Post From Community: From Stein to stage: Wisconsin Classic Stage’s Milwaukee premiere of “Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights”
The Wisconsin Classic Stage is hosting the Milwaukee premiere of Gertrude Stein's 'Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights,' directed by Cole Castine.
A soul sold for electric light. Stein's fever-dream operetta dismantles the Faust legend and rebuilds it as pure incantation. Directed by Cole Castine.
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