Aug
01
'07 - '08 Theatre Year In Review pt. 1
Russ Bickerstaff CurtainsThe beginning of August may seem like an odd time to be doing a year in review, but August first marks the beginning of the first month of the new theatre season. As near as I can make out, there are two different seasons that make up a local theatre year
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Jul
31
Spiral's Wait Until Dark
Russ Bickerstaff CurtainsClosing night of Spiral Theatre’s Wait Until Dark was sold out. A small crowd of people piled into the tiny performance space that Director Doug Giffin and scenic designer Mark Hooker had developed for the Frederick Knott thriller. It was set to be
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Jul
25
A Host Of Closings
Russ Bickerstaff CurtainsThe summer begins to draw to a close this weekend as a number of smaller shows close. This weekend hosts a last chance to see a number of shows before they disappear:SPINNING INTO BUTTER
Pink Banana Theatre’s staging of the compelling Rebecca Gil
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Jul
25
Door County Shakes
Russ Bickerstaff CurtainsAncillary IntroJuly’s trip North to Door County was going to be significantly cheaper than the trip to Spring Green in June for a variety of reasons. I was scheduled to cover both of Door Shakespeare’s shows this season. Since Door Shakespeare
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Jul
05
Trying to Explain Next Weekend While Things Explode
Russ Bickerstaff CurtainsIt was thee evening of July 3rd and there we were in the most remarkably upscale fireworks gathering I’d ever been a part of. The condo overlooked the lake. Everyone there was wearing tuxedos and evening gowns. Everyone was drinking expensive wine o
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Jul
04
Q&A With Rex Winsome
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In the past couple of years, Insurgent Theatre co-founder Rex Winsome has become a bit controversial for his outspoken criticism of theatre, which fails to live up to its potential. His new show Paint The Town tells the story of a pair of revolutionari
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Jul
04
Ruth Arnell Pitches Her Show
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It’s a long standing tradition in Hollywood for press types to be invited to press junkets where actors and filmmakers take an endless series of individual interviews from countless members of the media who all individually ask them the same q
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Jul
02
Director Doug Giffin On “Wait Until Dark”
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Local writer/director Doug Giffin has put work into quite a few different avenues in the past several years. This month his work as a director makes it to the stage in Spiral Theatre’s production of the Frederick Knott Drama Wait Until Dar
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Jul
01
A Long, Strange Interlude’s Journey Into Wilderness
Russ Bickerstaff CurtainsSeeing Eugene O’Neill’s Ah, Wilderness! with the APT this past weekend was a bit strange. Something kept nagging at me as I was watching it. The light and airy pleasantry of O’Neill’s only real comedy flitted across a pleasant outd
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Jun
30
The Summer Theatre Experience
Russ Bickerstaff Curtains(This One’s A Little Self-Indulgent)
Shakespeare’s been done to death in every conceivable way. Presumably, there is no new way to do Shakespeare that hasn’t already been echoed from a million other productions over the course of the p
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Come Join Trafficking Ends with Action for Fall 2008 Human Trafficking Awareness Week. Monday Dec. 1st "Trafficking in South East Asia." Tuesday Dec. 2nd "Human Trafficking: Two Sides of the Same Coin." Thursday Dec. 4th "Gina Allende Speaks on Human Trafficking in Wisconsin." All events will be held in the UWM Fireside Lounge starting at 7pm an
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