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.
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:
La MaMa has revealed the cast for the world premiere of Oklahoma Samovar by Alice Eve Cohen. Directed by Eric Nightengale, this new play won the 2021 National Jewish Playwriting Contest. Learn more!
The St. Louis Shakespeare Festival’s 2025 Shakespeare in the Park production of Hamlet sets the story in the 1960s, with design elements inspired by Mad Men and an original jazz score performed live.
Often a modern take on a classic will go awry, but Michael Sexton’s brilliant vision creates a phenomenal retelling of Hamlet. His collaboration with his actors and designers gives this production it very cool retro and jazzy vibe. The show’s running time clocks in at just under three hours. It is well paced, moves along expediently, and is masterful storytelling. This is an excellent production that is entertaining for the masses, not just for the Bardolators.
Columbia University School of the Arts is proud to present The MFA Acting Class of 2022 in their Acting Thesis production of MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW.
Mission to (dit)Mars, a theatre arts collective serving Queens artists, is thrilled to continue the Launch Pad reading series with END OF THE LINE, a new play by Megan Bussiere and directed by Nikki Diloreto. This free reading will be performed on Monday, April 15th at 7pm at The Broom Tree Theatre located at 23-35 Broadway in Astoria, NY.
Rule of 7x7 at The Tank announces Rule of 7x7: All-Stars, the second-ever 'best-of' edition of 7x7 today, November 17, 2018 at 8pm at The Tank Theater, 312 W 36th St, NYC. Seven of the strongest pieces in 7x7 history are back for one night only! Tickets are $13 advance / $15 at door, and include one free beer.
Rule of 7x7 at The Tank announces Rule of 7x7: All-Stars, the second-ever 'best-of' edition of 7x7 on Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 8pm at The Tank Theater, 312 W 36th St, NYC. Seven of the strongest pieces in 7x7 history are back for one night only! Tickets are $13 advance / $15 at door, and include one free beer.
West of 10th presents the New York premiere of American Dreamers by Lia Romeo at The Workshop Theater's Jewel Box Theater in New York City for a limited engagement beginning August 15th, and running through Sunday, August 19th.
West of 10th presents the New York premiere of American Dreamers by Lia Romeo at The Workshop Theater's Jewel Box Theater in New York City for a limited engagement beginning tonight, August 15th, and running through Sunday, August 19th.
West of 10th will present the New York premiere of American Dreamers by Lia Romeo at The Workshop Theater's Jewel Box Theater in New York City for a limited engagement beginning August 15th. The production follows its recent world premiere at Jersey City Theater Center in Summer of 2015.
Graham Techler's LIKE HENRY THE SIXTH, BUT COOL will be presented as a reading as part of the Bridge Residency today, October 14th, at 3:30 PM. The reading is directed by James Presson.
Graham Techler's LIKE HENRY THE SIXTH, BUT COOL will be presented as a reading as part of the Bridge Residency on October 14th at 3:30 PM. The reading is directed by James Presson.
