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Creative conspirators Sarai Yardbird Anzaldua, Josh Bryan and Jackie Benka hit their point on their first roll of Cream City's newest live performance channel Cabaret Milwaukee. Nestled in the catacombs of the The Brewery's local watering hole Best Place, eager ladies and gentleman seated snugly around wood furnishings filled the rathskeller for an evening of... Continue Reading →
Just like sitting in forth grade homeroom again, a PA crackled the sound of a matronly voice informing us of what had come to her attention concerning recess play ground antics. Ut oh! No more "Smeer the Queer" or "Beat the Geek", we have to play nice. Luckily for all of the troublemakers in the... Continue Reading →
Even though they like jangle out of storage bins to dance in October, skeletons don't smash carved stories for Halloween like the Alchemist Theatre. Per tradition, Artistic Director Aaron Kopec brings a bit of intrigue to the fall season with his choose-your-own-adventure mystery drama Closing Night. A cerebral crime story, Closing Night challenges its cast... Continue Reading →
At the top of a ravine, two stair cases shoot down symmetrically into an expansive flower garden framed by an ornate wrought iron fence. From Lincoln Memorial Drive, glances at the distant beauty held in the Italianate terrace excite ideations that a real life Vito Corleone could have made their retreat there. In all of... Continue Reading →
Gleefully, gentile fellows in seersucker suits and skimmers promenaded on the Quadracci Powerhouse apron, linked in arms with fair ladies tucked into lightly corseted and hooped summer dresses, clutching parasols, singing in chorus, "There were gazebos, there were no...," High societies' Mothers' and Fathers' boardwalk attitudes typified. Soulfully, dapper dons glided into their corner of... Continue Reading →
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