The 2021 American Players Theatre Season Has Started AND Extra Tickets Have Been Released.

I read the press release and it kinda went over my head that May was winding down and the APT’s theater season was underway. I apologize to my friends in Spring Green! And to our readers as well…I hope you are able to get tickets!!!

scene from The Mountaintop. Gavin Lawrence, Photo by Liz Lauren. courtesy of the American Players Theatre

Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop opened the season in the 201-seat indoor Touchstone Theatre on May 14th and runs through June 19th. The first performance of James DeVita’s world premiere of An Improbable Fiction took place on the Hill Stage on May 27 and will run through June 26th.

scene from An Improbable Fiction. Sarah Day, Brian Mani, Melisa Pereyra, Chiké Johnson & Tracy Michelle Arnold, photo by Liz Lauren. courtesy of the American Player Theatre

From American Players Theatre:

These will be the first in-person performances since APT was forced to cancel the 2020 season, and the company is beyond thrilled to be welcoming audiences back to the theater.

Seats have been added to performances within the 25% capacity cap, and tickets are available now for most performances of these first two plays at americanplayers.org, or by calling the APT Box Office at 608-588-2361. Filmed performances of the plays will be available for people who can’t make the trip to APT this year. More information at americanplayers.org/apt-at-home.

For the latest in safety updates, visit americanplayers.org/covid-rules.

For An Intuitive Perspective’s original APT announcement, visit here!

scene from An Improbable Fiction. Chiké Johnson, Brian Mani & Sarah Day, An Improbable Fiction, 2021. Photo by Liz Lauren. courtesy of the American Players Theatre

The BEATLES are coming to Milwaukee!

I am not quite sure why there is a sudden renaissance of Beatles music in Milwaukee this year and next but here are the facts!

photograph by Robert Freeman used as cover art for the Beatles first Capitol album, Meet the Beatles!

Starting tonight, the Milwaukee Ballet is presenting a live in person program in their Baumgartner Center for Dance entitled Encore (info and tickets here). One of the pieces features Trey McIntyre’s A Day in The Life, set to the music of The Beatles. Encore runs from today June 3, 2021 through June 13, 2021. Beyond the typical excitement around the ballet being back on stage…the BEATLES…insert screams here.

And as previously announced, the Milwaukee Repertory Theater will be presenting William Shakespeare’s As You Like It next February 15 to March 20, 2022 in their Quadracci Powerhouse Theater AND as the Rep warns us: “Interwoven into Shakespeare’s classic romantic comedy, the production features over 20 Beatles songs performed live including “She Loves You,”“I Want to Hold Your Hand” and “Let It Be.” Audiences will be rolling with laughter and singing along to some of the best songs ever written”…the Beatles…insert screams here!

So find your old Beatle boots, your Carnaby Street duds, and get your wig hat on your head…and maybe bring a few cough drops to assuage a sore throat (but unwrap them before the curtain goes up!)