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Welcome to the Spring Arts Guide It’s Time to Dance!
By definition, dance is art in motion, and figuratively speaking, Milwaukee’s dance culture is not standing still. The theme of the Shepherd Express’ 2019 Spring Arts Guide is dance, a field in performing arts that has been the site of great activity. A decade ago, Milwaukee’s dance season was compact: four shows and The Nutcracker by Milwaukee Ballet; three by Danceworks Performance Company; and three—including at least one exciting site-specific adventure—by Debra Loewen’s Wild Space Dance Company. Add to that UW-Milwaukee Dance Department’s winter and summer concerts, a couple of touring shows hosted by (now defunct) Alverno Presents and the rare performance by the long-andstill-standing DanceCircus and Ko-Thi Dance Company. In summer, Trinity Irish Dance and a variety of cultural dance groups might make an appearance along with early Danceworks DanceLAB showcases. Today, that season will also include performances by the Catey Ott Dance Collective, HyperlocalMKE, Maria Gillespie/The Collaboratory, Andrea and Daniel Burkholder, SueMo: A Dance Experience, Dawn Springer Dance Project, Karlies Kelly’s Panadanza, Lake Arts Project, Gina Laurenzi Dance Project, ReVamped Dance Company, Poison D, Joshua Yang Project, Fusion Collective and a great many individual artists presenting original work in found spaces, somehow supported. To honor the extraordinary growth of Milwaukee’s dance culture, we interviewed five representatives of local companies, including financially struggling outsiders as well as the richly endowed. Their voices are spread across our 2019 Spring Arts Guide, which offers Southeast Wisconsin’s most comprehensive arts calendar along with critics’ choices in all media. Milwaukee will never be mistaken for New York City, and in many ways, that’s a good thing. Our city has long been a good environment for nurturing artists. Increasingly, it’s a place that draws performing artists from around the nation and beyond. David Luhrssen - Arts Guide Editor John Schneider - Arts Guide Assistant Editor On the cover, clockwise from top left: Wild Space Dance Company, PHOTO BY PAULMITCHELL; Danceworks Performance Company, PHOTO BY KYM MCDANIEL; Wild Space Dance Company, PHOTO BY BREA GRABER
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Dani Kuepper “On the positive end, I think dance in Milwaukee is becoming very collaborative. For Danceworks, that’s a stronghold. In our company, Christal Wagner works with Cadance Collective, a music-dance collaboration. At UW-Milwaukee, Maria Gillespie is constantly working with sculptors and visual artists. Daniel Burkholder, as well, collaborates with musicians or by being site-specific—that interdisciplinary focus of what if you don’t want your dancers to be in a theater? Most choreographers in town are thinking about collaborative, interdisciplinary work, asking how they can connect people and stories and modes of thinking. That goes to the core of Danceworks, I think, because our mission is to enhance the joint creativity of the Milwaukee community, and you broaden your chances by reaching into different disciplines. “It’s like in grant writing: Do you look for the grants and then make your art to please them? No, never. However, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with making dances that people will see. And I don’t think there’s anything wrong with making dances that new people will see. Not because you want the money, because if I wanted the money, I could probably get some corporate job somewhere. But simply, I’m too old to keep doing shows for my mom, you know? I keep saying this to my husband and to myself: If I’m going Dani Kueper to be away from my PHOTO BY ALTVRA children and miss their soccer games, it better be for a damn good reason! And it’s not for money. I think it had better be that we have an opportunity to connect with people that wouldn’t see dance otherwise. “In the fall, we did the Levi Fischer Ames show. To me, that was much more a play, a physical theater piece. That was cool, because we’ve never done anything so clearly in that aesthetic before, and it also definitely connected us with theater-goers. There were people who came to see that show that I had never seen at our black box theatre before.” Choreographer and dancer Dani Kuepper joined the Danceworks Performance Company as a dancer in 1998 after completing her Master of Fine Arts with the UW-Milwaukee Dance Department, where she’s been a faculty member since 1999. She became artistic director of DPC in the early 2000s and in 2018 was appointed artistic director of the larger Danceworks, Inc.
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CONTINUING: Allusion/Illusion (World Premiere) COOPERATIVE PERFORMANCE Through Feb. 23
According to its creators—the formidable quartet of Kelly Coffey, Don Russell, Andrea Burkholder and Daniel Burkholder—this audience interactive performance asks: What if reality is a lie, and the acceptance of it is so great by all of us that the opposing force can’t make itself known? Eight performers interweave text, movement, shadow, light, video and puppetry. Cooperative Performance hosts the show in an empty Third Ward storefront at 329 N. Broadway. (John Schneider)
Grey Gardens WINDFALL THEATRE Through Feb. 23
Matilda the Musical (Family Friendly) FIRST STAGE Through Feb. 24
Locomotion FIRST STAGE (FORGE SERIES) Through Feb. 24
Image of an Unknown Young Woman (Student Production) MARQUETTE THEATRE Through Feb. 24
Blood at the Root NEXT ACT THEATRE Through Feb. 24
“2019 Snowdance 10 Minute Comedy Festival” OVER OUR HEADS PLAYERS Through Feb. 24
Driving Miss Daisy VILLAGE PLAYHOUSE Through Feb. 24
The Underpants WAUKESHA CIVIC THEATRE Through Feb. 24
The Jealous Revolver, Episode 3 CABARET MKE Through March 2
Don’t worry if you missed the first two installments of Cabaret Milwaukee’s crime drama The Jealous Revolver. As enjoyably pulpy as it is, the narrative takes a back seat to the production’s old-time radio ambiance, as the production stops frequently for news breaks, commercial jingles and musical interludes. The Astor Hotel provides a fittingly historic backdrop for this throwback style of entertainment. (Evan Rytlewski)
The Chinese Lady MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER (STIEMKE STUDIO) Through March 24
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The Velocity of Autumn IN TANDEM THEATRE Feb. 21-March 17
After writing dozens of plays, premiering many of them around his native Cleveland, Eric Coble found national acclaim with his 2013 comedy The Velocity of Autumn, which began a run on Broadway in 2014. Estelle Parsons received a Tony nomination for her performance as Alexandra, an 80-year-old artist who, despite her failing health, is so dead set against moving that she barricades herself in her Brooklyn brownstone. Angela Iannone inherits that role in In Tandem’s production. (Evan Rytlewski)
Missoula Children’s Theatre: Snow White and the Seven Dwarves UW-WHITEWATER YOUNG AUDITORIUM Feb. 23
Broken Hallelujah (Student Production) UWM THEATRE (KENILWORTH 508 SERIES) Feb. 27-March 3
The Curious Savage SUNSET PLAYHOUSE
Feb 21-March 3
Rabbit Hole SUNSET PLAYHOUSE (STUDIO SERIES)
Dance
Feb. 21-24
John McGivern UW-WASHINGTON COUNTY (FINE ARTS SERIES) Feb. 22
Things That Go Ding! SKYLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE Feb. 22-March 3
Wait Until Dark RACINE THEATRE GUILD Feb. 22-March 10
The Church Basement Ladies: Rise Up, O Men SCHAUER ARTS AND ACTIVITIES CENTER Feb. 22-23
Strange Snow MILWAUKEE CHAMBER THEATRE Feb. 22-March 17
Stephen Metcalfe explored the struggles veterans face readjusting to civilian life in his 1983 drama Strange Snow. David and Megs are Vietnam veterans with very different ways of coping with the loss they experienced during the war, but the fishing buddies’ friendship is threatened when Megs falls for David’s younger sister Martha, a lonely high school teacher. Marques Causey, Krystal Drake and Ken T. Williams star. (Evan Rytlewski)
Making/Unmaking (World Premiere) WILD SPACE DANCE COMPANY Feb. 21-24
Jan Serr and John Shannon’s new Guardian Fine Art Services Warehouse (1635 W. St. Paul Ave.) is the site for Debra Loewen’s next sitespecific dance installation. “The white walls and massive pillars will frame an exhibition of danced portraits, living sculptures and site-situated landscapes of movement and sound,” Loewen says. Taking inspiration from the neighborhood’s industrial past, “the dancers will layer and weave tasks of making and unmaking with each other and the audience.” (John Schneider)
JUNE 18 to JULY 7
June 18 - October 20
A world première comedy by Peter Moore.
Door County’s Theatrical Treasure
A Murder is Announced
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A Trick of the Light JULY 10 to JULY 28
by Leslie Darbon. Adapted from Agatha Christie's novel.
JULY 31 to AUGUST 18
Ghost The Musical
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AUGUST 21 to SEPTEMBER 1
Silent Sky
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SEPTEMBER 4 to OCTOBER 20
George Washington’s Teeth A new comedy by Mark St. Germain.
