2012 Spring Arts Guide Calendar
Acacia Theatre
414-744-5995
Babette's Feast, March 16-25
African American Children's Theatre
414-461-5771
Let's Keep the Dream Alive, March 9
The Musicians, March 10
Alchemist Theatre
414-426-4169
George Orwell's 1984, March 1-18
Free 2 B U & Me, March 22-April 1
Outliers, April 12–22
In Love Yet Again, April 26–May 6
Alverno Presents
414-382-6044
Kayhan Kahlor / Brooklyn Rider, Feb. 4
Cedar Block: Sexy Results, Feb. 18
Vijay Iyer, March 10
Eccentric Soul Revue, March 24
David Zambrano: Soul Project, April 14
Ex Fabula: Terminal Milwaukee, April 28
Andre' Lee Ellis and Co.
414-544-6352
Jitney, Jan. 26-Feb. 5
A Raisin in the Sun, April 12-22
Bel Canto Chorus
414-481-8801
Evensong, March 4
Stabat Mater, May 20
Boulevard Ensemble Studio Theatre
414-744-5757
This Lime Tree Bower, Feb. 22-April 1
Bunny Gumbo Combat Theatre
Carte Blanche Studios
414-688-7313
Richard III, Feb. 17-March 4
Little Shop of Horrors, April 13-29
The Comedy of Errors, June 1-17
Carthage College Theatre
262-551-6661
Ghost Bike, Feb. 17-25
Imagine, Inspire, Illuminate, March 9-11
The Drowsy Chaperone, April 20-28
Cedarburg Cultural Center
262-375-3676
www.cedarburgculturalcenter.org
UnCultural Night with Pat McCurdy, Feb. 4
18th Annual Irish Eve: Derek Byrne and Paddygrass with the Trinity Irish Dancers, March 10
Tomato Dodgeball, April 14
Jeff & Vida: Bluegrass & Barbeque, April 21
Festival of India: Aarabhi School of Dance, May 19
Cedarburg Performing Arts Center
262-376-6161
ABBA-Arrival, Feb. 4
American Fiesta, March 23-24
The Piano Men, May 18
Charles Allis Art Museum
414-278-8295
Forward 2012: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now!, March 2-June 3
Allis After Hours, Thursdays May 3-June 7
ComedySportz
414-272-8888
ComedySportz, Every Friday and Saturday
Bye Bye Liver—The Milwaukee Drinking Play, Every Saturday
DanceCircus
414-277-8151
Danceworks Inc.
414-277-8480
Want or Need, April 27-May 6
Early Music Now
414-225-3113
Kammen-Tindemans-Maund, Feb. 18
Piffaro and King's Noyse, March 17
Calmus Ensemble and Quartet New Generation, April 21
Ensemble Musical Offering
414-258-6133
www.ensemblemusicaloffering.org
Bach Program, April 13-14
Festival City Symphony
414-963-9067
Give Me That Country Life, March 25
A Musical Grand Tour, April 29
Fine Arts Quartet
414-229-4308
Fine Arts Quartet, March 25
First Stage
414-273-7206
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, Jan. 14-Feb. 12
A Wrinkle in Time, Jan. 27-Feb. 19
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, March 2-31
Diary of a Worm, a Spider and a Fly, April 13-May 13
Florentine Opera
414-291-5700
Isn't It Romantic? A Musical Revue of Songs from Vienna to Broadway, Feb. 10-12
Susannah, March 16 & 18
Idomeneo, May 18 & 20
Fools For Tragedy
Waiting, Feb. 9-26
For My People Productions
414-334-3411
www.formypeopleproductions.com
Frankly Music
414-940-8770
British Invasion, April 16
Goats and Monkeys
414-60-GOATS
Haggerty Museum of Art
414-288-1669
The Europeans, Jan. 18-May 20
Philip Guston, Jan. 18-May 20
Selections from the Mary B. Finnigan Collection, Jan. 18-May 20
John Stezaker: Marriage, Jan. 18-May 20
The Hamilton Event Series
414-223-1020
Inova (Institute of Visual Arts)
414-229-5070
Labworks: Into the Woods, March 10
Unruly Music, March 10
New Directions, April 1
Metals! 12, May 1
In Tandem Theatre
414-271-1371
The Chosen, March 2-25
Veronica's Position, May 4-20
John Michael Kohler Arts Center
920-458-6144
It's Me Again, through March 4
Ko-Thi Dance Company
414-273-0676
Words From the Sole, May 25-26
Latino Arts
414-384-3100
Mango Blue, May 11
Lynden Sculpture Garden
414-446-8794
Wisconsin Visual Artists Juried Exhibition, through March 2
Winter Carnival, Feb. 11
Marcus Center for the Performing Arts
414-273-7206
Miss Abigail's Guide to Dating, Mating, And Marriage, Feb. 16-19
Mary Poppins, Feb. 28-March 4
The Official Blues Brothers Revue, March 2-4
Coach, March 28-29
