And that’s on top of the challenges of keeping a 115-year-old theater in beautiful shape.Ĭurrently the Opera House is doing OK financially, all things considered. Some seasons are better than others, but it consistently punches above its weight and does all its booking without the help of the bigger show promoters who usually bring such acts to the Madison area. A bit like The Shitty Barn in Spring Green, the venue has a solid following right at home and a good number of people willing to make the drive from Madison, and that frequently adds up to sold-out shows. It’s expanded its audience with bookings ranging from Ladysmith Black Mambazo to Huun Huur Tu to Aimee Mann to comedians like Steven Wright and Emo Philips, in addition to its bread-and-butter programming of country and folk, which has included pretty big gets like Gillian Welch, Josh Ritter, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, and Rosanne Cash. The Stoughton Opera House, a historic theater with a capacity of just under 500 that resides on the top floors of Stoughton’s City Hall Building, has become an unlikely success story over the past 10 years. Madison percussion ensemble Clocks In Motion’s stage setup for its February 2016 show at the Stoughton Opera House.
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