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Music “In the New Chamber” PRESENT MUSIC
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE March 29 - April 14
RAT PACK SALUTE April 2 - 4
THE GIVER May 3 - 19
BUT WHY BUMP OFF BARNABY? June 7 - 23
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“Cynthia Sayer & Her Joyride Quartet” SHARON LYNN WILSON CENTER FOR THE ARTS Feb. 22
“Rachmaninoff ’s Paganini Rhapsody” MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Feb. 22-24
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Feb. 28-March 17
Described by Sunset as “an entertaining and fanciful comedy where kindness and affection triumph over greed and dishonesty,” John Patrick’s The Curious Savage involves one Mrs. Savage—an elderly woman whose late husband has left her $10 million. When her stepchildren find out she intends to give it all away (and not to them!), they hatch a plot to have her committed. This is “a warm comedy that compares the kindness and loyalty of psychiatric patients with the greed and hostility of so-called ‘normal people.’” (John Jahn)
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springartsguide’19 “A Tribute to American Black Composers” MILWAUKEE CHILDREN’S CHOIR Feb. 23
“Charles Munch: Boundary Lines” MUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART Through March 10
“Russian Romance: Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich” KETTLE MORAINE SYMPHONY
“CCC Seventh Annual Members Exhibit” CEDARBURG CULTURAL CENTER
“Amazing Brass” MILWAUKEE FESTIVAL BRASS
“Break Loose: Jenn Dierdorf and Kevin Stuart” H.F. JOHNSON GALLERY OF ART/ CARTHAGE COLLEGE
Feb. 24
Feb. 24
“Jazz Heritage Festival” MILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Feb. 27, 28, March 2
Visual Art
CONTINUING: “Diego y Frida: A Smile Halfway Through the Journey” LATINO ARTS Through Feb. 22
“Spectacular Vernacular” MILWAUKEE INSTITUTE OF ART AND DESIGN Through March 2
“For the Love of Art: The Milwaukee League of Artists” OCONOMOWOC ARTS CENTER Through March 2
“Makeshift” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER Through March 3
While it’s not uncommon for exhibits to examine artists, movements, muses and mediums, this exhibit focuses on a key but often overlooked component of the creative process: the studio. In addition to some vibrant and nostalgic pop art from Texas artist Trenton Doyle Hancock, it features installations from Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Brad Kahlhamer, Odili Donald Odita, Barbara Rossi, Greg Smith and Alison Elizabeth Taylor. (Evan Rytlewski)
“Live/Work” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER Through March 3
“The San Quentin Project: Nigel Poor and the Men of San Quentin Prison” MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM Through March 10
Through March 10
Through March 15
“Fine Art Montage” SCHAUER ARTS AND ACTIVITIES CENTER Through March 17
“I Contain Multitudes” MILWAUKEE INSTITUTE OF ART AND DESIGN Through March 19
“Patricia Delker: Irish Journeys: Holy Wells and Home Turf” ALFONS GALLERY Through March 24
Through April 28
How appropriate that one of the world’s only museums dedicated to the art of work—an institution on the MSOE campus—should host an exhibit inspired by the work of urban farming, a concept popularized here in Milwaukee. Using Milwaukee as its anchor study, “Growing Place” seeks to shed new light on the past, present and future of growing food in cities. (Morton Shlabotnik)
“Bouguereau & America” MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM Through May 12
William Bouguereau is a French academic painter best known for his representation of feminine figures—such as his legendary painting The Birth of Venus. Many of Bouguereau’s works left France as the artist’s popularity grew among American collectors from the late 1860s to the early 1900s. The Milwaukee Art Museum is offering insight on the popularity shift and the relationship between Bouguereau and America in the first major exhibition on the artist in decades. (Jean-Gabriel Fernandez)
“Featured Artist: John Kearney” WUSTUM MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
“Clement Meadmore: The Models” LYNDEN SCULPTURE GARDEN
Through May 12
“Fore & Aft: Eoin Breadon, Beth Lipman and Jeremy Popelka” MUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART
Through May 19
Through March 31
Through March 31
Jeff Morin WALKER’S POINT CENTER FOR THE ARTS Through April 6
“Forward 2018: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now” CHARLES ALLIS ART MUSEUM Through April 14
Forty-five works from more than 450 submissions were selected for this state-wide juried exhibition of artworks by Wisconsin artists. This year’s jurors were Faythe Levine of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center and Ariel Pate of the Milwaukee Art Museum. The works they selected embody a variety of the artistic mediums, techniques and styles which represent Wisconsin art today. (John Schneider)
“Peter Dahlke: Dream Spaces” MUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART Through April 16
“Watercolor Wisconsin” WUSTUM MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS Through April 20 6 | FEBRUARY 21, 2019
“Growing Place: A Visual Study of Urban Farming” GROHMANN MUSEUM
“Alexis Rockman: The Great Lakes Cycle” HAGGERTY MUSEUM OF ART “Ralph Steiner: The City” HAGGERTY MUSEUM OF ART Through May 19
Ralph Steiner is best remembered as one of the most influential experimental filmmakers and documentarians of the 1930s, but he was also a prolific photographer who readily accepted commercial assignments. The exhibit showcases some of his vintage prints alongside one of his most celebrated documentaries, 1939’s The City, which passionately argued the need for better urban planning. (Evan Rytlewski)
“Selections from Keith Haring’s Construction Fence” HAGGERTY MUSEUM OF ART Through May 19
“Apartment 4: Iris Häussler and the Chipstone Foundation” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER Through June 16
“Mary Nohl and The Walrus Club” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER
“Fusion: Contemporary Enamels from RAM’s Collection” RACINE ART MUSEUM Through July 7
“From Nature: Contemporary Artists and Organic Materials” RACINE ART MUSEUM Through July 7
“Raise Your Glass (Goblets): Recent Acquisitions from Alan and Barbara Boroff and the Kohler Foundation, Inc.” RACINE ART MUSEUM Through July 21
“Scott Reeder: B-Side of the Moon” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER Through Aug. 4
“Treasure Trove: Establishing Jewelry and Metal Archives at RAM” RACINE ART MUSEUM Through Aug. 4
“Saya Woolfalk: Visionary Reality Outpost” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER Through Aug. 18
“Represent: Exploring Portraits from RAM’s Collection” RACINE ART MUSEUM Through Sept. 1
OPENING: “Melissa Dorn & Kate E. Schaffer: Fine China” SHARON LYNN WILSON CENTER FOR THE ARTS Feb. 25-April 13
“Moving Images: British Royal Portraiture and the Circulation of Ideas” VILLA TERRACE DECORATIVE ARTS MUSEUM Feb. 28-June 2
Photos can tell us about a lot more than just their subjects, as Villa Terrace’s “Moving Images” exhibit demonstrates. The exhibit compiles photos of the British royal family from the Victorian Era to the present, documenting not only the evolution of Queen Elizabeth and her kin, but also major cultural shifts and changing attitudes about class and gender. What emerges is a portrait of an institution that’s both changed with the times and fallen behind them. (Evan Rytlewski)
Through June 23
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CONTINUING: The Jealous Revolver, Episode 3 CABARET MKE Through March 2
Small Craft Warnings OFF THE WALL THEATRE Through March 3
Things That Go Ding! SKYLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE Through March 3
Wait Until Dark RACINE THEATRE GUILD Through March 10
The Velocity of Autumn IN TANDEM THEATRE Through March 17
Strange Snow MILWAUKEE CHAMBER THEATRE Through March 17
Mark Twain’s River of Song MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER (STACKNER CABARET) Through March 17
The Curious Savage SUNSET PLAYHOUSE Through March 17
The Chinese Lady MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER (STIEMKE STUDIO) Through March 24
OPENING: Disenchanted! The Musical OUTSKIRTS THEATRE CO. March 1-2
Right to Live THIRD AVENUE PLAYHOUSE March 1-3
The Potting Shed ACACIA THEATRE March 1-10
Novelist and playwright Graham Greene brought his distinctive Catholic perspective to his 1957 drama The Potting Shed, which tells the story of a man hoping to reconcile with his ailing father but unable to recall what led to their estrangement in the first place. All he can S P R I N G A RT S G U I D E
remember is that his alienation from his family stems from an event that occurred in the family’s potting shed when he was 14. With the help of his psychoanalyst, he tries to solve the mystery. (Evan Rytlewski)
Celtic Nights: Oceans of Hope SOUTH MILWAUKEE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER March 2
Spamalot WISCONSIN CENTER DISTRICT (MILLER HIGH LIFE THEATRE) March 2-3
Monty Python’s craziest and most beloved feature film serves as a springboard for this very loose and very zany stage adaptation from Python alum Eric Idle, which won a 2005 Tony Award for Best Musical. Those hoping to hear their favorite lines from the film won’t be disappointed, but the musical introduces plenty of original twists and turns as well, spoofing a variety of new targets, including Broadway itself. (Evan Rytlewski)
Church Basement Ladies: Rise Up, O Men UW-WHITEWATER YOUNG AUDITORIUM March 3
Things I Know to Be True MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER (POWERHOUSE THEATER) March 5-31
All My Sons (Student Production) UWM THEATRE DEPARTMENT March 6-10
The Phantom of the Opera MARCUS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (BROADWAY SERIES) March 6-17
StorySlam: Fear EX FABULA March 7
Ex Fabula’s StorySlam series brings everyday people together to tell true stories around a common theme. Audience participation is brought to a new level by giving a few lucky viewers a chance at taking the stage to share their life experiences with the crowd. This spring’s StorySlam themes include: Damaged Goods, Fear, What’s in a Name?, Deal Breaker and Forgiveness. The events are held at well-known Milwaukee destinations such as Lakefront Brewery and Turner Hall Ballroom. StorySlams also occur on Tuesday, March 26, Wednesday, April 17, and Saturday, May 18. (Rob Hullum)
Dead Shot Mary OVER OUR HEADS PLAYERS
Catey Ott Thompson PHOTO BY MAUREEN JANSON HEINTZ
Catey Ott Thompson “Milwaukee’s dance landscape is proudly growing in the number of creating artists and companies, but I believe there are growing pains, as well. Independent artists and small groups struggle to find rehearsal space, schedule dancers, find affordable venues and then bring a full audience to the events. The more established dance companies occasionally have scheduling and audience issues, as well. “The dance community members are all so busy tending to their own projects and supporting the dance artists dearest to them that there is unfortunately little time to expand out to see all of what is going on, even for those who truly do their best to support the community at large. Audience building and sustaining needs to be part of the effort, and the involved dance artists need to continue to realize their importance— both on stage and in the audience for the community’s shows.” Catey Ott Thompson graduated from UW-Milwaukee’s Dance Department and left Milwaukee for New York City in 1995. She returned in 2005 for a dance from UWM, founded the Catey Ott Dance Company here and returned to New York when she finished her degree. In 2012, married and a mom, she came home to teach at Milwaukee Ballet School and Marquette University and to successfully reestablish her dance company here with several shows each year. The company also returns periodically to NYC where it has an enthusiastic following. In 2015, she co-founded the Milwaukee Dance Theatre Network which labors to support local dance across the spectrum.
