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| THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE |
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Milwaukee Repertory Theater
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7:30 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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| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD |
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Milwaukee Repertory Theater
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7:30 p.m. | Quadracci Powerhouse
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By Harper Lee. One of the most beloved and beautifully compassionate stories ever written comes to breathtaking life on stage. Set in small-town Alabama during the Depression, and seen with brilliant clarity through the eyes of a young tomboy, this Pulitzer Prize-winning tale is about innocence, tolerance, family and the courage to live what you believe. The Rep will partner with leading community organizations, including the Milwaukee Public Library, to create a city-wide series of events and discussions around To Kill a Mockingbird, including dramatic readings, book and panel discussions, talkbacks with artists moderated by university scholars and additional special events.
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| VIGIL |
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Next Act Theatre
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1:00 p.m.; 7:30 p.m. | Next Act Theatre
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By Morris Panych. Be careful what you wish for. A Milwaukee Premier! Kemp, a selfish and mercenary bank clerk, quits his job to keep a deathwatch on his rich aunt whom he hasn't seen in 30 years. He announces that since he's taken the trouble to answer her dying summons, he'd like her to get it over with and collect his inheritance. But Grace, the object of his disaffection, doesn't appear to be cooperating any time soon. This oddly matched pair become trapped in a macabre bond that's comic on the surface, and deeply human at its core.
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| GERSHWIN & FRIENDS |
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Skylight Music Theatre
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7:30 p.m. | Cabot Theatre, Broadway Theatre Center
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"Gershwin & Friends" takes place at a ritzy party in the New York City home of George Gershwin in the midst of the Jazz Age. "I Got Rhythm," "Summertime" and "Rhapsody in Blue" can be heard wafting through the air. We join a young couple from Mr. Gershwin’s party staff, Cynthia and Parrish, as they celebrate Gershwin’s music behind the scenes. Free-wheeling and spontaneous, Parrish tries to loosen up the more grounded and down to earth Cynthia, with minimal success. After their work is done at the Gershwin estate they head home to Harlem to kick up their heels in their own high-style with the music of Gershwin’s “friends” Fats Waller, Duke Ellington and Harold Arlen. This dynamic and innovative Skylight revue will again feature Cynthia Cobb, Parrish Collier and Paul Helm. Last season, the critically acclaimed Gershwin & Friends had a sold out run in the Studio Theatre.
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