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MILWAUKEE Volume 25, Issue 4
FOOTNOTES
Marcus Promotions/Footlights 25th Anniversary – Chapter 3 pg. 6
Pink Banana Theatre Company Hires New Managing Director pg. 8
Annual UPAF Ride for the Arts Set for June 1, 2014 pg. 10
Milwaukee’s Shakespeare in the Park Turns Five pg. 12
DINNER AND A SHOW Dining Guide and Show Listings pg. 18
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{footnotes} Marcus Promotions/Footlights 25th Anniversary – Chapter 3
25 Years...and Counting. music theatre
HELLO, DOLLY! MUSICAL CHICAGO’S HIT ROCK ‘N’ ROLLTRUE STORY INSPIRED BY THE ELECTRIFYING
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Where are we now?
Footlights offers services to over 150 arts clients, venues, and professionals in Milwaukee, Madison, Chicago, and surrounding areas. Footlights has grown from one motivated individual to a company of 20 plus employees. Footlights has found a new home in New Berlin, Wisconsin, complete with on site printing equipment and in house designers, with additional offices in Madison and Chicago.
What do we do now?
Footlights has also expanded its’ services from just publishing performing arts programs to publishing a wide array of printed products. Footlights offers daily printing and graphic design services, and prints everything from postcards to posters, and entertainment guides to season brochures.
Who are we now?
The Footlights staff is made of avid theatregoers, artists, actors and actresses, and members of boards and committees at local theatre companies and organizations. The collective passion the staff shares for the performing arts is overwhelming in the best possible way and fuels their hard work behind-the-scenes everyday!
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Where are we headed?
The world of print is constantly changing and adapting in a world where digital and online media seems to be king. Fortunately there is still a place for niche print, especially in the world of performing arts! Footlights plans to be part of the theatre going experience for the next 25 years, and being a strong voice in the world of ever-changing media. 2014 will bring many new changes, including a new and improved website that will better serve our audiences, as well as the performing arts community here in Wisconsin and northern Illinois. Footlights will also become more accessible, by becoming more mobile and integrated in the social networking sphere. The 2014-2015 season is just around the corner, and we cannot wait to show you what Milwaukee, Madison, and Chicago have in store! Thank you for the past 25 years, and here’s to 25 more!
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{footnotes} Pink Banana Theatre Company Hires New Managing Director “My goal is to help Pink Banana grow into the next ten years,” Koren Black, the new managing director at Pink Banana Theatre Company
Koren Black is the new managing director on staff at Pink Banana Theatre Company. Koren brings with her over ten years of technical and professional theatre experience, three undergraduate degrees, and is currently obtaining her masters degree in Business Administration from UW-Milwaukee. Originally from Appleton, WI, Koren started her theatre career at the Attic Theater as an intern. From there, she grew into additional roles such as Paint Charge and Scenic Designer. She eventually moved to Milwaukee, and has spent over ten years working in a variety of technical roles with area companies such as Skylight Music Theatre, Sunset Playhouse, Youngblood Theatre Company, In Tandem Theatre, and Milwaukee Chamber Theatre. A long time supporter of Pink Banana, Koren is excited for their future together. Looking ahead, Koren hopes to expand Pink Banana’s involvement in serving the community, and opening up more opportunities for individuals to
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volunteer and personally experience what Pink Banana has to offer. She also hopes to see an increase in their currently offered educational programs, as well as added workshops for writing and directing. Pink Banana Theatre Company was founded by the original Managing Director Juanita Schuelke (who now serves on the Board of Directors) in 2004, and is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. Pink Banana Theatre Company is currently housed at The Underground Collaborative in the lower level of Grand Avenue Mall off Wisconsin Avenue in downtown Milwaukee. Pink Banana Theatre Company’s mission is to provide opportunities to emerging artists. Visit www.pinkbanana.com to learn more about Koren and the latest happenings at Pink Banana!
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{footnotes} Annual UPAF Ride for the Arts Set for June 1, 2014
For over 30 years, the Ride for the Arts has been a staple on offering support to the performing arts community in Milwaukee through a day spent biking. The funds raised by the ride help various groups around Milwaukee, including but limited to The Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Milwaukee Ballet, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and First Stage. The ride offers five different routes, ranging from a leisurely five-mile route to a challenging 66-mile route. The routes take participants all over Milwaukee-over the Hoan Bridge, through the Third Ward, along Lincoln Memorial Drive, and as far south as Grant Park and as far north as Port Washington.