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springartsguide’19 The Wizard of Oz Unplugged WAUKESHA CIVIC THEATRE March 7-10
Actors from WCT’s Adaptive Community Approach Program, which grants disabled performers opportunities to express themselves artistically, take center stage in this reimagination of The Wizard of Oz. Travelers seek out the Wizard for help, encountering barriers that highlight the importance of accessibility and the harmfulness of labels along the way. Collaboratively written and filled with adapted musical numbers, The Wizard of Oz Unplugged stresses a message of acceptance for people of all levels of ability. (Elizabeth Janowski)
Madagascar: A Musical Adventure, Jr. (Family Friendly) SCHAUER ARTS AND ACTIVITIES CENTER
StorySlam: What’s in a Name EX FABULA
The Emperor’s New Clothes: The Musical (Family Friendly) RACINE CHILDREN’S THEATRE
March 28-April 14
March 15-16
March 15-17
Hearthfire UW-WASHINGTON COUNTY (FINE ARTS SERIES)
Carmina Burana SKYLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE, MILWAUKEE OPERA THEATRE, DANCEWORKS PERFORMANCE COMPANY AND CHANT CLAIRE CHAMBER CHOIR
Secondary Cause of Death MEMORIES DINNER THEATRE
Big River (Family Friendly) FIRST STAGE
Laura Ingalls Wilder (Family Friendly) THRASHER OPERA HOUSE
Thom Pain (based on nothing) THEATRE NERVOSA
March 8
March 8-17
March 9
Urinetown: The Musical (Student Production) UW-PARKSIDE THEATRE March 8-17
As You Like It FIRST STAGE (YOUNG COMPANY) March 8-24
42ft—A Menagerie of Mechanical Marvels SHARON LYNN WILSON CENTER FOR THE ARTS March 10
Gears, pulleys and things that whirl and twirl through the air. It’s a 42-foot circus of machinery and people in motion—thrilling displays of acrobatics and a big-top of clowning and entertaining by Cirque Mechanics. (Morton Shlabotnik)
The Winter’s Tale (American Shakespeare Center) UW-WHITEWATER YOUNG AUDITORIUM March 12
The Comedy of Errors (American Shakespeare Center) UW-WHITEWATER YOUNG AUDITORIUM March 13
Julius Caesar BARD AND BOURBON March 15-16
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March 15-31
March 15-April 14
March 20-23
Will Eno’s Thom Pain is a 70-minute monolog that, via new theatrical company Theatre Nervosa, will be presented by A.J. Magoon at The Underground Collaborative. “He’s just like you, only worse,” as Nervosa explains the oneman play. “On a particular night, Thom Pain finds himself on a particular stage in front of a particular audience. His goal? Save his life. Save your life. Explain it all. His obstacle? A speck of dust. A familiar face in the third row. The fact that he’s living through it all.” This play contains instances of strong language and, as Nervosa humorously adds, ennui. (John Jahn)
Eighties Movie (World Premiere) MILWAUKEE METRO VOICES March 21-31
Marie Antoinette (Student Production) CARTHAGE COLLEGE THEATRE March 22-30
Little Wars MILWAUKEE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP March 22-April 6
Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATRE (STACKNER CABARET) March 22-May 26
Johnny Cash’s music came from a place further from Broadway than miles can measure. And yet, the Man in Black’s songbook has been turned into a popular Broadway revue. A hit at the Stackner in 2013, Ring of Fire returns with “I Walk the Line,”“Folsom Prison Blues” and other great gems of American music. (David Luhrssen)
March 26
Thoroughly Modern Millie WAUKESHA CIVIC THEATRE
To Fall in Love THE CONSTRUCTIVISTS March 29-April 13
In a now-famous experiment, psychologist Arthur Aron observed two strangers fall in love as they asked each other a series of 36 questions. To Fall in Love offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of Merryn and Wyatt—a couple on the verge of divorce—as they use Aron’s questions in a last-ditch effort to salvage their relationship. The award-winning play makes its Midwest debut under the directorship of Wisconsin native Jaimelyn Gray. (Elizabeth Janowski)
Leaving Iowa OVER OUR HEADS PLAYERS March 29-April 14
Don Browning is a middle-aged writer finally making good on his promise to scatter his father’s ashes at his childhood home. But, when he discovers that house has been replaced by a grocery store, he begins traveling across Iowa in search of the proper resting place for his pops, along the way reliving memories of childhood road trips in this nostalgic comedy by playwrights Tim Clue and Spike Manton. (Evan Rytlewski)
Annie Jump and the Library of Heaven RENAISSANCE THEATERWORKS March 29-April 21
Annie Jump, a 13-year-old science genius, is contacted by an intergalactic super-computer whose goal is to help her in her new role as the librarian of heaven. The show aims to be fun for all audiences, and it includes animated sequences projected on a screen to enhance the viewing experience. Annie Jump is the last of a three-show season about women in science devised by Renaissance Theaterworks, which is dedicated to promoting women’s work. (JeanGabriel Fernandez)
Dance Hyperlocal MKE#20—Cohere HYPERLOCAL MKE @ HAWTHORN CONTEMPORARY March 2
Embodied Truth: Finding Ways to Move Together DANIEL BURKHOLDER AND KIMANI FOWLIN @ KENILWORTH SQUARE EAST GALLERY
Through community workshops, panel discussions, dance/spoken word performance and an all-ages dance party, Milwaukee choreographer Daniel Burkholder and NYC choreographer Kimani Fowlin will offer “multiple ways to think about, share, discuss, and celebrate the challenges and opportunities of being parents in the current #metoo and #blacklivesmatter world,” says Burkholder. A member of UWM’s dance faculty, Burkholder’s independent projects (many with his wife Andrea) have been reliably courageous, imaginative and timely. (John Schneider)
The Moving Archive/What Is Remembered (World Premiere) MARIA GILLESPIE/THE COLLABORATORY @ GUARDIAN FINE ARTS GALLERY March 9
After several years of making dances here, Maria Gillespie—choreographer, dancer, educator and creator of several dance institutions—certainly belongs to Milwaukee. She’ll dance with two other dancers to the playing of Milwaukee cellist Janet Schiff in the Guardian’s gallery amid works by Milwaukeeans Nirmal Raja and Lois Bielefeld. Gillespie describes this multifaceted local collaboration as “an installation work utilizing one of Nirmal’s textile pieces, a 30-foot muslin fabric inscribed with Milwaukee history.” (John Schneider)
“MAYUMANA: Currents” UW-WHITEWATER YOUNG AUDITORIUM March 19
“Milwaukee Ballet II: Momentum” SCHAUER ARTS AND ACTIVITIES CENTER March 21
If you missed this show in Milwaukee or would love another viewing, the eclectic Hartford Schauer Center hosts Milwaukee Ballet’s socalled second company, Milwaukee Ballet Two (or “too.”) They’re an accomplished international group of young dancers on the verge of their professional careers. This concert features world premiere contemporary ballets by company and guest choreographers and a dazzling classical jewel by Marius Petipa. The piece de resistance is the modern classic Serenade by George Balanchine. (John Schneider)
Step Afrika! MARCUS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (UIHLEIN HALL) March 22
Embodying the Past, Embracing the Future UWM PECK SCHOOL OF THE ARTS DANCE March 30
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Gentri: The Gentlemen Trio CEDARBURG PERFORMING ARTS CENTER March 2
JigJam Irish Quartet THRASHER OPERA HOUSE March 2
“Handel’s Messiah” WAUKESHA CHORAL UNION March 4
The Phantom of the Opera (Broadway Series) MARCUS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS March 6-17
Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera comes to Uihlein Hall as part of a brand-new North American tour. It features all-new scenic design by Paul Brown, Tony Award-winning original costume design by Maria Björnson, lighting design by Tony Award-winner Paule Constable, new choreography by Scott Ambler and new staging by director Laurence Connor. (John Jahn)
“Fantasy, Song and Dance” UWM MUSIC DEPARTMENT CLARINET AND PIANO FACULTY RECITAL March 9
An American Requiem BEL CANTO CHORUS Sunday, March 10
St. Monica Parish (160 E. Silver Spring Drive) is the venue for a new choral work by American composer Richard Danielpour, An American Requiem, which is inspired by interviews with veterans of World War II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars. It’s a moving, unforgettable tribute to the American soldier and an examination of the insanity of war. (John Jahn)
“The Four Seasons in the Basilica” MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA March 15-17
Carmina Burana MILWAUKEE OPERA THEATRE March 15-31
German composer Carl Orff ’s 1937 “scenic cantata” Carmina Burana, while undeniably “modern,” makes for a fascinating aural bridge between the Middle Ages and the 20th cenS P R I N G A RT S G U I D E
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tury, given its texts derived from 13th-century poetry (some of it quite raunchy). Encompassing music, song and movement, the work begs for more than a mere concert performance, and that’s what comes to the Cabot Theatre. MOT joins forces with Skylight Music Theatre, Danceworks Performance Company and Chant Claire Chamber Choir. (John Jahn)
April 11 – 28 2019
“Ronn McFarlane & Paul O’Dette: For Two Lutes: Virtuoso Duets from Italy & England” EARLY MUSIC NOW March 16
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“Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony” LAKE GENEVA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA @ UW-WHITEWATER YOUNG AUDITORIUM March 16
Misa Tango MASTER SINGERS OF MILWAUKEE March 16-17
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Master Singers of Milwaukee brings this Midwest premiere to vibrant life, accompanied by its composer, Martín Palmeri, on piano and bandoneón player Daniel Binelli. Palmeri’s Misa Tango reimagines the traditional mass setting within the context of traditional Argentinian tango style. It has received wide acclaim in productions throughout the Americas thus far. (John Jahn)
Socks in the Frying Pan IRISH CULTURAL AND HERITAGE CENTER March 16
Brothers Fiachra and Shane Hayes and joined by guitarist and vocalist Aodán Coyne in the Celtic trio Socks in the Frying Pan. Hailing from the Irish music hub of County Clare, they’re relative newcomers to the Celtic music scene, having released their first album in 2012 and only announcing themselves as touring act around 2014, but they’ve built a fast following with their cheeky spin on Irish traditionals and showy banjo and fiddle performances. (Evan Rytlewski)
CLEMENT MEADMORE THE MODELS THROUGH APRIL 14, 2019
GALLERY TALK AND RECEPTION Saturday, March 23 at 2 pm with Ellen Goldberg and Hugo Rivera of Meadmore Studios LLC and Jonathan Lippincott, author of Large Scale.
