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American Players Theatre
5950 Golf Course Road
P.O. Box 819
Spring Green, WI 53588
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Box Office: 608-588-2361
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American Players Theatre
5950 Golf Course Road
P.O. Box 819
Spring Green, WI 53588
(Map)
Box Office: 608-588-2361
Administration: 608-588-7401
Fax: 608-588-7085
Lindsay Christians, The Cap Times
In the years following a pandemic upheaval, Madison-area arts organizations are finding new ways to thrive. Around and beyond the city in 2024, we saw theatrical world premieres, high-profile visiting authors, the return of beloved operas and big Broadway tours.
Madison’s flagship downtown art museum lost one longtime leader and gained a new one. Children’s Theater of Madison appointed a new artistic director, while the Madison Symphony Orchestra began its search for John DeMain’s successor.
A quick word of gratitude, as we close the year. At the Cap Times, we have a team of freelance writers who help us cover the performing arts.
Dan Van Note and Erica Pinigis write dance reviews. Matt Ambrosio and Noah Fellinger cover the Madison Symphony Orchestra and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra. Victoria Davis steps in occasionally to cover the opera and theater, and Josh Miller writes about music.
The Cap Times couldn’t produce the breadth of arts coverage we have without these writers, and I’m so grateful to work with all of them. Here are a few more headlines I’ll remember, and happy new year!
June 24: “APT's world premiere of ‘Virgin Queen’ twists the knife”
The setup of this show — world premiere, long archaic-sounding title (“The Virgin Queen Entertains Her Fool”), a playwright (Michael Hollinger) I didn’t know well — had me skeptical. But American Players Theatre’s production turned out to be one of the most exciting trips to the theater I had all year. The plot, about a dying queen who hasn’t named a successor, winds like a serpent, squeezing tighter and deadlier for 70 thrilling minutes. What a ride.