The Marcus Center
for the Performing Arts is located in the
center of the downtown
theater district at 929 N. Water Street and
offers the best of cultural and community
programming in the state. We
are home to the finest performing artists
in Wisconsin, such as the Milwaukee Symphony
Orchestra, Milwaukee
Ballet Company, Florentine Opera Company, First Stage Milwaukee, Milwaukee
Youth Symphony Orchestra, Martin Luther King
Day Celebration, United Performing Arts Fund,
Ethnic and Cultural Festivals, and the new
“At the
Center” community concerts.
In
addition, the Marcus Center is the home of
Broadway in Milwaukee.
Light Up the Night! photo courtesy of jsonline.com
Karen Sherlock
The Center's Exterior Illumination Project, a state-of-the-art LED system designed by Focus Lighting of New York, is dramatically transforming the nighttime appearance of the Marcus Center and all of its resident arts organizations.
If you missed the Marcus Center's Exterior Illumination Project debut April 16th and the Center's extraordinary transformation into Milwaukee's performing arts icon,
don't despair.
The Center will be illuminated nightly, between dusk and midnight.
Many
Milwaukee-area companies also use our facility
for corporate meetings and functions.
Following are some of the organizations that
have recently used our space.
For
more information on our facility and meeting
space, click here.
The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts is owned and partially funded by Milwaukee County. The Marcus Center is a 501 c 3 non-profit corporation that operates the Center for the citizens of Milwaukee County. Staff are employed by the corporation, which is governed by a 25-member Board of Directors. Seven members of the Board are appointed by the Milwaukee County Executive and confirmed by the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors.
The Center annually receives both operating and capital dollars from the County, through its annual budgeting process. In 2008, the Center’s allocation for operations is $1,280,000—about 29% of the Center’s operating budget. The Center also received a capital allocation of $200,000 for 2008, for the purpose of replacing the Bradley Pavilion moveable wall system (originally installed in 1969) that enables the room to be subdivided for multiple uses.