“Celtic Fire: Irish Music & Dance” WISCONSIN PHILHARMONIC W/ JULIAN RHEE March 17
“The Art of the Cello” FRANKLY MUSIC W/ TAMAS VARGA March 18
“Celebrating Women Composers, Past and Present” MILWAUKEE MUSAIK March 21
Eighties Movie MILWAUKEE METRO VOICES March 21-31
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springartsguide’19 up to eleven in this musical crammed full of hits from the Decade of Decadence. Between classic synthesizer riffs, we’ll see tales of angstfilled 1980s teenagers unfold in tones that would do John Hughes proud. The science gets weird, the girls in pink look pretty and the music spins you ’round like a record, baby, in this homage to a radical era.” At the Tenth Street Theatre. (John Schneider)
The Coronation of Poppea FLORENTINE OPERA March 22, 24, 30 & 31
Poppea is the lover of Roman emperor Nerone, and she’s determined to become empress, but what about Ottavia, the current occupant of that position? When the affair is uncovered, Poppea and Nerone are forced into exile. Will their love survive? This is the plot of one of the first operas to be based on historical events and people, The Coronation of Poppea (L’incoronazione di Poppea), by Italian Renaissance composer Claudio Monteverdi. The Florentine’s production takes place in Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall. (John Jahn)
tragic deaths, that of Brahms’ mother and his friend and mentor, Robert Schumann. The MSO, Chorus and vocal soloists perform in Uihlein Hall. (John Jahn)
“Fine Art Montage” SCHAUER ARTS AND ACTIVITIES CENTER
“Ralph Steiner: The City” HAGGERTY MUSEUM OF ART
Albert Cummings THRASHER OPERA HOUSE
“I Contain Multitudes” MILWAUKEE INSTITUTE OF ART AND DESIGN
“Selections from Keith Haring’s Construction Fence” HAGGERTY MUSEUM OF ART
“Patricia Delker: Irish Journeys: Holy Wells and Home Turf” ALFONS GALLERY
“Moving Images: British Royal Portraiture and the Circulation of Ideas” VILLA TERRACE DECORATIVE ARTS MUSEUM
March 30
“Copland and Levy: American Masters” FESTIVAL CITY SYMPHONY March 31
Visual Art
CONTINUING: “Spectacular Vernacular” MILWAUKEE INSTITUTE OF ART AND DESIGN Through March 2
“Cherish the Ladies” CEDARBURG PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
“For the Love of Art: The Milwaukee League of Artists” OCONOMOWOC ARTS CENTER
March 23
Through March 2
Skerryvore THRASHER OPERA HOUSE
“Makeshift” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER
March 23
Through March 3
“Hard // Soft: Brahms, Prokofiev” “Live/Work” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER CONCORD CHAMBER ORCHESTRA March 23
Contrast the lush, late-19th-century romanticism of Johannes Brahms with the stark classicism of 20th-century composer Sergei Prokofiev’s tribute to the Classical Era in music, which preceded Brahms. Attendees will also get to hear the violin excellence of the young winner of the CCO’s annual Concerto Competition. Features composers (besides the aforementioned) are Camille Saint-Saëns (my personal French fave) and George Gershwin. (John Jahn)
Through March 3
“Veterans Light Up the Arts” MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM March 8
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“Clement Meadmore: The Models” LYNDEN SCULPTURE GARDEN Through March 31
“Fore & Aft: Eoin Breadon, Beth Lipman and Jeremy Popelka” MUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART Through March 31
Jeff Morin WALKER’S POINT CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Through April 6
“Melissa Dorn & Kate E. Schaffer: Fine China” SHARON LYNN WILSON CENTER FOR THE ARTS Through April 13
“Forward 2018: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now” CHARLES ALLIS ART MUSEUM Through April 14
“The San Quentin Project: Nigel Poor and the Men of San Quentin Prison” MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM
“Peter Dahlke: Dream Spaces” MUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART
“Davidson Chamber Recitals” MILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
“Charles Munch: Boundary Lines” MUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART
Through April 20
The Perdito Martinez Group LATINO ARTS
“CCC Seventh Annual Members Exhibit” CEDARBURG CULTURAL CENTER
March 24
March 29
A German Requiem MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA March 29-30
Johannes Brahms (1833-’97) composed one of the great masterpieces of Romantic choral music, his Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45, by assiduously avoiding traditional requiem mass texts and references. His goal was to console the living in the wake of loss with comforting images and thoughts. His motivation? Two 10 | F E B R U A R Y 2 1 , 2 0 1 9
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“Break Loose: Jenn Dierdorf and Kevin Stuart” H.F. JOHNSON GALLERY OF ART/CARTHAGE COLLEGE Through March 15
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“Watercolor Wisconsin” WUSTUM MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS “Growing Place: A Visual Study of Urban Farming” GROHMANN MUSEUM Through April 28
“Bouguereau & America” MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM Through May 12
“Featured Artist: John Kearney” WUSTUM MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS Through May 12
“Alexis Rockman: The Great Lakes Cycle” HAGGERTY MUSEUM OF ART Through May 19
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“Apartment 4: Iris Häussler and the Chipstone Foundation” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER Through June 16
“Mary Nohl and The Walrus Club” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER Through June 23
“Fusion: Contemporary Enamels from RAM’s Collection” RACINE ART MUSEUM Through July 7
“From Nature: Contemporary Artists and Organic Materials” RACINE ART MUSEUM Through July 7
“Raise Your Glass (Goblets): Recent Acquisitions from Alan and Barbara Boroff and the Kohler Foundation, Inc.” RACINE ART MUSEUM Through July 21
“Scott Reeder: B-Side of the Moon” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER Through Aug. 4
“Treasure Trove: Establishing Jewelry and Metal Archives at RAM” RACINE ART MUSEUM Through Aug. 4
“Saya Woolfalk: Visionary Reality Outpost” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER Through Aug. 18
“Represent: Exploring Portraits from RAM’s Collection” RACINE ART MUSEUM Through Sept. 1
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“Freddy Hernandez: Mas De Mil-Walk-Aqui� LATINO ARTS March 8-June 7
Sara Cwynar MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM March 8-July 21
“72nd Annual Ozaukee County Art Show & Gallery of Student Art� CEDARBURG CULTURAL CENTER March 15-April 28
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“Rogues Gallery: Wilde about the Theater� SCHAUER ARTS AND ACTIVITIES CENTER March 22-June 23
“The Autotopographers� JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER March 24-Sept. 15
“Pictures of Resistance: The Wartime Photography of Jewish Partisan Faye Schulman� JEWISH MUSEUM MILWAUKEE March 29-May 26
Jewish resistance in the Warsaw ghetto is well documented, but less known is the role of Jews fighting as partisans in Eastern Europe. Polish-born Faye Schulman went underground with the partisans and recorded their story in rarely seen pictures. (David Luhrssen)
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CONTINUING: Little Wars MILWAUKEE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP Through April 6
To Fall in Love THE CONSTRUCTIVISTS Through April 13
Leaving Iowa OVER OUR HEADS PLAYERS Through April 14
Thoroughly Modern Millie WAUKESHA CIVIC THEATRE Through April 14
Annie Jump and the Library of Heaven RENAISSANCE THEATERWORKS Through April 21
Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATRE (STACKNER CABARET) Through May 26 Michael Pink PHOTO BY TIMOTHY O’DONNELL
Michael Pink “You tell me what’s happening in dance here. If you open up the idea—it’s not just ballet and what’s going on with Danceworks. It’s Ko-Thi and all the other groups. What’s our folk scene like—the big Holiday Folk Fair with so many cultural dances? It’s incredible. It’s unbelievable, the amount of people. “Marsha Parsons at UW-Milwaukee used to talk about recruiting boys to UWM’s Dance Department from the Serbo-Croatian dance troupe which had, like, 50 kids. It’s a big community. And salsa dance. There’s one that our Cuban dancers at the Milwaukee Ballet adore. And ballroom dance. What about the increase in people going to the Fred Astaire Studio? I think it’s time to recognize again the wealth of culture that is Milwaukee.” Michael Pink began his artistic directorship of Milwaukee Ballet in 2002. He’s the company’s longest-serving artistic director. Pink trained as a classical dancer at Great Britain’s Royal Ballet School and danced with English National Ballet from 1975-’85. He was the founding director of Ballet Central in London and associate artistic director of Northern Ballet. His own ballets are performed internationally.
OPENING: Machina Persona (World Premiere) COOPERATIVE PERFORMANCE April TBA
Peter & Wendy (Family Friendly) MILWAUKEE YOUTH THEATRE April 3-5
Revisiting the classic tale of Peter Pan, playwright Jeremy Bloom presents a stripped down, atmospheric meditation on the hardships and realities of growing up. Audience members join Peter, Wendy, Tinker Bell and Tiger Lily as they venture through the island of Neverland, encountering and narrowly evading the dastardly Captain Hook along the way. Directed by Greg Davis, a cast of children ages 10 to 18 star in this whimsical and heartfelt production. (Elizabeth Janowski)
God of Carnage (Student Production) CARTHAGE COLLEGE THEATRE (STUDIO SERIES) April 4-6
August, Osage County SUNSET PLAYHOUSE (STUDIO SERIES) April 4-7
Shooting Star THIRD AVENUE PLAYHOUSE April 4-20
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How to Write a New Book for the Bible NEXT ACT THEATRE April 4-28
“The premise is that The Bible is not so much a book of rules but a story of family,” says director David Cecsarini. “Our narrator (the playwright Bill Cain) sets out to add his family’s story to the record. As a young, skeptical Jesuit priest, he’s wrestling with big questions of spirituality. Writing his family’s love story brings him closer to the answers he seeks. The form of the play is fluid, much like memory.” (John Schneider)
Virginia Repertory Theater: Stuart Little (Family Friendly) SCHAUER ARTS AND ACTIVITIES CENTER April 5
The Last Cyclist (Student Production) CARDINAL STRITCH UNIVERSITY THEATRE April 5-14
The Rivals (Student Production) MARQUETTE THEATRE April 5-14
Marquette University Theatre presents an 18th-century comedy of manners with The Rivals. The titular “rivals” are actually one and the same, as the main character, Jack, pretends to be a poor soldier to court the romantic Lydia. But, when his father arranges his marriage to Lydia, Jack’s two identities become rivals for the woman’s heart. Misunderstandings and lack of communication are the main sources of laughter in this student-driven production. (Jean-Gabriel Fernandez)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe RACINE THEATRE GUILD April 5-14
Tartuffe VILLAGE PLAYHOUSE April 5-21
Village Playhouse is used to performing classical masterpieces in their venue in West Allis. It is no surprise, then, that they’re producing Tartuffe. The play is one of the greatest theatrical comedies of all time, telling the story of a rich family under the influence of a con man pretending to speak with divine authority. Written in the 17th century by French playwright Molière, initially heavily censored, Tartuffe is a keen social satire denouncing hypocrisy and the folly of blind faith. (Jean-Gabriel Fernandez)
Just A Conversation Over Chicken and Dumplings (World Premiere) BRONZEVILLE ARTS ENSEMBLE W/ BLACK ARTS MKE April 5-7
Dedicated to illuminating the black experience in America, Milwaukee’s leading African American theater company is five years old and a resident of Black Arts MKE at the Marcus Center. Artistic director Sheri Williams Pannell directs this adaptation by Milwaukee writer Michelle Dobbs of her book “detailing moments in her family’s history (and a secret),” as Pannell SHEPHERD EXPRESS
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La Clemenza di Tito MILWAUKEE OPERA THEATRE April 6-7
The King and I MARCUS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (BROADWAY SERIES) April 9-14
Sex Please We’re Sixty MEMORIES DINNER THEATRE April 12-28
Ben Butler MILWAUKEE CHAMBER THEATRE April 12-28
The Fabulous Lipitones IN TANDEM THEATRE April 26-May 19
Tinker Bell (Family Friendly) FIRST STAGE April 26-June 2
Peter Pan’s story never ages. That is why First Stage, Milwaukee’s children’s theater company, is offering a new take on it from the perspective of Tinker Bell, Pan’s trusty fairy companion, using puppetry and original music. The play, adapted by playwright Patrick Flynn, is suggested for children aged 6-17. Tinker Bell focuses on the fairy’s feelings throughout the story—she’s so small she can feel only one emotion at a time—and the meaning of friendship. (Jean-Gabriel Fernandez)
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The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System (Family Friendly) UW-WHITEWATER YOUNG AUDITORIUM
April 28
Two Trains Running MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER (POWERHOUSE THEATER)
April 4-7
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Deal Breaker (StorySlam) EX FABULA APRIL 17 Call Me Ishmael OFF THE WALL THEATRE April 17-27
Dance “Genesis 2017” was among the best in the international choreographic competition’s history. So, for the first time, two of its choreographers—UK’s George Williamson and Italy’s Enrico Morelli, both winners and with contrasting styles—were invited back to create new contemporary works on company dancers. The program’s title dance is San Francisco choreographer Val Caniparoli’s widely celebrated mash-up of ballet, Bach and traditional African dance and music. Milwaukee African dance artists will advise. (John Schneider)
Between Constructions of Desire (World Premiere) MARIA GILLESPIE/THE COLLABORATORY
April 24-28
April 5-6
“The Secret Comedy of Women” MARCUS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (WILSON THEATER)
Ananya Dance Theatre: “Shaatranga: Women Weaving Worlds” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER
Spamalot SUNSET PLAYHOUSE April 25-May 12
Flora the Red Menace (Student Production) CARTHAGE COLLEGE THEATRE April 26-May 4
Wonderful Town FALLS PATIO PLAYERS April 26 – May 5 S P R I N G A RT S G U I D E
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Lambarena (World Premieres) MILWAUKEE BALLET
Invader! I Hardly Know Her (Student Production) UWM THEATRE KENILWORTH 508 SERIES
April 25-28
HANDMADE FOR HOME
April 9 and 11
“Springdances” (Student Production) UWM PECK SCHOOL OF THE ARTS DANCE April 25-28
World premieres by dance faculty Maria Gillespie, Daniel Burkholder, Mair Culbreth and Bachelor of Fine Arts alumna and Danceworks artist Gina Laurenzi, and a newly commissioned work by guest artist Melanie George grace this major dance department concert. “The choreographers will reimagine space, time, sound and embodied storytelling to usher in a new era of hope,” Gillespie says.
