Also Appearing
at the Wilson Center

The Wilson Center hosts community theater productions, school performances, special concerts, and much more!

Express Productions

Mark Shurilla's 'Day the Music Died'

Saturday, January 28, 2012, 7:30 pm

Mark Shurilla's 'Day the Music Died'; an All Star tribute to the Winter Dance Party of 1959. Award Winning tribute artist Mark Shurilla and the Greatest Hits performs his famous tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper, Dion and More. The band is joined by two-time WAMI Award winning Liam Ford as Johnny Cash, John Van Thiel as Elvis, Danny J. "The Pavarotti of Rock" and Marvelous Marla in a jubilant tribute to "The Golden Age of Rock and Roll".

Appropriate for: Ages 20 and older. Especially 50-70 years

Length: 2 hours 30 minutes, with one intermission

Tickets

$35 adults

$30 seniors (62+)

$30 groups of 8 or more

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Wisconsin Hills Middle School

Here's Lookin' At You, Broadway          

Thursday, February 2, 7:00 pm

Friday, Februrary 3, 7:00 pm

Saturday, Februrary 4, 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm

Musical Revue focusing on Broadway hits from the 1940's, 1950's and 1960's.

Length: 2 hours, with one intermission

Tickets

$10 adults
$6 seniors (65+)

$6 students with ID and children

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Pilgrim Park Middle School

Willy Wonka Junior

Thursday, February 16, 7:00 pm

Friday, February 17, 7:00 pm

Saturday, February 18, 2:00 pm

Follow the five golden ticket winners: Augustus Gloop, Violet Beauregarde, Veruca Salt, Mike Teavee and Charlie Bucket as they explore Willy Wonka's magical and mysterious chocolate factory. Sing along with the well-known tunes "Pure Imagination", "I've Got a Golden Ticket" and of course the famous "Oompa Loompa".     

Length: 90 minutes, no intermission

Tickets

$10 adults
$8 seniors (65+)

$8 students with ID and children

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Tickets go on sale

starting Monday, January 23, NOON.

The Wisconsin Philharmonic

Gallic Delights

Sunday, February 26, 2012, 3:00 pm

Warm up a Wisconsin February day with a delectable bouquet of French musical gems from the noble tragedy of Faure's Pelleas and Melisande with its famous solos for flute and harp. Add to that the Gypsy fire of Philharmonic favorite Maria Bachmann, as she celebrates the solo genius of the great French-Spanish violin virtuoso of the Romantic era, Pablo de Sarasate, with his Zigeunerweisen and Carmen Fantasy. Pivoting from his immortal music for Carmen, the Philharmonic will round out the afternoon with the sunny brilliance of Georges Bizet's equally immortal Symphony in C.

Length: 2 hours with intermission

Tickets

$35 prime orchestra

$30 regular orchestra

$25 balcony

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Fred Astaire Dance Studios

Dance Fantasy 2012

Friday, March 23, 2012, 6:00 pm

Saturday, March 24, 2012, 6:00 pm

Professional and amateur performances demonstrating a variety of ballroom dancing, from social to exhibition and theatrical.

Length: 3 hours, with two intermissions

Tickets

$25

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University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music

Krause Outreach Concert: UW-Madison Chamber Orchestra

Thursday, April 26, 2012, 7:30 pm

UW-Madison orchestra with faculty soloist Daniel Grabois, horn. Performing works by Frank Martin, Richard Strauss, and Jean Sibehius.

Tickets

FREE

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