Kent Coffel News

Review: ANASTASIA THE MUSICAL at The Marcelle

by James Lindhorst — November 17, 2024

Credit director Brittanie Gunn for Tesseract Theatre’s extraordinary production of ANASTASIA.

Review: DRACULA at The Marcelle Theater

by Rob Levy — June 12, 2024

Finishing the company’s 32nd season, this alluring redux of Bram Stoker’s literary classic emerges from the shadows to give audiences an emotionally charged musical with plenty of chilling moments.

Photos: First Look at New Line Theatre's DRACULA

by Blair Ingenthron — June 1, 2024

New Line Theatre is currently presenting Frank Wildhorn's Dracula through June 22, 2024.

Photos: First Look New Line Theatre's SWEET POTATO QUEENS

by Blair Ingenthron — March 3, 2024

Check out production photos from Sweet Potato Queens at New Line Theatre here!

First Standings Announced For The 2023 BroadwayWorld St. Louis Awards; St. Louis Shakespeare Festival Leads Favorite Local Theatre!

by BWW Awards — November 13, 2023

The first wave of standings have been announced as of Monday, November 13th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld St.

Review: KINKY BOOTS at The Grandel

by James Lindhorst — August 19, 2023

This production of KINKY BOOTS by is a show with a lot of heart and a few too many technical glitches, especially related to the mics and sound design.

Review: CAROLINE, OR CHANGE at The Marcelle

by James Lindhorst — July 30, 2023

Director Brian McKinley, his cast, orchestra and technical team have staged a production of CAROLINE, OR CHANGE that elevates the script and score.

Review: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM at The Marcelle Theatre

by James Lindhorst — June 3, 2023

New Line Theatre’s production of A FUNNY THING HAPPENS ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM succeeds due to Scott Miller’s directorial vision and the comedic timing of Miller’s strong cast.

Photos: First Look at New Line Theatre's SOMETHING ROTTEN

by Blair Ingenthron — September 25, 2022

New Line Theater will present SOMETHING ROTTEN Sept.

Special Offer: New Line Theatre Brings You SOMETHING ROTTEN!

by BWW Special Offer — September 21, 2022

Special Offer: New Line Theatre Brings You Something Rotten!

Photos: First Look at New Line Theatre's URINETOWN

by Marissa Tomeo — June 4, 2022

Set in 2027, Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis' URINETOWN is an hilariously subversive fable of greed, corruption, love, revolution, and urination, in a time when water is worth its weight in gold and there's no such thing as a free pee.

Photos: First Look at URINETOWN at New Line Theatre

by Chloe Rabinowitz — May 27, 2022

Set in 2027, Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis' URINETOWN is an hilariously subversive fable of greed, corruption, love, revolution, and urination, in a time when water is worth its weight in gold and there's no such thing as a free pee.

New Line Theatre Presents BLOODY KING OEDIPUS!, OR PARDON ME, MUM!

by A.A. Cristi — December 12, 2019

New Line Theatre, a?oethe bad boy of musical theatre,a?? continues its 29th season of adult, alternative musical theatre, with a one-night-only free public reading of Gilbert & Sullivan's BLOODY KING OEDIPUS!, or PARDON ME, MUM!, the hilarious, long-lost horror-comedy, on Monday night, January 6 at

Casting Announced For New Line Theatre's 29th Season!

by A.A. Cristi — July 2, 2019

New Line Theatre, "the bad boy of musical theatre," has announced casting for its 29th season of adult, alternative musical theatre, which opens with the return of the wild, comic rock musical CRY-BABY, based on the iconic John Waters film, a show which New Line first produced in 2012 in its Amer

New Line Announces 2019-2020 Season

by A.A. Cristi — May 8, 2019

New Line Theatre, "the bad boy of musical theatre," has announced its 29th season of adult, alternative musical theatre, including the return of the wild, comic rock musical CRY-BABY, which New Line first produced in 2012 in its American regional premiere, based on the John Waters film, running Se

BWW Review: Boys will be Girls in this Glorious LE CAGE AUX FOLLES

by Steve Callahan — March 5, 2019

The New Line Theatre is such a reliable source of great musical theater.

Photo Flash: First Look At LA CAGE AUX FOLLES At New Line Theatre

by A.A. Cristi — March 1, 2019

What happens when the son of a middle-aged gay couple brings home the daughter of an arch-conservative politician -- and her parents -- for dinner?

Photo Flash: New Line Theatre Presents LA CAGE AUX FOLLES

by A.A. Cristi — February 13, 2019

What happens when the son of a middle-aged gay couple brings home the daughter of an arch-conservative politician -- and her parents -- for dinner?

ZOMBIES OF PENZANCE Script, Score, And Cast Album Now On Amazon!

by A.A. Cristi — December 21, 2018

New Line Theatre, "the bad boy of musical theatre," opened its 28th season of adult, alternative musical theatre in October with the critically acclaimed world premiere of THE ZOMBIES OF PENZANCE, Gilbert & Sullivan's comic-horror 'operatic abomination,' in its world premiere, with new text by Scott

Photo Flash: First Look at New Line's ZOMBIES OF PENZANCE

by Stephi Wild — September 28, 2018

New Line Theatre, "the bad boy of musical theatre," opens its 28th season of adult, alternative musical theatre with the world premiere of THE ZOMBIES OF PENZANCE, Gilbert & Sullivan's newly discovered, original 'operatic abomination,' in its world premiere, running Sept.