ExFabula sounds kind of tricky to say, but a name you should get to know, quickly. They filled Club Garibaldi in Bay View to jump start the neighborhood segment of their story telling series, Terminal Milwaukee. Milwaukee has its share of characters, and the one's sharing their tales in this episode of Terminal Milwaukee proved... Continue Reading →
Who’s Sock? Broadminded: Blood is Thicker than Liquor
You can try to sit there with a straight face, but as Broadminded guarantees stolid faces may rip or tear. Another way to look at it, if you're not laughing, their jabs at reality may land closer to you than you may care to admit. Darn ladies of Broadminded with their knack for wit and... Continue Reading →
Uh, Sketchy… Pink Banana Theatre Co.
Pink Banana Theatre Co's One Act Festival, Higher Education, drew its bow last night with a six act show aimed at funny bones, soft-spots, tear ducts (well maybe eye-balls), and family jewels. Although turning its cheek from more serious drama created by traditional theatre, some arises amidst the sketch comedy with which Higher Education bats... Continue Reading →
The End, Arthur Miller: Death of a Salesman
Timely describes Milwaukee Repertory Theater's season night-cap. A sarcastic toast to resurgent free market enthusiasm, and all the "self-making" delusions that tag along with attitudes encouraging reduction of society to no-holds-barred capitalism, Arthur Miller's classic challenges this exuberance prophetically. Death of a Salesman reminds us all of the virtue found in honest reflection, as only... Continue Reading →
Talent transplant: Riverwest: A Rhapsody!
'Once upon a time' used to draw readers into prose insatiably, thankfully, that just won't do anymore. Young playwrights like Eric Theis take a different route. A native of Wisconsin's thumb-pit region, Theis traveled and lived his share of the States, settling in the-now-a-days-oft-mentioned Riverwest neighborhood for 5 years. Having had it with the place,... Continue Reading →