The Music Theatre of Madison (MTM) production of “The Wild Party” opens at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Bartell Theatre and runs through Saturday, June 5th — and from all that we’ve heard and read, this promises to be a wild evening in a theater that has a bar and lets you bring your drinks inside the auditorium
From MTM’s Facebook page, we’ve learned that this is “good natured, old fashioned, well rendered, one gendered, soft hearted, well mannered lesbian love story.” And from Madison A.V. Club writer Andrew Winistorfer’s article on “The Wild Party,” we’ve learned that, “If the promise of a musical exploring the depths of the grimy side of the Roaring Twenties isn’t enough, know this: A bathtub full of illegal gin, a murder, and a musical number set during an orgy figure prominently.”
Tickets for “The Wild Party” are $15 and are available online from Brown Paper Tickets. If you dress in a ’20s costume, you’ll get for $5 off your ticket if you purchase it at the door.
Furthermore, if you were one of MTM’s first 200 Facebook fans, you can get your discount code for “The Wild Party” by emailing MTM at mtmadisoninfo. Madison on the Cheap told you about this special offer (tickets for just $5) last year — and we hope some of you took advantage of this opportunity,
One more thing you should probably know (or have figured out by yourself): This show is not appropriate for children under 15.
