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Benjamin Hopkins
Pipe dreams
University Opera’s wildly entertaining production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” sets the frothy comedy in Andy Warhol’s Factory. Read more
Steve Noll
Home for the holidays
When a successful travel writer plans to publish a memoir, her family erupts in Madison Theatre Guild’s “Other Desert Cities.” Read more
Nov 15, 2019
Zane Williams
Family reunion
The detailed and fanciful set onstage at Overture’s Playhouse is the highlight of “For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday.” Read more
Nov 14, 2019
Carolyn Fath Ashby
A place to vend
Grasshopper Goods, the forward-looking mobile boutique, has met the challenges of not being able to vend on Madison city streets. Now, owner Karen Tardrew has opened a second location that stays still, in downtown Stoughton. Read more
Nov 14, 2019
Victoria Davis
Street science
UW-Madison scientists and graffiti-style artists collaborate on five vibrant and educational murals in the Madison area. Read more
Nov 14, 2019
Indigenous Wisconsin
A new exhibit at Overture Center features art from members of Wisconsin’s Ho-Chunk tribe. Read more
Nov 14, 2019
Queerly creepy
Author Nino Cipri brings an experimental approach and a macabre sensibility to a book of short stories, “Homesick.” Read more
Nov 14, 2019
Taylor Kokinos
Nice timing!
Whoa, are you reading this correctly? The scrappy, independent Broom Street Theater capitalizes on “Hamilton fever” by putting on its own “Hamilton,” a farcical piece based on the 1917 Broadway hit by Mary Hamlin. Read more
Nov 14, 2019
5:00 AM
Jonathan J Miner
Amazing women playing “Men on Boats”
An all-female cast delivers a magnificent, sly take on an explorer story in Strollers Theatre’s “Men on Boats.” Read more
Nov 12, 2019
3:00 PM
Victoria Davis
High-flying reunion
Forward Theater hosts the Wisconsin premiere of Sarah Ruhl’s “For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday.” Read more
Nov 7, 2019
5:00 AM
James Gill
Devastating romance
With soprano Cecilia Violetta López in the lead role, Madison Opera’s “La Traviata” was eloquent and emotionally devastating. Read more
Nov 5, 2019
10:45 AM
FERNANDO SANDOVAL
Winged magic
There are just two more chances to see the astonishing dance-theater-video collaboration designed by UW-Madison’s Peggy Choy. “FLIGHT torn like a rose” brings to life a 12th century Sufi poem in resplendent costumes. Read more
Nov 1, 2019
3:40 PM
Laurie Everitt
The week of the puppet
Theater in a week: The puppet characters are awesome, but the stories in the Are We Delicious? production of “Patchwork Puppets Parading on Mercury” are not so compelling. Read more
Oct 31, 2019
12:00 PM
