Madtown, live up to your name. Attend 'The Stops' at The Bartell. What an Outrageous, Humorous,…read moreExtremely well done production by Oh, My Stars Productions. If you cannot attend consider a donation to this upcoming new production company. Visit their website for details. Highly recommend you attend 'The Stops'.

There's a special place in my heart for the Bartell. I've loved most shows I've watched here and…read moreliked a some others. To attend and be part of a local community theater is such a reward itself. I especially enjoyed a show that addressed dementia. My beloved grandma suffers from this and the show was performed excellently. It really helped me understand more of what my granny could be going through at times. Also loved seeing The Amazing Acrocats! What passion and talent this maestro has that's she can train cats, adorable! There are select drinks available and some movie theater type snacks. Plenty of local establishments for before and after the show :)

I've seen this group perform 3-4 times now on Sunday mornings through Story Hour Improv- both at…read morethe Aubergine space across from the Willy Street Co-op market, and also in Verona at a gorgeous space called Art House 360. Four actors plus a fab musician on keyboards co-create a marvelous- and so funny- improv show for kids, all ages but perhaps geared towards the 3-8 age crowd. The parents and sibs love it, too- lots of laughing and applause. The performance spaces are nice and open and the performers have room to move, incorporate some props, include the audience members. Really talented crew each time. So fun. At Art House there are treats for purchase, comfy seats, and loads of space to move around and explore, if your kid gets extra-wiggly. Aubergine is a lovely space, too. Great acoustics, very bright and welcoming. Tickets are only $6, so it makes for a very reasonably priced Sunday morning family outing! Highly recommend.

We had wanted to see their show since we first learned about them right before covid. We never did…read moreget over to the Glass Nickel for a show but we saw they were performing at the Fete de Marquette so we made sure to go. I am guessing this was not their regular show but a shortened version since they were doing three different performances at the festival on this evening. The troupe was quite funny. Of course improv can be hit or miss especially when trying to engage with a big crowd that was moving in and out of the tent (many were in the tent avoiding the rain). We definitely had a many good laughs. We now plan to go to one of their regular shows.

Absolutely worth it! I like the adult show at 9pm. Was a great time. Comics were great and able…read moreto adapt well to keep the entertainment going! This was my first Improv show and I will definitely seek out improv in the future!

Participating in improv is one of my worst nightmares. I can't imagine being onstage and not…read moreknowing what's coming up next, having to make things up on the fly, and trying to be funny on top of it all. However, I married my opposite. Ben T. decided to try improv after having been an actor on the side a few times, and he loved classes at Atlas. I will leave it to him to fully review the classes here, but I will say that he had a lot of fun, learned a lot, and met some really cool people (who he then introduced me to!). At the end of the improv course, you can participate in a class show. For me, this would be one of those "opportunities" that I would rather pass up. But Ben was really excited about it -- And I was very excited to be an audience member and see what he had learned over the course of 10 weeks. I was lucky to have met a few of the other improv course attendees, and I really think it added something special to the show to know a few people participating in it. Atlas is in a great location, although I found the parking lot difficult to find on a dark night. I ended up parking in a nearby parking lot and hoping I wouldn't be ticketed. The inside of Atlas is really cozy and cute, and the people up front were friendly. Since I was there early and by myself, I was seated right up front. The seating is a bit close together... So I made a new friend, the person sitting next to me! The show was hilarious. It reminded me a lot of Whose Line is it Anyway, which I used to LOVE and cry-laugh watching. The emcees (course instructors) were funny, friendly, and encouraging. The point system can get crazy, like it was on Whose Line, which adds to the fun. The audience was great at throwing out ideas when solicited for what we ate for breakfast or random letters of the alphabet, although to be honest even this made me nervous. I think I was just waiting for some point where they would drag someone on stage or something like that, but we were safe in the audience! I can't wait to make it here for the "real" non-student shows. If the students learned that much in 10 weeks at Level 1 I think the more experienced people would be insanely talented. I was very proud of Ben T. and the rest of his class!

The people there are really nice and the directors are pretty good and I can tell they are working…read morehard. The only thing is that there's this one kid who makes fun of me and my friends and it is really annoying and I know it's not the director's fault but I wish they would do something about it and ridicule is supposed to be banned from this place

I just saw Hamlet at Young Shakespeare Players yesterday and I was so impressed! Do you know how,…read moreduring most children's performances, you sit on the edge of your seat willing the actors to get through their parts and feel successful? As an audience, your role is to provide support and encouragement to people who are still learning. YSP's Hamlet was not like that at all. The very few times a child needed a prompt, everyone was so caught up in the story that the audience barely noticed. We just wanted to know what was going to happen next. It amazed me that the children were able to become their characters so completely that all the audience had to do was sit back and enjoy the story.

I saw my first opera, Lucia di Lammermoor, back in May. It was a great time. The four of us we very…read moreimpressed by the performers talents, as well as the stage design and acoustics of the auditorium. Some may turn their noses up at the subtitles being projected in english on the screen above the stage, but if it weren't for that many either wouldn't understand it or simply wouldn't attend -- I highly doubt that there are enough people in this town, fluent in Italian, and with deep enough pockets to keep this company afloat. I missed out on the Opera in the Park series, but plan on attending next season. I listed it as "good for kids," but of course that only applies to the performances that are ticketed as such. Personally, I enjoyed having the option of the kid-friendly matinee or the adults-only night show. Two thumbs up.

Excellent comedy venue! We went in to ask if any tickets freed up for a 7:00 show on a Saturday…read more The hostess told me they had a waiting list we could get on, and we were first on the list. They took my name and number and told us we could wait in the bar or leave and wait for text if they had no-shows. We waited in the bar and had a drink, and as luck would have it, they had a couple of no-shows. BONUS: they put us in the 2nd row! The show was great, and the staff, from the hostess to the bouncer and bartenders and servers, were all excellent! Highly recommend!

Came here for their Wednesday open mic night, and I was pleasantly surprised. There is no drink…read moreminimum for open mic nights, but there is a $5 admission fee. I got their watermelon lemonade slushy (I think), and it was pretty good! It was a little strong for me though. The show itself was pretty good. It can get packed, so I recommend coming a little early to get good seats. There were 20 comedians, and I think they had 3 minutes (that might be wrong) per set. Some people were good, some people weren't, but they were all fun! I'll definitely be coming back. No photos, since phones weren't allowed during the show.

I can't wait for another show! Excellent acting, and fun audience! A little hidden Stoughton gem I…read moredidn't know had been hiding in plain sight this entire time. There's also many ways to be involved if you're interested in well. But, if you're here for the show as I was, you won't regret it!

This is one of my favorite local theatres. While the do tend to have a lot of Norwegian shows, they…read morealso try to have a few more well known shows yearly as well. They did Fiddler on the Roof, Titanic, and more and each show is so well done, with great crew, musicians and performers. Well worth it to take the time and see one of their shows.

this is the place to go if you're just hammered and need to scream-sing pop songs with piano…read moreplayers. don't go in there looking for good service or specialty drinks. you're there solely to sing along to show tunes or taylor swift. i saw a bachelorette party happening one night and they were having a blast. good times.

Great place to watch & listen to pianos playing. Floors are super sticky & bathrooms smell like…read moreurine by the end of the night, but it's expected when it doesn't close until 2am. Dualing pianists were great-- and their song range was even better! Nightly drink specials and good selection of cocktails. Service was quick but only at the bar, which can be a pain when you're up in the front trying to break the crowd to order.