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| NEAT BY CHARLAYNE WOODWARD |
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Renaissance Theaterworks
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4 p.m.; 8 p.m. | Broadway Theatre Center
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A girl who became an adult. An aunt who stayed a child. Two African American women in the 1960s. Together. Apart. And back together. A neat story with a neat ending. Don’t miss it.
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| DON'T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS |
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First Stage
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11:00 a.m.; 1:00 p.m. | Milwaukee Youth Arts Center
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From the books by Mo Willems, adapted by Ernie Nolan. Buckle up for this highly interactive adventure that puts you in the driver’s seat. Everyone’s favorite pigeon wants to drive the bus, and it’s up to you to decide his fate. But the fun doesn’t stop there. Should he eat a hot dog? Get a puppy? Stay up late? It’s entirely up to you. Join the pigeon and all of his friends on this exciting audience favorite. But hold on tight. You never know where this unpredictable journey will take you! For ages 3 to 6. Tickets and information: (414) 267-2961 or www.firststage.org.
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| NUNSENSE |
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Sunset Playhouse
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5 p.m.; 8 p.m. | Sunset Playhouse
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Book, Music and Lyrics by Dan Goggin. This “Sister Act” will convince you once and for all that nuns have a major funny bone! The Little Sisters of Hoboken have a problem. Their convent cook has accidentally served a bunch of the sisters a tainted batch of soup, and several of the sisters have met their maker. Prayers are nice, but the surviving sisters need to raise some dough for the burials. A bake sale isn’t going to do it, so the sisters put on a talent show to end all talent shows. Jokes, songs and dancing nuns add up to one of the silliest musical celebrations ever!
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| NEXT TO NORMAL |
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Milwaukee Repertory Theater
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8 p.m. | Quadracci Powerhouse
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By Brian Yorkey & Tom Kitt. This groundbreaking and award-winning musical explores how one suburban family copes with crisis. With powerful lyrics and an electrifying pop-rock score of more than 30 songs, this intense, emotional and ultimately hopeful musical aims right for the heart with its story of a family coming to terms with its past and bravely facing its future. The Rep is among the first regional theaters in the United States to produce the show following its long Broadway run and National Tour. The Milwaukee production features the dynamic creative team behind last season’s smash-hit musical, Cabaret.
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| REP LAB |
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Milwaukee Repertory Theater
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8 p.m. | Stiemke Studio
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For the second consecutive season, The Rep’s Intern Ensemble – working in collaboration with members of the Artistic Staff – takes over the Stiemke Studio for one weekend to present a fully realized evening of “Rep Shorts” in our one-of-a-kind short play festival. You won’t want to miss this close-up look at the next generation of regional theater professionals performing an adventurous, edgy slate of hilarious comedies and moving dramas, capped off with an exciting world-premiere piece created by the Intern Ensemble itself!
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| THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE |
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Milwaukee Repertory Theater
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8 p.m. | Stackner Cabaret
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By Jesse Borgeson, Adam Long and Daniel Singer. Three phenomenal actors, armed with an outrageous assortment of outerwear and props, cram the Bard’s entire canon of plays (and sonnets), into 90 minutes of high-speed, over-the-top hilarity! The whole family will love this endearingly irreverent and lightning-paced romp through the greatest plays of all time.
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| SWEEPING SIBELIUS |
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Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
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8 p.m. | Uihlein Hall, Marcus Center for Performing Art
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Vassily Sinaisky, conductor; Mark Niehaus, trumpet; Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; Arutunian Concerto for Trumpet in A-flat major; Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43. A symphonic masterpiece of bracing sweep and epic grandeur. Be there at Uihlein Hall as Russian conductor Vassily Sinaisky leads the Milwaukee Symphony in the Second Symphony of Sibelius. Plus, Tchaikovsky’s effervescent Serenade for Strings. And the orchestra’s Mark Niehaus is the soloist in Arutunian’s blazing Trumpet Concerto.
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| The Dream Lives On: Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther |
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Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra
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3:00 p.m. | Holy Redeemer Institutional Church of God in Chris
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The Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra will present a free community tribute concert on Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 3:00 pm at the Holy Redeemer Institutional Church of God in Christ, in Milwaukee. Music Director Richard Hynson will conduct, and church founder Bishop Sedgwick Daniels will narrate the performance. The Dream Lives On will feature works for string orchestra including Dmitri Shostakovich's heart-wrenching Chamber Symphony, as well as selections from Robert Ray's Gospel Mass performed by singers from the Bel Canto Chorus of Milwaukee. The tribute seeks to underscore the solemnity of the occasion and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s non-violent transcendence of the brutal divisiveness of his times.
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