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springartsguide’19 “They’ll excavate our histories, the present and auspicious futures to create new works to orient us in a fractured world.” (John Schneider)
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St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (914 E. Knapp St.) is the venue. Frankly Music brings instrumental quartet Brooklyn Rider to Milwaukee for a concert that explores the healing properties of music, which have been recognized since ancient Greece. Music of Ludwig van Beethoven—as well as new works by Reena Esmail, Gabriela Lena Frank, Matana Roberts and others—is on tap to soothe the proverbial soul. (John Jahn)
April 26
The HeART of War (World Premiere) LAKE ARTS PROJECT April 27-28
Lake Arts Project joins high school artists of every sort with professional artists to create original multidisciplinary performances. For its sixth annual concert at Danceworks Studio, founders Karl von Rabenau and Jenny Miller of Milwaukee Ballet School and Academy teams MBSA and Milwaukee Alliance School students with choreographer Adam McKinney of DNAWorks, an organization devoted to art therapy and social justice; Feast of Crispian, the Milwaukee theatre of recovering military veterans that uses Shakespeare as guide; and a group of distinguished pros. (John Schneider)
Music Mary Bridget Davies: A Night with Janis Joplin THRASHER OPERA HOUSE April 5
“Classics in Bloom” WISCONSIN PHILHARMONIC W/ ANDREW RUSSO April 7
What’s more appropriate for the Shepherd’s Spring Arts Guide than a concert given by a fine orchestra filled with majestic, ebullient, sunny music? The largest work on the program is the magnificent Symphony No.2 in D Major, Op. 43, by Jean Sibelius—here in a Wisconsin Philharmonic/Maestro Alexander Platt debut performance. Other great works include Dmitri Shostakovich’s Festive Overture, Hans Zimmer’s Theme from Gladiator and Franz Liszt’s dramatic Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat Major. At the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center, 19805 W. Capitol Drive. (John Jahn)
April 8
“Profound Meditations: Haydn’s Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross” PHILOMUSICA QUARTET April 8
“The 5 Browns” SHARON LYNN WILSON CENTER FOR THE ARTS April 12
“Opera After Dark” FLORENTINE OPERA @ THE CENTER SERIES April 12-13
“Mystical Arts of Tibet: Sacred Music, Sacred Dance” EARLY MUSIC NOW April 13
Early Music Now’s motto, “Across BordersAcross Time,” has never stretched as far as in this concert by the monks of the Drepung Loseling Monastery. The ensemble has become a cultural embassy for Tibet, and their multi-millennial old repertoire makes the early music of Europe sound like last year’s hit parade. (David Luhrssen)
JigJam IRISH CULTURAL AND HERITAGE CENTER April 13
The Kruger Brothers THRASHER OPERA HOUSE April 13
the most part, fairly modern and somewhat obscure. Compositions range from the late-19 century to just a few decades ago. These include the Fantasie for Violin and Piano, D. 934, by Franz Schubert; Cello Sonata No. 2, H. 286 (1941), by Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů; Sonate pour Violon et Violoncelle, Op. 73 (1922), by Maurice Ravel; and American composer Paul Schoenfield’s Café Music (1986). (John Jahn)
“Growing Place: A Visual Study of Urban Farming” GROHMANN MUSEUM
The James Hunter Six THRASHER OPERA HOUSE
March 15-April 28
“De Waart Conducts Mahler” MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Through May 12
“Fanfare and Finale” MILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Through May 12
“Bernstein Centennial Celebration” BACH CHAMBER CHOIR
Through May 19
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April 28 and May 5
The April concert is at St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church, 7845 N. River Road in River Hills; the May concert is at Congregation Shalom, 7630 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Fox Point. Both will be focused on the choral music of the great American composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein (1918-’90). His finest works include West Side Story, Peter Pan, Candide, Wonderful Town, On the Town, On the Waterfront and his epic Mass. (John Jahn)
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Through April 28
“72nd Annual Ozaukee County Art Show & Gallery of Student Art” CEDARBURG CULTURAL CENTER “Bouguereau & America” MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM “Featured Artist: John Kearney” WUSTUM MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS “Alexis Rockman: The Great Lakes Cycle” HAGGERTY MUSEUM OF ART “Ralph Steiner: The City” HAGGERTY MUSEUM OF ART Through May 19
“Selections from Keith Haring’s Construction Fence” HAGGERTY MUSEUM OF ART Through May 19
“Handmade for Home: The Craft of Contemporary Design” MUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART Through May 19
Through April 6
“Moving Images: British Royal Portraiture and the Circulation of Ideas” VILLA TERRACE DECORATIVE ARTS MUSEUM
“Melissa Dorn & Kate E. Schaffer: Fine China” SHARON LYNN WILSON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
“Freddy Hernandez: Mas De Mil-Walk-Aqui” LATINO ARTS
CONTINUING: Jeff Morin WALKER’S POINT CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Through June 2
The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross PHILOMUSICA STRING QUARTET
“Oconomowoc Chamber Orchestra Spring Concert” OCONOMOWOC ARTS CENTER
Through April 13
Through June 7
“Fusion: Contemporary Enamels from RAM’s Collection” RACINE ART MUSEUM
The Seven Last Words is an orchestral work by Joseph Haydn, commissioned in 1786 for the Good Friday service at Oratorio de la Santa Cueva in Cádiz, Spain. He later wrote a fascinating (and seldom performed) adaptation of its main themes for string quartet, which (despite the tile) is in nine movements. It is that version that Philomusica performs at the Center for Arts and Performance, Schwan Concert Hall, 8815 W. Wisconsin Ave. (John Jahn)
“Forward 2018: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now” CHARLES ALLIS ART MUSEUM
“Black Violin 2019” MARCUS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (WILSON THEATRE)
Through April 14
Through July 7
“Peter Dahlke: Dream Spaces” MUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART
“From Nature: Contemporary Artists and Organic Materials” RACINE ART MUSEUM
April 8
April 14
April 20
“Spring Concert: Schubert, Martinů, Ravel, Schoenfield” PROMETHEUS TRIO
April 22-23
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Through April 16
“Watercolor Wisconsin” WUSTUM MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS Through April 20
Through July 7
“Apartment 4: Iris Häussler and the Chipstone Foundation” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER Through June 16
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springartsguide’19 “Mary Nohl and The Walrus Club” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER Through June 23
“Rogues Gallery: Wilde about the Theater” SCHAUER ARTS AND ACTIVITIES CENTER Through June 23
Sara Cwynar MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM Through July 21
“Scott Reeder: B-Side of the Moon” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER Through Aug. 4
“Raise Your Glass (Goblets): Recent Acquisitions from Alan and Barbara Boroff and the Kohler Foundation, Inc.” RACINE ART MUSEUM Through July 21
“Treasure Trove: Establishing Jewelry and Metal Archives at RAM” RACINE ART MUSEUM Through Aug. 4
“Saya Woolfalk: Visionary Reality Outpost” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER Through Aug. 18
“Mark Baum: Collective Consciousness” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER Through Sept. 1
“Represent: Exploring Portraits from RAM’s Collection” RACINE ART MUSEUM Through Sept. 1
“The Autotopographers” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER Through Sept. 15
OPENING: “Catherine Lottes: A Mirror to the Soul of Nature” ALFONS GALLERY April 7-June 2
Milwaukee-based artist Catherine Lottes’ professional art career began with a series of public art pieces commissioned by the
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city and county. She is now most known for her symmetrical, kaleidoscope-esque pieces that are created by mirroring images from her nature photographs. The works are inspired by the spiritual aspects of being among the trees, as well as a sense of balance and harmony that comes with symmetry. The exhibition opens with an artist conversation with Lottes. (Rob Hullum)
“10th Annual International PEEPS Art Exhibition” RACINE ART MUSEUM April 11-28
RAM’s unconventionally saccharine showcase of art inspired by or composed of PEEPS, the signature, chick-shaped marshmallow treat, celebrates its 10th year this upcoming spring. Boasting a collection of imaginative paintings, sculptures, quilts and multimedia art pieces featuring the seasonal sugar-coated candy, museum-goers are encouraged to nominate their favorite works for the coveted title of PEEPles Choice. (Elizabeth Janowski)
MIAD 2019 Senior Exhibition (Student Production) MILWAUKEE INSTITUTE OF ART AND DESIGN April 19-May 11
Charles Radtke MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM April 19-Aug. 25
“Wisconsin Regional Art Program: Amateur artists from SE Wisconsin” OCONOMOWOC ARTS CENTER April 20-May 18
“Jon Horvath & Hans Gindlesberger” SHARON LYNN WILSON CENTER FOR THE ARTS April 22-June 8
Featured Member Exhibition: Conhg Lopez WALKER’S POINT CENTER FOR THE ARTS April 26-July 6
Every year since 2012, Walker’s Point Center for the Performing Arts (WPCA) has selected four artists to participate in small scale, 10-week solo exhibitions at the gallery. This spring’s featured artist is Conhg Lopez, a Milwaukee-based multi-disciplinary artist who recently presented 2-D artwork at the WPCA’s Dia de los Muertos exhibition. Lopez also participated in WPCA’s 31 Emerge event in December 2017, an exhibition showcasing 31 of Milwaukee’s best up-andcoming artists. (Rob Hullum)
JAN 18 - APRIL 20
Fine Art
SELECTION OF 6,000 ARTWORKS
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CONTINUING: Wonderful Town FALLS PATIO PLAYERS Through May 5
Two Trains Running MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER (POWERHOUSE THEATER) Through May 12
Spamalot SUNSET PLAYHOUSE Through May 12
The Fabulous Lipitones IN TANDEM THEATRE April 26-May 19
Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATRE (STACKNER CABARET) Through May 26 Simone Ferro PHOTO BY MEREDITH W WATTS
Simone Ferro “Milwaukee is a small big city where dance expands its potential daily. It is enough to be involved with the dance community in Milwaukee to realize that there is some dance-related event taking place in the city virtually every week. Milwaukee has a highly dynamic and vibrant community, and it offers affordable performance spaces that support diversity, experimentation and innovation. “The audience environment in the city is willing to embrace multiple and cross-disciplinary creative projects across a plethora of movement practices and cultural forms. There is a wealth of diverse dance forms and styles in the city that often blend seamlessly into new creative work. “Because of its status as a middle-sized city with a scarcity of funds for the arts, the Milwaukee dance community has developed many cooperative enterprises and embraces collegial support with its creative artists and its audiences. This richness in the Milwaukee dance world gives it a strong foundation to maintain and build its breadth and depth in the city.” Brazilian-born and a professional dancer in South America and Europe before moving to the U.S. for graduate school in Iowa, Simone Ferro joined the UW-Milwaukee Dance Department in 2001 as its Master of Fine Arts program director. This is her second year as department chair and as president of the Wisconsin Dance Council. She writes that she is “a strong advocate for the coexistence of social justice and the arts.” With her students, she’s studying the human history of Milwaukee’s Sherman Park neighborhood and bringing that research to bear on their dance work.
