Mike Fischer wrote theater and book reviews for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel for fifteen years, serving as chief theater critic from 2009-18. A member of the Advisory Company of Artists for Forward Theater Company in Madison, he also co-hosts Theater Forward, a bimonthly podcast. You can reach him directly at mjfischer1985@gmail.com.
Mike’s work as WPW’s Festival Reporter was made possible through the sponsorship of the United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF). Learn more: https://upaf.org/
BAD IN BED (A FAIRY TALE). Photo by Steve Noll
What happens when the traditions and rituals that inform our lives no longer describe who we are? Or when our aversion to change means we continually replay the past rather than imagining a different future? Or when we’re so busyContinue reading
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Nicole Acosta was just a few months into her new job as Milwaukee Chamber Theatre’s Marketing Director when MCT Artistic Director Brent Hazelton approached her about turning her HOOPs Project – a multimedia art installation featuring global majority women andContinue reading
Shining in Misery promo image. Source: Capital City Theatre’s Facebook. Photo credit: Kat Stiennon
Late in the extraordinarily entertaining, two-plus hour laugh fest Shining in Misery – the just-opened Capital City Theatre entry in the World Premiere Wisconsin festival – its evil genius makes clear just how dire things are for the poor souls trying to escape. “MyContinue reading
“Horror lit,” wrote Chicago Tribune arts columnist Christopher Borrelli in a recent column, “is very ALIVE! Some even say it’s experiencing a golden age of creativity, popularity and fresh blood.” “It’s relevance,” Borrelli continued, “is screaming.” Cue the creepy music for Capital CityContinue reading
“What are you afraid of?,” a ladybug (Trevin Gay) asks Finder (Phoebe Werner), the hero at the heart of Erica Berman’s Finder and the North Star. “Feeling small forever,” Finder replies. But as Ladybug has already made clear, “I am living proofContinue reading
It’s hard to imagine a better beginning for World Premiere Wisconsin than Milwaukee Rep’s just-opened production of Lloyd Suh’s The Heart Sellers, running through March 19. Alongside Door County’s Northern Sky Theater and Madison’s Forward Theater Company, Milwaukee Rep is one of WPW’s three lead producing theatersContinue reading
During my tenure as chief drama critic for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, we covered more plays in more Wisconsin theaters than at any time in the newspaper’s long history. And yet. We barely scratched the surface of what’s on stageContinue reading