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| ARSENIC AND OLD LACE |
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Sunset Playhouse
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7:30 p.m. | Sunset Playhouse
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This mad-cap comedy is a sure fire classic! Mortimer Brewster has a thing about marriage. That’s why his decision to get hitched is such a big deal. When he visits his two eccentric aunts in their lively rooming house, he discovers a walk down the aisle might not be the only bit of family business he needs to consider. His loony aunts have taken up a new hobby that seems to include helping lonely roomers find the way to their graves. Raising a toast is in the cards for the Brewster clan, but it’s best to pass on a nice glass of elderberry wine!
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| TEN CHIMNEYS |
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Milwaukee Repertory Theater
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1:30 p.m.; 7:30 p.m. | Quadracci Powerhouse
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By Jeffrey Hatcher. A lush new comedy that peeks into the private lives of the most public of figures. Theater legends Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne welcomed the titans of Broadway and Hollywood – including Noël Coward, Katharine Hepburn and Laurence Olivier – to their secluded Genesee Depot, Wisconsin, retreat. When a young starlet arrives to rehearse the Lunts’ latest production, she unwittingly ignites a romantic triangle that eclipses any on-stage drama. Rep favorite Jeffrey Hatcher (The Government Inspector, Work Song, The Turn of the Screw), has penned a sparkling, witty gem of a play that celebrates a Wisconsin treasure.
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| FROM MY HOMETOWN |
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Milwaukee Repertory Theater
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7:30 p.m. | Stackner Cabaret
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By Lee Summers, Ty Stephens & Herbert Rawlings, Jr. Three wide-eyed strangers, with empty pockets and big dreams, arrive in The Big Apple from Detroit, Memphis and Philly with one goal in mind – to sing at the world famous Apollo Theater. Teaming up and blending the musical sounds of their hometowns, they form a brotherhood spanning more than a decade. This rags to riches celebration of the American Dream, featuring Motown and R&B classics including “Chain Gang,” “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay” and “Lonely Teardrop,” triumphantly returns to its own “hometown” after more than a decade of successful productions around the country.
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| TUBBY THE TUBA |
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Festival City Symphony
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7 p.m. | Marcus Center for the Performing Arts
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Pajama Jamboree, a one hour classical pops concert geared to children and their families. The ‘oom pah-pah’ instrument of the orchestra finally finds a melody to play! This program features Kleinsinger and Tripp’s “Tubby the Tuba,” the popular narrated children’s introduction to the symphony orchestra with Dan Neesley on tuba. Admission is FREE. For more information: 414-963-9067 www.festivalcitysymphony.org
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