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Milwaukee Rep’s ‘Celebration of Black History Month’ Image via Milwaukee Rep Every February, we celebrate Black History Month to recognize the achievements  and contributions of Black people as well as work toward understanding the effects of racism. The Milwaukee Repertory Theater is presenting “We Rise: MKE’s Celebration of Black History Month” with four, free virtual events that honor the contributions made by Black artists to American theater.  “‘We Rise’ celebrates the past, present, and the hope of the future,” says Ass...

Barrington Stage Company Announces Winners of the 2021 Bonnie and Terry Burman New Play Award The 2021 Grand Prize winner is Daniella De Jesús for her play, Get Your Pink Hands Off Me Sucka and Give Me Back.by BWW News Desk Barrington Stage Company has announced the winners of the 2021 Bonnie and Terry Burman New Play Award. The award, founded in 2018, supports new, bold voices for the American theatre and is presented to unproduced full-length works that are wholly original and not adaptations or translations of existing works. The 2021 Grand Prize winner is Daniella De Jesús for her play...

Each of the finalists will present an excerpt of their work, introduced by them personally, in a collaborative online presentation, available via Video-On-Demand beginning January 15, 2020 and ending January 29, 2020. The works can be viewed for free by anyone across the country. Those viewing the works will be will be sent a survey to determine the winner; those votes, in conjunction with an adjudication committee selected by RTP, will determine the final winner of the Festival. Over the course of the following year, RTP will develop further that winning work, in close collaboration with the...

Lowlands Group Launches “On the Go” Program Featuring Family-Style Dining and Snackable Boxes As part of rollout, restaurant group donates 1,000 meals to frontline healthcare workers in partnership with the Medical College of Wisconsin; Free access to holiday shows from UPAF “Snackuterie™ & a Show” By Lowlands Group - Dec 16th, 2020 11:32 am Modern Family Wisco Snack. Photo courtesy of Lowlands Group. MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Dec. 16, 2020 – Lowlands Group today announced the launch of its “Lowlands On the Go” program, featuring new to-go menus planned a...

Finding More Than Humbug in Scrooge and Company This year a critic (and fan) of “A Christmas Carol” finds it especially resonant as a “timely study of what it truly means to be a decent person in a community.” Video Published Dec. 13, 2020Updated Dec. 16, 2020 When I was younger, I drank in every version of “A Christmas Carol” I could find like they were tumblers of eggnog. Eventually, I became a connoisseur. (I maintain the supremacy of “The Muppet Christmas Carol” and “Scrooged,” which I am obligated to watch whenever they’re on TV.) It isn’t the holly-jolliness tha...