Video: HAY FEVER Spotted in New York
by Team BWW - Feb 7, 2023
Stag and Lion Theatre Company takes on Noel Cowards iconic Comedy of Manners, Hay Fever. The show opens Thursday, February 9th, Performing at the Trinity Theatre, located at 422 West 57th Street.
BWW Reviews: Metro Theater Company's Outstanding AFFLICTED: DAUGHTERS OF SALEM
by Chris Gibson - Mar 18, 2015
Playwright Laurie Brooks examines the events that led to the infamous Salem Witch Trials from a different perspective with her intriguing and thought-provoking work, AFFLICTED Daughters of Salem. Unlike Arthur Miller's masterpiece, The Crucible, this play focuses our attention solely on the young girls who wound up making the accusations that started the wheels in motion. What we're privy to are the private thoughts and desires of a group of young girls who meet in the woods under the moonlight with the mystical slave Tituba. What comes through is their unhappiness with the way they feel their individuality is being repressed by their strict Puritan community. Since they can see nearby Quakers experiencing a great deal more freedom, they've come to resent the way of life they feel has been imposed upon them. Metro Theater Company's production at the Missouri History Museum (through March 22, 2015) is a taut and vivid presentation that ends with the audience being asked specific questions as to whether these young women should be held accountable for their acts. Their response may shock you. It will certainly provide food for thought.
BWW Reviews: St. Louis Shakespeare's THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR - Generally Fine
by Harrison Kaplan - Jul 28, 2011
It's been speculated that Queen Elizabeth I enjoyed the character of Falstaff so much she asked Shakespeare to write something else with him in it. Thus, we have one of the earliest examples of a sequel of sorts with THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Though it definitely lacks brevity, it's an amusing trifle for the most part, and St. Louis Shakespeare has put together a generally fine production of the play.
REVIEW: St. Louis Shakespeare Close Their 2009 Season with TREASURE ISLAND at the Missouri History Museum
by Chris Gibson - Nov 9, 2009
TREASURE ISLAND, Robert Louis Stevenson's narrative coming-of-age adventure about sea-faring scalawags and buried treasure, is a touchstone for all things pirate. All the standard iconography that we associate with these vicious buccaneers is present in his text including: one-legged seamen who have pet parrots, maps with 'X's' on them, and tropical islands where booty has been stashed.
St. Louis Shakespeare Presents TREASURE ISLAND 11/6-15
by BWW News Desk - Nov 6, 2009
ST. LOUIS SHAKESPEARE presents Robert Louis Stevenson's TREASURE ISLAND
St. Louis' premier classical theatre presents this action-packed seafaring tale at the Lee Auditorium in the Missouri History Museum November 6-15!
St. Louis Shakespeare Presents TREASURE ISLAND 11/6-15
by Gabrielle Sierra - Oct 6, 2009
ST. LOUIS SHAKESPEARE presents Robert Louis Stevenson's TREASURE ISLAND
St. Louis' premier classical theatre presents this action-packed seafaring tale at the Lee Auditorium in the Missouri History Museum November 6-15!
MACBETH, TWELFTH NIGHT Set For St. Louis Shapespeare 25th Season
by Gabrielle Sierra - Apr 16, 2009
In 2009, St. Louis Shakespeare celebrates its 25th year presenting classical theatre in St. Louis. Join us for a season of comedy, tragedy, romance and a thrilling pirate yarn! SLS' 25th season runs from July to November 2009 and includes three plays by Shakespeare and one non-Shakespearean classic.