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Box Offices

Marcus Center for the Performing Arts Box Office

Tickets for events held at the Marcus Center, including Broadway and off-Broadway shows. 2009-10 Broadway season includes: "Spring Awakening," "Rent," "Dreamgirls," "Grease," "Legally Blonde," and "Wicked." Hours: 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m. weekdays, 12-9 p.m. weekends. 929 N. Water St., Milwaukee. Telephone: (414) 273-7206; www.marcuscenter.org.

The Milwaukee Theatre

Downtown Milwaukee's elegant new Milwaukee Theatre offers a year-round calendar of top-shelf live entertainment including concerts, Broadway shows, comedians and more. 500 W. Kilbourn Ave., Milwaukee. Telephone: (414) 908-6001; www.milwaukeetheatre.com.

Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts

A multi-disciplinary, cultural arts center that offers performances by regional and touring groups, art classes, an art gallery with changing exhibitions and the annual Hidden River Art Festival. Located in Brookfield's Mitchell Park. 19805 W. Capitol Drive, Brookfield. Telephone: (262) 781-9520; www.wilson-center.com.

Music/Dance

DANCECIRCUS

Original, topical, multimedia dance-theatre performances and collaborations with poets, musicians, visual artists, actors and others. 527 N. 27th St., Milwaukee. Telephone: (414) 277-8151; www.dancecircus.org.

Danceworks Inc.

Danceworks' mission is to enhance the joy, health and creativity of the community through performances, classes and outreach activities that integrate dance and other art forms. Telephone: (414) 277-8480; www.danceworks1661.org.

Early Music Now

Early Music Now is celebrating its 22nd Season, presenting Medieval, Renaissance and early Baroque ensembles. The 2009-10 season includes "Perpetual Motion," "Orpheus in England," "The Cherry Tree," "Guatemala 1600," "Spirit of Sephard," and "Pirates of the Baroque." Telephone: (414) 225-3113; www.earlymusicnow.org.

Florentine Opera Company

Milwaukee's Florentine Opera, the nation's sixth oldest opera company, presents a captivating season featuring the perfect blend of familiar classics and an exciting new work. The season includes "Tosca," "Elmer Gantry" and Verdi's "Rigoletto." 929 N. Water St., Milwaukee. Telephone: (414) 291-5700; www.florentineopera.org.

Ko-Thi Dance Company

Celebrating 40 years in 2009, the dance company has earned an international reputation for innovative African and Caribbean dance. The adult ensemble produces two major shows per year and is a professional affiliate of the UWM Peck School of the Arts. Ton (Little) Ko-Thi, the children's ensemble wing, performs with the adult ensemble during the home season as well as on their own. Telephone: (414) 273-0676; www.ko-thi.org.

Milwaukee Ballet

The 40th Anniversary year is filled with classical showstoppers and innovative works, including "Cinderella," "The Nutcracker," "Innovative Motion," "Pure Dance," and "Peter Pan." Telephone: (414) 902-2103; www.milwaukeeballet.org.

Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra

The MCO is Milwaukee's only fully professional chamber orchestra presenting a repertoire that spans centuries and cultures and includes works rarely performed on the concert stage. The MCO performs in the Schwan Concert Hall at Wisconsin Lutheran College Center for Arts and Performance. 8815 W. Wisconsin, Wauwatosa. Telephone: (414) 881-9900. www.themco.org.

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

The 2009-2010 season welcomed Edo de Waart as the orchestra's new music director. The classics series features Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 6 and 7, Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.3 and Symphony No. 2, and Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons." The Pops Series features Marvin Hamlisch, George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue," the high-flying artistry of Cirque de la Symphonie and blues melodies with Jeff Tyzik. 700 N. Water Street, Suite 700, Milwaukee. Telephone: (414) 291-7605 or (800) 291-7605; www.mso.org.

Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra

Celebrating more than 50 years of musical excellence, MYSO has grown to be the nation's largest youth orchestra program and one of the most respected, with more than 800 of southeastern Wisconsin's finest young musicians, ages 8 to 18, in a variety of ensembles, including symphony orchestras, flute choirs, chamber groups, chamber orchestra and jazz combos. Concerts are held from November through June at various venues in the area. 325 W. Walnut St., Milwaukee. Telephone: (414) 267-2950; www.myso.org.

Present Music

One of the nation's leading ensembles specializing in the commissioning and performance of new music. Present Music celebrates its 28th season with six concerts at unique locations throughout Milwaukee. 158 N. Broadway, Milwaukee. Telephone: (414) 217-0711; www.presentmusic.org.

Racine Symphony Orchestra

The Racine Symphony Orchestra is a community-based professional orchestra that performs classical and chamber offerings at various venues in Racine County, including a Summer pops series on Racine's lakefront. Telephone: (262) 636-9285; www.racinesymphony.org.

UWM Peck School of the Arts Dance

The UWM Dance Department offers concerts of new work by students, faculty, alumni and guest artists. This season's performances include "Winterdances," "New Dancemakers," "Summerdances" and "Dancemakers," the annual showcase produced by two professional dancers and choreographers in the graduate program. Performances in UWM's Mainstage Theatre, 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., and Studio 254 Mitchell Hall, 3203 N. Downer Ave. on the UWM campus. Telephone: (414) 229-4308; www.arts.uwm.edu.

UWM Peck School of the Arts

The Peck School of the Arts is home to the renowned Fine Arts Quartet, a variety of student and faculty ensembles, the contemporary music series "Unruly Music," "Chamber Music Milwaukee," a chamber music series and a guitar series. Chamber music, solo recitals, large ensembles, opera, contemporary and electro-acoustic music are performed in UWM's Recital Hall, 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd.; in the Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd.; and in the newly renovated Kenilworth Square East, 1925 E. Kenilworth Pl. Telephone: (414) 229-4308; www.arts.uwm.edu.

UWM Peck School of the Arts Theatre & Musical Theatre

The UWM Theatre Department offers a season of four plays including A.R. Gurney's "What I Did Last Summer," Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Thornton Wilder's "Our Town," and Noel Coward's "Hay Fever." This year's musical theatre production is "Showtune: Celebrating the Words and Music of Jerry Herman." Performances at UWM's Mainstage Theatre, 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd. Telephone: (414) 229-4308; www.arts.uwm.edu.

Waukesha Choral Union

Classical and pop choral works performed at Carroll University. Telephone (262) 297-9310; www.choralunion.org.

Waukesha Symphony Orchestra

The symphony's 62nd season includes a performance with world-renowned violinist Maria Bachmann, a Veteran's Day Pops Concert and a program featuring the Shining Stars scholarship and competition Performances held at venues throughout Waukesha County. Telephone: (262) 547-1858; www.waukeshasymphony.org.

winners.Wild Space Dance Company

Described as "richly imaginative and witty" by The New York Times, Wild Space Dance Company has intrigued audiences for 23 years, merging dance with visual art, film and unusual environments to create inventive choreography and emotionally charged performances. Telephone: (414) 271-0307; www.wildspacedance.org.

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