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Dominique Paul Noth
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Journalist, ecitor, now reviewing theater for urbanmilwaukee.com and have my own blogs at domdomain. Plus I am domnoth.substack.com
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Skylight serves up lots of smart spoofing in holiday show. tinyurl.com/hs28ptvh @broadwayworld.bsky.social @theatrecritics.bsky.social @variety.com theaterdigest.substack.com
Theater: Skylight’s Holiday Show Is Lots of Fun
'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' sends up biblical story while spoofing many musical styles.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Timely topic, top of line production opens Milwaukee Rep new mainstage. tinyurl.com/48khsfyf @broadwayworld.bsky.social @theatrecritics.bsky.social @variety.com
Theater: Rep’s ‘Come From Away’ Is a Triumph
Tony-winning musical about 9-11 gets lovely, fast-moving production.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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A ‘Wonderful’ nostalgia variation for the holidays at Stackner Cabaret tinyurl.com/f3fy7spf @broadwayworld.bsky.social @theatrecritics.bsky.social @variety.com
Theater: ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Is Pretty Wonderful
Milwaukee Rep's radio play version of beloved classic makes it fresh and fun.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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In jaws of theater experts, zombies make good farce tinyurl.com/4umj3c9d @broadwayworld.bsky.social @theatrecritics.bsky.social @variety.com
Theater: A Zombie Show That Leaves You Laughing
'Bed and Breakfast of the Damned' is a delightful farce from Constructivists theater.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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A delicious dangerous game cuts like a Swiss (Switzerland) knife. tinyurl.com/28sddb2v @broadwayworld.bsky.social @theatrecritics.bsky.social @variety.com
Theater: ‘Switzerland’ Keeps Audiences Guessing
Novelist Patricia Highsmith battles with a visitor as dangerous and droll as her famous fictional creation Ripley.
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October 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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The lost generations of immigrants come alive in “Sanctuary City.” tinyurl.com/2wbwt9rr @broadwayworld.bsky.social @theatrecritics.bsky.social @variety.com
Theater: ‘Sanctuary City’ Offers Powerful Look at Immigration Issue
Strong Next Act production handles play's challenging structure.
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October 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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A few pros and cons of shipping with Gilbert and Sullivan tinyurl.com/3rj2cjuf @broadwayworld.bsky.social @theatrecritics.bsky.social @variety.com
Theater: UWM and Milwaukee Opera Theatre Set Sail With a Playful “Pinafore”
A student-driven take on Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic turns Lake Michigan into a comic sea of local jokes and musical energy.
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October 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Rich man, poor man, run to Skylight’s Fiddler on the Roof. tinyurl.com/36uf7jwd
Theater: Skylight’s ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Production is Special
Skylight's show might be the best program in 'Violins of Hope.'
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October 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Expert Next Act cast creeps into our hearts using community theater games tinyurl.com/2wx48fcz @broadwayworld.bsky.social @theatrecritics.bsky.social @variety.com
Theater: ‘Circle Mirror Transformation’ Keeps Audiences Guessing
Skilled Next Act staging of Obie-winning play shows how theater games mirror life.
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April 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Rep’s 50s jam session great fun while pretending to be a play. tinyurl.com/5an7cxuw @broadwayworld.bsky.social @theatrecritics.bsky.social @variety.com
Theater: Rep Takes Us Back to Sun Studios
'Million Dollar Quartet' has mawkish plot but lots of Elvis, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis songs.
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April 28, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Harsh, humbling or sneaky – the range of Milwaukee Film Festival documenatries tinyurl.com/yzrhtccz @variety.com
Milwaukee Film Fest: ‘The Dells’ Is A Canny, Very Wisconsin Docu-Film
And 'Cycle' is a hard look at 2019 police killing of Black youth in Racine.
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April 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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2 women, 2 cultures clash but way story is told is more interesting tinyurl.com/4d5t85ee @broadwayworld.bsky.social @theatrecritics.bsky.social @variety.com
Theater: Rep’s ‘Espejos: Clean’ Is Fascinating Clash of Cultures
Latina maid and wealthy white woman connect at Cancun resort with curious results.
