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KidZ Days At the Center Return to Marcus Center's KidZ Stage, Now thru 8/15 (6/18/2013) - The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts is announcing its 11th year of programming for the KidZ Days At the Center from today, June 18 through August 15, 2013, which is part of the Marcus Center's children's programming. KidZ Days showcases a variety of live performing arts that incorporates an educational component and encourages interactive participation.

Men Are From Mars - Women Are From Venus LIVE! to Play Marcus Center June 27 (6/7/2013) - Milwaukee - Men Are From Mars - Women Are From Venus LIVE!, the one-man fusion of theatre and stand-up starring Peter Story and based on the New York Times #1 best-selling book of the last decade by John Gray, will play for one performance only at the Marcus Center's Vogel Hall on Thursday, June 27 at 7:30 pm. Moving swiftly through a series of vignettes, the show covers everything from dating and marriage to the bedroom. Tickets go on sale on Monday, June 10 at 12:00 pm. For tickets or more information, visit MarcusCenter.org, Ticketmaster.com or call The Marcus Center Box Office at 414-273-7206. Groups 10 or more SAVE! Call 414-273-7121 ext. 210 or 213.

WICKED to Offer $25 Lottery at Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Begin. 6/12 (6/5/2013) - A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of orchestra seats will be held for WICKED, which is returning to the Marcus Center with performances from June 12-July 7. Two and one-half hours prior to each performance, people who present themselves at the Marcus Center box office will have their names placed in a lottery drum; thirty minutes later, names will be drawn for a limited number of orchestra seats at $25 each, cash only. This lottery is available only in-person at the box office, with a limit of two tickets per person. Lottery participants must have a valid photo ID when submitting their entry form and, if chosen, when purchasing tickets.

Skylight Music Theatre to Host VIVE LA REVOLUTION Season Launch Party, 6/28 (6/3/2013) - Skylight Music Theatre announces Vive la Revolution, a season launch party hosted by Skylight young professionals group, SkylightENSEMBLE. The event will be held at Hot Water Wherehouse on Friday, June 28th from 8:00pm to midnight.

INOVA Announces Summer Exhibits: Martha Wilson, Steve Rowell, & More (5/30/2013) - INOVA (The Institute of Visual Arts) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, which has established an international reputation as a contemporary art research center, has announced their summer 2013 lineup of exhibits and events. Check out the listings below:

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre's Annual Gala Set for 6/21 (5/29/2013) - Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (MCT) will host their annual gala, "Cheers to Chamber! MCT in Bloom" on Friday, June 21 from 7:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m. The gala will be held at the Florentine Opera Center located at 926 E. Burleigh Street in the heart of Milwaukee's dynamic Riverwest neighborhood. Event tickets are $95 per person, with proceeds benefiting Milwaukee Chamber Theatre's artistic and education programming.

MYSO to Present Progressions Spring Concert, 5/29 (5/23/2013) - Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra's Progressions Program, a high-impact, intensive string training program for early elementary students from City of Milwaukee schools, presents its annual Spring Concert on Wednesday, May 29, at 5:30 p.m., at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, 325 W. Walnut St., Milwaukee.

BWW Interviews: PORGY & BESS Actors Show the Heart of Milwaukee Theater (5/23/2013) - When you talk to anyone involved in Milwaukee theater, they will tell you it's something special. Milwaukee is one of those towns where the actors are ready to take on any challenge and the actors was to be challenged. !

Marcus Center's Vogel Hall Welcomes DIXIE'S TUPPERWARE PARTY Tonight (5/22/2013) - Dixie's Tupperware Party, the hilarious Off-Broadway show starring Dixie Longate (2008 Drama Desk Nomination) - will celebrate its 750th performance on tour Wednesday, May 22nd at Milwaukee's Marcus Center (making it one of the longest-running off Broadway tours of the last decade). The show that has played to sell-out performances in 5 countries and brought in more than $3 million in sales has played major markets during its five years on the road. Produced by Down South LLC and written by Kris Andersson, the show which brought Tupperware-mania to Off Broadway and prompted NBC's Today Show to proclaim 'Not Your Grandmother's Tupperware Party!' has continued to wow critics and audiences around the world and promises to do the samenext season which includes several repeat city engagements due to strong critical response and sold-out runs.

