Overture News

Studies show that children who are exposed to the arts enjoy greater success in school and go on to become more creative, productive employees in adulthood….also, it’s almost winter, and you will want to get them out of the house!

Two student performers from the Milwaukee area, both recipients of Overture’s Tommy Awards for Outstanding Lead Performance, will represent Wisconsin in the weeklong National High School Musical Awards competition in New York City later this month.

Overture Center is proud to host Make Music Madison, our city’s annual one-day free, outdoor music festival. We’ll help create the continuous wall of music that will surround the city that Sunday.

Up to four local couples will exchange vows in a ceremony before the opening night performance of Mamma Mia!, the hit musical featuring the music of pop supergroup ABBA, and you’re invited to celebrate with cake and dancing after the show on Tuesday, April 28.

Overture Center and the American Red Cross invite you to take center stage and help save a life by donating blood. Let’s “come together” and “with a little help from our friends,” we can help save lives on April 2.

The production will conduct a pre-show lottery at the box office, making twenty tickets available for each performance at $25 apiece.

From now until June 15, every gift you make will be matched, dollar for dollar, up to $200,000, thanks to two Local Legends.

We spoke with Urban Bush Women founder Jawole Willa Jo Zollar about the company, its origins and mission, and what you can expect to see in Overture Hall.

Overture is looking for new community members to serve three-year terms on our Community Advisory Board (CAB). The CAB represents the community in terms of culture, ethnicity, geography, age and socio-economic level.

We’re loading up the bus for the second Cocktails with Tim theater trip to Chicago!

Spring is not quite in the air yet … but we’ll soon warm things up! Our jazz lineup is stronger than ever this year, and it’s all coming up in the next few months. Here are a five shows you won’t want to miss!

It’s been another wonderful year of connections through the arts across the Greater Madison community, and we have you, our patrons and friends, to thank.