West Side Story, April 10-15
You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up, April 26-29
Marquette Theatre Department
414-288-7504
Defying Gravity, Feb. 16-26
The Comedy of Errors, April 19-29
Milwaukee Art Museum
414-224-3200
2012 Scholastic Art Awards—Wisconsin Exhibition, Feb. 4–March 4
Accidental Genius: Art from the Anthony Petullo Collection, Feb. 10-May 6
Art In Bloom, March 29-April 1
Posters Of Paris: Toulouse-Lautrec and His Contemporaries, June 1-Sept. 9
Milwaukee Ballet
414-902-2103
Winter Series, Feb. 16-19
Spring Series, March 29-April 1
Peter Pan, May 10-13
Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra
414-881-9900
www.milwaukeechamberorchestra.org
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
414-291-7800
A Thousand Words, Feb. 16-March 11
Bus Stop, April 12-29
Milwaukee Choral Artists
262-628-5022
www.milwaukeechoralartists.org
Southern Skies and Western Winds, Feb. 18
Eastern Voyages, April 14
Milwaukee Gay Arts Center
414-383-3727
www.milwaukeegayartscenter.org
V Day 2012: A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer, Feb. 24-25
A Year at Sea, March 23-24, 30-31
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD)
414-847-3200
Style, Innovation and Vision: Five Perspectives on a Design Collection, through March 3
Critical Awareness in Milwaukee Exhibit, Jan. 20-March 3
MIAD Senior Exhibit, April 20-May 12
Milwaukee Opera Theatre
414-303-1620
Iolanthe, May 31-June 2
Milwaukee Public Theatre
414-347-1685
www.milwaukeepublictheatre.org
Mardi Gras Carnevale Milwaukee, Feb. 17-21
Milwaukee Repertory Theater
414-224-9490
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, through March 11
To Kill a Mockingbird, through March 4
In the Next Room, Or the Vibrator Play, March 7-April 22
Always...Patsy Cline, March 16-May 6
Othello, April 3-May 6
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
414-291-7605
Classics: All-Rachmaninoff, Feb. 3-5
Classics: Romeo & Juliet, Feb. 10-12
Pops: 007: Bond And Beyond, Feb. 24-26
Classics: Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony, March 9-10
Kinderkonzerts: Jumpin' Jazz, March 11
Pops: Celtic Celebration with Eileen Ivers, March 23-25
Basilica Series: Basilica Voices, March 30-31
Classics: Symphonic Masters, April 6-7
Special Presentation: Abbamania, April 20-21
Kinderkonzerts: Bach to the Future, April 22
Classics: Debussy's La Mer, April 27-28
Classics: Brahms' Third Symphony, May 4-5
Classics: The British Isles, May 25-26
Classics: Swan Lake, June 1-3
Classics: The Firebird, June 8-9
Pops: Sci-Fi Spectacular, June 15-17
Milwaukee Theatre
800-745-3000
Rain—A Tribute to The Beatles, March 1
The All-New Original Tribute to The Blues Brothers, March 8
Shrek The Musical, April 5-8
In The Heights, May 4-5
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra
414-267-2950
Winter Concert I, Feb. 4
Progressions Winter Concert, Feb. 9
Percussion Series Concert, Feb. 11
Winter Concert II, Feb. 18
Winter Concert III, Feb. 19
Milwaukee Youth Music Celebration, March 11
Spring Concert I, May 6
Percussion Series Concert, May 12
Jazz Finale, May 13
Spring Concert II, May 19
Spring Concert III, May 20
Progressions Spring Honors Concert, June 7
Museum of Wisconsin Art
262-334-9638
Alison Stehlik, through Feb. 19
Bernard Gilardi: Into the Light, through March 25
Lisa Koch: A Collection of Fleeting Moments, through April 1
170 Years of Wisconsin Art, through 2012
Next Act Theatre
414-278-0765
Vigil, Feb. 2-26
One Time, April 5-29
North Shore Academy of the Arts
262-377-3514
Suessical The Musical, March 30-April 1
Off the Wall Theatre
414-327-3552
The Sisters Rosensweig, Feb. 2-12
The Tempest, March 29-April 8
Roadside, A Musical, May 24-June 3
Optimist Theatre
262-498-5777
Macbeth, June 21-July 8
Philomusica Quartet
414-276-5760
String Quartets: Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, Beethoven, March 19
Bach: Goldberg Variations with Roger Ruggeri, May 21
Pink Banana Theatre Co.
