Broadway/Touring Review

A timeless rock anthem brings NY to WI - RENT

Delve into what it’s really like to be “living in America, at the end of the millenium” with the 20th anniversary tour of Jonathan...

A Latter Day in Madison - The Book of Mormon

From which an excerpt was published in The Capital Times on May 14th, 2017. Glitzy tap sequences, flaming maple donuts, a tribe plagued...

The Kit Kat Klub seduces the stage in Cabaret

Photo by Joan Marcus The girls are beautiful, the orchestra is beautiful… The era is ugly. Cabaret gives an unforgiving stare at 1931...

It's a Shpadoinkle Day! Cannibal! The Musical

Photo by Dahlia Katz Boy meets horse. It’s love. Boy meets miners. It’s cannibalism. In this stage adaptation of Trey Parker’s 1993...

The Phantom of the Opera is crashing, and it's not just the chandelier

While the “music of the night” in The Phantom of the Opera tour sweeps away audience hearts and souls, it can’t quite sweep away the...

Oh, What a Night! Jersey Boys rocks the Overture Center

“When everything dropped away and all there was was the music. That was the best.” Jersey Boys brings to Madison a raw portrayal of the...

Astounded! Amazed! Afraid? The Illusionists at the Overture Center

When an escape artist has to say a prayer before getting locked into a Houdini-style restraining apparatus, theatergoers know The...

A dream is a wish for... An updated damsel - Cinderella at the Overture Center

“That man, a world leader? But he appears to have a heart, mind, and soul!” Not how a blushing bride of the 17th century is expected to...

Did Deaf West's Spring Awakening outdo its predecessor?

Broadway revivals are an incredibly tricky endeavor. There should be immense respect for the directors with the guts to take on such a...

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