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Tinker Bell (Family Friendly) FIRST STAGE Through June 2
OPENING: The Children’s Hour (Student Production) UWM THEATRE DEPARTMENT May 1-5
Enchanted April WINDFALL THEATRE May 2-18
Miranda Richardson and Joan Plowright were among the stars of the Golden Globe-winning 1991 film based on a 1922 novel. Windfall closes its season with the charming story about Englishwomen—suffering from the effects of post-World War I, their relationships with their husbands and the oppressiveness of their lives—who decide they want to break away by taking a trip to Italy. (David Luhrssen)
The Giver WAUKESHA CIVIC THEATRE May 2-19
Stella and Lou BOULEVARD THEATRE May 3-May 26
Older characters too rarely take on the mantle of main characters. With Stella and Lou, a play by Bruce Graham about aging and loneliness,
Boulevard Theatre aims to put senior citizens in the spotlight. Lou is a recently widowed bar owner, Stella is an old friend, and both meet after the death of a regular patron. Experienced director David Ferrie, who has directed shows like The Memory of Water, will direct this intimate tavern drama. (Jean-Gabriel Fernandez)
Love’s Labor’s Lost (Student Production) UW-PARKSIDE THEATRE May 3-12
Come from Away MARCUS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (BROADWAY SERIES) May 7-12
The Miracle Worker FIRST STAGE (YOUNG COMPANY) May 10-19
9 to 5, the Musical RACINE THEATRE GUILD May 10-26
Musicals don’t get much more crowd-pleasing than this adaptation of the hit 1980 Jane Fonda/Lily Tomlin/Dolly Parton comedy about three women who kidnap their brutish boss, then set out to make their office a fairer, more equitable workplace in his absence. The story is fun enough, but the real draw is the soundtrack, which includes new songs Parton wrote for the show. (Evan Rytlewski)
Once Upon A Mattress, Jr. (Family Friendly) SUNSET PLAYHOUSE May 12-13
American Girl Live MARCUS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (WILSON THEATER) May 14-19
Wanted: Fairy Godmother (Family Friendly) SUNSET PLAYHOUSE May 15-18
The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey THIRD AVENUE PLAYHOUSE May 16-June 9
Kiss Me, Kate SKYLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE May 17-June 9
Passions certainly do run high both onstage and off as a tempestuous couple struggles to present a musical version of William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Blending The Bard’s irreverent humor of William Shakespeare and Kate’s creator, the great Cole Porter, this brilliant battle of the sexes won the SHEPHERD EXPRESS
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Forgiveness (AllStars) EX FABULA
“UWM Symphony Orchestra Season Finale” (Student Production) UWM PECK SCHOOL OF THE ARTS MUSIC DEPARTMENT
May 18
May 3
Winston Churchill: The Blitz OCONOMOWOC ARTS CENTER
The Paul Thorn Band THRASHER OPERA HOUSE
very first Tony Award for Best Musical and is considered one of Broadway’s great treasures. (John Jahn)
May 18
May 3 and 4
Side Show SUNSET PLAYHOUSE (STUDIO SERIES)
“Spring Masterworks Concert —Season Finale” RACINE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
May 30-June 2
Are You Drunk, Your Majesty? (World Premiere) MILWAUKEE METRO VOICES May 30-June 9
Dance Away from the Mirror (Student Production) CARTHAGE COLLEGE DANCE May 10-11
A Midsummer Night’s Dream MILWAUKEE BALLET May 30-June 2
Music
Experience a World of Performance…right here in Cedarburg.
GENTRI: The Gentlemen Trio
Saturday, March 2, 2019 | 7:30 pm | $50 www.gentrimusic.com
Cherish The Ladies
Saturday, March 23, 2019 | 7:30 pm | $50 www.cherishtheladies.com
May 4
The RSO wraps up its 2018-’19 performing season with some delightful works spanning centuries, as well as a performance by the winner of the orchestra’s 2019 Young Artist Competition. Featured works include Christoph Willibald Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice Overture; Henryk Wieniawski’s Romance (featuring Maestro Pasquale Laurino as soloist); and Josef Haydn’s Symphony in B-Flat Major, Hob. I/102. (John Jahn)
“Bernstein Centennial Celebration” BACH CHAMBER CHOIR
Frankie Moreno
Friday, May 3, 2019 | 7:30 pm | $45 www.frankiemoreno.com
www.cedarburgpac.com | 262.376.6161
May 5
“Rhapsody and Romance: Legends of the Piano” FESTIVAL CITY SYMPHONY May 5
Frankie Moreno CEDARBURG PERFORMING ARTS CENTER May 3
“Jubilation! Mozart and Lauridsen” KETTLE MORAINE SYMPHONY May 5
OF BERNSTEIN CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION Sunday, April 28 • 3 pm
St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church 7845 N. River Road River Hills
Sunday, May 5 • 3 pm
Congregation Shalom 7630 N. Santa Monica Blvd. Fox Point TICKETS: $17 Advance • $18 Door $10 for students, $1 discount for seniors
(414) 319-9816 www.bachchoirmilwaukee.com S P R I N G A RT S G U I D E
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“All-Night Vigil” BEL CANTO CHORUS
This concert at the Pabst Theater features Milwaukee pianist Jeannie Yu in the rarely heard Piano Concerto No. 1 of Frédéric Chopin. The music of another piano virtuoso, Franz Liszt, provides a fiery, romantic contrast to gentle Chopin via his Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 and his epic tone poem, Les Preludes. (John Jahn)
Making Movies LATINO ARTS
“Girls’ Night Out!” WAUKESHA CHORAL UNION
May 17
May 5
May 5
“From Vivaldi to Beatles!” MILWAUKEE MUSAIK May 6
The Wisconsin Conservatory of Music (1584 N. Prospect Ave.) is the apropos site to hear Milwaukee Musaik’s fine instrumentalists as well as their special guest, guitarist Rene Izquierdo, for a diverse program of chamber works. Pieces to be performed range in composition from the 18th through late 20th centuries: Wolfgang Mozart’s Oboe Quartet in F Major; Astor Piazzolla’s L’Histoire du Tango for flute and guitar; Héctor Villa-Lobos’ Sexteto Místico; Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto for Guitar and Strings in D Major; and John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s From Yesterday to Penny Lane. (John Jahn)
“Spring Pajama Jamboree: Songs With and Without Words” FESTIVAL CITY SYMPHONY May 8
May 17
May 17
“Ranky Tanky” SHARON LYNN WILSON CENTER FOR THE ARTS “85th Anniversary Concert” FLORENTINE OPERA May 17-19
“Borodin’s String Quartet No. 2 and other works” PHILOMUSICA QUARTET May 20
“Progressions May Melodies” MILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA May 22
“Kahane Plays & Conducts” MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA May 24-25
Visual Art
CONTINUING:
May 9
MIAD 2019 Senior Exhibition (Student Exhibit) MILWAUKEE INSTITUTE OF ART AND DESIGN
“North // South: Rimsky-Korsakov, Mozart” CONCORD CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
“Bouguereau & America” MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM
“Symphony & Song” (Student Production) CARDINAL STRITCH UNIVERSITY
May 11
Session Americana THRASHER OPERA HOUSE May 11
Through May 11
Through May 12
“Featured Artist: John Kearney” WUSTUM MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS Through May 12
“Selections from Keith Haring’s Construction Fence” HAGGERTY MUSEUM OF ART
Sara Cwynar MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM
“Handmade for Home: The Craft of Contemporary Design” MUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART
“Raise Your Glass (Goblets): Recent Acquisitions from Alan and Barbara Boroff and the Kohler Foundation, Inc.” RACINE ART MUSEUM
Through May 19
Through May 19
“Catherine Lottes: A Mirror to the Soul of Nature” ALFONS GALLERY Through June 2
“Moving Images: British Royal Portraiture and the Circulation of Ideas” VILLA TERRACE DECORATIVE ARTS MUSEUM
“Treasure Trove: Establishing Jewelry and Metal Archives at RAM” RACINE ART MUSEUM
Through June 2
“Jon Horvath & Hans Gindlesberger” SHARON LYNN WILSON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Charles Radtke MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM
Through June 7
Through June 8
“Apartment 4: Iris Häussler and the Chipstone Foundation” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER Through June 16
“Mary Nohl and The Walrus Club” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER Through June 23
“Rogues Gallery: Wilde about the Theater” SCHAUER ARTS AND ACTIVITIES CENTER Through June 23
Conhg Lopez WALKER’S POINT CENTER FOR THE ARTS
“Alexis Rockman: The Great Lakes Cycle” HAGGERTY MUSEUM OF ART
Through July 7
“Ralph Steiner: The City” HAGGERTY MUSEUM OF ART
Through July 7
“All Our Own” WE SIX JAZZ QUARTET May 16
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Through May 19
Through May 19
Through Aug. 4
“Saya Woolfalk: Visionary Reality Outpost” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER
“Evening of Chamber Music” (Faculty Recital) CARDINAL STRITCH UNIVERSITY May 13
Through Aug. 4
“Freddy Hernandez: Mas De Mil-Walk-Aqui” LATINO ARTS
“Wisconsin Regional Art Program: Amateur artists from SE Wisconsin” OCONOMOWOC ARTS CENTER Through May 18
Through July 21
“Scott Reeder: B-Side of the Moon” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER
“Season Finale: Schoenberg, Mendelssohn” FRANKLY MUSIC May 13
Through July 21
Through July 6
“Fusion: Contemporary Enamels from RAM’s Collection” RACINE ART MUSEUM “From Nature: Contemporary Artists and Organic Materials” RACINE ART MUSEUM
Through Aug. 18
Through Aug. 25
“Mark Baum: Collective Consciousness” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER Through Sept. 1
“Represent: Exploring Portraits from RAM’s Collection” RACINE ART MUSEUM Through Sept. 1
“The Autotopographers” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER Through Sept. 15
OPENING: “Patrick Doughman & Friends: Bruce Hustad, Tom Kulala & Vicki Reed” CEDARBURG CULTURAL CENTER May 2-June 2
“Equine Celebration: The High Energy of The Horse— The Art of Chuck Weber” Cedarburg Cultural Center May 2-June 2
“Racine Unified Art Exhibition 2019” WUSTUM MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS May 5-25
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JUNE
Joelle Worm
Theatre
CONTINUING: Tinker Bell (Family Friendly) FIRST STAGE
“When I think of the current state of dance in Milwaukee, I can’t help but think of things that are no longer here and have left voids. For an independent modern/contemporary dance artist like me, a few of those things are these: “Alverno Presents was a vital link to the outside world, or at least some portion of it. Milwaukee has little in terms of outside influence for high-caliber, contemporary, new-genre works. There are much larger shows brought in by the Marcus Center, The Rep or even Sharon Lynne Wilson, but virtually nothing of the experimental—with the exception of what Polly Morris can mix in out at the Lynden Sculpture Garden. “While Dance Revolution MKE may have turned their efforts to Milwaukee Fringe, their MKE Follies series provided regular presenting opportunities in a variety of venues for Milwaukee’s independent and emerging dance people. While the Danceworks Get It Out There (GIOT) series may have borrowed its format from MKE Follies, it seems to be missing the culture of grit that that series provided with its changing venues, spare lighting options, etc. MKE Follies did not pretend to have sheen, but it had intimacy and rawness. “The Danceworks Art to Art series provided a middle ground between the ‘everyone’s in’ ethos of MKE Follies/GIOT and the fully produced seasons of Danceworks and Wild Space. It had an application process; it came with mandatory in-process critique and culminated in a fully produced evening. Danceworks certainly supports independents by providing affordable theater rental and rehearsal space, but it does not provide the artistic process support that was built into Art to Art. Those concerts may have been inconsistent, but they provided a stepping stone and conversation around the creation of work that is vital for artists. “Some new developments have cropped up that attempt to corral and convene some parts of the community. Milwaukee Dance Theater Network (MDTN) tries to gather artistic directors and independent dance and dance/theater artists to discuss needs and support the project ideas of its mostly white and upper-middle-class members. It has created a website that, in the very least, provides a single space to learn what else is out there in dance besides the Milwaukee Ballet, Danceworks and Wild Space. I am skeptical that MDTN has made much traction outside of its membership due to the volunteer nature of the organizers and the scarce resources that come from its members’ dues. “I helped bring The Field New York’s new work development process [Fieldwork] to Milwaukee; but
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Through June 2
Side Show SUNSET PLAYHOUSE (STUDIO SERIES)
Through June 2
Are You Drunk, Your Majesty? (World Premiere) MILWAUKEE METRO VOICES Joelle Worm PHOTO BY DEFACTO PHOTO
again, the volunteer nature of administering the program makes it hard to sustain over time. Without a neutral home whose mission it is to support a multi-disciplinary and cross-institutional undertaking like Fieldwork, it sometimes feels too easy to not organize and lead a session.