One-Act Play Festival: The End of the World!, June 2012
Present Music
414-271-0711
Around 30, March 3
Buffalo, April 14-15
Love, June 15
Prometheus Trio
414-276-5760
Feb. 13-14
April 23-24
Racine Symphony Orchestra
262-636-9285
Higher-Lower, Faster-Slower, March 20
Everything Old Is New Again, April 21
Racine Theatre Guild
262-633-4218
Glorious!, through Feb. 5
The Curious Savage, March 2-18
Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, April 13-22
Chicago, May 11-27
Renaissance Theaterworks
414-291-7800
Neat, through Feb. 5
Honour, March 23-April 15
Schauer Arts and Activities Center
262-670-0560
Vocal Trash, Feb. 10
The Magic School Bus-Live!, Feb. 17
Take Me Home, Feb. 18-19
Michael Perry & The Long Beds, Feb. 24
Truly Remarkable Loon, Feb. 26
Trinity Irish Dancers, March 17
California Guitar Trio, March 24
Honky Tonk Angels, March 30-31
Wayne The Wizard, April 1
Tony Orlando, April 14
ComedySportz, April 21
Chanticleer, April 29
Sones de Mexico, May 4
Girls Night: The Musical, May 11-12
Oliver!, June 8-16
Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts
262-781-9470
Ailey II, Feb. 11
Pallavi Mahidhara, Feb. 24
The King's Singers, March 16
Michelle Featherstone, April 20
Linda Eder, April 28
Broadway Today!, May 19
Frankly Music, May 21
Curt Hanrahan/Jay Mollerskov Project, May 18
Skylight Opera Theatre
414-291-7800
Gershwin and Friends, through Feb. 12
Daddy Long Legs, March 9-April 1
Things That Go Ding!, April 27-May 6
Sunday in the Park With George, May 18-June 10
Soulstice Theatre
414-481-2800
Tick, Tick... Boom, through Feb. 11
Nocturne, March 8-24
Goldfish, May 3-19
South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center
414-766-5049
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana: La Pasión Flamenca, Feb. 4
Florentine Opera Studio: America's Songbook, March 23
Florentine Opera Studio: The Three Little Pigs, March 23
The Improvised Shakespeare Company, April 27
Ruthie Foster, May 11
Sunset Playhouse
262-782-4430
Nunsense, through Feb. 5
Greater Tuna, Feb. 23-March 11
On the Road Again, March 5-6
Becky Spice - A La Carte, March 15-24
Lend Me a Tenor, April 19-May 6
Plain Folks, April 30-May 1
Bill Jackson at Sunset, May 17-26
6 Degrees of Separation, May 24-June 10
Broadway Melody, June 4-5
Theatre Gigante
414-961-6119
Our Town, May 11-19
Between You and Me, June 7-9
UPROOTED Theatre
414-378-8582
Hoodoo Love, Feb. 13
South Bridge, March 12-18
Oleanna, April 23 (reading)
Through the Eyes of Jim, May 2 (reading)
Hair, Nails, and Dress, May 24-June 3
Project 1 Voice: The Amen Corner, June 20 (reading)
UWM Peck School of the Arts Dance Department
414-229-2571
Winterdances, Feb. 2-5
Summerdances, May 31-June 2
UWM Peck School of the Arts Film Department
414-229-6015
Milwaukee LGBT Film Video Festival, Feb. 2, March 1, April 5, May 3
A Story of Floating Weeds, March 29
Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, May 4-6
Student Film and Video Festival, May 11
UWM Peck School of the Arts Music Department
414-229-4393
Chamber Music Milwaukee, Feb. 23 and March 29
Unruly Music, March 8-10
UWM Peck School of the Arts Theatre Department
414-229-4947
The Nature of Mutation, March 7-11
Three Sisters, May 2-6
Into the Woods, March 2-11
New Works, April 27-May 6
UW-Parkside Theatre
262-595-2373
Great Expectations, Feb. 24-March 3
Bus Stop, April 13-29
Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum
414-271-3656
Connie Grauer / Piano, Feb. 5
Artists Now! Lecture Series: Anya Kivarkis, Feb. 15
The Decorative Impulse, Feb. 17-May 20
Fools For Tragedy: Waiting, Feb. 24-26
Philomusica String Quartet, March 4
Jeannie Yu & Stephan Kartman / Piano & Cello, April 1
Geraldine Thien Stone / Piano, May 6
A Chair To Remember, June 3
Michael Velliquette and Joey Fauerso, June 15-Sept. 9
Walker's Point Center for the Arts
414-672-2787
Sobreviviendo: Manejese con Cuidado (Surviving: Handle With Care), Feb. 3- March 10
Work By Michael Banning, Morgan Craig and Mark Slankard, March 23-May 5
Time Arts Continuum, May 18-June 30
Waukesha Civic Theatre
262-547-0708
Crossing Delancey, Feb. 3-19
The Miracle Worker, March 9-25
The Wizard of Oz Unplugged, March 30-April 3
Miss Saigon, May 4-20
Busybody, June 8-24
Wild Space Dance
414-271-0307
Delicious, Feb. 9-11
Gestures of the Image, May 3
Wild Night, June 23
Windfall Theatre
414-332-3963
www.windfalltheatre.blogspot.com
Wittenberg, Feb. 17-March 3
Assassins, May 4-19
Wisconsin Conservatory of Music
414-276-5760
Una Noche Romántica de Boleros: The Eric Jacobson Quintet, Feb. 9
Soul Jazz, April 5
Tribute to Steel String Guitar Icons: Matthew Schroeder & Peter Roller, April 19
Uncommon Music: Max Day & Friends, April 22
Vincent Herring and The We Six Trio, May 3
Wisconsin Philharmonic
262-547-1858
Gallic Delights, Feb. 26
Une Grande Finale: From France to Spain, May 6
Woodland Pattern Book Center
414-263-5001
Youngblood Theatre
414-369-2375
Your Mother Dances
Mother's Day Show, TBA
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