- Neighborhood
- Historic Third WardMilwaukee
At a glance
- Address
- 158 N Broadway, Milwaukee, WI 53202Places nearCanon
- Phone
- +1 414 291 7811OpenStreetMap
- Website
- skylightmusictheatre.orgOpenStreetMap
- Year built
- 1907City property file
- Historic register
- In a National Register district since 1984City historic districts
- Legal name
- Skylight Music Theatre Corp.City license
- Current license term from
- September 1, 2026City license
- Licenses in force
- City license
- Size
- About 69 employees in 2020SBA loan data
- Identifiers
- OpenStreetMap
- City of Milwaukee license: Class B Tavern License, active, checked 2026-11-02 [1].
Why it belongs
Skylight Music Theatre holds a City of Milwaukee Class B Tavern License at 158 N Broadway [1]. Skylight Music Theatre will present La Cage Aux Folles running November 18 through December 23 at the Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N. Broadway, in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward [2]. The Gospel at Colonus ran January 17-26, 2020 at Skylight Music Theatre in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward and featured gospel and blues music [3].
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The building
Use this to decide whether the building is worth a look for its history: when it went up, what the City records it as, and which historic registers list it.
Built 1907, theater, 6 stories. In a National Register district since 1984.
- Year built
- 1907City property file
- Use
- TheaterCity property file
- Stories
- 6City property file
- Floor area
- 79,023 square feetCity property file
- Assessed value, 2026
- $4,650,000 (land $34,600, building $4,615,400)City property file
- Historic district
- Historic Third Ward: National Register district, listed 1984City historic districts
Game days nearby
Plan a visit here around these dates: a game or big event within half a mile fills the nearby streets and parking.
- Event day Saturday, May 15, 2027: expect crowds and parking limitsQueens of the Stone Age at Henry Maier Festival Park, all day, 0.3 miles away. Listed by Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.
- Event day Thursday, May 27, 2027: expect crowds and parking limitsPapa Roach at Henry Maier Festival Park, all day, 0.3 miles away. Listed by Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.
- Event day Thursday, June 24, 2027: expect crowds and parking limitsSummerfest® at Henry Maier Festival Park, all day, 0.3 miles away. Listed by Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.
- Event day Friday, June 25, 2027: expect crowds and parking limitsDeath Cab for Cutie at Henry Maier Festival Park, all day, 0.3 miles away. Listed by Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.Summerfest® at Henry Maier Festival Park, all day, 0.3 miles away. Listed by Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.Zac Brown Band at Henry Maier Festival Park, all day, 0.3 miles away. Listed by Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.
- Event day Saturday, June 26, 2027: expect crowds and parking limitsLake Street Dive at Henry Maier Festival Park, all day, 0.3 miles away. Listed by Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.Summerfest® at Henry Maier Festival Park, all day, 0.3 miles away. Listed by Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.
- Event day Thursday, July 1, 2027: expect crowds and parking limitsMy Morning Jacket at Henry Maier Festival Park, all day, 0.3 miles away. Listed by Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.Summerfest® at Henry Maier Festival Park, all day, 0.3 miles away. Listed by Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.
Getting there
Use this to choose a bus, a bike share dock, or a place to park or charge before you go.
- Bus
- Routes 15, 18 and GreenLine at Water & Chicago, a 3-minute walk (226 m)
- Routes 15, 18 and GreenLine at Water & St Paul, a 5-minute walk (368 m)
- Bike share
- Bublr dock Erie & Menomonee (252 E. Menomonee St.), a 2-minute walk (131 m)
- Bublr dock Jefferson & Menomonee (144 North Jefferson Street), a 2-minute walk (193 m)
- Bublr dock Radio Milwaukee (230 East Pittsburgh Avenue), a 4-minute walk (319 m)
- Parking
- Metered parking on E Menomonee St (zone 3366), 30 m away: $2.00 an hour, 2 hours at most, Monday to Friday, 8 am to 6 pm
- City of Milwaukee parking structure at 535 N Milwaukee St, a 7-minute walk (592 m)
- Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) GTFS feed, checked November 3, 2026. Schedule data updated July 21, 2026, valid through December 5, 2026. Little Milwaukee is not sponsored or operated by MTS or MCTS.
- Bublr Bikes (BCycle GBFS feed), checked November 3, 2026.
- City of Milwaukee Open Data Portal, Department of Public Works, checked November 3, 2026.
- City of Milwaukee Master Property File (MPROP), checked November 3, 2026.
Answers about this
- Which Milwaukee neighborhood has the most theaters?
The Historic Third Ward has the most theaters of any City of Milwaukee neighborhood, with 16 theaters.