Through June 9
Kiss Me, Kate SKYLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE Through June 9
The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey THIRD AVENUE PLAYHOUSE Through June 9
“When I turn my sights to the graduates churned out by UW-Milwaukee’s Dance Department, I become keenly aware of what our university-trained dancers are doing after graduation. Many of them still flee to the coasts—New York City and, more recently, Los Angeles due to the connections Maria Gillespie has provided. But others look to similar-size (but more robust) or slightly larger cities like Minneapolis, Seattle, Chicago and Philadelphia. What this tells me (and I have felt this as a dancer moving here from a larger city), is that Milwaukee lacks opportunities to continue training and investigating a variety of dance practices beyond the university.
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“Finally, Milwaukee does not have enough dance criticism. There are reviews that describe what happened, but not much to help gauge quality or aesthetic difference. We usually know when a company does a better (or worse) job of being themselves, but for some reason, we’re not willing to put it in writing—maybe because we are so ‘Midwest nice?’ How are we even growing a next generation of dance writers?”
June 6-23
Milwaukee native Joelle Worm is an independent dance artist and educator at UW-Milwaukee, founder of The Field Milwaukee, performer with Maria Gillespie and the choreographic improvisation group HyperlocalMKE and with New York City’s choreographic improvisation company De Facto Dance. She spent nine years dancing with small companies in NYC and administering arts education programming in New York Public Schools. As a member of Cre8Mke, she works to restore arts curriculum to Milwaukee Public Schools. With Imagine MKE, she works to advance the city’s arts by helping artists survive economically, and she’s a founding member of Milwaukee Dance Theatre Network.
“One Act Festival” (World Premieres) COOPERATIVE PERFORMANCE June TBA
Romeo and Juliet SUMMIT PLAYERS June TBA
Leading Ladies SUNSET PLAYHOUSE But Why Bump Off Barnaby? WAUKESHA CIVIC THEATRE June 6-23
Not Dead Yet MILWAUKEE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP June 7-22
Written by Andrew Peterson, Not Dead Yet is described as a “quirky, dark and absurd murder-mystery play.” To make things even more tantalizing, MKE Entertainment Group says, “We’d tell you ahead of time the name of the famous director who’s coming to the Brumder Mansion, but we’d have to kill you. Trust us, you’ve heard of him.” (John Jahn)
The Ransom of Red Chief COMPANY OF STRANGERS June 7-15
“34th Annual Original One Act Festival” VILLAGE PLAYHOUSE June 7-23
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Suzannah Hayden needs more help on the home front than she’s getting from her husband, Gibby. Enter Beth Bailey, Suzannah’s newly hired assistant. Beth explodes into the Hayden household and whips it into a well-run machine. There’s a problem, though. In order to make things in the Hayden home run completely smoothly, Beth determines that Gibby must go! See what’s all at “steak” here in this dinner-theater comedy. (John Jahn)
Irma La Douce OFF THE WALL THEATRE June 12-23
Off the Wall describes this French musical with music by Marguerite Monnot and lyrics and book by Alexandre Breffort as “the beloved Broadway hit musical about a Parisian hooker with a heart of gold.” Alicia Rice stars with 10 multi-talented male actors in this production promising “wonderful comedy and beautiful songs.” In this musical play, a poor law student, Nestor le Fripé, falls in love with the title character and becomes jealous of her clients. He comes up with a creative plot to win her love. (John Jahn)
We Like It Where? (World Premiere) NORTHERN SKY THEATER June 12-August 24
Dairy Heirs NORTHERN SKY THEATER June 14-August 23
A Trick of the Light (World Premiere) PENINSULA PLAYERS June 18-July 7
Windjammers NORTHERN SKY THEATER June 18-August 20
The Dig THIRD AVENUE PLAYHOUSE June 27-July 20
Milwaukee playwright Marie Kohler’s newest play receives its world premiere at TAP’s Studio Theatre, Door County’s only yearround professional theatre and a home for Milwaukee artists. Kohler’s play is described as the story of a businesswoman compelled by an international inquiry to investigate the origin of an ancient pot that was her brother’s. This leads to an S P R I N G A RT S G U I D E
understanding and acceptance of the brother’s transformative psychological breakdown on an archeological dig in Lebanon 30 years earlier. (John Schneider)
Dance
CONTINUING: A Midsummer Night’s Dream MILWAUKEE BALLET Through June 2
Music “Spring Concert” CHANT CLAIRE CHAMBER CHOIR June 1
“Passport to Summer” MILWAUKEE FESTIVAL BRASS June 1
“StalheimTime Finale” PRESENT MUSIC June 1
Kevin Stalheim founded Present Music in the early ’80s and has guided the world-acclaimed contemporary and recent music ensemble with his eclectic taste. His core idea: Difficult music can be fun. Stalheim is retiring as music director after this season’s closing concert, but Present Music has already laid plans for continuing without its founder. (David Luhrssen)
“A Night at the Oper(etta)” MASTER SINGERS OF MILWAUKEE June 1-2
“French Masters” MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA June 7-8
Carmina Burana MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA June 21-23
California Guitar Trio THRASHER OPERA HOUSE June 28
“Mendelssohn & Mahler” MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA June 28-29
Visual Art
CONTINUING: “Catherine Lottes: A Mirror to the Soul of Nature” ALFONS GALLERY Through June 2
“Moving Images: British Royal Portraiture and the Circulation of Ideas” VILLA TERRACE DECORATIVE ARTS MUSEUM Through June 2
“Patrick Doughman & Friends: Bruce Hustad, Tom Kulala & Vicki Reed” CEDARBURG CULTURAL CENTER Through June 2
“Equine Celebration: The High Energy of The Horse—The Art of Chuck Weber” CEDARBURG CULTURAL CENTER Through June 2
“Freddy Hernandez: Mas De Mil-Walk-Aqui” LATINO ARTS Through June 7
“Jon Horvath & Hans Gindlesberger” SHARON LYNN WILSON CENTER FOR THE ARTS Through June 8
“Apartment 4: Iris Häussler and the Chipstone Foundation” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER Through June 16
“Mary Nohl and The Walrus Club” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER Through June 23
“Rogues Gallery: Wilde about the Theater” SCHAUER ARTS AND ACTIVITIES CENTER Through June 23
Conhg Lopez WALKER’S POINT CENTER FOR THE ARTS
“Fusion: Contemporary Enamels from RAM’s Collection” RACINE ART MUSEUM
OPENING:
“From Nature: Contemporary Artists and Organic Materials” RACINE ART MUSEUM
June 1-Sept. 8
Through July 7
Through July 7
Sara Cwynar MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM Through July 21
“Raise Your Glass (Goblets): Recent Acquisitions from Alan and Barbara Boroff and the Kohler Foundation, Inc.” RACINE ART MUSEUM Through July 21
“Scott Reeder: B-Side of the Moon” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER Through Aug. 4
“Treasure Trove: Establishing Jewelry and Metal Archives at RAM” RACINE ART MUSEUM Through Aug. 4
“Saya Woolfalk: Visionary Reality Outpost” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER Through Aug. 18
Charles Radtke MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM Through Aug. 25
“Mark Baum: Collective Consciousness” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER Through Sept. 1
“Represent: Exploring Portraits from RAM’s Collection” RACINE ART MUSEUM Through Sept. 1
“The Autotopographers” JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER Through Sept. 15
“Among the Wonders of the Dells: Photography, Place, Tourism” MUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART Between its breathtaking views, majestic sandstone formations and gaudy waterparks, the Wisconsin Dells have been a popular tourist destination for over a century. This exhibit tells the story of how the Dells became the leisure hub it is today through new and historical photographs, while examining shifts in tourist habits and the often-insensitive appropriation of Native American culture that still runs rampant around the Dells. (Evan Rytlewski)
“Racine Art Guild Juried Exhibition 2019” WUSTUM MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS June 8-Aug. 10
“RAM Community Art Exhibition” WUSTUM MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS June 8-Aug. 10
“Marc Chagall: Le Cirque” JEWISH MUSEUM MILWAUKEE June 13-Sept. 8
“James Nares: Moves” MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM June 14-Oct. 6
“Suzanne Schreiber: Quiet Spaces” ALFONS GALLERY June 16-July 28
