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2012 Milwaukee Rep - A Christmas Carol! - Southeastern WI Arts Guild

Milwaukee Rep presents "A Christmas Carol", November 29th - December 24th, at historic Pabst Theater!  The ultimate holiday tradition returns again for its 37th year! Dickens’ classic masterpiece will delight and brighten your holiday season with beautiful carols and a timeless message of hope, peace, love, and the true meaning of the holidays. Bring the whole family and join in a tradition that has delighted audiences for generations!
"Pure holiday entertainment... tugs at your heartstrings." – ThirdCoast Digest.
Tickets
414-224-9490
tickets@milwaukeerep.com

2012 Milwaukee Rep - A Christmas Carol!  - Southeastern WI Arts Guild

Milwaukee Repertory Theater – Blues in the Night, Stackner Cabaret.

The universal language of the blues speaks eloquently in this scorching, Tony-nominated musical! The twenty-six hot, torchy numbers that tell the sweet, sexy, and sorrowful stories of four colorful inhabitants of a 1930s Chicago saloon will leave you energized, inspired, and ready to wail. This dynamite revue features blues classics from Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Bessie Smith, and many more, packed into a larger-than-life score that’ll bring down the house!

“Dazzling…Glorious…Funny…Fierce” – ThirdCoast Digest
“Hits all the right notes…electrifying…sizzling” – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Tickets
414-224-9490tickets@milwaukeerep.com

Group Tickets
Start at 15% off

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Milwaukee Repertory Theater – Blues in the Night

2012 Milwaukee Ballet presents The Nutcracker!

2012 Milwaukee Ballet Presents - The Nutcracker,
December 8 - December 26,2012
Marcus Center for the Performing Arts - Uihlein Hall

Join Clara, Fritz and Marie on a journey where toys, flowers and snowflakes come to life. Are they enchanted somehow? Perhaps. Are you? Most definitely. With the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra performing Tchaikovsky’s unforgettable score alongside the Milwaukee Children’s Choir, you’ll be absolutely charmed by this feast for the senses.

Member Discount: https://www.marcuscenter.org/mcaccess/ Code: "swagtickets"
Memberships
General Public: http://www.milwaukeeballet.org/tickets/overview

Southeastern WI Arts Guild - Metro Milwaukee Arts Blog

2012 - The Milwaukee Rep - Diary of Anne Frank

 

Anne Frank’s remarkable diary has become an essential tool for understanding one of the darkest periods of our history—and one of the most beautiful, haunting stories in our shared experience.

A testament to the human spirit and its young author’s “boundless desire for all that is beautiful and good,” the play illuminates Anne’s unwavering belief in justice and love during more than two years in hiding during World War II. This moving, true story is essential viewing for every generation.

 

Dates: October 23 - December 2, 2012

Venue: Quadracci Powerhouse

 

Tickets
414-224-9490
tickets@milwaukeerep.com

Group Tickets
Start at 15% off

Group Sales
414-290-5340
cyundem@milwaukeerep.com

Marcus Center, The Second City Dysfunctional Holiday Revue

The Second City Dysfunctional Holiday Revue Second City's Dysfunctional Holiday Revue features a seasonal blend of hilarious scenes, songs and trademark improvisation with a sprig of Holiday mischief for a night of spirited fun. Funny, bright and completely original, Second City's Dysfunctional Holiday Revue is the perfect alternative to the same old holiday shows!

VENUE: Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Milwaukee, WI
DATES: December 6 - December 16, 2012      

TICKETS: CLICK HERE to order tickets at the Southeastern WI Arts Guild member rate. GROUP CODE: swagtickets

2012 MSO - Doc The Halls: A Merry Doc Holiday!

Doc Severinsen, conductor
The tradition returns when Doc Severinsen conducts the Milwaukee Symphony in classics of the season. Carols, sing-alongs, Holiday Big
Band - Doc leads it all. Great holiday music and memories, with the incomparable Doc Severinsen.
VENUE: Marcus Center, Milwaukee, WI
DATES: Friday, November 29, 2012 - Sunday, December 2, 2012

TICKETS: CLICK HERE to order tickets at the Southeastern WI Arts Guild member rate. GROUP CODE: swagtickets

HERE IS MY SOUL. IT'S IN THE ART befenit for Lissy's Place, Milwaukee

My Home, Your Home Inc. presents its 1st Annual.. HERE IS MY SOUL...IT'S IN THE ART" benefiting Lissy's Place!