Scott Emmons Named Dean of UWM's Peck School of the Arts (5/15/2013) - Scott Emmons has been named dean of the Peck School of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). Emmons, a professor of music education, joined the UWM faculty in 1992. He has served as interim dean of the Peck School during the 2012-13 Year of the Arts at UWM, a celebration of the Peck School's 50th anniversary.

Dixie Longate Set to Tour Milwaukee Landmarks, 5/15 (5/14/2013) - Dixie Longate, star of Dixie's Tupperware Party, will be touring Milwaukee landmarks during her press tour on Wednesday, May 15 with transportation by Bell Ambulance. During her tour, she will be making a special stop at the Milwaukee Public Market and La Perla. Dixie will make her stop at the Milwaukee Public Market, 400 North Water Street, at11:30 am and at La Perla, 734 South 5th Street, at 12:00 pm on the 15th. During this time, she will be taking photos with patrons and various Milwaukee landmarks. This tour will kick off her engagement at the Marcus Center's Vogel Hall that runs May 14-26.

Marcus Center For The Performing Arts Releases Updated Schedule for LIVE @ PECK PAVILION (5/10/2013) - The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts announces a change in the line up of the 2013 Live @ Peck Pavilion series in Marcus Center's Peck Pavilion that will kick off this July. This series, which started last summer, will now feature The Spirit Family Reunion on Tuesday, August 20 at 7:30 pm. The series will also include types of performances the Center typically presents inside the building on its newly updated grounds. This is a way for the Marcus Center to invite the public to sample the arts in a marvelous setting for a nominal cost.

Marcus Center Teams Up with Curves for DIXIE'S TUPPERWARE PARTY (5/9/2013) - The Marcus Center is teaming up with Curves in the Greater Milwaukee Area to offer a special Enter-To-Win Giveaway on Saturday, May 18 at the 3:00 pm performance of Dixie's Tupperware Party for audience members. This hilarious show starring Dixie Longate -- which turned Off-Broadway into a Tupperware-mania celebration and garnered the prestigious 2008 Drama Desk Award Nomination -- rolls into the Marcus Center's Vogel Hall for a strictly limited engagement on May 14-26.

Milwaukee Playwright Neil Haven's COME BACK Gets Reading at Arcade Theatre, 5/4-5 (5/4/2013) - Come Back, a comedy about death, by Milwaukee playwright Neil Haven, will have a unique two-show staged reading tonight, May 4th at 8pm and Sunday May 5th at 2pm at the Arcade Theatre in the Underground Collaborative at the Grand Avenue Mall.

ONE NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN Begins at Milwaukee Rep Tonight (5/3/2013) - With a voice like whiskey and a laugh like pure joy, Janis Joplin took the music scene by storm. Simultaneously rough and vulnerable, Joplin was dubbed the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll, proving music wasn't just a man's world anymore. Now, in a new musical event featuring more than a dozen singers and band members, playwright-director Randy Johnson creates 'a compelling portrait of an artist' (Culturemob) through the words, inspiration and music of one of America's greatest rock 'n' roll originals. One Night With Janis Joplin is a full-on concert experience and musical journey into the life and inspirations of one of rock 'n' roll's greatest legends and it runs in The Rep's Quadracci Powerhouse from tonight, May 3 - June 2, 2013 and opens on Monday, May 6, 2013. Packed with classic songs ('Piece Of My Heart,' 'Summertime,' 'Mercedes Benz'), One Night With Janis Joplin also shines the spotlight on trailblazers who influenced Janis - like Bessie Smith, Etta James and Aretha Franklin.