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Kat Stiennon
Bouncing back
Madison Ballet, which has faced financial troubles in past years, is back on stronger footing as it opens “Inside Out” at the Bartell Theatre, Jan. 17-25. Read more
Kat Stiennon
What a long, strange year it’s been
From a mostly silent play to the breakneck paced musical behemoth, “Hamilton,” Madison stages were full of magic and wonder in 2019. Gwendolyn Rice recaps her favorite moments. Read more
Dec 19, 2019
Moving delights
Katie Reiser, Isthmus dance critic, looks back at the fanciful and devastating works on Madison stages in 2019. Read more
Dec 19, 2019
Jonathan Raymond Popp
Privilege is more than a game
Korean American playwright Young Jean Lee sets out to examine privilege and family dynamics in “Straight White Men,” showing at the Bartell Theatre through Dec. 21. Read more
Dec 12, 2019
Eric Schwierske
Temporary peace
Four Seasons Theatre presents an unusual holiday offering beginning on Dec. 6. “All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914” recalls a surreal and magical moment when homesick soldiers crossed enemy lines to celebrate together. Read more
Dec 5, 2019
Joan Marcus
The Hamilton tour is spectacular
With prescient lyrics about “quid pro quo” and immigrants “getting the job done,” the touring version of “Hamilton,” at Overture through Dec. 8, demonstrates the importance and fragility of the “American experiment.” Read more
Nov 21, 2019
BEAU MEYER
The stereotypes we keep
University Theatre’s production of the award-winning “Clybourne Park” shows the full depth of racism in a changing neighborhood. Read more
Nov 21, 2019
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
Nov 16, 2019
11:15 AM
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
4:00 PM
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
3:00 PM
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