 

Date: Saturday, November 10, 2012 from 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

 

Venue: St. Joel Read Center: Rotunda & Galleria, Alverno College 3400 S. 43rd Street, Milwaukee WI 53234.

 

Event Info: Artists will display and sell works of their interpretation of Homeless Women such as the young women who find their way to Lissy’s Place. Enjoy “live art” - music, dance, painting, poetry reading, piano performance. There will be a Silent Auction, as well as other art and craftwork for purchase. Beverages & light snacks provided.

Tickets are $7 at the door or only $5 when purchased online!
http://lissysartshow.eventbrite.com/,

Free to participating artists!

Marcus Center - Irish Tenors in Concert!

The Irish Tenors in concert at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Sunday, November 25th at 6:00 PM. Don't miss this special evening of Irish and American Holiday Classics with the world renown Irish Tenors. Southeastern WI Arts Guild is delighted to offer its members an exclusive discount on tickets to this very special concert event!  Please visit our website at http://www.sewiartsguild.com/ for details and to order tickets.

Marcus Center - Irish Tenors in Concert! - Southeastern WI Arts Guild

MSO - West Side Story

Mlwaukee Symphony Orchestra to perform entire score from West Side Story as newly re-mastered film is shown in high definition on the big screen.  Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the film's release in grand style!  Dates: Friday, November 23rd - Saturday, November 24th.  Uihlein Hall - Marcus Center.  Exclusive member discount on tickets available through Southeastern WI Arts Guild.


MSO - West Side Story - Southeastern WI Arts Guild

One-Man Star Wars Trilogy LIVE at Marcus Center

Writer / Performer Charles Ross spent too much of his childhood in a galaxy far, far away and adulthood has been no different. In this high energy solo performance, Ross plays all the characters, recreates the effects, sings the music, flies the ships and fights both sides of the battles from the original Star Wars Trilogy.

VENUE
Marcus Center for the Performing Arts - Uihlein Hall
929 N. Water Street, Milwaukee, WI

DATES
November 16, 2012 - November 17, 2012.

TICKETS
CLICK HERE to order tickets at the exclusive Southeastern WI Arts Guild member rate. GROUP CODE: swagtickets
CLICK HERE for membership info.

Rock of Ages returns to Milwaukee Marcus Center!

Milwaukee, WI. The worldwide party musical ROCK OF AGES returns to the MARCUS CENTER Tuesday, November 13th - Sunday, November 18th! ROCK OF AGES features a mix of 28 rockin’ 80’s tunes including DON’T STOP BELIEVIN’, WE BUILT THIS CITY, THE FINAL COUNTDOWN, WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE, HERE I GO AGAIN, CAN’T FIGHT THIS FEELING and I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS. The five time 2009 Tony® nominee ROCK OF AGES is an arena-rock love story told through the mind blowing hits of JOURNEY, NIGHT RANGER, STYX, REO SPEEDWAGON, PAT BENATAR,

TWISTED SISTER, POISON, ASIA, WHITESNAKE

and many more. Party on!

Venue Information
Marcus Center for the Performing Arts - Uihlein Hall
929 N. Water Street, Milwaukee, WI

DATES
Tuesday, November 13th - Sunday, November 18th.
TICKETINGCLICK HERE to order tickets at the exclusive Southeastern WI Arts Guild member rate. GROUP CODE: swagtickets
CLICK HERE for SWAG membership info.

First Stage Childrens' Theater presents "Big the Musical."

VENUETodd Wehr Theatre
Milwaukee, WI

Dates
October 19, 2012 - November 11, 2012

Based on the motion picture Big, written by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg, produced by Twentieth Century Fox. Theatre for Young Audiences adaptation by Jeff Frank, First Stage and Michael Bobbitt, Adventure Theatre.

About the play:
The 1987 hit movie bursts onstage in this vibrant, funny and touching musical. When frustrated 12-year-old Josh Baskin makes a wish to become "big" and wakes up the next morning to find his wish has literally come true, he discovers there's much more to being an adult than he's bargained for - and learns we must all grow up at our own pace, in our own time.  Come see this new version of the Tony®-award nominated musical comedy, created just for our family audiences. For everyone ages 7 & up.
TICKETS
http://www.firststage.org/Childrens-Theater/Current-Season/BIG-the-Musical/

2012 MSO - Schubert's Unfinished Symphony

2012 MSO - Schubert's Unfinished Symphony
Christoph König, conductor
Weber Overture to Der Freischütz
Lutos?awski Concerto for Orchestra
Schubert Symphony No. 7 in B minor, D.759,
"Unfinished"
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor

Composed in 1822, it languished unperformed for over forty years, heard only in Schubert’s fevered imagination. The Milwaukee Symphony performs Schubert’s immortal “Unfinished” Symphony. Lutos?awski’s Concerto for Orchestra displays the MSO’s shimmering virtuosity. And Liszt’s famous Second Hungarian Rhapsody presents music’s most recognizable
melodies.

