An e-zine for happenings of local culture in Milwaukee and elsewhere
Cramming activities into the last clement days of the year isn't too difficult in Milwaukee and no neighborhood rises to the occasion quite like Bay View. There's the South Shore Farmers Market and The Frolics. There was Pabst Fest and Bay View Bash, Art Beat, that other crap I'm missing, and now Bay View Gallery... Continue Reading →
Incarnating the falling action of Stephen Sondheim's musical story Assassins, Lee Ernst finally reveals himself unmistakably through an amazingly new gravely voice, taking himself up a notch from his deliberately muted early scenes. He's ranting in a Santa suit about why the White House deserves an unexpected guest arriving in a Boeing 747. In his... Continue Reading →
At Bay View's Alchemist Theatre, their current production Help Wanted slickly looks at the cult of mid-20th century's corporate class and doesn't pull punches or hide the sexy back-room cogs that kept the profit machines running. Typical of Artistic Director Aaron Kopec's productions, the audience is treated to a show that transcends the stage, delivering... Continue Reading →
Patrick Noth left the Milwaukee for the big pond, NYC, and instead of being chewed up he ground out a little space for himself in the improv comedy scene. With intensions of using his first passion for that music of beats and rhymes, he's melded both with a solder of wit and lyrical skills. He's... Continue Reading →
An intensely focused brand of chaos sort of missed the New Kids on the Block when they debuted 21 years ago, luckily creative forms aren't left solely in the clutches Artist and Repertoire directors anymore. Brian Rott is distinguishing himself quickly as a visionary expanding the limits of traditional stage-bound theatrical performance. Founder and Artistic... Continue Reading →
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