Overture Center for the Arts

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201 State St.
Madison, WI 53703-2214
Phone: 608.258.4157

Experience everything Overture Center has to offer on a private or group tour. Tours are led by experienced volunteer guides and may include visits to Overture Hall, Capitol Theater, The Playhouse, and much more. All tours last approximately 90 minutes and depart from the Rotunda Lobby.

Amenities
  • A/V Equipment Onsite:
  • Banquet Facility:
  • Conference Facility:
  • Museum/Gallery:
  • Non-smoking Available:
  • Onsite Catering:
  • Permanent Stage:
  • Theater:
  • Wheelchair Accessible:
  • Can Close for Private Party:
Overture Center for the Arts Meeting Facility
  • Theatre Capacity: 2,200
  • Banquet Capacity: 700
  • Classroom Capacity: 24
  • Reception Capacity: 1,500

Meeting Facility Rooms

Room Name Dimensions Ceiling Sq. Ft. Theater Classroom Size Banquet Capacity Reception
Promenade Hall 54' X 58'   21'     3132.00     300         200     300  
Wisconsin Studio 37' X 48'   13'     1776.00             144     220  
Rotunda Studio 37' X 48'   11'     1776.00             120     200  
Promenade Lounge 20' X 70'   9'     1400.00             32     100  
Promenade Terrace 44' X 42'   10'     1848.00             80     150  
Promenade Lobby 20' X 98'   Open     1960.00             120     200  
Rotunda Stage X       2000.00     350             200  
Upper Lobby 20' X 111'   10'     2220.00             125     200  
Overture Hall Lobby X       11400.00             700     1500  
Overture Hall X           2200              
Capitol Theater X       0.00     1100              
The Playhouse X       0.00     350              
Oveture Hall Main Lobby 60' X 190'   75'     0.00             450     800  
Board Room 17' X 33'   10'     585.00         24     24      

Live in Concert: Mayer Hawthorne

September 14, 2013
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 8:00 PM
Special Event
Mayer Hawthorne has come a long way since his 2008 debut, and right now, he says, “Life is great.” He’s released two well-received full-length albums, had songs licensed for film and television, and tour... more >

Live in Concert: Iron & Wine

September 26, 2013
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:30 PM
Special Event
Iron and Wine makes its Nonesuch Records debut with Ghost on Ghost in the U.S. on April 16 (April 15 on 4AD in Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand). Ghost on Ghost is the fifth release from singer-songwriter Sam Beam... more >

Live in Concert: Tiempo Libre

October 03, 2013
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:30 PM
Special Event
The three-time Grammy nominees are equally at home in concert halls, jazz clubs and dance venues -- and at Madison’s own Concerts on the Square, where they wowed the crowd just last summer. The Miami-based members... more >

Live in Concert: Father John Misty "Solo"

October 13, 2013
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:30 PM
Special Event
Father John Misty is J. Tillman, who has been recording/releasing solo albums since 2003. Josh also played drums for Seattle’s Fleet Foxes from 2008-2011. On January 31st 2012, he released the first single, ‘H... more >

Live in Concert: Harry Connick, Jr.

October 21, 2013
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 8:00 PM
Special Event
In addition to the wealth of original music on his new discs, Connick will release “Love Wins.” The song is dedicated to Ana Grace Marquez-Greene, one of the children killed in the Newtown, Connecticut trage... more >

The Ghost Brothers of Darkland County

October 25, 2013
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 8:00 PM
Special Event
Experience the southern gothic, supernatural musical written by Stephen King, with music by John Mellencamp and T Bone Burnett. This extraordinary collaboration, 13 years in the making, is a haunting tale of fraternal lov... more >

Madison Opera: Tosca

Recurring daily until November 03, 2013
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
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Special Event
"Questo è il bacio di Tosca – This is the kiss of Tosca!" With those words, opera singer Floria Tosca stabs Scarpia, the evil police chief who has tortured her lover, the painter Cavaradossi, and ... more >

The Hungry, Hungry Games: A Parody

Recurring daily until November 02, 2013
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
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Special Event
The creative minds who brought the phenomenon of Fifty Shades of Grey to its knees with the critically-acclaimed comedy, SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody, now take aim at The Hunger Games blockbuster series with The Hungr... more >

A Provideo Comedy Series Event: David Sedaris

November 04, 2013
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:30 PM
Special Event
America’s preeminent humorist returns by popular demand, following three straight Overture Hall sellouts in the last five years. Sedaris rocketed to stardom (superstardom among public radio types) as a regular on ... more >

