Published April 5, 2012
Milwaukee Rep artistic director Mark Clements has had a lifelong passion for motorcycles and a fascination with outlaw motorcycle gangs. That inspired the new production of Shakespeare's classic "Othello" the Rep opens Friday night on its Quadracci Powerhouse Theater stage. Three Harleys will join 22 heavily tatted and leathered actors in the show.
Published March 15, 2012
Jumping from Sally Bowles to Patsy Cline is a leap we would not expect from most actresses, but Kelley Faulkner says the distance between the two characters, one fictional and the other real, is not as great as we may think. She should know. Faulkner blew the roof off of the Quadracci Powerhouse Theater last season playing Bowles in the Milwaukee Rep's landmark production of "Cabaret." She is now about to play Cline in the small musical "Always...Patsy Cline" the Rep opens Sunday in its Stackner Cabaret.
Published Jan. 27, 2012
Survey after survey after survey, in Milwaukee and all over the world, people say that a vibrant arts community is a key criterion for individuals and companies who are deciding where to live, work and do business. In many surveys the arts community is at or right near the top of considerations.
Published Jan. 26, 2012
When Mark Clements came to Milwaukee to be artistic director of the Rep, he brought musicals, a charming British accent and Aaron Posner. A writer and director, Posner was responsible for the Rep's stunning production of "My Name is Asher Lev" in the Stiemke Theater in the fall of 2010. It was the high point of Clements' impressive inaugural season. Now Posner is back at the Rep to direct "To Kill a Mockingbird."
Published Jan. 21, 2012
Three male roommates living in a man-cave apartment decide to act out all 37 of Shakespeare's plays. In under two hours. That's the setup for "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)," a 25-year-old theatrical parody that ran for nearly a decade in London. The Milwaukee Rep opened an entertaining production of the show in its Stackner Cabaret this week.
This weekend I attended two amazing performances: Eurydice at the Rep and Madama Butterfly presented by the Florentine Opera. Both of these stories portrayed two very different, but tragic love stories. In addition to the performers themselves, the scenery and the music was top-notch, making me f...
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