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Miller Lite sponsors the event again, while Wheel and Sprocket offers bike assistance the day of the event. Early Bird Registration is currently going on until April 6, and the Wheel and Sprocket Bike Expo- the largest bike sale in the nation- will be held April 4-6 at the Wisconsin Expo Center at State Fair Park, where a discounted registration rate will be offered. The cost to participate is $45 ($40 with Early Bird Registration, $35 if registered at the bike expo) and varies between $110-125 per family. The annual ride is set for June 1st, 2014 no matter the weather. Additional information about the ride can be found at www.upaf/ride.org ď ł All photos courtesy of Red Hammer Photography
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{footnotes} Milwaukee’s Shakespeare in the Park Turns Five
“One of the best views of the city-after the Art Museum.” Susan Scot Fry, Managing Director of Optimist Theatre, shares her feelings about Shakespeare in the Park’s new home and performing space.
Back in 2008, founders of Optimist Theatre Susan Scot Fry and her husband Ron were in the mood for a new challenge and a new city. Debating a move between Chicago and Milwaukee, the winner ultimately became Milwaukee. So much potential, so much opportunity-it seemed the only thing Milwaukee didn’t offer was Shakespeare in the Park during the summer months. Susan and Ron were determined to change that. Submitting a grant to the Wisconsin Arts Board in 2009, Susan and Ron figured it was a long shot but decided to go for it anyway. Lo and behold, the grant was given. Optimist Theatre quickly started preparing for their debut Shakespeare in the Park production for the following summer. After the grant had been given, the project only gained more momentum. Jim Pickering, Wisconsin favorite and resident
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actor at The Milwaukee Rep, agreed to play Prospero in their inaugural production The Tempest. Tom Reed, member of the Theatre Faculty at Alverno College, offered up a courtyard on the Alverno College grounds for their first production. In the summer of 2010, the hard work of these passionate people brought forth Milwaukee’s first Shakespeare in the Park production. The Tempest featured A-list equity actors and received rave reviews. Shakespeare in the Park was success. In 2013, Shakespeare in the Park continued to use Alverno College as a rehearsal space, but made the move to COA Youth and Family Centers’ newly built Selig-JosephFolz Amphitheater, beautifully showcased in Alice Bertschy Kadish Park. The 2013 production As You Like It was performed in the spacious new location, complete with a spectacular view of the Milwaukee skyline as a backdrop.
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The Fine Arts Quartet performs Beethoven, Shostakovich, Liszt, and Martucci, with Michele Campanella on piano.
Enjoy the lovely sounds of Cornelia Beilke, Kelly Hofman, Jamie Hofman, and Galina Gerakosov as they present classical pieces by Brahms, Bridge, Bach and more!
Marquette Theatre presents Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy: a story of ambition, madness, death, and darkness.
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Returning to the stage after it’s highly praised 2004 debut, Skin Tight features two young lovers, an almost bare stage, and intensely erotic stage poetry. Brief nudity and mature content. Raabe Theatre 414-443-8802
Shakespeare’s classic “Scottish Play” gets deconstructed in this unique Wisconsin Premiere.
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Join Ollman and Wilson for this cabaret-style program that features songs by Gershwin, Cole Porter, and many more pieces perfect for spring!
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THE SPITFIRE GRILL Cardinal Stritch University Theatre
April 4-13
KEN LUDWIG’S LEND ME A TENOR Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
April 10-27
HOME FREE Oconomowoc Arts Center
April 12
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS Carthage College
April 25-May4
A feisty parolee in a small town finds herself in this heartfelt musical, created by Milwaukee’s own James Valcq and Fred Alley.
Lend an ear-and a laugh-to this hilarious collaboration between Milwaukee Chamber Theatre and Marquette University.
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1959 PINK THUNDERBIRD: LAUNDRY AND BOURBON/LONE STAR In Tandem Theatre
April 25-May 18
I’M NOT A PILOT WITH MILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA South Milwaukee PAC
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JASON MORAN “FATS WALLER DANCE PARTY” South Milwaukee PAC
April 26
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April 27
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French-born cellist Adrien Zitoun performs as the Philharmonic ends it’s season with three great masters of the Romantic Era: Tchaikovsky, Wagner, and Sait-Saens.
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ALL ABOUT LIFE Wild Space Dance Company
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NOISES OFF Waukesha Civic Theatre
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Winner of three 2002 Tony Awards, the men and women of Urinetown take care of business and fight for their right to answer nature’s calling.
Ponder the irony of expectations versus reality and love lost and found with this enticing production.
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One of the most popular and funniest farces ever written, Noises Off follows an inept acting company in a hilarious play-within-a-play format.
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SYMPHONY SUNDAY: MAGNIFICENT MOODS Festival City Symphony
May 4
FANFARE AND FINALE Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra
May 4
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May 9-June 1
8 IS ENOUGH Frankly Music
May 12
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The final concert of the season will feature works by Robert Schumann, including the moody “Manfred Overture”, based on a poem by Lord Byron.
