Children's Theater of Madison
Tom Klingele
“Some pig!”
The Zuckerman’s farm animals steal the show in Children’s Theater of Madison’s “Charlotte’s Web.” more
Tom Klingele
Mostly magic
A wonderfully engaging Clare Arena Haden narrates “The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane,” a story about a toy rabbit who learns to love. more
Tom Klingele
True immortality
Children’s Theater of Madison presents a magical regional premiere of the musical “Tuck Everlasting.” The cast is led by a luminous Malea Niesen, playing a homebound girl seeking adventure. more
Tom Klingele
Tradition with a twist
It’s a Christmas miracle: Children’s Theater of Madison manages to honor the classic story of “A Christmas Carol” without resorting to stale cliches. And Tiny Tim (8-year-old Azélie Klingele) will break your heart. more
Tom Klingele
Exuberant romp
Despite a thin movie-based plot, Children’s Theater of Madison’s production of “Madagascar” is a creative and energetic romp. more
Dan Myers
Reaching across time
Children’s Theater of Madison doesn’t quite succeed in connecting the lives of Golda Meir and a young African American girl in “To the Promised Land.” But the play features a fantastic lead performance by Laetitia Hollard. more
Whimsical and witty
Children’s Theater of Madison scores a hit with “Seussical,” an imaginative romp with the characters that populate the books of the beloved children’s author. more
Tom Klingele
Nuanced and poignant
Children’s Theater of Madison presents a nuanced version of the holiday classic “A Christmas Carol.” Shakespearean veteran David Daniel brings a surprising tenderness to the role of Ebenezer Scrooge. more
Laura Kwait Glazer
Girls making history
It’s not just a slick advertisement for expensive dolls: Children’s Theater of Madison’s remount of “American Girls Revue” is a strong piece of theater, with plenty of important lessons for girls growing up today. more
Tom Klingele
A beautiful classic
Children’s Theater of Madison closes its 50th anniversary season with a powerful and relevant production of the American classic “To Kill a Mockingbird.” It runs at the Overture Center’s Playhouse through May 22. more
Dan Myers
Follow the Yellow Brick Road
Children’s Theater of Madison presents an endlessly inventive and magical production of “The Wizard of Oz,” starring a promising Edgewood student as Dorothy. more
Adam Brown
Bedtime for bunny
In “Goodnight Moon,” Children’s Theater of Madison does a magnificent job stretching a simple bedtime story into a full show, riffing on classic elements and adding plenty of entertaining song-and-dance numbers. more
Adam Brown
Romping with an ogre
Children’s Theater of Madison opened its 50th anniversary season with the exuberant “Shrek the Musical.” It’s a tuneful romp into an alternative universe where an ugly misfit and a feisty heroine choose to live happily ever after. more
Tom Klingele
Bunny love
A stuffed animal learns what it is to be real in Children’s Theater of Madison’s “The Velveteen Rabbit.” more
Tom Klingele
Fairy Magic
I had the pleasure of witnessing children’s theatre in its element – with an audience full of children. Children’s Theater of Madison, in partnership with Theatre LILA, brings full, theatrical magic to the stage in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. more
Trevor Rees
A kinesthetic, steampunk "Midsummer"
It's going to be a "Midsummer" unlike any other, a reimagining of an old tale. Opening March 7, this "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is the result of a surprising collaboration between Children's Theater of Madison, a 50-year-old theater company, and The more
Colleen Madden delivers staggering performance in CTM's "The Music Lesson"
Tammy Ryan is a lucky playwright. She had the good fortune to live next to a couple, both music teachers, who fled Bosnia for the United States in the 1990s. The piano and violin teachers shared heart-wrenching stories with Ryan about their home in S more
Todd Hubler / Photo by Braden Moran
Colleen Madden portrays a struggling Bosnian immigrant in "The Music Lesson"
In the CTM production of "The Music Lesson," Colleen Madden plays Irina Batanovic, a piano teacher forced to leave war-torn Sarajevo. The play is based on the true story of music teachers who fled the Bosnian War and relocated in Pittsburgh. more
Tom Klingele
Children's Theater of Madison keeps "A Christmas Carol" fresh in its 35th year
When the narrator invited the packed house in Overture's Capitol Theater to come closer to hear a very special story -- one that absolutely cannot begin with "once upon a time" -- there was a sense that hundreds of velvet- and taffeta-clad children a more
Amy Marshall's giant leap
When Children's Theater of Madison set out to find its first managing director, the search committee cast the net far and wide. Artistic director Roseann Sheridan had overseen the creative direction and financial management of the company since she b more
