In the summer, the theater’s walls open to keep that rustic outdoor feel, and beer gardens and bonfires are offered at intermission. The 621-seat theater sits along the shores of Green Bay. Peninsula Players Theatre by Len VillanoĪt Peninsula Players in Door County, Mother Nature is the lobby for America’s oldest resident summer theater, est. Referred to as the “Jewel of the Lakeshore,” the 1,154-seat theater sees more than 60,000 visitors each year. One week you could show up in blue jeans to a rock show, and the next you could don your ball gown for an orchestra. In Manitowoc, the Capitol Civic Center showcases a variety of performances and events in a 1921 vaudeville theater. The Palace Theater, the Dells’ new dinner theater, produces classic American musicals. Wisconsin Dells, a tourist mecca located just minutes from Baraboo, is best known for its water park and boat rides, but also offers stage entertainment, including a mesmerizing, comedy-filled show by master illusionists Rick and Suzan Wilcox at the 550-seat Rick Wilcox Magic Theater. A hayride on the back 40 is part of the fun, and there’s shopping at the state’s largest antiques and craft complex. Dinner shows offer a variety of classic and modern country music, bluegrass, gospel, rock & roll, red hot fiddlin’ and banjo pickin’. The theater shares the grounds with Animal Gardens, an attraction (open May-October) where guests can see a bird show with parrots and macaws.įor a little bit of Nashville in the Midwest, Wisconsin Opry in Baraboo dishes out country music with a farm-cooked meal whipped up by the Dickinson family, whose members comprise the band. A behind-the-scenes tour lets guests meet the horses and head trainer. In Delavan, near Lake Geneva, The Dancing Horses Theatre presents a dazzling spectacle featuring an array of horse breeds (Arabians, Andalusians and Lipizzans) that perform alongside their trainers in a cavalcade of equestrian artistry. In Delavan, near Lake Geneva, Rosewood customizes dinner/entertainment packages that combine farm-to-table cuisine with a choice of themed cabaret-style productions from a repertoire that includes “Radio Days,” “A Salute to Broadway,” “Christmas Remembered,” “Rockin’ Dance Festival” (1960s music) and “Classic Hit Parade.” The Dancing Horses Theatre in Delavan stages equestrian extravaganzas Evening and matinee fare ranges from comedy and drama to musicals and interactive murder mysteries. There’s more dinner theater fun at Memories in Port Washington, 30 minutes north of downtown Milwaukee. Visitors can pick their own apples, peaches pumpkins or pears in late summer and fall. Apple Holler in Sturtevant, just south of Racine, offers lunch and dinner packages with musical entertainment at its Red Barn Theatre, and groups can add a tractor-drawn tour of the 74-acre apple orchard. Special rock ’n’ roll, gospel and Christmas shows complement the schedule of variety shows. dinner shows are held in the rustic Historic Barn Theatre. Get a good view of the round stage from anywhere in the 652-seat theater, and shop to your heart’s content in the theater’s boutiques.įor an afternoon of fun in Coloma, consider the Clauson Family Music Show. At a five-course or buffet dinner, take in the unique atmosphere with running streams and colorful flowers no matter where you sit, you’ll enjoy semi-private dining. The 2015 season includes Wizard of Oz, Pump Boys and Dinettes and West Side Story. The Fireside’s Christmas show has become a November-December tradition.

Operated by the second and third generations of the Klopcic family, it specializes in musical revues and Broadway favorites. In Wisconsin the choices are infinite.īuilt in 1964 as a small, intimate restaurant, The Fireside Dinner Theatre in Fort Atkinson has grown to be Wisconsin’s premier dinner theater. It could be a country music show or a Broadway musical, an equestrian extravaganza or a Christmas spectacular. Wisconsin’s stage-borne entertainment options range from equestrian artistry to dinner theater musicalsĪfter a busy morning and afternoon of sightseeing and shopping, a night at the theater is the perfect way to cap the day.

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