Local Theatre Review

Pro ensemble boosts child star - Forte Theatre Company

Kimberly Laberge

Dec 22, 20212 min read

Pro ensemble boosts child star - Forte Theatre Company

Christmastime is the season for classics, and nothing embodies returning to one's roots like reviving a previous success. Forte Theatre...

Songs for a New World is an anthem for tomorrow

Kimberly Laberge

May 13, 20213 min read

Songs for a New World is an anthem for tomorrow

"It's about one moment, That moment you think you know where you stand. And in that one moment, The things that you're sure of slip from...

Kimberly Laberge

May 13, 20212 min read

Refresh your theatre-going with LCP

In the past year, what have you been craving more than good company and a tall drink? The Savannah Sipping Society provides just that -...

Ghostlight Theatre Company's humble and poignant debut

Kimberly Laberge

Mar 15, 20212 min read

Ghostlight Theatre Company's humble and poignant debut

Following a year of overwhelming darkness in theatres across the nation and the world, artists are finally treading the boards again. For...

A bloody good prom - CARRIE with Outskirts

Kimberly Laberge

Mar 5, 20202 min read

A bloody good prom - CARRIE with Outskirts

Horror takes the stage at Waukesha North High School as the local professionals at Outskirts Theatre Co bring the bloody coming-of-age...

Young script tells of oldest love in The Beauty of Psyche

Kimberly Laberge

Feb 20, 20202 min read

Young script tells of oldest love in The Beauty of Psyche

A tale as old as time - No, older than that. The story of Psyche and Cupid is the classic Greek predecessor to modern favorites including...

MARS LOST... and found, through LCP debut

Kimberly Laberge

Feb 6, 20202 min read

MARS LOST... and found, through LCP debut

With the world on the brink of climate disaster, it's not unheard of to consider whether or not this planet will last. If not, do we have...

It takes a village - Lilies of the Field

Kimberly Laberge

Dec 19, 20192 min read

It takes a village - Lilies of the Field

When one man comes upon a small convent of German nuns in the American Southwest, he is presented with an impossible task: build a...

New theatre company brings old-timey charm

Kimberly Laberge

Dec 19, 20193 min read

New theatre company brings old-timey charm

The commercialization of Christmas seems to come up every year - are we too far gone away from the true spirit of the season, believing...

Voices Found - an ensemble to be reckoned with

Kimberly Laberge

Dec 11, 20193 min read

Voices Found - an ensemble to be reckoned with

Imagine one of the most epic battle stories ever written, played out on a stage that's barely larger than a bedroom. Don't think it can...

A goose, a jewel, and a dose of Christmas cheer

Kimberly Laberge

Dec 11, 20192 min read

A goose, a jewel, and a dose of Christmas cheer

Between the snarky Conan Doyle novels, the cheeky Downey Jr film, or the dark BBC series, it's not a far cry to say that folks don't...

A Christmas classic with a feminine twist - LCP's A Christmas Carol

Kimberly Laberge

Dec 10, 20192 min read

A Christmas classic with a feminine twist - LCP's A Christmas Carol

Marley was dead - there's no doubt about that fact, especially if you've been attending theatre during the holiday season. A Christmas...

Princess and the Pea takes a marshy twist

Kimberly Laberge

Nov 22, 20192 min read

Princess and the Pea takes a marshy twist

The most delicate, sensitive princess story of all... told through the raunchiest, most irreverent happily ever after. Once Upon a...

#MeToo is nothing new - Aura Theatre Collective's Measure for Measure

Kimberly Laberge

Nov 19, 20192 min read

#MeToo is nothing new - Aura Theatre Collective's Measure for Measure

"With an outstretch'd throat I'll tell the world aloud what man thou art." "Who will believe thee, Isabel? [...] Say what you can, my...

A dash of absurdism on The Moors - UW Milwaukee at Waukesha

Kimberly Laberge

Nov 19, 20192 min read

A dash of absurdism on The Moors - UW Milwaukee at Waukesha

Welcome to a place that pervades time, and in a sense, all other laws of this Earth. It is bleak and dreary, and terribly redundant,...

Concert reading brings full heart - Boulevard Theatre

Kimberly Laberge

Nov 9, 20192 min read

Concert reading brings full heart - Boulevard Theatre

Nestled in the makeshift performance space of Plymouth Church resides Boulevard Theatre's latest work: Stephen Sachs' Bakersfield Mist....

We got Trouble at LCP! Music Man rattles the rafters

Kimberly Laberge

Oct 5, 20192 min read

We got Trouble at LCP! Music Man rattles the rafters

Just as The Music Man's revival on Broadway is preparing to open, fans of the musical can catch the classic on the local stage at Lake...

Village Playhouse cleans up nicely with Sarah Ruhl comedy

Kimberly Laberge

Oct 4, 20192 min read

Village Playhouse cleans up nicely with Sarah Ruhl comedy

When the thought of cleaning makes your housekeeper so sad that she simply cannot clean, then surely something has to change. Of course,...

50s nostalgia and modern relevance meet in world premiere musical

Kimberly Laberge

Sep 12, 20193 min read

50s nostalgia and modern relevance meet in world premiere musical

As massive Broadway shows like Dear Evan Hansen and Hamilton begin their tours across the nation this year, the whole world seems to be...

Kimberly Laberge

Jul 24, 20192 min read

Sunset welcomes the 60s!

The hairdos are stiff, and the performance is anything but! Hairspray brings a clever balance of high-energy dance numbers,...