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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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| IN THE NEXT ROOM OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY |
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Milwaukee Repertory Theater
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7:30 p.m. | Stiemke Studio
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By Sarah Ruhl. Hailed as “one of the most gifted and adventurous American playwrights” by The New York Times, Sarah Ruhl has created a smart, classy and touching comedy about marriage, intimacy and how electricity came along to fuse them. In a prim Victorian home, a gentleman doctor innocently invents a most extraordinary device for treating “hysteria.” As his wife listens in the next room, long dormant thoughts and feelings begin to stir deep within her. This beguiling play about love, longing, science and invention was a 2010 Tony Award® Nominee for Best Play and a Pulitzer Prize finalist.
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| DADDY LONG LEGS |
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Skylight Music Theatre
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7:30 p.m. | Cabot Theatre, Broadway Theatre Center
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Based on the classic novel by Jean Webster. Jerusha Abbott’s prayers seem answered when the generosity of an anonymous gentleman, known only to her as ‘‘Daddy Long Legs,’’ enables her to move from orphanage to university. Through her grateful letters, Jerusha shares her life with her mysterious benefactor as she grows into an intelligent, independent New American Woman and discovers a budding romance with a wealthy young suitor. Yet there is one startling fact that Jerusha has yet to uncover--one that will change her life forever.
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| TCHAIKOVSKY'S FOURTH SYMPHONY |
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Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
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11:15 a.m. | Uihlein Hall, Marcus Center for Performing Art
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Jun Märkl, conductor;
Caroline Goulding, violin;
Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47;
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36;
His life in constant turmoil, Tchaikovsky poured his soul into each of his symphonies. Symphonies that would express his inner anguish and romantic passions as no music had ever dared to. Jun Märkl leads the soaring Fourth Symphony. Also, teenage violin sensation Caroline Goulding performs Sibelius' breathtaking Violin Concerto. "A precociously gifted virtuoso," declares Gramophone. "Already a violinist of impressive technical polish and musical maturity."
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| A THOUSAND WORDS |
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Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
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8 p.m. | Broadway Theatre Center
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By Gwendolyn Rice; Sally Quinn, a quick-witted curator from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, travels to the Midwest in search of antique quilts for a new exhibit. But she stumbles upon something altogether more intriguing: a young woman who might provide a special connection to some rare photographs, and the renowned photographer Walker Evans. Jumping back and forth from the present to the 1930s, Rice explores the complexities of the art world, personal relationships and, above all, the stories we hold dear. Directed by Jennifer Upoff Gray. Originally presented as part of our 2008-2009 Montgomery Davis Play Development Series. A collaboration with Forward Theater Company of Madison.
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| THE CHOSEN |
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In Tandem Theatre
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7:30 p.m. | Tenth Street Theatre
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In 1940's Brooklyn, two Jewish boys whose life paths are preordained, must weigh the cost of choosing their own destinies. Adapted for the stage from Chaim Potok's classic novel, The Chosen won the Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play.
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