Events for 09/28/2011 |
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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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| YELLOWMAN |
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Milwaukee Repertory Theater
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7:30 p.m. | Stiemke Studio
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By Dael Orlandersmith. In this lyrical and bittersweet love story, Alma and Eugene – united by an affection for the Monkees, Batman play-acting and running fast in the sticky Southern heat – grow from childhood playmates to teenage sweethearts to adult lovers. As they look to rise above generations of bitterness and struggle, will their love set them free? This Pulitzer Prize-nominated play, with its passionate and poetic language, explores whether prejudices of the past are destined to become the legacies of the future.
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| THE RIVALS |
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Skylight Music Theatre
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7:30 p.m. | Cabot Theatre, Broadway Theatre Center
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Loosely based on Sheridan’s play of the same name, this comic opera is set in
Newport, Rhode Island around the turn of the last century. An American heiress falls hopelessly in love with a composer and longs for living in ‘‘charming poverty.’’ Her aunt, the infamous Mrs. Malaprop, has more traditional aspirations for her and arranges a marriage with a rich and dashing British Naval Captain. As the rival lovers prepare to duel to the heiress’ hand in marriage, there is a twist that sends things spiraling into hilarity. Music & Libretto by Kirke Mechem
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