Garrett Glassman is a dashing Drosselmeyer, the toymaker and magician whose gifts launch the story. We see the battles with Rat King and the mice through their eyes, and enjoy their efforts to master the steps of the showcase dances in Act Two on the fly. In the “Arabian” dance, Ransom Wilkes-Davis carries Lizzie Tripp […]
And the 33-date North American tour — kicking off April 2 in San Francisco — includes a Milwaukee stop. Rodrigo, a star of Disney Channel’s “Bizaardvark” and “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” on Disney+, practically became a household name at the start of 2021 with her runaway debut single “Drivers License.” Just a few […]
But the children and young people who perform in the Rep’s largest production of the year, with a cast of 36, have a much friendlier guide through Mark Clements’ adaptation of Charles Dickens’ story. After more than 40 consecutive seasons of live “Christmas Carol,” Milwaukee Rep could not perform the show in 2020 for safety reasons […]
Irish Fest is the first of Milwaukee’s big lakefront ethnic festival to return following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will feature some of Celtic music’s most renowned fiddlers performing together, including Eileen Ivers, Alasdair Fraser, Winifred Horan, Brian Conway, Matt Mancuso and Natalie Haas. If festivalgoers can’t make it down to the grounds […]
But the highlight of the undercard was street-rap trendsetter Solowke. Like Lakeyah, this was a homecoming for Solowke, for different reasons, following his 26-month prison sentence for possession of marijuana and a handgun, fleeing police and bail-jumping. Solowke was just so infectiously happy, smiling and dancing and spinning around, he exemplified how exciting it was that, […]
Kinnickinnic Ave., is not partaking in Record Store Day, although the shop is open for business. New CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays, and used vinyl are 10% off; used CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays are 35% off. Last year, the shop moved to a much larger location in South Milwaukee, at 1219 Milwaukee Ave., before the pandemic started, and Record Store […]
If GM Brian Gutekunst truly subscribes to the best-player-available theory — isn’t that what QB Jordan Love was last year? — then he has to go this way. Will the Packers take a Round 1 WR? They should, of course, but they could also target defensive line or linebacker here. There’s a lot of disagreement […]