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| HONOUR BY JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH |
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Renaissance Theaterworks
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8 p.m. | Broadway Theatre Center
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She puts off writing poetry to be a mom. He pursues a career. And, after 32 years, something prettier.
The deals and dilemmas of marriage. For better or for worse. Think it’s The same old story? Think again.
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| IN THE NEXT ROOM OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY |
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Milwaukee Repertory Theater
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8 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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| ALWAYS...PATSY CLINE |
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Milwaukee Repertory Theater
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8 p.m. | Stackner Cabaret
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By Ted Swindley. Following in the footsteps of The Rep’s sold-out smash hits Liberace! and Nobody Lonesome for Me, comes the true story of country music legend Patsy Cline’s remarkable friendship with devoted fan Louise Seger. Filled with two dozen unforgettable hits – including “Crazy,” “I Fall to Pieces,” “Sweet Dreams” and “Walkin’ After Midnight” – Always…Patsy Cline celebrates the life and music of one of the most acclaimed vocalists of the 20th century.
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| OTHELLO |
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Milwaukee Repertory Theater
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8 p.m. | Quadracci Powerhouse
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One of Shakespeare’s most tragic heroes squares off against literature’s greatest villain in a visceral, sexy, hard-driving story of intrigue, betrayal and vengeance, as Iago leads Othello to the edge of jealous madness by sewing seeds of doubt about his wife’s fidelity. Culminating in one of Shakespeare’s most powerfully dramatic scenes, this classic revenge tragedy comes to life in a modern and edgy adaptation set in the world of motorcycle gangs.
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| SYMPHONIC MASTERS |
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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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James Gaffigan, conductor; Frank Almond, violin; Haydn Symphony No. 26 in D minor; Bartók Violin Concerto No. 1; Dvorák Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60. Brahms wrote four. Beethoven composed nine. But to single-handedly transform the symphony into a statement, Franz Josef Haydn had to compose 104. It was his model that showed Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, and myriad others how to make their most personal symphonic declarations.
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| ONE TIME |
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Next Act Theatre
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8 p.m. | Next Act Theatre
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By Richard Conlon. I'll tell you mine if you'll tell me yours. A World Premier Production! A man, a woman, one park bench and the need to share secrets forms the basis of an unusual and charming friendship. But in between the entertaining anecdotes that pepper the stories of two lifetimes, Sonia and Mason allude to past attractions, longings, desires, even dangers which suggest that the biggest secret has yet to be divulged. How much of yourself do you reveal before that "one time" turns into one time too many?
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