VENUE
Marcus Center for the Performing Arts - Uihlein Hall
929 N. Water Street, Wilwaukee, WI

DATES
Friday, November 9, 2012 at 11:15 AM
Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 8:00 PM

TICKETS
http://www.sewiartsguild.com/member-discounts.html

First Stage Students Place First in Utah Competition!

Milwaukee, WI – First Stage Theater Academy sent members of its Young Company to compete in the Utah Shakespeare Festival, held October 5-6, 2012 in Cedar City, Utah. This marks the Young Company’s sixth trip to the competition. Their first place finish marks the sixth consecutive time that the Academy has placed in the top three. It is the third time they have won the competition outright. The team of 12 high school students from the Academy’s pre-professional training program for teens won first place overall for its division, third for its Ensemble Scene, and placed both first and third in Monologues.

Erin Stapleton of Milwaukee won first place with her performance of “Margaret” from RICHARD iii in the Monologue Competition. With this victory she also received a $1,000 scholarship to Southern Utah University. Hayley Grey-Hoehn of Brookfield placed third with her performance of “Portia” from JULIUS CAESAR.

“This competition consistently offers our young actors an extraordinary educational experience,” said John Maclay, First Stage associate artistic director and director of the Young Company. “First Stage is incredibly proud of these students. Their work ethic and commitment to classical theatre is inspiring.”

In addition to Maclay, the program’s director, local professional theatre artists who helped prepare the students included Matt Daniels, Angela Iannone and Todd Denning.

Students who competed for First Stage Theater Academy, along with their schools, are: Homeschooled students Christine and Katherine Pollnow; Matthew Steege (senior at Prairie School); Hayley Gray-Hoehn (senior at Brookfield Central High School); Abbi Minessale (junior at Brookfield Academy); Caroline Fossum (sophomore at Grafton High School); Kiaran Hartnett and Laura Mesrobian (juniors at Whitefish Bay High School); Ashley Patin (senior at Muskego High School); Andrew Oppmann (senior at Arrowhead High School); and Erin Stapleton (senior at Wauwatosa West High School).

MSO to present Franck's Symphony in D Minor.

Southeastern WI Arts Guild in partnership with Marcus Center for the Performing Arts is pleased to offer an exclusive discount on tickets to Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra's Franck's Symphony in D Minor.

Marcus Center for the Performing Arts -
Uihlein Hall
929 N. Water Street
Milwaukee, WI

Friday, November 2, 2012 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 8:00 PM 

Tickets and Info:
http://www.sewiartsguild.com/swag-blog.html

Milwaukee Florentine Opera presents Carmen.

Southeastern WI Arts Guild in partnership with Marcus Center for the Performing Arts is pleased to offer an exclusive discount on tickets to the Florentine Opera's presentation of Georges Bizet's masterpiece CARMEN.

Marcus Center for the Performing Arts
Uihlein Hall
929 N. Water Street
Milwaukee, WI

Friday, October 26, 2012 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 2:30 PM

http://www.sewiartsguild.com/1/post/2012/10/florentine-opera-presents-carmen.html

Milwaukee (WI) Photographer Phil Koch wins big!!

Canon U.S.A., Ron Howard And The Public Selected 91 Winning Photos For "Project Imaginat10n" Which Will Inspire Short Films Directed By Eva Longoria, Jamie Foxx, Biz Stone, Georgina Chapman And James Murphy. Milwaukee, WI Photographer Phil Koch's "Forgotten Tale" was one of them!!

http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/about_canon/newsroom?pageKeyCode=pressreldetail&docId=0901e024806c2ffc

Milwaukee, WI - Theatre Fundraiser

Pink Banana's 2nd Annual Fall Fundraiser is tonight at 7:00pm at Great Lakes Distillery. Bid on exciting silent auction, grab a delicious drink from the cash bar, listen to some live music and more! Cover: $10 in advance/ $15 at the door.Tickets available at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/270989

Invite your family and friends! Join Pink Banana Theatre for a great time for a great cause!

