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Review: The Outrageously Hilarious FAT HAM Opens at The Black Rep
The Black Rep’s production shows why Fat Ham was a hot ticket both on and off Broadway. Ijames hilarious script takes on socially relevant topics in his updated retelling of Hamlet. Geovonday Jones sharp direction and the cast’s dynamic comedic portrayals make this a show that cannot be missed...
Review: Absence of Chalice: MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT at Fox Theatre, St. Louis
Raunchy, camp, silly, and idiotic, this quest for the Holy Grail could not be more hilarious. Pairing a talented cast with earworm-worthy ditties like I Am Not Dead Yet and Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, makes Monty Python’s Spamalot fantastic fun!...
Review: Fly North Theatricals’ FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is a Triumph
This production of Fiddler on the Roof is a triumph! It is fresh, exciting, engaging, entertaining, and unlike any other seen. Caleb Long and Colin Healy have created a transformative piece of theater. It has a slight contemporary sound while staying true to the source material. Long inspires affect...
Review: THE END OF THE WORLD CABARET at The Marcelle Theater
This lively production, directed by Lizi Watt, features a talented ensemble, catchy music, and sublime whimsy. Written by Jura Soyfer and adapted by artistic director Philip Boehm, The End of the World Cabaret pulls no punches in commenting on the dangers of ignoring authoritarianism....
Review: ELEVENTH HOUR RADIO Prompts Conservation Conversation
Director Kathryn Bentley has built an infectious production of Colin McLaughlin and Ryan Marquez’s new groove heavy musical. She inspired and evoked vibrant performances from a high-octane cast who enthrall the audience with lively storytelling. Bentley delivers Eleventh Hour Radio’s ‘save the...
Review: THE END OF THE WORLD CABARET at Upstream Theater
'The End of the World Cabaret' at Upstream:
THIS IS A PLAY YOU MUST SEE!
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Review: PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC at New Jewish Theatre Grips with Cataclysmic Force
Rebekah Scallet has once again brought St. Louis audiences a newer work to the NJT Wool Studio Stage with resounding success. Her production of Prayer for the French Republic is a gripping story with cataclysmic force. The Salomon and Benhamou Families face paralyzing fear steeped in the long histor...
Review: Polyester, Poison and the Patriarchy Collide in 9 TO 5 at Tower Grove Abbey
Filled with moments of solidarity and sleaze, 9 to 5 is dazzling. There’s something for everyone here, (even an unexpected cameo to bring the house down) in a well-paced battle of the sexes that rages, sings, dances and laughs from the moment you clock in to the moment you clock out....
Review: DEAD MAN’S CELLPHONE Sits in a Bizarre Space Between Life and Death
The surreal script can best be described as oddly bizarre. Dead Man’s Cellphone is a fantasy that explores human obsession with digital technology and the effects it has on our relationships. But it goes beyond the plot device to connect the protagonist to a dead man’s family. It examines how we...
Review: ROMEO & JULIET at Chorus Of Fools is an Emotionally Satisfying Production
Chorus of Fools swung for the fences taking on Romeo & Juliet. While they didn’t hit a home run, it was certainly a quality at bat. Director Eric Satterfield staged an emotionally satisfying production led by the outstanding performances of Zach Pierson, Tia René Williams, Celeste Genevieve Gardn...
Review: St. Louis Actors' Studio's THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE
The Orange Girls and St. Louis Actors’ Studio’s The Half-Life of Marie Curie is a beautiful work. The production brings together all the design elements of a play into an artistic expression of friendship and feminism through intelligent story telling. It is flawlessly directed, convincingly act...
St. Louis Shakespeare Festival’s ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD is Chaotically Lively
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern may be dead, but the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival is very much alive. Those lucky enough to have secured a ticket to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead won’t be disappointed by this chaotically lively production of what Director Tom Ridgley calls “Tom Stoppard�...
