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50s nostalgia and modern relevance meet in world premiere musical
As massive Broadway shows like Dear Evan Hansen and Hamilton begin their tours across the nation this year, the whole world seems to be...

Kimberly Laberge
Sep 12, 20193 min read


EXCLUSIVE: After ever-after with Outskirts' Disenchanted
For those keeping up with arts news lately, it seems as if Outskirts Theatre Company is ever-present. Following their successful limited...

Kimberly Laberge
Sep 11, 20194 min read


PREVIEW: Local playwrights bring world premiere to Theater RED and KMP
Cross the timeless charm of Lucille Ball, Martha Raye, and Mary Tyler Moore with the striking modern wit of two local ladies, and what do...

Kimberly Laberge
Sep 4, 20193 min read


Sunset welcomes the 60s!
The hairdos are stiff, and the performance is anything but! Hairspray brings a clever balance of high-energy dance numbers,...

Kimberly Laberge
Jul 24, 20192 min read


'Some Kinda Time' storms LCP
1960s. San Francisco. The Vietnam War is beginning to gain momentum, and the protests to follow are right around the corner. Meanwhile, a...

Kimberly Laberge
Jul 13, 20192 min read


Peak romance with Summit Players
Dinner and a show is good, but camping and a show is even better. While visiting some of Wisconsin's greatest attractions through the...

Kimberly Laberge
Jul 5, 20192 min read


Family reunion... with a touch of murder
Barnett, Barnsdale, Barton, Barstow, Barbara, and more... Somebody bumped off Barnaby, and nobody seems to know why! From murder mystery...

Kimberly Laberge
Jun 20, 20192 min read


Whodunnit? And dunnit... and dunnit again! Not Dead Yet! with MEG
"You hear that?" "That's the plot falling apart!" Milwaukee Entertainment Group's Not Dead Yet! is what you'd get if you took a game of...

Kimberly Laberge
Jun 20, 20192 min read


Conmen in corsages at Sunset Playhouse
With the commonplace woes of a starving artist, what are two Shakespearean actors on the decline to do? Impersonate the nieces of an...

Kimberly Laberge
Jun 11, 20192 min read


Bard & Bourbon gets shipwrecked (and sloshed)
Bard & Bourbon takes the stage at In Tandem Theatre through Memorial Day, performing Shakespeare exactly as it was intended: utterly...

Kimberly Laberge
May 25, 20192 min read


Young talent on the rise at WCT
"We relinquished color when we relinquished sunshine and did away with difference. We gained control of many things. But we had to let go...

Kimberly Laberge
May 8, 20192 min read


Sunset's quest for the grail (with some detours)
Perhaps one of the most quotable of B-rated British comedies loosely related to the lore of King Arthur and his knights is Monty Python...

Kimberly Laberge
May 7, 20192 min read


Mamma Mia brings the summer heat
You might not have much reason for your disco pants these days, but ABBA's Mamma Mia is reason enough to dust off your go-go boots and...

Kimberly Laberge
May 7, 20192 min read


Fall in Love with the Constructivists
In the mid-1990s, psychologist Arthur Aron published an experiment which seeks to answer the question: Can love be forged? Aron provides...

Kimberly Laberge
Apr 10, 20192 min read


Thoroughly Modern and delightfully nostalgic
Skirts are getting shorter, bobs are getting sharper, and women are getting bolder... This is 1922! Thoroughly Modern Millie is a quirky...

Kimberly Laberge
Apr 5, 20192 min read


The stories we have yet to hear - Little Wars
"Every word she writes is a lie, including 'and' and 'the'." Mary McCarthy, 1979 Inspired by the infamous feud with fellow writer Mary...

Kimberly Laberge
Mar 30, 20192 min read


Thom Pain resurrected at Theatre Nervosa
Thom Pain is exactly what it claims to be: a play based on nothing. Theatre Nervosa's one-man-show is a remount of A.J. Magoon's senior...

Kimberly Laberge
Mar 25, 20191 min read


"Tin Woman" has a heart of gold
Co-director Rebecca Richards says it best in her directors note: "Through richly drawn characters and the incredible circumstances in...

Kimberly Laberge
Mar 21, 20192 min read


Disobedient damsels in Disenchanted!
Once upon a time, and not so long ago, a certain Walt Disney screwed over our favorite ladies in skirts. Somehow, our badass heroines...

Kimberly Laberge
Mar 6, 20192 min read


Silver screen to the small stage: Driving Miss Daisy
Popularized by Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy, this tender story of unlikely friendship has been touching hearts for 30 years. Driving...

Kimberly Laberge
Feb 23, 20192 min read
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