Children’s Theater of Madison presents “Tiara’s Hat Parade” via March 22.
THROUGH MARCH 22
Always in vogue
Playwright and director Paige Hernandez tailored the kids’s ebook “Tiara’s Hat Parade” by Kelly Starling Lyons for the stage, impressed by its themes of kindness, familial help and pursuing artistic passions. The one-woman present stars Lydia Danielle taking part in a number of characters, together with Tiara, whose mom makes one-of-a-kind hats however closes her enterprise after a big-box retailer strikes in. The present is being staged by Children’s Theater of Madison at MYArts, 1055 E. Mifflin St. It’s 60 minutes lengthy and supposed for audiences ages 5 and up. Tickets are $48.20.
The 2026 State Boys Basketball Tournament will happen on the Kohl Center March 19-21.
THURSDAY-SATURDAY, MARCH 19-21
High faculty hoops
March Madness has simply began for collegiate basketball, however for Wisconsin’s highschool hoopers, the state title is on the road. The 2026 State Boys Basketball Tournament will happen on the Kohl Center, 601 W. Dayton St. Last weekend, Madison Memorial beat Verona within the sectional finals, the primary time the staff has reached the Division 1 state event in practically a decade. Tickets begin at $12.55.
Music Theatre of Madison presents the musical “Miss Door County” March 20-21.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, MARCH 20-21
Fish Creek’s best
Sophie Marks helps her father run a neighborhood cafe. She desires of seeing the world exterior her residence in Fish Creek and decides to enter the Miss Door County pageant and nab its $10k prize. That’s the story behind the musical “Miss Door County” by Nathan Fosbinder, described as “an Americana, folk-pop-musical theater love letter to the Midwest.” Music Theatre of Madison presents a studying of the play on the Sunrise Theater at MYArts, 1055 E. Mifflin St. Shows begin at 7 p.m. and tickets price $22.
The interdisciplinary hip hop pageant Line Breaks kicks off March 20 via April 24.
FRIDAY, MARCH 20-FRIDAY, APRIL 24
Encoded in us
Now in its nineteenth 12 months, Line Breaks is an interdisciplinary hip hop pageant highlighting the work of scholar artists in UW-Madison’s First Wave (a hip hop scholarship program) {and professional} artists as they examine “contemporary American culture through the lens of hip hop performance.” This 12 months’s theme is “activation,” and the thought of “artistic expression as something already encoded within us.” Line Breaks kicks off with a group showcase on the Madison Central Public Library, 201 W. Mifflin St., and continues via the month with displays and pop-up occasions.
Hump! Film Festival involves the Barrymore Theatre March 21.
SATURDAY, MARCH 21
Hungry for intimacy
Hump! payments itself as “The best dirty little film festival in the world.” Founded by writer and intercourse columnist (and former Four Star Video Heaven worker) Dan Savage, the pageant presents sex-positive brief movies exhibiting “intimacy is culture and that audiences are hungry for work that is bold, funny, handmade and deeply human.” The pageant begins at 7:30 p.m. on the Barrymore Theatre, 2090 Atwood Ave. Tickets are $25.
The Doric String Quartet performs at Shannon Hall March 22.
SUNDAY, MARCH 22
Leveling up
The Doric String Quartet takes listeners again in time, performing “period-inspired interpretations of the classical repertoire” — they even have customized bows that quartet member John Myerscough as soon as described as like getting an power mushroom in a sport of Super Mario. The quartet will carry out compositions from Bach, Haydn and Beethoven at Shannon Hall, 800 Langdon St., as a part of the Wisconsin Union Theater’s Classical Series. Tickets vary from $39 to $69, with exceptions for college students and college.