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Paul Kosidowski

Paul Kosidowski is a freelance writer and critic who contributes regularly to Milwaukee Magazine, WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio and national arts magazines. He writes weekly reviews and previews for the Culture Club column. He was literary director of the Milwaukee Repertory Theater from 1999-2006. In 2007, he was a fellow with the NEA Theater and Musical Theater Criticism Institute at the University of Southern California. His writing has also appeared in American Theatre magazine, Backstage, The Boston Globe, Theatre Topics, and Isthmus (Madison, Wis.). He has taught theater history, arts criticism and magazine writing at Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.



July 28, 2018Magazine Theater

The American Players Theatre Lineup This Season Seems Tailor-made for the #MeToo Moment

Classic and contemporary sensibilities align at American Players Theatre this season.

December 5, 2017Culture Club

A 20th-Century Masterpiece at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music

The Prometheus Trio is joined by clarinetist Benjamin Adler for a powerful reading of Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time.”

December 1, 2017Culture Club Events

Here Are Your December Performing Arts Picks

Highlights include holiday staples and adventurous takes on classics.

November 29, 2017Culture Club

Review: Frankly Music Goes to the Movies

A superb ensemble shows composers known for their film work can write knockout chamber music, as well.

November 13, 2017Culture Club

This Improv-Dance Spoof Wants to Make the Highfalutin World of Ballet Hilarious

Danceworks’ ‘Mad Li(m)bs’ combines ballet with improv comedy to spoof the world of dance.

November 10, 2017Culture Club

Karina Canellakis and the MSO Do Tchaikovsky Proud

This weekend’s concerts also feature two rarely heard works by Nico Muhly and Karol Szymanowski.

November 3, 2017Culture & Style Magazine

Meet the MSO’s New Chorus Director

New leader steps in as the director of the city’s premier choral group.

November 3, 2017Culture Club Events

Here Are Your November Performing Arts Previews

What to see in Milwaukee this month

October 23, 2017Culture Club

Sex, Lies and Instagram: ‘Sex with Strangers’ Dissects the Nature of Love and Art in the Social Media Age

Renaissance Theatreworks’s thought-provoking production stars Marti Gobel and Nick Narcisi.

October 9, 2017Culture Club

Thrilling Beethoven: the Fine Arts Quartet’s Final UWM Season

The UW-Milwaukee resident ensemble performs Beethoven’s greatest quartet, along with music of Haydn and Samuel Barber.

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