Jeremiah Ginn News

The St. Louis Theatre Circle has announced their nominations for their annual awards to be distributed on March 23, 2026, at the Loretto-Hilton Center. 172 theatre artists have been nominated in 34 categories honoring the best in St. Louis Theater in 2025. The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis leads all companies with a record-breaking 38 nominations for their productions of Athena, Clyde’s, Emma, Ken Ludwig’s Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Brothers Size, and The Cottage. Emma is the most nominated comedy of the season with 11 nominations.

Playhouse on Park has announced the cast for its upcoming production of GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!, set to open next week. This comedic musical offers a unique take on the fictitious story of inventing the printing press.

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:

A mix of rising stars, celebrated Broadway favorites and Broadway’s next great talents came together for the annual NextGen Spotlight on Monday, September 29, 2025. Check out photos from the evening.

STAGES St. Louis has a hit with their zany Muder for Two. Director Michael Kostroff keeps the fun coming for the entire 90-minutes in a fast-paced audience pleasing comedy. The script is goofy and the lyrics witty, but it is the comedic physicality of two immensely talented actors, singers, pianists, and entertainers who fearlessly earn every laugh. Ian Fairlee and Jeremiah Ginn make a sharp comedic duo who mine plenty of giggles, chortles, guffaws, and thigh-slapping laughter. 

The STAGES St. Louis season opens at the end of May with the hilarious musical whodunit Murder for Two. A famed novelist is killed at his surprise birthday party and everyone attending is a suspect. A small-town police detective, piano playing Marcus Moscowitz, arrives to investigate and question all 12 suspects. The 12 suspects are all played by one piano playing actor. The zany music-filled murder mystery unfolds as Detective Moscowitz interviews the eccentric party guests.   STAGES St. Louis artistic director Gayle Seay knew she had to find the perfect team to lead this madcap comedic thriller. Casting two actors who are piano playing virtuosos, plus standby actors for each role was hard enough, but she immediately knew who she wanted to direct. Enter Michael Kostroff.  

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS top solo fundraiser, Mark MacKillop is taking his acclaimed Duets concerts Off-Broadway on March 10 at 8pm at Marjorie S. Deane's Little Theatre. 

The Big Gay Jamboree will play its final performance off-Broadway next month. Learn more about the show and find out how to get tickets for its final weeks here!

The Big Gay Jamboree is shining a big, gay bat signal for the entire theatre community by hosting, “Marla’s Crisis,” a one-night-only takeover of the famed piano bar, Marie’s Crisis. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Marla Mindelle has released a video on The Real Housewives of Dubai's cancelation after a song in The Big Gay Jamboree poked fun at it. The musical shows Stacey (Midelle) wanting to star on Bravo. A song, 'Real Housewife,' joked about RHODubai.

The Big Gay Jamboree's Stacy, played by Marla Mindelle, reached a milestone in her quest to become a Real Housewife when Bravo personality and Real Housewives executive producer Andy Cohen visited The Big Gay Jamboree this week. Check out photos from the visit below!

Off-Broadway musical The Big Gay Jamboree has extended by popular demand. The production is directed and choreographed by Connor Gallagher, with a book by Mindelle and Jonathan Parks-Ramage, and music & lyrics by Mindelle and Philip Drennen. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Alex Moffat, star of the new off-Broadway musical The Big Gay Jamboree, visited Late Night with Seth Meyers to discuss his experience with the new production. Watch the interview now!

Get a first look at photos of Marla Mindelle’s The Big Gay Jamboree. The Big Gay Jamboree centers on Stacey, who after blacking out from 18 Jägerbombs, wakes up hungover in the most terrifying place of all: an Off-Broadway musical. Learn more!

Performances begin this week for Marla Mindelle's brand new musical, The Big Gay Jamboree. Get a first look at footage from the show's press preview!

Performances begin later  this week for Marla Mindelle's brand new musical, The Big Gay Jamboree and the show's cast and creative team recently gave a special sneak peek. Check out photos here!

Performances begin this week for Marla Mindelle's brand new musical, The Big Gay Jamboree. The show's cast and creative team recently met the press and BroadwayWorld was there. Check out photos here!

Marla Mindelle’s brand new musical, The Big Gay Jamboree is getting ready for its world premiere! Check out photos of the cast in rehearsals.

A limited number of $20 tickets will be available via a TodayTix lottery for the first ten performances of Marla Mindelle's brand new musical, The Big Gay Jamboree.

The complete cast has been revealed for the world premiere production of Marla Mindelle’s brand new musical, The Big Gay Jamboree. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.