Published Jan. 26, 2013
The world premiere of "To the Promised Land" that opened Friday night at First Stage Children's Theater has some lofty ambitions. The play looks at an imaginary confluence of a young black girl in 1969 Milwaukee and Golda Meir, the first female prime minister of Israel, who had moved to Milwaukee six decades earlier.
Published Dec. 5, 2012
Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" is a romance novel in its truest form, and the Milwaukee Rep will open a production of this wonderful, funny and touching story Dec. 14.
Published April 12, 2012
Superb acting and an inventive script makes the world premiere production of "One Time" worth seeing at Next Act Theatre. The national touring company production of "West Side Story" that arrived at the Marcus Center this week is anything but a tired old revival.
Published Sept. 23, 2010
The Milwaukee Rep opened its 2010-2011 season with the debut of its new artistic director, staging a huge musical, while Next Act Theatre began a transitional season in a new temporary home, the Tenth Street Theatre.
Published Feb. 18, 2010
Playwright Conor McPherson is the brain surgeon of contemporary drama. With a precise, sensitive and feathery touch, he accesses the nerve center of what it often means to be human. But there is too much alcohol and not enough substance in his "The Seafarer," currently at the Milwaukee Rep.
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