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Skylight Music Theatre [edit]
158 N. Broadway
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 291-7811
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www.skylightmusictheatre.org
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Founded in 1959, this theater company has acquired a reputation for its unique exploration of sundry forms of opera and music theater. Embracing baroque opera, European operetta, Broadway musicals, contemporary chamber opera and more, this nationally acclaimed theater produces more than 80 performances each season.
 
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May 25, 2013
Goin' Up North Cabaret

Join Skylight Music Theatre after Friday and Saturday evening performances of The Gershwins' "Porgy and Bess" for a free cabaret in the Skylight Bar & Bistro. "Goin' Up North" is a humorous look at a couple migrating from Louisiana to Milwaukee during the 60's with songs including "Let the Good," "Times Roll," "Respect," "Down Home Blues," "I Say a Little Prayer for You" and more! Featuring La’Ketta Caldwell, Darryl “Da Gift” Jackson, Michaela Usher , Karen Peterson with Dr. Wallace Cheatham on piano and Derrick Robinson, Sr. on percussion.

May 25, 2013
The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess

Hailed as a masterpiece of American Opera and set in Charleston’s fabled Catfish Row, beautiful Bess struggles to break from her scandalous past while Porgy, the crippled beggar, is the only one who can truly rescue her. Threatened by her formidable former lover Crown, and the seductive enticements of the colorful troublemaker Sportin’ Life, Porgy and Bess’ relationship evolves into a deep romance that triumphs as one of theatre’s most exhilarating love stories.

May 26, 2013
The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess

Hailed as a masterpiece of American Opera and set in Charleston’s fabled Catfish Row, beautiful Bess struggles to break from her scandalous past while Porgy, the crippled beggar, is the only one who can truly rescue her. Threatened by her formidable former lover Crown, and the seductive enticements of the colorful troublemaker Sportin’ Life, Porgy and Bess’ relationship evolves into a deep romance that triumphs as one of theatre’s most exhilarating love stories.

May 29, 2013
The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess

Hailed as a masterpiece of American Opera and set in Charleston’s fabled Catfish Row, beautiful Bess struggles to break from her scandalous past while Porgy, the crippled beggar, is the only one who can truly rescue her. Threatened by her formidable former lover Crown, and the seductive enticements of the colorful troublemaker Sportin’ Life, Porgy and Bess’ relationship evolves into a deep romance that triumphs as one of theatre’s most exhilarating love stories.

May 31, 2013
The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess

Hailed as a masterpiece of American Opera and set in Charleston’s fabled Catfish Row, beautiful Bess struggles to break from her scandalous past while Porgy, the crippled beggar, is the only one who can truly rescue her. Threatened by her formidable former lover Crown, and the seductive enticements of the colorful troublemaker Sportin’ Life, Porgy and Bess’ relationship evolves into a deep romance that triumphs as one of theatre’s most exhilarating love stories.



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