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2007–08 Season

2006–07 Season

2005–06 Season

 

2004–05 Season 

2003–04 Season

2002–03 Season

 

 

200910 SEASON

 
SPECIAL APPEARANCES  

Jesse Cook

August 2, 2009
   
PERFORMING ARTS SERIES  
Herb Alpert and Lani Hall September 26, 2009
Jane Monheit October 24, 2009
   
CLASSICAL SERIES  
Milwaukee Choral Artists October 16, 2009
   
CABARET SERIES  
Scott Coulter October 2 and 3, 2009
Elizabeth Ward Land November 6-7, 2009
   
JAZZ CLUB  
Paul Silbergleit Quartet October 16, 2009
Turtle Island Quartet November 13, 2009
   

MATINEE SERIES

 
Joan Curto September 30, 2009
Russ Lorenson October 28, 2009
   
BEYOND THE CLASSROOM  
   

 

200809 SEASON

 
SPECIAL APPEARANCES  

L.A. Theatre Works War of the Worlds

and The Lost World

October 9, 2008
Five By Design Radio Holly Days December 10, 2009
Midwest Vocal Express February 15, 2009
Cirque Eloize March 2021, 2009
   
PERFORMING ARTS SERIES  
Stephen Schwartz and Friends September 26, 2008
Marsalis Brasilianos October 22, 2008
Trey McIntyre Project November 1 , 2008
Jesse Cook November 14 and 15 , 2008
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Holiday Pops
December 13, 2008
Eileen Ivers Beyond the Bog Road January 23 and 24 , 2009
Blue Note 7 March 28, 2009
Kathy Mattea May 16, 2009
   
CLASSICAL SERIES  
Marsalis Brasilianos October 22, 2008
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Holiday Classics
December 20 , 2008
PianoArts March 22, 2009
Jennifer Frautschi May 1, 2009
   
CABARET SERIES  
Justin Hayford October 10 and 11, 2008
Sally Mayes November 7 and 8, 2008
David Burnham February 2021, 2009
Anne Kerry Ford April 2425, 2009
   
JAZZ CLUB  
Jordan Baskin Trio October 24, 2008
Gerri DiMaggio December 12, 2008
Pete Zimmer Group February 27, 2009
Manty Ellis March 6, 2009
E 'n J May 8 and 9, 2009
   

MATINEE SERIES

 
The Phantom's Leading Ladies September 24, 2008
Steve March Torme October 15, 2008
Five By Design Radio Holly Days December 10, 2009
Lee Lessack and Linda Purl March 25, 2009
   
BEYOND THE CLASSROOM  

Leo Lionni's

Swimmy, Frederick, and Inch By Inch

October 2008
My Heart in a Suitcase November 2008
Pinocchio January 2009
Walk On: The Story of Rosa Parks January 2009
Blues Journey March 2009
Stellaluna March 2009
   

2007–08 SEASON

SPECIAL APPEARANCES

 
Brian Stokes Mitchell November 3, 2007
Tito Puente, Jr. Orchestra March 29, 2008

PERFORMING ARTS SERIES

 
Monica Mancini September 15, 2007
American Repertory Ballet October 19, 2007
New York Voices November 16, 2007
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Holiday Pops
December 15, 2007
Regina Carter January 18, 2008
Complexions Contemporary Ballet February 29, 2008
Rachael Price April 11, 2008
Cantus May 10, 2008

 

CLASSICAL EVENINGS SERIES

 
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra October 13, 2007
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Holiday Classics December 22, 2007
Mendelssohn String Quartet with Jonathan Biss, piano May 17, 2008

 

CABARET SERIES

 
Mark Nadler in a Nutshell September 2829, 2007
Stacy Sullivan November 910, 2007
Brandon Cutrell January 1112, 2008
Tom Michael & Beckie Menzie March 1415, 2008
Linda Stephens & Jamie Johns April 2526, 2008

 

JAZZ CLUB

 
David Hazeltine Trio November 2, 2007
Joe & Rick Aaron with Friends December 7, 2007
Randal Harrison Trio February 1, 2008
Tim Whalen Quintet March 8, 2008
Jeff Morrison May 2, 2008

 

MATINEE SERIES

 
Russ Lorenson October 17, 2007
Tony DeSare December 12, 2007
Marcus Belgrave February 6, 2008
Mick Moloney March 19, 2008

 

2006-07 SEASON

SPECIAL APPEARANCES  
Ailey II October 27, 2006
Linda Eder February 9 & 10, 2007

 

PERFORMING ARTS SERIES

 
Audra McDonald September 16, 2006
Miguel Zenón October 13, 2006
Karrin Allyson November 17, 2006
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Holiday Pops
December 16, 2006
Jesse Cook January 12, 2007
Natalie MacMaster March 23, 2007
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago April 27, 2007
Ramsey Lewis May 19, 2007

 

CLASSICAL EVENINGS SERIES

 
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Orchestral Soloists
September 23, 2006
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Holiday Classics
December 23, 2006
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Classical Favorites
May 11, 2007

 

CABARET SERIES

 

Mich en Scéne featuring Micheline

Van Hautem & Frederick Caelen

September 29 & 30, 2006
Cindy Benson Caught in the Act November 1011, 2006
Steve Ross January 2627, 2007
Joan Curto
Of Thee I Sing, Ira, The Lyrics of Ira Gershwin
March 910, 2007
Kevin Spirtas Night and Days May 45, 2007

 

JAZZ CLUB

 
Rick Germanson Trio November 3, 2006
Jack Grassel; Jill Jensen; John Price December 1, 2006
Jeanne Woodall & Friends March 16, 2007
SHE May 25, 2007

