukeeRep.com, through The Rep's Ticket Office by calling 414-224-9490, or in person at 108 E. Wells Street. Group tickets are also available for purchase by calling Group Sales Coordinator Morgan Halverson at 414-290-5340.

Photos by Michael Brosilow