It didn't look like much more than an old rusted out car, the kind that gets turned into a yard planter. The wondrous imaginations of a couple of English wipper-snappers, Jemima (Bella Bloxham) and Jeremy Potts (Charlie Cornell), had given the old car a fantastical second life, one separate from the fixer-upper’s routine engine work... Continue Reading →
Delightfully Ridiculous, Village Playhouse, Beyond Therapy
The restaurant sat empty otherwise. Bruce (Tom Forshee) waits nervously at a table going through his mental rolodex of personal ineptitudes. He’s joined in due time by Prudence (Bailey Haag) similarly disoriented by her foray into the dating game. They’ve been brought together by the precursor to internet chat rooms, the borderline maligned - personal... Continue Reading →
No more shadows, Quasimondo Physical Theatre, Ms. Wrights
A gray wool topcoat, plaid aviator scarf, wooden cane and bone colored felt pork pie, blaze in our subconscious as marquee fashion pieces of a quintessential figure of 20th century American design. These garments lay empty on the floor in Charles Allis Museum's gathering hall, void of a personage for Frank Lloyd Wright. At one... Continue Reading →
A Bird in a Can, Halyard Park, Dead Bird Brewing Company
Dead Bird Brewing Company Taproom opened last month like rumor, turns out that the truth betrayed fiction. Yes, Milwaukee now has a place called Dead Bird Brewing. A self proclaimed nanobrewery, the space that houses this small batch brewing outfit has garage chic charm that only Milwaukee’s legacy of industry embedded in neighborhoods can provide.... Continue Reading →
Thieves of Fortune, Cactus Club, Endless Era
Radio Milwaukee had a spot recently with beabadoobie discussing how inexplicably some musicians with phenomenal projects toil and toil and never quite break through, and how others miraculously gain instant notoriety. A recent live effort by new kids on the scene Endless Era gave show-goers the feeling this trio could vault straight to insta-hit status... Continue Reading →