Skylight: Bill Theisen, exiting with “Porgy and Bess”
May 17th, 2013 |Gershwin’s great American opera crowns Theisen’s ninth and final year as Skylight Music Theatre’s artistic director.
Milwaukee Ballet: Power-Boating on “Swan Lake”
May 17th, 2013 |Michael Pink’s new version, though Classical in technique, moves the story along and showcases the company brilliantly.
Gullah culture, danced at UWM
May 16th, 2013 |Ferne Caulker, founder of Ko-Thi Dance Company, draws personal, artistic and academic connections to coastal Carolina African-American culture in the “Sweet Grass” show that opens Friday.
Milwaukee Ballet: Return of the Swans
May 14th, 2013 |Michael Pink takes a second look at “Swan Lake” and makes it even more his own.
Frankly Music’s maestro conducts a concluding concert
May 12th, 2013 |Frank Almond puts down his violin and picks up a baton for Frankly Music’s season finale Monday at Wisconsin Lutheran College.
The Florentine’s “Marriage of Figaro”: Glorious, funny, poignant
May 11th, 2013 |A brilliant cast and canny direction bring Mozart’s score and da Ponte’s libretto into full bloom.
Florentine Friends: Soprano Jamie-Rose Guarrine, Mezzo Adriana Zabala
May 9th, 2013 |Two lead singers in the Florentine’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” go way back — to Rome.
UWM Springdances: Meet Maria Gillespie
May 8th, 2013 |Gillespie, newly transplanted from Los Angeles, organizes her first Milwaukee show. “Springdances” runs Thursday through Saturday.
Skylight’s “Sing Me a Story”: High-effort cabaret
May 4th, 2013 |Kay Stiefel and Jack Forbes Wilson work hard — sometimes too hard — in their revue at the Skylight.
Brilliant young talent at the MSO this weekend
May 3rd, 2013 |Violinist Augustin Hadelich and assistant conductor Francesco Lecce-Chong excel in Mozart and Richard Strauss.
