Published March 29, 2012
Seat squirmers. Plays that make us uncomfortable, not because they offend but because they strike a nerve. We don't see enough of them in Milwaukee, where theater tends to reflect the culture - nice. That alone makes Renaissance Theaterworks' trenchant production of "Honour" stand out from the crowd.
Published Jan. 19, 2012
Take an excellent actor (Marti Gobel), give her a simple but beautifully-written script, and produce it on a spare stage without showy distractions. Renaissance Theaterworks follows that recipe with rewarding results in its new production of "Neat."
Published Dec. 22, 2011
When the American economy sneezes, the country's not-for-profit arts groups catch a cold. They are delicate and fragile creatures in survival-of-the-fittest capitalism. As the calendar year comes to a close, I asked five top theater managers to assess the current financial condition of professional theater in the state.
Published March 31, 2011
Italians took center stage in two major theater openings here last weekend. Renaissance Theaterworks is devoting its final production of the season to a non-fiction Italian-American character, Spring Green actor James DeVita. Next Act Theatre is closing out its season with a trip to Venice to meet a larger-than-life fictional Italian countess who becomes a sage for a troubled young American woman.
Published Jan. 6, 2011
Dennis F. Johnson gets his first big directing job and two theater companies, the established Renaissance Theaterworks and the emerging Uprooted Theatre, join forces on "Crumbs From the Table of Joy," opening Jan. 14.
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