(Jan. 27 3:54 PM) - The Florentine Opera Company of Milwaukee, WI, will present its first-ever world premiere opera, Don Davis's Río de Sangre, on October 22, 23 & 24, 2010 at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts.
(Jan. 26 1:02 PM) - Susan Stockton, president of the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center has been elected to serve as chair of the board of the International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA).
(Jan. 26 10:31 AM) - The Joyce Foundation has announced the 2010 Joyce Awards winners in the Midwest cities of Chicago, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis/Saint Paul. Since 2003, the Joyce Awards program has been the only granting opportunity exclusively supporting artists of color in major Midwestern cities. Joyce is awarding five outstanding arts organizations grants of $50,000 each to support new works in dance, music, theater, and visual arts.
(Jan. 24 10:31 AM) - Be our guest February 6, 2010 when we get "out of the Hall and into the Mall." All of our choirs and selected soloists, duets and small ensembles will present a singing marathon filled with favorite songs in the friendly come-and-go atmosphere of the Rotunda at Bayshore Town Center. Proceeds benefit MCC's educational programs.
(Jan. 20 4:46 PM) - This February, the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center's Boldt Arts Alive! Series features a variety of music with a patriotic performance by Band of the Irish Guards and an intimate weekend of Cabaret with Diane Schuur.
(Jan. 17 2:30 AM) - The MLK Steering Committee will host the 26th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Birthday Celebration at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, January 17, 2010.
(Jan. 15 12:30 AM) - RENAISSANCE THEATERWORKS' PROVOCATIVE PRODUCTION OF ‘BLACKBIRD' EXAMINES THE QUESTION "WHEN IS IT SEXUAL ASSAULT?" By David Harrower
(Jan. 14 3:39 PM) - The MLK Steering Committee is proud to team up with the Salvation Army to help increase online donation awareness for the Haiti earthquake relief. The Salvation Army will be at the 26th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration encouraging patrons to go online and donate to help those affected by this disaster.
(Jan. 8 12:18 PM) - The MLK Steering Committee will host the 26th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Birthday Celebration at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, January 17, 2010.
(Jan. 5 12:30 AM) - Producer John Breglio and Time Warner Broadway at the Marcus Center announced casting today for the national tour of DREAMGIRLS, coming to Milwaukee January 5-10, 2010. Tickets go on sale on November 8 at Noon at the Marcus Center Box Office.
(Jan. 3 11:21 AM) - Plaid Tidings will open at the Skylight Opera Theatre November 27 and run through January 3, 2010. A holiday treat for the entire family, it offers the best of Forever Plaid and more, tied up in a nifty package with a big plaid bow on top.
(Jan. 2 1:30 AM) - The Boulevard Ensemble Studio Theatre provides the perfect antidote for Milwaukee's saccharine theatrical holiday fare by staging acclaimed playwright Christopher Durang's wild comedy THE MARRIAGE OF BETTE & BOO (November 25, 2009-January 2, 2010, see schedule below) at the Boulevard Theatre, located at 2252 South Kinnickinnic.
(Dec. 18 5:59 PM) - Producer John Breglio and the Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc. will bring Broadway uptown for four weeks only with Dreamgirls at the Apollo Theater, prior to the national tour of the new production of the groundbreaking musical. The national tour of Dreamgirls will kick-off at Harlem's legendary Apollo Theater (253 West 125 Street) beginning previews Saturday, November 7, 2009, and opening Sunday, November 22, 2009, for 4 weeks only, through Sunday December, 6, 2009.