Weekly Highlights from 1/6-1/12
Catey Ott Dance Collective. Photo, courtesy Danceworks website.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Greendale Community Theatre, Greendale High School, 1/8-1/16
This musical comedy chronicles the experience of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. The story features an unlikely group of heroes: quirky teenagers for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time.
Tickets $8-$12. Various showtimes. Visit the Greendale Community Theatre website for more information.
Sketch 22, Alchemist Theatre, 1/9
Many local comedic writers, actors and directors will create this show in a mere 22 hours. Watch for coverage of the event from TCD in the coming days.
Tickets $7. Showtime 8 p.m. Visit Alchemist Theatre for more information.
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Pearl Bailey. Photo by Carl Van Vechten.
Pearl Bailey: By Request, Milwaukee Rep’s Stackner Cabaret, 1/8-2/28
A musical tribute to the irrepressible “Ambassador of Love.” Bailey’s infectious sultry tones are underscored by her remarkable wit in an evening of memorable swing, jazz and Broadway show tunes. Watch for coverage of the show from TCD this week.
Tickets $35-$45. Showtime 8 p.m. Visit the Milwaukee Rep or call 414-224-9490.
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Catey Ott. Image, courtesy of website.
Catey Ott Dance Collective, Total Emersion: Five Energetic Bodies Align on One Journey, Danceworks Studio Theatre, 1/8-1/10
Catey Ott, current New Yorker and Milwaukee native, will return with the Catey Ott Dance Collective for a program at Danceworks. The work on this concert grows Ott’s meditative practice of yoga. It is all about “involvement in the present moment … a sense of living your meditation.” Barbi Powers and Jes Louise Schultz will be here from NYC, and six Milwaukee dancers will join them in Hope. Ott and friends will dance to music by Randall Woolf, Bora Yoon, Vijay Iyer, Iva Bittova and Marti Epstein. Watch for coverage from TCD’s Tom Strini this week.
Tickets $15-$25. Showtime 7:30 p.m., final matinee 2:30 p.m. Visit Danceworks or call 414-277-8480 ext. 6025.
….While you’re there, check out Danceworks Art Gallery & Noelle Stoffel present: Meditative Layers, 1/8-4/9
Two Wisconsin artists, currently working in New York and Kansas, join forces to present meditations on the universal language of the arts. Noelle Stoffel features layered abstract expressionistic paintings.
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Willy Porter and Friends Concert, Cedarburg Cultural Center, 1/9
Mequon native Willy Porter will perform a concert for Advocates of Ozaukee to benefit victims of domestic and sexual violence in Ozaukee County. Deborah Greene will open the show.
Tickets $25 in advance or $30 at the door. Visit Advocates of Ozaukee or call 262-284-3577.
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“It’s that time of year again! Pink Banana Theatre Co. is gearing up for its 2010 Spring One-Acts and is calling on all playwrights to hand in their works. This year’s theme is ‘Sex, Drugs and the American Way.’ This is a broad theme, so please do not hesitate to submit scripts of all types and lengths, whether funny, serious or abstract.”
Please submit all works to: submissions@pinkbananatheatre.com
Final submissions are due by Jan. 15, 2010.
This year’s production will take place at the Off Broadway Theatre May 17- June 6.
Questions?Visit the Pink Banana website.
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