
Steve Callahan
A native Kansan I have a BA (Math and Theatre) and MA (Theatre). I was working on a PhD in Theatre when IBM sniffed my math background and lured me away with money enough to feed my (then two) children. Nevertheless I've been active in theatre all my life--having directed sixty-eight productions (everything from opera in Poughkeepsie to Mrozek in Woodstock to musical melodrama in Germany) and I've acted in ninety others. (As Daddy Warbucks in "Annie" I let 13 little girls shave my head.) I've served on play-selection committees for several small companies for decades. Now that I'm retired I don't have that eight-to-five distraction and can focus a bit more. One of my plays, "The Counting of the Heads", was chosen to be presented at the Creative Nations First Storytellers Festival in Bouilder.
I've regularly reviewed theatre and opera in St. Louis for KDHX since 1991 and for BWW since 2014.
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- BWW Review: Opera Theatre St. Louis Gives Us An Utterly Flawless REGINA -
- BWW Review: ELLINGTON/STRAYHORN NUTCRACKER at Dance St. Louis - Marvelous choreography and gorgeous jazz.
- BWW Review: AWAKENINGS at Opera Theatre Of Saint Louis - Example of a mixed review
- Review: RAGTIME at Union Avenue Opera - Example of a mixed review
Most Popular Articles


Review: ROMEO AND JULIET at Opera Theatre Of St. Louis
June 15, 2026

Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at Union Avenue Opera
July 6, 2026

Review: 'JOSEPHINE' & 'PAGLIACCI' at Union Avenue Opera
July 28, 2025

Review: SALOME at Union Avenue Opera
August 18, 2025

Review: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE at Opera Theatre Of St. Louis
June 9, 2026

Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at Union Avenue Opera
July 6, 2026
The Union Avenue Opera gives us brilliant voices in an intimate space.

Review: ROMEO AND JULIET at Opera Theatre Of St. Louis
June 15, 2026
This quite glorious production of Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet plays at the Opera Theatre of St.

Review: GOD OF CARNAGE at New Jewish Theatre
June 13, 2026
It would be pretentious to call it drama, but God of Carnage at the New Jewish Theatre is certainly an evening of good entertainment.

Review: THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA at Opera Theatre Of St. Louis
June 2, 2026
Young lovers from different worlds.

Review: THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE at St. Louis Opera Theatre
May 26, 2026
It's almost a century-and-a-half old, but it's as fresh and appealing as when it first bounded into the public eye on New Year's Eve, 1879.

Review: THE END OF THE WORLD CABARET at Upstream Theater
April 20, 2026
'The End of the World Cabaret' at Upstream: THIS IS A PLAY YOU MUST SEE!

Review: ROMÉO ET JULIETTE at Winter Opera
March 2, 2026
Opera is widely considered to be a seasonal flower.

Review: NOISES OFF at Clayton Community Theatre
February 2, 2026
How do you tell that your play is a success? Not so easy if it’s a drama; you might detect a little silent sobbing.

Review: MRS. KRISHNAN'S PARTY at Saint Louis Repertory Theatre
January 18, 2026
The evening is surely funny (and a little bit sad).

Review: THE SORCERER at Winter Opera
November 11, 2025
Gina Galati’s delightful Winter Opera company has opened its season with a revival of a rarely seen Gilbert and Sullivan show—The Sorcerer.

Review: THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL at Clayton Community Theatre
October 23, 2025
Like last year's 'Twelfth Night' this production shows a sweet understanding of the play and how it works, a great love and respect for the text, and a delicious, economical theatricality to the whole thing.

Review: ONE-ACT FESTIVAL at Union Avenue Opera
October 13, 2025
New things at Union Avenue Opera! This wonderful company is extending it’s 31st season with an evening of two one-act operas.

Review: PATRICIA SINGS PIAF at The Sheldon
October 13, 2025
It’s been a really, really good year in St.

Review: SALOME at Union Avenue Opera
August 18, 2025
Kelly Slawson brings a dazzlingly powerful, beautiful voice to the title role.

Review: MY FAIR LADY at Union Avenue Opera
July 10, 2025
Read our review of MY FAIR LADY, playing now at Union Avenue Opera through July 12.

Review: DON PASQUALE at Opera Theatre of St. Louis
June 10, 2025
Susanne Burgess sings Norina, the quintessential bel canto soprano role.
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