Published April 20, 2013
Wisconsin native Travis Mitchell is returning to his home state next week in the first national tour of "Catch Me If You Can." He talks with OnMilwaukee.com about life on the road and his Wisconsin roots.
Published April 19, 2013
The world can definitely use a good song and dance this week. That's why it was so refreshing to attend last night's preview of the the 2013-14 Broadway Across America season at the Marcus Center. The line-up is a nice mix of old favorites and new shows, and I smell a few blockbusters in there, so you might want to buy your tickets early if something strikes your fancy.
Published March 23, 2013
It's difficult to pigeonhole this show. It's not a concert. It's not a tribute cover band. It's not theater. What it is seems to be a couple of hours of the great songs of Sam Cooke boiled down to a musical theater audience level and delivered with practiced smiles, dance moves, patter with the band and a timorous set of vocal chords that sometimes hit but often missed channeling one of the great singers of our time.
Published Feb. 21, 2013
Sister Act is a one-joke show. Take a black woman who can both walk the walk and talk the talk, and put her with a group of mostly white, sheltered nuns and see what happens. What happens is funny.
Published Feb. 7, 2013
Ollmann and Wilson present a Valentine's Day edition of their popular "How's Your Romance?" cabaret show at Ascension Lutheran Church this Sunday, Feb. 10 at 3 p.m.
Published Dec. 22, 2012
The question of when rock and roll really began has been argued about for decades, but most music historians believe the music that became rock and roll began on Beale Street in Memphis. The story of Beale Street is coming to Milwaukee with the Jan. 8-13 run of the award-winning "Memphis" at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts.
Published Oct. 22, 2012
In an example of how art mimics life, or the other way around, Milwaukee will be graced with a rare touring production of one of the great plays of recent years as "A Steady Rain" has a too-brief four-day run at Next Act Theatre.
Published Oct. 15, 2012
The story of a little boy who can't wait to get over his "littleness" is well known. The movie became a play, "Big: The Musical," which ran on Broadway and garnered a number of Tony nominations. And now it comes to First Stage Children's Theater this Friday.
Published Sept. 27, 2012
This week Mark Belling, the high priest of right wingers in Milwaukee, was in full fury over "Avenue Q," the outstanding production of the Broadway play which is being staged at Skylight Music Theatre.
Published Aug. 28, 2012
Franc D'Ambrosio has played a disfigured opera phantom and a Corleone; he's sung on Broadway, in Academy Award-nominated film scores and all across the country. Tonight he's singing here in his grandmother's hometown of Milwaukee at the Peck Pavilion.
Published May 9, 2012
The old Guardian Credit Union on Broadway has a creative new facade that's meant to entice new tenants while helping it stand out in a crowded market of underused and under appreciated Downtown spaces.
Published April 29, 2012
"In The Heights" will be at the Milwaukee Theatre for three performances: Friday, May 4 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, May 5 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Local performer Kyle Parker is in the cast.
Published April 3, 2012
"Shrek the Musical" comes to the Milwaukee Theatre from Thursday, April 5 through Sunday, April 8. "Shrek the Musical" follows the basic story line of the first Shrek film, with the addition of musical numbers that were created specifically for the stage adaptation.
Published Jan. 18, 2012
Splash Studio will be a "painting bar" and offer nightly three-hour sessions in which customers can learn to create their own masterpieces.
Published Dec. 6, 2011
Construction is nearly completed on Broadway between Buffalo Street and St. Paul Avenue in the Historic Third Ward.
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