MYSO presents the Prelude Orchestra, Flute Chorale, Brass Choir, Junior Symphony Orchestra, Junior and Senior Wind Esemble.
Created just for Skylight, this revue features three old friends reuniting at an audition for a Broadway revival.
Frank Almond and company return to Wisconsin Lutheran College as they wrap up Frankly Music’s 10th anniversary. Featuring special guest David Kim, the Philadelphia Orchestra concertmaster.
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This Tony Award-winning rock and roll musical captures the spirit of the 1960s hippie movement while discussing pacifism, race, and drug use.
Cabot Theatre 414-443-8802
Brief nudity. Not recommended for age 13 or younger.
CHAMBER CON BRIO Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra
May 17
SPRING DANCE CONCERT Pius XI High School
May 17
ENSEMBLE ENCHANTMENT Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra
May 18
MYSO features their Chamber Flute Ensemble, String Orchestras West and South, and the Chamber Orchestra.
Shattuck Auditorium Carroll University 414-267-2960
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Join Pius XI Dance Department in the Wendy Joy Lindsey Theater for an action-packed and dynamic evening of inspiring dance!
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CARMINA BURANA Bel Canto Chorus
May 21
SUMMERDANCES UWM Peck School
May 29-31
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE Waukesha Civic Theatre
June 6-22
Stackner Cabaret 414-224-9490
This Tony Award-winning tour through the legendary Fats Waller songbook will have you jumpin’ and jivin’ with the infectious energy of the classic Waller hits.
Grand Rotunda Milwaukee Theatre 414-481-8801
Be transported to the fascinating world of the 13th century with this unique collaboration between the Bel Canto Boys Choir and the Milwaukee Children’s Choir.
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New works by Dance Faculty Ferne Bronson, Maria Gillespie, Elizabeth Johnson and Dani Kuepper and featuring Rebecca Stenn, 2014 Dance New Work Award recipient.
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Arthur Miller’s classic American tragedy explores love, obsession, and betrayal.
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Water Street at Highland Avenue 1122 N. Edison St. • Milwaukee, WI 53202 (414) 223-1122 • www.rudysmexican.com
Daily Open11 am at California Italian, Delivery Available and Weekend Brunch
MILWAUKEE
801 N. Jefferson Street 414-273-4224
BROOKFIELD
190th & Bluemound Rd 262-784-4275
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FINE ARTS QUARTET SUMMER EVENINGS OF MUSIC UWM Peck School of the Arts
June 9, 16, 23, 30 (FREE)
Enjoy Debussy, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Ravel, and others as the Fine Arts Quartet offers complimentary serenades during June.
Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts 414-229-4308
THE WINTER’S TALE Optimist Theatre
June 12-June 29 (FREE)
THE ULTIMATE BEATLES BAND: THE FAB FOUR Gathering on the Green
July 11
THE MARK WOOD EXPERIENCE Gathering on the Green
July 12
Shakespeare in the Park is back in the Bard’s adventure-romance story about two kingdoms. Experience the magic of outdoor theatre against the urban landscape of Milwaukee.
Selig-Joseph-Folz Amphitheater Alice Bertschy Kadish Park 262-498-5777 262-236-0510
Dance and sing along to your favorite Beatles songs with The Fab Four. “These guys are SENSATIONAL!”-Gary Craig of CBS 262-236-0510
Electric violin master Mark Wood, a founding member of Trans-Siberian Orchestra, performs his signature rock-orchestra show-lights, fog and fireworks!
- Fast Theater Service
- Fine Dining - Steaks, Seafood & German - Casual Bar Menu & Dining
(262) 544-4460
2720 N Grandview Blvd • Waukesha
W349 N5293 Lacy’s Lane Okauchee, WI
www.weissgerbers.com/gasthaus
Going out of town?
Check out the
COME FOR A DRINK, STAY FOR THE VIEW! Enjoy Amazing Views of Lake Nagawicka
Happy Hour 4pm - 6pm Sun - Thurs
Steak & Seafood Specialties Sunday Champagne Brunch Thursday Tapas “Small Plates” Friday Wisconsin Fish Fry
262-367-3903 | www.sevenseaswi.com
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Dinner and a Show
Madison & Chicago Dining Guide posted on
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GATHERING ON THE GREEN THE MOST FUN WEEKEND OF THE SUMMER
MARK WOOD
Founding member of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra • Electric Viper Violinist
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It’s classic. It’s rock. The best of both… with orchestra, light show and fireworks!!
MILWAUKEE’S EVENT
CALENDAR MILWAUKEE365.COM theater • dance • music • art • sports • more Make Milwaukee365 your go-to source for great Milwaukee events. From citywide celebrations to must-see concerts, find it all here on our events calendar.
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