Milwaukee, WI - Filmmaker Meetup

Southeast WI Arts Guild Filmmaker Meetup is this Tuesday, October 16, from 6pm-8pm, at Mo's Irish Pub in Wauwatosa. The highlight of the event is an open discussion about the new entertainment complex project for Metro-Milwaukee. Cindy Van Vreede, a project lead, will be on hand to share the latest developments. Filmmakers and Actors are invited to come prepared to socialize and share about their latest projects too! 
PLEASE RSVP using the following link: https://www.facebook.com/events/428203550549230/

CD Review - Fancies of a Random Heart by Annie B and the Vagabond Company

I confess, after receiving a copy of Annie B. and the Vagabond Company's latest CD - "Fancies of a Random Heart" - I have listened to it again and again. As lead vocalist, Annie B. expertly fronts a band with a tight, hard rocking sound. With every track, I am reminded of a band that perfected its unique style and sound working the clubs and festivals. Annie B. and the Vagabond Company EXPLODE in front of a crowd. ABVC managed to capture that same energy and raw sound on the "Fancies of a Random Heart" studio CD. "Fancies of a Random Heart" is also a great showcase for Annie B's powerful, edgy and yet endearing vocal style.

https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Annie-B-The-Vagabond-Company-wwwAnnieBMusiccom/123263987752535?sk=app_155326481208883

"No God No Master" homecoming at 2012 Milwaukee Film Festival

Even before seeing it, I can tell you that this is my kind of movie! "No God No Master" was filmed almost entirely on location in Milwaukee, WI and features local actors and crew.

During a recent telephone conversation with director Terry Green, Green stated that he chose to film in Milwaukee because parts of the community are reminiscent of the streets of New York back in the 1920's.  Milwaukee is a natural stand in for New York in this period film, according to Terry Green.

Green cast the film with talent from both Los Angeles and Milwaukee.  Attendees at the
Milwaukee Film Festival Spotlight Presentation of No God No Master will instantly recognize such noteable local actors as Jim Pickering, Lee Ernst and Dan Mooney - to name only a few.  The first screening of No God No Master is on Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 7:30pm at Milwaukee's Oriental Theatre.  For director Terry Green and his cast and crew it is a long awaited and important homecoming to the city where it all began.

http://milwaukee.festivalgenius.com/2012/films/nogodnomaster_terrygreen_milwaukee2012

    

Great Review on local indie film "Serum."

We hope you enjoy and share this recent inteview with Serum director Rex Sikes and cast and crew. For SWAG, it has been an inspiring indie film journey to follow.

http://www.darkofthematinee.com/2012/10/rex-sikes-interview-with-indie-jack-of.html

Annie B. and the Vagabond Company

Today is the LAST DAY to Vote for The Shepherd Express Best of 2012 Awards!! Vote for Annie B for Female Vocalist & Acoustic Musician, and ABVC for Best Rock Band! https://expressmilwaukee.com/survey-8-2012-best-of-milwaukee-reader%255Cs-choice.html

2012 Best of Milwaukee Reader's Choice · Completed Survey In Milwaukee

Today is last day to vote for "Best of Milwaukee 2012!"

Who will you vote for in the categories of arts and entertainment?

2012 Best of Milwaukee Reader's Choice · Completed Survey In Milwaukee

October 13, 2012 - Paul Weber, CSA - Casting Workshop!

Actors and directors you really don't want to miss this opportunity to get feedback and advice from one of Hollywood's most repsected casting directors - coming up October 13, 2012 in Miwlaukee. Message Dan Laske right away for more info! Be sure to attend and meet with Paul because having a pro casting director give you feedback and help you with what you need to do to sell yourslef as an actor, or cast your film as a director is priceless. An incredible opportunity. Act today!
http://www.rexsikes.com/Rex_Sikes_Movie_Beat/Hot_News/Entries/2012/5/22_Paul_Weber_CSA___Actors_Workshop___How_To_Audition.html

Pink Banana Theatre Co. Annual Fall FUNdraiser! Saturday, October 13, 2012 at 7:00pm. Come bid on an exciting silent auction, grab a delicious drink from the cash bar, listen to some live music and more! Cover: $10 in advance/ $15 at the door. Tickets available at: http://lnkd.in/Yr9Gvr

"No God, No Master" Trailer on Vimeo

"No God No Master" filmed on location in Milwaukee, WI. Directed by Terry Green, "No God No Master" features a talented cast of actors from both Milwaukee and Los Angeles. The majority of technical crew that worked on the film was hired locally.

"No God, No Master" Trailer on Vimeo