Masters of the Fiddle featuring Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy

November 05, 2013
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:30 PM
Special Event
Two of the world's most celebrated fiddlers, Natalie MacMaster and Donnel Leahy also happen to be married. Together, they meld their virtuosities into a whirlwind of fiddle-driven song and dance, taking the best of French... more >

Live in Concert: Jake Shimabukuro

November 08, 2013
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 8:00 PM
Special Event
Can the four humble strings of the ukulele evoke Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis? Yes, in the virtuosic hands of Jake Shimabukuro. His lightning-fast fingers and deep musical sensibilities blend jazz, rock, classical and tra... more >

Nosferatu

November 09, 2013
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:00 PM
Special Event
An authorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, Nosferatu is considered a masterpiece of cinema in the German Expressionist horror genre. more >

Kanopy Dance Company: Reverence

Recurring daily until November 17, 2013
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
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Special Event
Revel in performances by former Martha Graham Company Principal Dancers and Dance Masters who bring to Dane County audiences dance honoring and celebrating Martha Graham. Relish an evening inspired by Graham's pioneerin... more >

Steve Ross Performs "Ridin' High -- The Music of Cole Porter"

November 21, 2013
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:00 PM
Special Event
From his beginnings at New York’s fabled Algonquin Hotel nearly forty years ago to The Ritz in London to Carnegie Hall to the Crillon in Paris to the Imperial Hotel Tokyo to our own humble Capitol Theater, Steve Ros... more >

African Children's Choir

December 03, 2013
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:00 PM
Special Event
Not even the devastation of war and famine can silence the voices of Africa's children. Most of these singers, aged seven to ten, have lost one or both parents; most would face lives of grinding poverty but for the opport... more >

2014 Frostiball

February 01, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Special Event
Join us on Saturday, February 1st at Overture Center for the Arts for a spectacular evening at the 28th annual Frostiball. For more information or to purchase tickets visit www.Frostiball.org or call Downtown Madison, Inc... more >

Madison Opera: The Daughter of the Regiment

February 07, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Special Event
Marie loves Tonio. Tonio loves Marie. Marie’s adoptive parents, the entire 21st Regiment, are a bit less happy about matters, and when her new-found aunt takes her away from both the regiment and Tonio, Marie despai... more >

Madison Opera: The Daughter of the Regiment

February 09, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Special Event
Marie loves Tonio. Tonio loves Marie. Marie’s adoptive parents, the entire 21st Regiment, are a bit less happy about matters, and when her new-found aunt takes her away from both the regiment and Tonio, Marie despai... more >

Birds of Paradise: Extreme, Bizarre, Extraordinary

February 11, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:30 PM
Special Event
The birds of paradise are some of Earth’s most exceptional, yet little known, treasures. Tim Laman made it his mission to photograph—for the first time in the wild—all 39 species of this incredibly diver... more >

Kanopy Dance Company: Puppet Master

Recurring daily until February 16, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Special Event
Follow the tormented Mohawk Man who falls into a bizarre asylum journey of altered reality under the spell of the Puppet Master’s world. Feel the decibel drive of heavy metal cello rock as dancers in Dr. Who-esque... more >

Complexions Contemporary Ballet

February 19, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:30 PM
Special Event
Ballet, redefined. That’s the only way to describe Complexions. Now in its 19th season, the company founded by Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson continues to push envelopes and defy definition -- both in terms of... more >

Live in Concert: Habib Koité & Raul Mid?n

February 21, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 8:00 PM
Special Event
Malian superstar Habib Koité and American singer/songwriter/guitar wizard Raul Midón promise to bend and blend genres into a new, cohesive sound that just might bring the Overture Hall walls down. Koit&eacut... more >

The Mark of Zorro

March 01, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:00 PM
Special Event
This genre-defining swashbuckler adventure was the first movie version of The Mark of Zorro. more >

Beyond the Invisible: Secrets of the Blue Holes

March 04, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:30 PM
Special Event
Take a deep breath and join veteran cave explorer Kenny Broad, the 2011 National Geographic Explorer of the Year, on a harrowing expedition into some of the most dangerous and scientifically significant places on Earth. more >

Broadway State of Mind: Gregg Edelman

March 04, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:00 PM
Special Event
It’s not every night you can get this close to one of Broadway’s great romantic leads. With four Tony nominations and credits from Cats to Les Miserables to City of Angels, he’s got hilarious and telling... more >

Henson Alternative presents "Puppet Up! - Uncensored"