 

MATINEE SERIES

 
Beachfront Property Jukebox Gold October 11, 2006
Chicago Brass Quintet December 13, 2006
Dukes of Dixieland February 7, 2007
Three Men and a Baby
Grand! Sing the Rat Pack
April 4, 2007

2005–06 SEASON

SPECIAL APPEARANCES

Cirque Éloize Rain March 1011, 2006

PERFORMING ARTS SERIES

John Pizzarelli and Family September 9, 2005
Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra October 20, 2005
Leahy November 4, 2005
Pieces of 8 December 9, 2005
Ethos Percussion Group February 3, 2006
Pilobolus April 22, 2006
Sam Harris SAM. May 6, 2006

CLASSICAL EVENINGS SERIES

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Holiday Pops December 17, 2005
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra April 6, 2006
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Spotlight on Brahms May 18, 2006

CABARET SERIES

Kim Huber A Broadway Beauty September 30October 1, 2005
Sharon McNight Ladies, Compose Yourselves! November 1819, 2005
Susan Werner I Can't Be New January 1314, 2006
Jeff Harnar & Shauna Hicks The Mickey & Judy Show February 1011, 2006
Laurel Masse April 2829, 2006

JAZZ CLUB

Juli Wood/Earma Thompson Quartet October 28, 2005
Mark Davis Quartet March 31, 2006
Suzanne Grzanna May 12, 2006

MATINEE SERIES

Banu Gibson & Trio October 12, 2005
Dave Bennett Tribute to Benny Goodman December 21, 2005
Lorna Dallas - Spring Collection April 5, 2006

2004–05 SEASON

PERFORMING ARTS SERIES

Linda Eder September 17, 2004
Momix November 6, 2004
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Holiday Pops December 18, 2004
The Acting Company Two Gentlemen of Verona February 11, 2005
Chenille Sisters Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight? March 4, 2005
Waukesha Chamber Orchestra with Valentina Lisitsa April 16, 2005
Four Brothers May 6, 2005

CABARET SERIES

Amanda McBroom Portraits October 89, 2004
Victoria Benson-Hora with Mark Carlstein The Grand Tour - Cabaret in Europe & America November 1213, 2004
Joan Curto Love Is A Simple Thing January 2122, 2005
Becky Spice with Jamie Johns And All That Jazz April 12, 2005
Craig Rubano Finishing The Act May 1314, 2005

JAZZ SERIES

Annie Denison Singing with The Paul Spencer Band October 29, 2004
Anita Stemper Singing with Ain't Misbehavin' January 28, 2005
The Berkeley Fudge Quartet with Adekola Adedapo May 27, 2005

MATINEE SERIES

The American Songbook with Prudence Johnson October 6, 2004
This Christmas...My Favorite Things with Margaret Carlson December 22, 2004
Butch Thompson & Friends April 13, 2005

2003–04 SEASON

PERFORMING ARTS SERIES

National Theatre of the Deaf Oh, Figaro! September 19, 2003
B.J. Ward in Stand-up Opera October 11, 2003

Melissa Manchester and Paul Williams

Songs and Stories

November 1, 2003
A Scottish Christmas December 20, 2003
Aquila Theatre Company Othello January 31, 2004
Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society February 14, 2004
Parsons Dance Company March 19, 2004
Preservation Hall Jazz Band May 21, 2004

CABARET SERIES

Jennifer Chada Once Upon a Mid-Lifetime October 2425, 2003
An Evening In Paris January 1617, 2004
An Intimate Evening with Beckie Menzie & Tom Michael February 67, 2004
Skylight Artist Cabaret March 56, 2004

Anne Kerry Ford Something Wonderful - Music

of Oscar Hammerstein and Stephen Sondheim

May 78, 2004

MATINEE SERIES

National Theatre of the Deaf Oh Figaro! September 20, 2003
B.J. Ward in Stand-up Opera October 12, 2003

Aquila Theatre Company

The Man Who Would Be King

January 30, 2004
The Cashore Marionettes April 21, 2003

2002–03 SEASON

PERFORMING ARTS SERIES

Manhattan Transfer October 5, 2002
Vienna Boys' Choir November 26, 2002
Foley's A Celtic Christmas December 6, 2002
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra December 21, 2002
Van Cliburn Competition Gold Medalist January 10, 2003
Love Letters by A.R. Gurney February 14, 2003
Canadian Brass March 1, 2003
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra with Rachel Barton March 28, 2003
Le Trio Gershwin April 6, 2003
Jazzworks Big Band with Kurt Elling May 30, 2003

CABARET SERIES

 
Lee Lessack Too Marvelous for Words:
The Songs of Johnny Mercer
October 9 & 10, 2002
Jerome Kern's Broadway January 1718, 2003
Skylight Divas March 78, 2003
Laurel Massé April 1112, 2003
Harmony May 1617, 2003

FAMILY SERIES

Ko-Thi Dance Company October 20, 2002

The Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration

on Tour: The Nightingale

January 25, 2003

A Midnight Cry: The Underground Railroad in Wisconsin presented

by First Stage Children's Theater

March 23, 2003

The Red Balloon presented

by Visible Fictions Theater Company

April 13, 2003
"Stormy Weather" featuring the Waukesha Symphony Orchestra May 11, 2003

BEYOND THE CLASSROOM

Ko-Thi Dance Company October 21, 2002
The Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration on Tour: The Nightingale January 27, 2003

A Midnight Cry: The Underground Railroad in Wisconsin presented by

First Stage Children's Theater

March 23, 2003

The Red Balloon presented by Visible Fictions

Theater Company

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April 14, 2003
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