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April 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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A rundown of the breadth, including one review, of Milwaukee film festival tinyurl.com/3hm683k6 @variety.com
Film Festival Tickets On Sale April 13
Festival's program packed with films and ticket deals. Many movies connect to current events.
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April 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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A STORY THAT DESERVES TO BE ON NATIONAL NEWS!
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Gay Venezuelan stylist sent to Salvadoran prison after a disgraced Milwaukee cop's report
Now a contractor for ICE, the officer was on the Brady list of disgraced cops in Milwaukee. His report helped send a man to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
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April 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Don’t be surprised at hokeyness if you get thee to a musical comedy nunnery tinyurl.com/myya3yb @broadwayworld.bsky.social @theatrecritics.bsky.social @variety.com
Theater: Oh Those Singing and Dancing Nuns
Skylight's 'Sister Act' offers a skilled ensemble, disco fever moves and lots of jokes about nuns.
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April 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Grotesque domestic battle deserves new admiration for overlooked theater company tinyurl.com/mr44263s @broadwayworld.bsky.social @theatrecritics.bsky.social @variety.com
Theater: The Constructivists Arrive With ‘Beauty Queen of Leenane’
Martin McDonough's darkly humorous drama gets strong staging that stays with you.
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March 31, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Not all Tesla owners from heyday of liberal interest selling their vehidles. In terms of resistance, they are turning their Teslas into highway protests using magnetic anti-Musk branding (F-ELON) that are big business for sites like Etsy @maddow.msnbc.com.bsky.social
March 29, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Clever acting enhances too-long comic exploration of Barbra’s basement and her influence on gay culture. tinyurl.com/5xyhmcf3 @broadwayworld.bsky.social @theatrecritics.bsky.social @variety.com
Theater: We Love You Barbra Streisand
A play about the diva's basement collection of trinkets and crafts? You'd be surprised.
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March 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Too late to see comic opera, but a triumph to remember tinyurl.com/mucfum8z @broadwayworld.bsky.social @theatrecritics.bsky.social @variety.com
Classical: Florentine’s ‘La Mamma’ Was Frothy Fun
A triumph for Metropolitan veteran Patrick Carfizzi and director Jill Anna Ponasik.
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March 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Theater lovers start your countdown to catch Rep’s ‘Last Five Years’ at Stackner Cabaret. tinyurl.com/uc7k439p @broadwayworld.bsky.social @theatrecritics.bsky.social @variety.com
Theater: Rep’s ‘Last Five Years’ a Smart Sweet Modern Musical
Two-character show about divorce has strong script, music and performers.
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March 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Usually it’s not hard to find an Oscar winner but ‘No Other Land’ relies on Downer Theater here. tinyurl.com/yv4wwm73 @theacademyusa.bsky.social @screenmedia.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com.bsky.social
Movies: ‘No Other Land’ Is Powerful Docu-Film
Oscar winner about Israel and Palestine faces censorship, fear of Trump attacks, but showing at the Downer.
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March 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Usually it’s not hard to find an Oscar winner but ‘No Other Land’ relies on Downer Theater here. tinyurl.com/yv4wwm73 @theacademyusa.bsky.social @screenmedia.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com.bsky.social
Movies: ‘No Other Land’ Is Powerful Docu-Film
Oscar winner about Israel and Palestine faces censorship, fear of Trump attacks, but showing at the Downer.
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March 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Country manners and music add interest to Rep’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ tinyurl.com/yc5az4j4 @broadwayworld.bsky.social @theatrecritics.bsky.social @variety.com
Theater: Rep’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Has a Country Twang
Appalachian setting freshens but stays faithful to Shakespeare's famous play.
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March 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Bravo to follwup with reporter who asked tariff question of Trump, but why did no one at press conference follow up when he dodged the answer? @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Skylight creates a monstrous strong musical in ‘Frankenstein’ tinyurl.com/5a4v6yay @broadwayworld.bsky.social @theatrecritics.bsky.social @variety.com
Theater: Skylight’s ‘Frankenstein’ Is Powerful Musical
Skilled technical effects and strong singing anchor fresh version of classic tale.
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February 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM