Join Wisconsin Public Television for a preview of The Vietnam War PBS, a new 10-part documentary series produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. The 60-minute screening will be followed by a panel discussion with area veterans talking about their experiences and reflecting on the film preview. The 18-hour documentary film tells the epic story of […]
By Tony Kushner Part 2: Perestroika America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell. Andrew Garfield (Silence, Hacksaw Ridge) plays Prior Walter along with a cast including Denise Gough (People, Places and Things), Nathan […]
Witness the chilling stories of two Holocaust survivors. Witness the stories of Holocaust survivors, Eva Schloss and Ed Silverberg, who crossed paths with Anne Frank and faced the same heartbreaking discrimination and brutality of Nazi Germany. Eva and Ed’s chilling stories unfold through unique multi-media staging that connects their tales with visual artifacts of their […]
Overview By Gian Carlo Menotti Join the Viterbo music department as they present two one-act operas. The Medium tells the sinister story of Madame Flora, her daughter, and a mute servant boy. During a forged séance, the intoxicated Madame Flora feels a phantom hand around her throat, and the subsequent events lead to a dramatic […]
Based on the film by Luchino Visconti Jude Law (The Young Pope, Closer, The Talented Mr Ripley) stars in the stage production of Obsession, broadcast live from the Barbican Theatre in London. Ivo van Hove (NT Live: A View from the Bridge, Hedda Gabler) directs this new stage adaptation of Luchino Visconti’s 1943 film. Gino […]
Ten guilty strangers, trapped on an island... Lured into the island home of mysterious hosts, ten strangers gather for one last summer holiday. Shortly after their arrival, a recorded message accuses each of murder and then one drops dead–poisoned. One down and nine to go! The excitement never lets up. Based on Agatha Christie's superlative […]
By Tom Stoppard Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter, The Woman in Black), Joshua McGuire (The Hour) and David Haig (Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Witness for the Prosecution) star in Tom Stoppard’s brilliantly funny situation comedy, broadcast live from The Old Vic theatre in London. David Leveaux’s new production marks the 50th anniversary of the play […]
Being hit by lightning isn't everything it's cracked up to be. Ten-year-old Violet is determined to show the world, not to mention the cool kids at school, just how special she is. With the help of her assistant Freddy, she sets out to break a world record, but becomes accidentally extraordinary when she's struck by […]
Overview By Alan Ayckbourn Called a "humorous tour de force," How the Other Half Loves is a comic romp of mistakes and misunderstandings. Playing with time and space, the action takes place in the homes of two very different couples simultaneously on stage. A third couple, visiting both houses on different nights, but the same […]
Overview The Midwest Winds woodwind quintet is an ambassador of the Air Force Band of Mid-America, providing a highly professional product to communicate esprit de corps and render honor to our Airmen and country. Located at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, this ensemble is committed to honoring veterans and active duty military members across a […]
By William Shakespeare Tamsin Greig is Malvolia in a new twist on Shakespeare’s classic comedy of mistaken identity. A ship is wrecked on the rocks. Viola is washed ashore but her twin brother Sebastian is lost. Determined to survive on her own, she steps out to explore a new land. So begins a whirlwind of mistaken […]
Overview Ballet La Crosse is proud to present A Little Princess for our fall production. Join us for this captivatingly touching story about Sarah Crewe, who must move from her beloved India to a boarding school in New York, while her father is called into the war in Europe. At Miss Minchin's Seminary for Girls, […]
