Performance

The Next Narrative Monologue Competition is a national program for high school students that gives them the opportunity to deliver contemporary monologues from Black playwrights.

The1980s musical film starring Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly was also turned into a musical for the stage. It’s now playing at Milwaukee’s Skylight Music Theatre directed by Doug Clemons.

Students in elementary, middle, and high school deliver speeches inspired by words Dr. King wrote in April of 1963—what affects one, affects all.

The celebration brings people together from across the state in honor of Kwanzaa's first principle—unity.

A recent event at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design asked sound artists to create a score for silent films. The filmmakers had no idea what the music would sound like until it was performed live.

It's February in Wisconsin. A perfect time for the trippy, poetic beauty of some new tracks from Milwaukee's Painted Caves, with vocal harmonies and the sprawling instrumentals of everything from oud to bass to darbuka that takes you anywhere from the West Bank of Palestine to a California beach and beyond.

Regardless of your thoughts or impressions of them, it's indisputable that cover bands are a significant part of the Milwaukee local music scene. Whether it’s at State Fair, church festivals, Summerfest, or other venues, cover bands play a large role.

Wael Farouk is no stranger to a challenge. His next will come on April 17 when he will be performing a two and a half hour-long piano concert from memory that contains some of the most difficult piano music ever written.

This year, Milwaukee’s Shakespeare in the Park will no longer be, well, in the park. Instead, the yearly collaboration between Optimist Theatre and…

The Milwaukee-based Summit Players will once again bring Shakespeare to Wisconsin's state parks. It’s always an adventure to perform in a new space for…