- Which Milwaukee neighborhood has the most restaurants per resident?
The Historic Third Ward has the most restaurants for its size in the City of Milwaukee, 25.3 per 1,000 residents.
Discussions about this
No open topic about Skylight Music Theatre yet.
Sources and record
Datasets
- Little Milwaukee canonCreative Commons Attribution 4.0
- City of Milwaukee liquor licensesPublic domain (City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016)
- City of Milwaukee loading zone permitsPublic domain (City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016)
- City of Milwaukee Master Property File (MPROP)Public domain (City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016)
- Places lane classifier answersmodel answers about public facts
- SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) FOIA loan dataU.S. Government Works (public domain), as stated on the dataset page
- City of Milwaukee local and national historic districtsPublic domain (City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016)
- Photos from a business's own websitefacts stated by the business (hours, phone, founding year, zip); no text copied
- OpenStreetMap through the Overpass APIOpen Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0
Data sources: City of Milwaukee Open Data Portal, City Clerk License Division; City of Milwaukee Open Data Portal, City Clerk License Division; City of Milwaukee Master Property File (MPROP), City Assessor; U.S. Small Business Administration, Paycheck Protection Program FOIA data; © OpenStreetMap contributors
Every fact (56)
| Field | Value | Source | Dataset | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Skylight Music Theatre | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | |
| Address | 158 N Broadway, Milwaukee, WI 53202 | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | |
| Map point | 43.03175, -87.90660 | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | |
| Category | theaters | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | |
| Kind | place | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | |
| Address | 158 N Broadway | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | |
| Address | 158 N Broadway | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | |
| Address | 158 N Broadway | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | |
| Assessed value | $4,650,000 (2026) | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File (MPROP) | |
| Building area | 79,023 square feet | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File (MPROP) | |
| Building use | Theater, land use code 7922 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File (MPROP) | |
| Chain | Withheld under the dataset's terms | Other source | Places lane classifier answers | |
| Classified category | Withheld under the dataset's terms | Other source | Places lane classifier answers | |
| Employees in 2020 | 69 | SBA loan data | SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) FOIA loan data | |
| Map point | 43.03175, -87.90660 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | |
| Map point | 43.03175, -87.90660 | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | |
| Map point | 43.03175, -87.90660 | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | |
| Historic district | Historic Third Ward, National Register, 1984 | City historic districts | City of Milwaukee local and national historic districts | |
| Hours | Monday to Friday: noon to 6:00 pm | Business website | Photos from a business's own website | |
| Legal name | Skylight Music Theatre Corp. | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | |
| Legal name | Skylight Music Theatre | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | |
| Legal name | Skylight Music Theatre | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | |
| Expires | 2027-09-26 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | |
| Expires | 2027-12-15 | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | |
| Expires | 2027-12-22 | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | |
| Issued | 2026-09-01 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | |
| Issued | 2025-12-16 | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | |
| Issued | 2025-12-23 | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | |
| License number | 351054 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | |
| License number | 342290 | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | |
| License number | 342640 | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | |
| License status | Active | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | |
| License status | Active | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | |
| License status | Active | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | |
| License type | Class B Tavern License (BTAVN) | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | |
| License type | Loading Zone Permit (LZ) | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | |
| License type | Loading Zone Permit (LZ) | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | |
| Listing evidence | Withheld under the dataset's terms | Other source | Places lane classifier answers | |
| Locally owned | Withheld under the dataset's terms | Other source | Places lane classifier answers | |
| Name | Skylight Music Theatre | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | |
| Name | Skylight Music Theatre | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | |
| Name | Skylight Music Theatre | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | |
| Osm category | office=ngo | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | |
| Osm id | node/5502055468 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | |
| Parcel historic | On the National Register | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File (MPROP) | |
| Parcel number | 3921036100 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | |
| Parcel number | 3921036100 | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | |
| Parcel number | 3921036100 | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | |
| Phone | +1 414 291 7811 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | |
| Phone | (414) 291-7800 | Business website | Photos from a business's own website | |
| Paycheck Protection Program loan year | 2020 | SBA loan data | SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) FOIA loan data | |
| Stories | 6 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File (MPROP) | |
| Website | http://www.skylightmusictheatre.org | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | |
| Wikidata | Q7537867 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | |
| Year built | 1907 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File (MPROP) | |
| Zip | 53202 | Business website | Photos from a business's own website |
Verified
Last verified 2026-11-02.
For agents
Skylight Music Theatre (theaters in Historic Third Ward, Milwaukee) is at 158 N Broadway, Milwaukee, WI 53202. It is a listed place, and its status is open (City license in force, checked November 2, 2026).