Media Reviews

"This is a smart play that nibbles around the edges of a thoughtful display of dogma and there are lessons to be learned here. One of those lessons is that great theater doesn't have to be big, it just has to be great." Collapse

"There is absolutely no logical explanation for the spectacle taking place at the Stackner Cabaret at the Milwaukee Rep.
It is, quite simply, the most amazingly unbelievable and entertaining example of creative and unusual theater I have ever seen in my life." Collapse

"Nearing the conclusion of his jaw-dropping "Mind over Milwaukee," a blindfolded Marc Salem stated that the untouched object beneath his hand must be a watch - before proceeding to make its secondhand stop altogether.

"That's pretty good," murmured an admiring audience member seated near the Stackner Cabaret stage.

"It's not pretty good," Salem shot back. "It's great."" Collapse

"The Milwaukee Repertory Theater glides into the New Year with a very precise staging of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. Mark Healy's script does a pretty good job of distilling some 120,000 written words on the page to a little over two hours on the stage. Under the direction of Art Manke, the script is well articulated with some genuinely heartfelt moments of motion peeking through the enjoyably prim formality of a Jane Austen story." Collapse

"Posner's "Carol" delivers the expected Victorian trimmings, from the familiar flying sets and lavish costumes to the traditional carols, sung by the most musically talented "Carol" cast I've seen.But at its core, this "Carol" also has one foot firmly planted in a present that's marred by nearly Victorian divisions between the haves and have-nots." Collapse

"There may be a new director at the helm and a new man clad in Ebenezer Scrooge’s nightshirt, but you’ll love this year’s production as much as you ever have – maybe even more. [...] Director Aaron Posner, a member of the Rep’s new Associate Artists team, has taken a new eye to the script left to him by co-adaptors Joseph Hanreddy and Edward Morgan. What he’s found is something amusing. Several somethings, in fact: This year, the production’s efforts to bring joy to the hearts of its audience are tailored to make that joy audible laughter." Collapse

A review of and photos from Mango Blue's performance in the Latino Arts Auditorium on Friday, May 11, 2012. Collapse