Theatrical Previews

NOISES OFF
Strollers Theatre of Madison presents Michael Frayn’s dizzying play-within-a-play sex farce January 10 – February 2 at the Bartell Theatre. 608-661-9696 or madstage.com

ARTHUR, THE BOY WHO WOULD BE KING
Merlin takes Arthur back in time to show him all that he has accomplished as king in a tale written by local actor/playwright James DeVita. At Sunset Playhouse, January 11 – 27. 262-782-4430 or sunsetplayhouse.com

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
The Madison Repertory Theatre stages a new adaptation of Anne Frank’s tragic story for the 60th anniversary of The Diary’s original publication. January 11 – February 3 at The Playhouse in The Overture Center. 608-256-0029 or madisonrep.org

YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU
Alice Sycamore falls for a man from a conservative family and brings him home to meet her own kooky brood. The Racine Theatre Guild presents the Moss Hart/George S. Kaufman comedy January 11 – February 3. 262-633-4218 or racinetheatre.org

SAY GOODNIGHT, GRACIE
The Boulevard Theatre presents a comedy by Ralph Pape about a high school reunion in 1976 New York City. Featuring Ericka Wade, Rachel Lau, Tom Dillon, Keith Tamsett and Jason Will. January 16 – February 3. 414-744-5757 or boulevardtheatre.com

8 1/2 x 11: ONE-PAGE PLAYS
Insurgent Theatre presents over a dozen extremely short (exactly one-page, hence the title) new works by local playwrights. January 18 – 26 at Darling Hall. insurgenttheatre.org

THE PILLOWMAN
Madison’s Mercury Players Theatre presents Martin McDonagh’s strange, dystopian play about a writer in a police state whose fiction provokes suspicion when its gruesome content is found to parallel actual events. January 18 – February 2 on the Bartell Theatre’s Evjue Stage. 608-661-9696 or mercuryplayerstheatre.com

THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM – 1963
A family from Flint, Michigan travels to Alabama in this comic stage adaptation of the novel by Christopher Paul Curtis. First Stage Children’s Theatre production runs January 18 – February 15 at the Marcus Center. 414-273-7206 or firststage.org

MUSKIE LOVE
Back by popular demand, The Madison Repertory Theatre presents a short run of the classic Dave Hudson/Paul Libman musical about love, fishing and Green Bay. Featuring Lee Beker. January 25 – 3 at the Barrymore Theatre. 608-256-0029 or madisonrep.org

TWELFTH NIGHT
Milwaukee Shakespeare presents the quintessential romantic comedy at a larger venue, the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center. January 26 – February 3. 262-781-9520 or milwaukeeshakesepeare.com

GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
James DeVita returns to the Milwaukee Rep for the first time in over a decade in this classic contemporary drama by David Mamet. The stress and intensity of big-ticket real estate fills the Quadracci Powerhouse Theatre January 30 – March 2. 414-224-9490 or milwaukeerep.com

THE BACHELORS
Fred Ally and James Kaplan’s final installment in the Guys On Ice trilogy comes via the Milwaukee Rep to the Schauer Center January 30. The story follows two men in Madison who run into the reincarnation of a woman scorned – in this life, a pizza delivery girl. 262-670-0560 or schauercenter.org

FAITH HEALER
Next Act Theatre presents Jonathan Smoots, David Cescarini and Mary MacDonald Kerr in the Brian Freil drama about an Irish faith healer returning home after many years of travel through Scotland and Wales. January 31 – March 2 at the Off-Broadway Theatre. 414-278-0765 or nextact.org