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Critic James Lindhorst's Best of St. Louis Theatre in 2025
by James Lindhorst - Dec 15, 2025

This past season was the year of the comedy in St. Louis Theater. Companies across the city had audiences laughing all season long with slapstick, farce, and satire. There were some wonderful musical productions that really sang, a few hard hitting dramas, but comedies reigned in both quantity and quality. Instead of publishing a Top 10 list this year, I’m going to recognize the Best in St. Louis Theater for 2025. “The Best” is still a shortened list of just 13 shows out of the nearly 90 shows I saw this past year. It took weeks of thought and painstaking consideration to decide which productions would be included in my annual list. Here they are. The productions are listed in alphabetical order, not ranked by favorites:

Mary Cavett, Craig Wesley Divino and More to Star in THE COTTAGE at Hartford Stage
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 9, 2025

Hartford Stage has revealed the cast and crew who will bring Sandy Rustin’s The Cottage to life this winter. Secrets unravel when lovers, spouses, and strangers converge in a countryside cottage in sunny 1920s England. 

CLUE To Play Limited Engagement At Providence Performing Arts Center
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 5, 2025

The Providence Performing Arts Center will present CLUE for a limited engagement this January as part of the 2025–2026 Encore Series. The stage adaptation, inspired by the 1985 film and the classic Hasbro board game, brings its comedic whodunit to Rhode Island for a three-performance run.

Randolph High School Will Perform CLUE ON STAGE: HIGH SCHOOL EDITION This November
by Stephi Wild - Nov 12, 2025

Randolph High School Drama Club has announced its Fall Play CLUE ON STAGE: HIGH SCHOOL EDITION, based on the Paramount Pictures motion picture based on the Hasbro board game CLUE.

CLUE Comes To Waterbury’s Palace Theater In December
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 30, 2025

CLUE, the murder mystery comedy inspired by the Hasbro board game and adapted from the 1985 Paramount Pictures film, will play Waterbury’s Palace Theater from December 16 through December 18, 2025.

The Bridge, New Incubator for Original Musicals, Launches This Fall
by Stephi Wild - Oct 29, 2025

The Bridge, an innovative new incubator for the development of original musicals, will launch this month, it was announced by its Founder and Producing Artistic Director, Molly Marinik (Beehive Dramaturgy Studio).

Interview: Adam Brett of CLUE at BJCC
by Cade Lott - Oct 28, 2025

Adam Brett (Wadsworth) says the fast-paced, 90-minute stage adaptation of CLUE is an 'athletic event,' burning 800 calories a show! See the hilarious, high-energy murder-mystery Nov 11–16 at the BJCC Concert Hall. #CLUEonStage #BroadwayInBHM

CLUE Will Bring Hilarious Murder Mystery to Birmingham’s BJCC Concert Hall
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 29, 2025

The American Theatre Guild will present CLUE, the uproarious stage adaptation of the Hasbro board game and cult-classic film, at Birmingham’s BJCC Concert Hall November 11–16, 2025.

CLUE Unveils Full Cast for Second National Tour
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 24, 2025

The full cast has been revealed for the Second North American tour of CLUE, the murder mystery comedy inspired by the board game and adapted from the film. Learn more!

COME FROM AWAY Is the Most-Produced Show of 2025/26
by Nicole Rosky - Sep 18, 2025

American Theatre magazine, published by Theatre Communications Group, has just released Top 10 Most-Produced Plays and Top 20 Most-Produced Playwrights for the new season.  We have all of the details!

BWW Q&A: Isa Venere Talks The Cottage at Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
by Joshua Wright - Sep 12, 2025

In The Cottage a woman decides to expose her latest affair to both her husband—and her lover's wife. As secrets unravel and passions collide, the meaning of love, identity, and marriage are all thrown into question, and served in a way only the British can serve it: with tea.

Review: THE COTTAGE at Loretto-Hilton Center
by Rob Levy - Sep 9, 2025

Roaring laughter meets the roaring twenties in The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis’ The Cottage. A dramedy in the classic sense, the company’s 59th season starter offers an endless barrage of scandalous dalliances, clever double entendres, and mistaken identities.

Review: THE COTTAGE at Wichita Community Theatre
by John Dalton-White - Sep 8, 2025

This play has audiences in stitches. Be prepared to have a great time! Wichita Community Theatre opens its 2025-2026 season with Sandy Rustin’s side-splitting comedy and recent 2023 Broadway production of THE COTTAGE, under the direction of veteran Mary Lou Phipps-Winfrey.

Listen: MYSTIC PIZZA Musical Concept Album Available Now
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 29, 2025

The concept recording of the new musical Mystic Pizza is now available in digital and streaming formats. Listen here and learn more about Mystic Pizza!

Exclusive: Listen to 'Hit Me With Your Best Shot' from the MYSTIC PIZZA Cast Recording
by Nicole Rosky - Aug 28, 2025

Lively McCabe Entertainment is getting ready to release the concept recording of the new musical Mystic Pizza, available in digital and streaming formats on Friday, August 29. BroadwayWord is very excited to bring you an exclusive first listen of 'Hit Me With Your Best Shot,' performed by Krystina Alabado and Vincent Michael.

Sandy Rustin's THE COTTAGE, Tracy Lett's THE MINUTES and Anna Ziegler's THE WANDERERS Get Their St. Louis Premiere
by James Lindhorst - Aug 25, 2025

After a brief hiatus for the Labor Day Weekend, the St. Louis Theater scene gets back into full swing with more than twenty shows opening between now and the end of the year. Broadway World critic James Lindhorst picks the six shows opening in September and early October that he thinks cannot be missed, including the local premieres of Sandy Rustin's The Cottage, Tracy Lett's The Minutes, and Anna Ziegler's the Wanderers.

Interview: Chatting with Jordan Coughtry of THE COTTAGE at The Repertory Theatre Of St. Louis
by James Lindhorst - Aug 22, 2025

Multi-hyphenate actor, director, composer and educator Jordan Coughtry returns to The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis this season in the regional premiere of Sandy Rustin’s play The Cottage. Coughtry killed audiences last year as the suave and debonair Tony Wendice in The Rep’s Dial M for Murder.

CLUE: ON STAGE Comes to Greenbrier Valley Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Aug 7, 2025

Clue: On Stage is coming to Greenbrier Valley Theatre next year. Based on the Screenplay by Jonathan Lynn, the production is written by Sandy Rustin, with additional material by Hunter Foster and Eric Price.

MYSTIC PIZZA Musical Concept Album is Coming This Month
by Stephi Wild - Aug 6, 2025

The concept recording of the new musical Mystic Pizza will be released in digital and streaming formats on Friday, August 29. Learn more about the upcoming album here!

THE COTTAGE to be Presented at The Rep in September
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 30, 2025

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis will kick off the 2025/26 Season with the sharp-witted fresh comedy The Cottage by Sandy Rustin, the playwright of Clue. Learn more!