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Madison Ballet’s spring program, “ChoreograpHER,” involves the MYArts Starlight Theater April 3-5.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 3-5
Women’s work
Women are the “driving force behind ballet as performers and educators,” in response to Madison Ballet creative director Ja’Malik, however their contributions as choreographers are underrepresented onstage. The ballet’s spring program, “ChoreograpHER,” contains world premieres by Endalyn Taylor and Ilana Goldman, in addition to Madison premieres by Caili Quan, Stephanie Martinez and Nathalia Arja. Shows on the MYArts Starlight Theater, 1055 E. Mifflin St., value $60-$73 with reductions for college kids and seniors.
Tony, Grammy and Emmy-winning soprano, Audra McDonald, involves the Overture Center April 4.
SATURDAY, APRIL 4
A voice that soars
Audra McDonald is a Tony, Grammy and Emmy-winning soprano, famous for her stage and display roles — amongst them, she originated Sarah in “Ragtime,” tore up the stage as Mama Rose in “Gypsy” and performed an operatic wardrobe within the 2017 live-action remake of “Beauty and the Beast.” McDonald involves Madison with only a pianist for “An Evening with Audra McDonald” at Overture Center, 201 State St. Expect “pure musical magic.” Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. present begin at $74.08.
The Verona Egg-Stravaganza Spring Festival, Elvehjem Egg Hunt and Fitchburg/Verona’s Best Easter Egg Hunt kick off April 4.
SATURDAY, APRIL 4
For all my peeps
Easter is on Sunday, and lots of neighborhoods all through Dane County are internet hosting Easter egg hunts the day earlier than. The Verona Egg-Stravaganza Spring Festival begins at 9 a.m., the place sleuths should search Hometown USA Festival Park for 6-foot-tall eggs scattered all through the park. On the identical day, the Elvehjem Egg Hunt will host the Easter Bunny for a hunt beginning at 9:30 a.m. Fitchburg/Verona’s Best Easter Egg Hunt kicks off at 5:30 p.m. and could have hundreds of eggs to search out — some with sweet, some with money.
Brooklyn folk-bluegrass trio Damn Tall Buildings cease on the Bur Oak April 7.
TUESDAY, APRIL 7
A rattling superb trio
The Brooklyn folk-bluegrass trio Damn Tall Buildings reduce their tooth busking. They launched their fourth full-length album, “The Universe is Hungry,” in October, which explores “the quiet chaos of modern life.” The trio stops on the Bur Oak, 2262 Winnebago St. on Tuesday. The present begins at 8 p.m., and tickets value $12 upfront and $15 on the door.
Hear writer Nnedi Okorafor talk about her work at the Central Library April 7.
TUESDAY, APRIL 7
Rusted robots
The New York Times Book Review referred to as Nnedi Okorafor’s 2025 sci-fi novel “Death of the Author” “spellbinding” because it “traces a Nigerian American woman’s quest for freedom and self-invention despite the social and cultural conventions that try to contain her.” Hear Okorafor talk about her work and course of on Tuesday at 7 p.m. on the Central Library, 201 W. Mifflin St., offered by Humanities with out Boundaries and the Wisconsin Book Festival. Free.
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