A nice cross between mellower House and hard banging club Electronica of vary shades, I hate to even try to give a written flavor of Albydamned controlling the monitors. He's been a mainstay of Beyond Awesome dance-offs and collaborator with most of the who is's of Milwaukee's club jam producers, most notably 414MELT 's TheDemix... Continue Reading →
The Alchemist, Canonical Five of Jack the Ripper
A jagged cobble gangway leads to a rundown London public house. Inside, the local pub's dingily stained wood bar, worn and barely kept, stays littered with empty glasses awaiting a pour from Margarette (Sharon Nieman-Koebert), a surly bartender in the Whitechapel section. The pub's flock comes to the trough at times solitary, and at others... Continue Reading →
Blue and Red, Quasimondo, The Seagull 3D
This band of theatrical misfits led by Brian Rott, have taken over a rugged space in Brewers Hill's Fortress Building and turned it into an irreverent dramatic play land. Rott, Artistic Director of Quasimondo Milwaukee Physical Theatre, recently did the unthinkable. He tangled with the rotting corpse of Anton Chekov to produce his version of... Continue Reading →
Your Needing, Help Wanted, Alchemist Theatre
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 →
Leather Bound, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Othello
Before the show, the house received preface that the cast had not run a full dress rehearsal of the second act. Ut oh... The action that ensued on stage warranted the hedge, however unneeded. Delving into the original play on race, The Rep's Creative Director Mark Clements continues his reputation for fearless confrontation of theater's... Continue Reading →
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