Best Entertainment of 2018: Theater
Emma Hellmer |Our theater columnist picks her favorite Madison plays from this year. READ MORE
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Local theater companies provide wages, opportunities for local artists
Allison Garfield | 11/16/2018 12:00pm
The theater industry is notorious for being difficult to find steady work, no matter what aspect of the field one is pursuing.
Velvet Darkness carries on cultural legacy of ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’
Emma Hellmer | 10/29/2018 2:48pm
“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” is more than an objectively bad movie-musical from the ‘70s to the Madison-based shadow cast at Velvet Darkness; it’s a legacy, a cultural monument and a beacon ...
‘Six Characters in Search of an Author’ is self-referential delight
Emma Hellmer | 10/25/2018 9:45am
Performances of University Theatre’s personalized version of Luigi Pirandello’s haunting play “Six Characters in Search of an Author” will be held through Oct.
Star of ‘Something Rotten!’ Richard Spitaletta talks favorite moments, being cast in tour
Allison Garfield | 10/11/2018 8:25am
The Broadway hit musical “Something Rotten!” stopped in Madison at part of the Overture Center’s Broadway at the Overture series.
‘Something Rotten!’ delights audience but lacks strong female characters
Emma Hellmer | 10/11/2018 8:12am
“Something Rotten!” stunned and delighted a packed crowd at the Overture Center on Oct. 9. The musical comedy kept audience members smiling by not taking itself too seriously.