Published April 23, 2012
This is such a great deal, I had to reread the press release twice to believe my eyes. Marquette University is celebrating William Shakespeare's birthday week on Wednesday by presenting American Players Theatre actor and writer James DeVita in his autobiographical one-man show "In Acting Shakespeare," and the performance is free.
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 Dec. 12, 2011
Teachers must learn and invest in the cultures of other people's children. They must learn the history and culture of the students they teach and connect whatever they're teaching to the students' lives.
Published June 2, 2011
Milwaukee's groundlings have spoken with clarity and speed. They want free Shakespeare in the park at Alverno College.
Published Jan. 27, 2011
We don't know if New York dramatist Rich Orloff intended to write "Big Boys" as a sample of the theater of the absurd. Milwaukee audiences don't see much of that stage genre made famous by Eugene Ionesco, Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter. But "Big Boys," which is being given a sharp and punchy production by Next Act Theatre, fits into the category.
Youngblood is back in a big way. A big script, a big cast and to big accolades. What do you get when you mix 12 superheroes, a submarine and William Shakespeare? Well, it's called SPIRITS TO ENFORCE. That description alone makes this one-act play sound like a farce, and while it's funny and...
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