COCONUT CAKE Comes to Westcoast Black Theatre This Summer
For the first time since 2018, Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe will offer a summer show. The comedy, “Coconut Cake,” was written by Melda Beaty and recognized with the Sylvia Sprinkle-Hamlin Rolling World Premiere Award at the National (now International) Black Theatre Festival in 2022.
MISS YOU LIKE HELL is Now Playing at Theatre Squared
On June 1, TheatreSquared will begin performances of Miss You Like Hell, the newest musical from the Pulitzer Prize-winning co-creator of In The Heights. With limited capacity in the 120-seat Spring Theatre, tickets for performances through July 10 are selling quickly.
MISS YOU LIKE HELL Comes to Theatre Squared in June
On June 1, TheatreSquared will begin performances of Miss You Like Hell, the newest musical from the Pulitzer Prize-winning co-creator of In The Heights. With limited capacity in the 120-seat Spring Theatre, tickets for performances through July 10 are selling quickly.
BWW Review: Kids Cast Carries NEWSIES at Skylight
Overall, this is a play about the young having their voices heard. Says Director of this Skylight production, Molly Rhode, a?oeThe Newsboys Strike of 1899 may have been at the turn of the century, but it doesn't feel far away. The way these young people stand up and say, 'Listen to me!' is happening right now, all across the globea?? Young people are paying attention. And they deserve a seat at the table.a??
Skylight Music Theatre Extends NEWSIES One Week Due To Demand!
Skylight Music Theatre today announced that due to overwhelming demand, an additional week of performances has been added to Skylight's holiday show, Disney's Newsies. This triumphant Broadway blockbuster opens Friday, November 15 and runs through Sunday, December 29, 2019 with special early bird and family-friendly performance times, as well as a sensory-friendly performance. This feel-good, family-favorite musical will be presented in the beautiful Cabot Theatre at the Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N. Broadway, in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward.
GHOST THE MUSICAL Opens July 31 at Peninsula Players Theatre
Peninsula Players Theatre, America's oldest professional resident summer theater and Door County's theatrical icon, is announcing the opening of “Ghost The Musical” by Bruce Joel Rubin, Dave Stewart (of Eurythmics fame) and Glen Ballard. This timeless musical fantasy about the power of love performs July 31 to August 18 and is based on the Academy Award-winning film by Bruce Joel Rubin.
Peninsula Players Announces 2019 Artistic Company
Peninsula Players Theatre, America's Oldest Professional Resident Summer Theatre and Door County's theatrical icon, is thrilled to announce the artistic company for its 84th season, running June 18 through October 20, 2019. Nestled along Door County, Wisconsin's scenic shore, the award-winning acting company of Peninsula Players has been enthralling generations of audiences in its 600-plus seat, all-weather pavilion, since 1935, presenting hundreds of pre-Broadway tryouts, world premieres, classic dramas, comedies and musicals.
MSF Announces Major 2017 Season Details at Saturday Night's Triumphant PRIVATE LIVES
The Michigan Shakespeare Festival, the Official Shakespeare Festival of the State of Michigan, designated by the Governor and State Legislature, continued their 2017 "Lend Me Your Ears" reading series with Noel Coward's sophisticated comedy PRIVATE LIVES. The reading, held at Jackson's Symphony Orchestra Hall (which also houses the offices of the MSF), featured touring company actors Derek Ridge and Sara Long, long-time artistic associate David Blixt, and Producing Artistic Director Janice L Blixt.
BWW Reviews: ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Enchants Milwaukee with Grande Dreams, Melodies and Storytelling
Discover an Island--an island overflowing with dreams for a enchanting oasis this February at the Skylight Music Theater. In a reprise of a Skylight 1998 production, the musical paring the award-winning Lynn Aherns and Stephen Flaherty, Once on This Island returns Milwaukee to the French Antilles seen on the Cabot Stage. A place where brilliant color, dancing and music captivates the audience through an entire, no intermission evening.