Milwaukee
has a plethora of opera companies, a world-class symphony, a
nationally acclaimed ballet company, and an array of
professional dance and theater companies. Milwaukee is second
only to Los Angeles in donations per capita to the arts. The
result: Milwaukee offers an extensive variety of performing
arts to please all tastes. Browse through the listings below
for performance information – you will be sure to find
something to enjoy.
Theatre
& Performing Arts
Alverno Presents at Alverno College
Southwest
3400 S. 43rd Street
Milwaukee, WI
(414) 382-6044
Alverno Presents 2000 - 2001 Performing Arts Series is an eclectic mix of music,
theatre and dance from around the world. This year's season includes WOFA
(October 7), Danceworks Performance Company (November 3 & 4), Vincent
(November 17), An Evening of Italian Chamber Music (February 16), Sweet Honey
in the Rock (March 23), Redmoon Theater (April 6) & Wild Space Dance Company
(May 11 & 12).
Apple Holler
5006 S. Sylvania Avenue
Sturtevant, WI
(262) 884-7100
Full service restaurant daily serving breakfast, lunch, dinner; cabaret style
musical/comedy revues; wine and cheese tasting; country store featuring unique
gifts, homemade apple pies, cider, syrup and apple butter; orchard tours and
farmyard animals. Twenty varieties of apples to pick.
Chamber Theatre
158 N. Broadway
Milwaukee, WI
(414) 276-8842
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre produces the only Annual Shaw Festival in the United
States and is committed to employing primarily Wisconsin actors and artists. Each
season, MCT offers a wide variety of plays with strong literary and philosophical
merit, and has produced many world and regional premieres.
Early Music Now
1630 E. Royall Place
Milwaukee, WI
(414) 225-3113
Presenting outstanding internationally acclaimed artists and ensembles
performing music from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the early Baroque.
Discover the enchantment of these intimate concerts in Milwaukee's historic
venues!
Festival City Symphony
4240 N. Ardmore Avenue
Milwaukee, WI
(414) 963-9067
Festival City Symphony: a professional nonprofit classical symphony orchestra,
targeting families as its audience, presents free children's "pops" concerts,
"family-priced" formal concerts, and outreach concerts. Its focus is on
collaborative programs that incorporate other art forms and involve local arts or
educational organizations and individual performing artists.
Florentine Opera Company
735 N. Water Street, Suite 1315
Milwaukee, WI
(414) 291-5700
The Florentine Opera, Milwaukee's grand opera company, features international
casts and conductors, spectacular sets and costumes, and the Milwaukee
Symphony Orchestra
Milwaukee Ballet
504 W. National Avenue
Milwaukee, WI
(414) 643-7677
Celebrating our 30th year, the Milwaukee Ballet presents works that speak to our
passions and emotions by choreographers who have fashioned ballets in the
classical and contemporary styles.
Milwaukee Repertory Theater
108 E. Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI
(414) 224-9490
The Milwaukee Repertory Theater brings 15 productions of the best in
contemporary drama, classics, comedies and cabaret to three unique stages each
season. Annual production of "A Christmas Carol" and dinner accommodations at
our Stackner Cabaret also available. Located in the Patty and Jay Baker Theater
Complex at the beautiful Milwaukee Center in the Downtown Theater District.
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
929 N. Water Street
Milwaukee, WI
(414) 272-8540
An internationally recognized youth orchestra program, MYSO offers high level
concerts by students ages 8-18, from November through May. An exceptional
program of training in orchestral and ensemble musicianship, MYSO has 650+
members.
Milwaukee
has a plethora of opera companies, a world-class symphony, a
nationally acclaimed ballet company, and an array of
professional dance and theater companies. Milwaukee is second
only to Los Angeles in donations per capita to the arts. The
result: Milwaukee offers an extensive variety of performing
arts to please all tastes. Browse through the listings below
for performance information – you will be sure to find
something to enjoy.