Here Are Your August Performing Arts Highlights
A new batch of shows at American Players Theatre, the MKE Fringe, Chamber Theatre thrills and chuckles, and “A Chorus Line” “of a certain age.”
Optimist Theatre’s Warm and Breezy ‘Much Ado about Nothing’
Free Shakespeare in the Park moves to the Marcus Center’s Peck Pavilion to offer a classic comedy.
3 American Players Theatre Shows Explore the Ways of the French This Summer
“Cyrano de Bergerac,” “The Maids,” and “The Unexpected Man” run through the summer.
Let’s Get This Party Started: American Players Theatre Celebrates with ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
John Langs stages a thoroughly modern “Dream,” which marks the opening of the new APT stage.
5 Wisconsin Theaters to Road-Trip to This Summer
Spotlights – and starlight – make for a dazzling evening of entertainment. Most Milwaukee theater groups go on hiatus over the summer, but summer stock is in full swing on numerous stages around the state.
‘Handel’s Bestiary’ Transforms Lynden Sculpture Garden
A gorgeous hello-summer collaboration between Milwaukee Opera Theatre and Danceworks Performance Company.
Our Must-see List of Summer’s Best Performances & Art Exhibitions
Shakespeare, Handel, Calatrava: these are your cultural must-sees.
Present Music Thinks Outside the Boundaries
A set of challenging, contemporary work featuring Cory Smythe and Steve Lehman.
Another Look for Milwaukee Ballet’s ‘Mirror Mirror’
Marize Fumero shines darkly as Snow White’s evil stepmother in Michael Pink’s dazzling and dynamic dance-story.
A World of Music for Edo de Waart’s MSO Finale
Mahler’s Third Symphony is a profound and magnificent meditation that “mirrors the whole world.”