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Liz Lauren
APT’s 'Hamlet' proves the Bard’s greatest hit still has a lot to say to us
Shakespeare’s most popular play is part of the zeitgeist, as it has been for the last four centuries. This production refocuses ‘Hamlet’’s essential questions. Read more
Liz Lauren
American Players Theatre’s ‘The Brothers Size’ is a story of epic struggle
APT expands its classical canon with an important, riveting, contemporary story from playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney. Read more
Jul 6, 2022
Liz Lauren
American Players Theatre’s ‘The River Bride’ transforms a folkloric tale
‘The River Bride’ captures the audience from the first moments of the magical, 90-minute drama. Read more
Jul 2, 2022
Liz Lauren
American Players Theatre’s ‘Sense and Sensibility’ is classic Austen with strong performances
Solid performances throughout, whether the characters lead with their hearts or their heads, should please fans of Austen, ‘Bridgerton’ and other period dramas with a romantic/comedic bent. Read more
Jun 30, 2022
Liz Lauren
‘The Rivals’ kicks off the 2022 season at APT in fine form
Jokes that are baked into the script are still there, and Posner and his extraordinary cast pull out all the stops to make a good play into a great time. Read more
Jun 22, 2022
In the cards
Madison’s James Ember is one of the world’s full-time magicians. Magic, he maintains, should be for everyone. Read more
Jun 7, 2022
Courtesy APT
‘It’s time to go to the woods’
APT is back to a full company of actors, and a full season in rotating repertory that includes several canonical works in the vein that built the company’s national reputation. Read more
Jun 4, 2022
It’s complicated
The story of ‘Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812,’ from a segment of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, focuses on the love affair between Natasha and Anatole. Read more
Jun 3, 2022
8:00 AM
courtesy LunART
Two-woman play explores social connections and broken ‘threads’
Madison’s LunART Festival is back in person, running through June 5. “Threads,” written and produced by Deborah Hearst and Dana Pellebon, will have one performance on July 3. Read more
Jun 1, 2022
3:23 PM
Ross Zentnerr
Office politics
Forward Theater brings Sarah Gancher’s multifaceted ‘Russian Troll Farm’ live to the stage. With the midterms approaching, this tale of political disinformation is just as timely as before the 2020 presidential election. Read more
Apr 27, 2022
11:00 AM
Deen van Meer
More than a feel-good musical
In the Broadway musical The Prom, a quartet of sad-sack Broadway performers in search of adoration choose a Cinderella to rescue — a girl from a small Midwestern town who wants to take another girl to her high school prom. Read more
Mar 23, 2022
8:00 PM
Ross Zentner
Debate stage
“The Mytilenean Debate” from Forward Theater grapples with the question: Are there moments when the decisions we make can be revisited? Read more
Mar 1, 2022
3:00 PM