March 16, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:00 PM
Special Event
What happens when Henson puppeteers are unleashed? You get a new breed of intelligent nonsense that is “Puppet Up! – UNCENSORED”– a live, outrageous, comedy, variety show for adults only. Enjoy an ... more >

New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players in HMS Pinafore

March 20, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:30 PM
Special Event
As their first international hit, this seaworthy satire put the wind in Gilbert & Sullivan's sails. It opened in London in 1878, and within a year more than 150 unauthorized productions cropped up across the United St... more >

Atlantic Steps

March 21, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 8:00 PM
Special Event
Before Riverdance, there was sean-nós. Ireland’s oldest dance form hails from the craggy Connemara region, on the Emerald Isle’s western coast. The energetic, lively steps stay alive because they must -... more >

One Night of Queen performed by Gary Mullen & The Works

March 22, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:30 PM
Special Event
Freddie Mercury was one of the most inimitable rock and roll frontmen of all time, yet New Zealander Gary Mullen finds a way to bring him back to life, one night at a time. More magic than mimicry, this energetic, get-out... more >

NOW 60: Newport Jazz Festival

March 28, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:30 PM
Special Event
The Newport Jazz Festival’s historical moments and recordings have been well-documented, going back to 1954. But during the past 10 years, the festival has made news by continuing to discover new talent and nurture ... more >

Church Basement Ladies: A Mighty Fortress is Our Basement

Recurring daily until March 30, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Special Event
They’re cookin’ again at East Cornucopia Lutheran! It's 1960, and a reformation is underway. Beverly’s getting her first high heels, Mrs. Engelson’s getting her drivers license. Through it all, the... more >

Kanopy Dance Company: Fresh

Recurring daily until April 06, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
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Special Event
Breathe deeply of spring as local choreographers, dancers, costumers, composers present new organic dance, choreography and movement. Fresh and uplifting themes of Life’s renewed abundance, as the seeds of our dre... more >

Why Worry? Starring Harold Lloyd

April 12, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
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Special Event
Harold Van Pelham (Lloyd) is a rich businessman who decides to sail to a remote island for his health. Instead of finding peace, he lands in prison.   more >

STREB: FORCES

April 16, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:30 PM
Special Event
Once called the Evel Knievel of dance, Elizabeth Streb's choreography, which she calls "POPACTION," intertwines the disciplines of dance, athletics, boxing, rodeo, circus, and Hollywood stunt work. The result is... more >

I Wish For All Time: Celebrating the Genius of Michael Jackson & Stevie Wonder

April 25, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 8:00 PM
Special Event
Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson: maybe two of the faces on the Mount Rushmore of pop music. Their unique vocal qualities would take ten voices to recreate -- so that’s exactly what we’re doing. Two of the ho... more >

Madison Opera: Dead Man Walking

Recurring daily until April 27, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
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Special Event
Since its premiere in 2000, Dead Man Walking has become a modern classic, one of the most important, powerful operas ever written. Based on Sister Helen Prejean’s book and the movie of the same name, it tells of a... more >

Exploring Mars: Rovers of the Red Planet

April 29, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:30 PM
Special Event
A dynamic engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Kobie Boykins is on the front line of Mars exploration. He designed the solar arrays that powered Spirit and Opportunity, the two rovers that landed on Mars in 200... more >

Spider Saloff's Sondheim and Me

May 08, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:00 PM
Special Event
The Chicago Tribune calls her “one of the finest jazz singers working in this or any other city.” With seven albums to her name, and collaborations from Les Paul to Michael Feinstein, her repertoire is deep an... more >

Big Top Chautauqua/ Tent Show Radio LIVE!

May 10, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 8:00 PM
Special Event
Capitol Theater becomes the Big Top for one night, as Tent Show Radio makes its way south to Madison! Be here as the weekly variety series tapes a show for national broadcast. Host Michael Perry (author of Population 485)... more >

Million Dollar Quartet

Recurring daily until May 18, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
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Special Event
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET is the Tony® award-winning Broadway musical, inspired by the electrifying true story of the famed recording session where Sam Phillips, the “Father of Rock ‘n’ Roll” brou... more >

My Wild Life: Mireya Mayor, Primatologist

May 20, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:30 PM
Special Event
Relive with Mireya Mayor her wild ride as this daughter of Cuban immigrants blossoms from NFL cheerleader to Fulbright Scholar to field scientist to National Geographic TV correspondent and most recently, to Ph.D. This mo... more >