“S. Barbara Cervenka, O.P.: 1,000 Cranes for Iraq” ALFONS GALLERY June 16-July 28
“James Barany: Amalgamated Anthropologies” SHARON LYNN WILSON CENTER FOR THE ARTS June 17-Aug. 3
“Big Idea VII” (Student Exhibit) LATINO ARTS June 27-Aug. 23
Through July 6
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414-744-5995 acaciatheatre.com
ALFONS GALLERY
414-808-3745 alfonsgallery.org
CEDARBURG CULTURAL CENTER
262-375-3676 cedarburgculturalcenter.org
CEDARBURG PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
ALL IN PRODUCTIONS
262-376-6161 cedarburgpac.com
APERI ANIMAM
CHANT CLAIR CHAMBER CHOIR
allin-mke.com
715-432-3256 aperianimam.com
chantclair.org
BACH CHAMBER CHOIR
CHARLES ALLIS ART MUSEUM
414-587-1624 bachchoirmilwaukee.com
BARD AND BOURBON
bardandbourbon.com
BEL CANTO CHORUS
414-481-8801 belcanto.org
BLACK ARTS MKE
414-273-7206 marcuscenter.org/residents/ black-arts-mke
BOULEVARD ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE
414-744-5757 milwaukeeboulevardtheatre. com
BRONZEVILLE ARTS ENSEMBLE
414-446-2731 Facebook.com/BronzevilleArtsEnsemble/
CABARET MKE
414-902-3895 cabaretmke.com
CADANCE COLLECTIVE
cadancecollective.com
CARDINAL STRITCH UNIVERSITY
414-410-4000 stritch.edu
CARROLL PLAYERS
262-524-7302 carrollplayers.weebly.com
CARTHAGE COLLEGE
262-551-8500 carthage.edu
CATEY OTT DANCE COLLECTIVE
917-324-9320 cateyott.com
414-278-8295 charlesallis.org
COMEDYSPORTZ MILWAUKEE
EX FABULA
414-530-3503 exfabula.org
FALLS PATIO PLAYERS
262-255-8372 fallspatioplayers.com
FESTIVAL CITY SYMPHONY
262-853-6085 festivalcitysymphony.org
FIRST STAGE
262-334-3469 kmsymphony.org
mkedancetheatrenetwork@ gmail.com
KO-THI DANCE COMPANY
MILWAUKEE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
414-273-0676 ko-thi.org
LAKE ARTS PROJECT
414-388-9104 milwaukeeentertainmentgroup.com
LATINO ARTS
MILWAUKEE FESTIVAL BRASS
lakeartsproject.com
414-384-3100 latinoartsinc.org
414-423-9760 mfbrass.org
FLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY
luminoustheatre.com
LUMINOUS THEATRE
MILWAUKEE INSTITUTE OF ART & DESIGN (MIAD)
414-291-5700 florentineopera.org
FRANKLY MUSIC
414-940-8770 franklymusic.org
COMPANY OF STRANGERS
GREENDALE COMMUNITY THEATRE
CONCORD CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
414-817-7600 greendalecommunitytheatre. weebly.com
GROHMANN MUSEUM
LYNDEN SCULPTURE GARDEN
414-446-8794 lyndensculpturegarden.org
MARIA GILLESPIE/THE COLLABORATORY
mkedancetheatrenetwork.org/ gillespie
MARCUS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
414-778-1940 mmvoices.org
MILWAUKEE MUSAIK
414-881-9900 milwaukeemusaik.org
MILWAUKEE COMEDY
milwaukeecomedy.com
HAGGERTY MUSEUM OF ART
MARQUETTE THEATRE
414-288-7504 marquette.edu/theatre
262-490-3401 milwaukeeoperatheatre.org
HYPERLOCAL MKE
MASTER SINGERS OF MILWAUKEE
MILWAUKEE PUBLIC THEATRE
414-324-0037 cooperativeperformance.org
hyperlocalmke.com
DANCECIRCUS
414-271-1371 intandemtheatre.org
414-277-8151 dancecircus.org
DANCEWORKS PERFORMANCE COMPANY
414-277-8480 danceworksmke.org
DANCE REVOLUTION MILWAUKEE
414-939-3761 dancerevolutionmke.com
EARLY MUSIC NOW
IN TANDEM THEATRE IRISH CULTURAL AND HERITAGE CENTER
414-345-8800 ichc.net
JEWISH MUSEUM MILWAUKEE
414-390-5730 jewishmuseummilwaukee.org
JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ARTS CENTER
414-225-3113 earlymusicnow.org
920-458-6144 jmkac.org
ENSEMBLE MUSICAL OFFERING
KACM THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS
414-475-5061 milwaukeebaroque.org
414-221-9332 kacmtheatrical.weebly.com
262-560-3179 oasd.k12.wi.us
OFF THE WALL THEATRE
414-327-3552 zivacat.com/ OffTheWallTheatre/
OPTIMIST THEATRE OUTSKIRTS THEATRE COMPANY
THE CONSTRUCTIVISTS COOPERATIVE PERFORMANCE
OCONOMOWOC ARTS CENTER
MILWAUKEE METRO VOICES
414-273-7121 marcuscenter.org
414-288-1669 marquette.edu/haggerty/
NORTHERN SKY THEATER
920-854-6117 northernskytheater.com
262-498-5777 optimisttheatre.org
414-277-7139 msoe.edu/museum
414-858-6874 theconstructivists.org
NEXT ACT THEATRE
414-278-0765 nextact.org
414-847-3200 miad.edu
414-750-4404 concordorchestra.org
MILWAUKEE OPERA THEATRE
888-744-2226 mastersingersofmilwaukee.org
414-347-1685 milwaukeepublictheatre.org
MEMORIES DINNER THEATER
MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER
414-367-6484 outskirtstheatre.org
OVER OUR HEAD PLAYERS
262-632-6802 overourheadplayers.org
PHILOMUSICA QUARTET
414-443-8802 philomusicaquartet.com
PRESENT MUSIC
414-271-0711 presentmusic.org
PROMETHEUS TRIO
414-276-5760 wcmusic.org
QUASIMONDO PHYSICAL THEATRE
717-34Quasi quasimondo.org
262-284-6850 memoriesballroom.com
414-224-9490 milwaukeerep.com
MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM
MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
262-638-8300 ramart.org
MILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
262-636-9285 racinesymphony.org
414-224-3200 mam.org
MILWAUKEE BALLET
414-902-2103 milwaukeeballet.org
MILWAUKEE CHAMBER THEATRE
414-291-7800 chamber-theatre.com
MILWAUKEE CHILDREN’S CHOIR
414-221-7040 milwaukeechildrenschoir.org
MILWAUKEE COMEDY
milwaukeecomedy.com
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MILWAUKEE DANCE THEATRE NETWORK
414-273-7206 firststage.org
414-272-8888 comedysportzmilwaukee.com
434-221-7498 thecompanyofstrangerstheater.com
KETTLE MORAINE SYMPHONY
414-291-6010 mso.org
414-267-2950 myso.org
MILWAUKEE YOUTH THEATRE
414-390-3900 milwaukeeyouththeatre.org
MUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART
262-334-9638 wisconsinart.org
RACINE ART MUSEUM RACINE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RACINE THEATRE GUILD
Racine Children’s Theatre 262-633-4218 racinetheatre.org
REAL TIME
andreaburkholder.com/ upcoming
REDLINE MILWAUKEE
redlinemilwaukee.com
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springartsguide’19 RENAISSANCE THEATERWORKS
UW-PARKSIDE THEATRE DEPARTMENT
WALKER’S POINT CENTER FOR THE ARTS
414-291-7800 r-t-w.com
262-595-2564 uwp.edu
414-672-2787 wpca-milwaukee.org
SCHAUER ARTS & ACTIVITIES CENTER
UWM PECK SCHOOL OF THE ARTS ART & DESIGN DEPARTMENT
WAUKESHA CHORAL UNION
262-670-0560 schauercenter.org
SCULPTURE MILWAUKEE
414-229-4200 www4.uwm.edu/psoa/ artdesign
SHARON LYNNE WILSON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
UWM PECK SCHOOL OF THE ARTS DANCE DEPARTMENT
sculpturemilwaukee.com
262-781-9470 wilson-center.com
414-229-2571 www4.uwm.edu/psoa/dance
SKYLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE
UWM PECK SCHOOL OF THE ARTS MUSIC DEPARTMENT
414-291-7800 skylightmusictheatre.org
SOUTH MILWAUKEE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
414-229-5162 www4.uwm.edu/psoa/music
SOUTHWESTERN SUBURBAN SYMPHONY
414-229-3913 www4.uwm.edu/psoa/theatre
414-766-5049 southmilwaukeepac.org
414-427-9428 swssymphony.org
SUEMO: A DANCE EXPERIENCE
414-507-9432 suemodance.com
SUMMIT PLAYERS
414-803-3984 summitplayerstheatre.com
SUNSET PLAYHOUSE
262-782-4430 sunsetplayhouse.com
THEATER RED
theaterred.com
UWM PECK SCHOOL OF THE ARTS THEATRE DEPARTMENT UWM UNION ART GALLERY
414-229-6310 unionartgallery.uwm.edu
UW-WASHINGTON COUNTY
262-335-5208 washington.uwc.edu/events/ finearts.html
UW-WAUKESHA THEATRE
414-372-4255 choralunion.org
WAUKESHA CIVIC THEATRE
262-547-0708 waukeshacivictheatre.org
WE SIX JAZZ SEXTET
414-276-5760 wcmusic.org
WILD SPACE DANCE COMPANY
414-271-0307 wildspacedance.org
WINDFALL THEATRE
414-332-3963 windfalltheatre.blogspot.com
414-908-6000 wcd.org
WISCONSIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
414-276-5760 wcmusic.org
WISCONSIN PHILHARMONIC
262-547-1858 wisphil.org
UW-WHITEWATER YOUNG AUDITORIUM
WOODLAND PATTERN BOOK CENTER
414-263-5001 woodlandpattern.org
THIRD AVENUE PLAYHOUSE
414-207-4879 villageplayhouse.org
VILLAGE PLAYHOUSE
WUSTUM MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
THRASHER OPERA HOUSE
920-294-4279 thrasheroperahouse.com
TRINITY ACADEMY OF IRISH DANCE
877-326-2328 trinityirishdance.com
414-271-3656 villaterrace.org
VOICES FOUND REPERTORY
414-254-2553 voicesfoundrep.com
2220 N. Terrace Ave. Milwaukee | 414-271-3656 www.villaterrace.org
WISCONSIN CENTER DISTRICT
262-521-5212 waukesha.uwc.edu/campus/ arts/theatre
VILLA TERRACE DECORATIVE MUSEUM
FEBRUARY 28 TO JUNE 2
WESTPAC
262-472-2222 uww.edu/youngauditorium
920-743-1760 thirdavenueplayhouse.com
BRITISH ROYAL PORTRAITURE AND THE CIRCULATION OF IDEAS
262-789-6200 nbexcellence.org
THEATRE GIGANTE
414-961-6119 theatregigante.org
MOVING IMAGES
BY REINA HARDY
262-636-9177 ramart.org
MARCH 29 - APRIL 21, 2019 A National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere and RTW’s first mainstage Br!NK play, ANNIE JUMP AND THE LIBRARY OF HEAVEN is a play for all ages about finding your play in the universe and intelligent life in your neighborhood.
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