Review: RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH at Loretto-Hilton Center
This jukebox musical, directed by Augustin Family Artistic Director Kate Bergstrom, offers a condensed biography of Cash’s life, told through his music. From his early childhood in Arkansas to his rise to fame at Sun Records, addiction battles, and his advocacy, there’s a lot to cram into two ho...
Review: ROBBIN, FROM THE HOOD at Soul Siren Playhouse has Much to Say About Marginalized Communities
Robbin, From the Hood has ambitious intent. Playwright Marlow Wyatt has crafted several potentially compelling scenarios about those living in impoverished and marginalized communities and how the conditions effect their population. But in its current iteration, Robbin, From the Hood loses its drama...
Review: PROMENADE at The Marcelle Theater
This ridiculously hilarious romp is gloriously wacky. Audiences should set aside any expectations and just go along for the ride. Giddy and wonderful, Promenade succeeds thanks to a stellar cast that relishes the ludicousness of it all. Happily devouring scenery as they goof off, they deliver an i...
Review: THE ENIGMATIST at Emerson Studio In The Loretto-Hilton Center
Blending the theater of the mind, math, logic, and visual trickery, The Enigmatist is a mind-blowing and engaging evening of entertainment that causes head shakes, screams of disbelief, and moments of euphoric amazement....
Review: Pearl Cleage’s Fiery FLYIN’ WEST at The Black Rep Examines the Bonds of Sisterhood
Flyin’ West is a family drama set against the backdrop of the migration West. The Jon Royal directed production succeeds because of the naturalistic acting of Handy, Pryor, Lockett, and Yancy. The women create realistic, believable relationships among the women they portray. The chemistry in Royal...
Review: The Best and the Rest of SPECTRUM 2026 at First Run Theatre
This year’s Spectrum 2026, produced by First Run Theatre, was unique. The six-play festival featured four wittily written plays that stood on their own. Two were flat-out funny, one was a bit macabre, and Tortured Poets Department was beyond charming....
Review: ROMÉO ET JULIETTE at Winter Opera
Opera is widely considered to be a seasonal flower. Around the world opera festivals show their shoots in early spring, they blossom in the summer, and they stretch their glory into the fall. In St. Louis, though, we find one of the few fine opera companies willing to brave the icy blasts of win...
Review: A BRICK AND A BIBLE Sheds Light on an Important Moment in St. Louis’ Black History
You will be entertained by Kathryn Bentley and Colin McLaughlin’s new play, but that is only one small part of why their work needs to be seen. This historical drama is an important part of St. Louis’ Black History. A Brick and a Bible is an empowerment story about women raising their voices for...
Review: DEATHRAP at Tower Grove Abbey
Filled with gamesmanship, deception, death, and creative differences, Stray Dog Theatre’s Deathtrap is sleuthing at its finest. Well-acted and draped in the unexpected, the production’s apprehensive atmosphere and inventive plot contortions cause audiences to gasp as the drama reaches a bloody c...
Review: THE CHILDREN at West End Players Guild is Fascinating, Well Directed, and Exquisitely Acted
Lucy Kirkwood’s play The Children is fascinating and compelling. Her script prompts discussion about corporate responsibility, what accountability an organization’s employees should own, and how tragic circumstances force people to face personal transgressions and the fallout from their poor dec...
Review: A DOLL’S HOUSE PART 2 Features Expressive Portrayals from a Cohesive Ensemble
When Lucas Hnath’s play premiered on Broadway the New York Times and Time Out New York called it “the best play of the season.” It’s an engaging and modern script tackling themes of feminist autonomy and self-determination. Weber’s staging is well-conceived and highly entertaining. Layton,...
Review: PRIMARY TRUST at Loretto-Hilton Center
An example of how grief shapes identity played out onstage, The Rep’s latest is a compelling, powerful example of how theater can confront uncomfortable topics with tenderness, compassion, and humor....
Review: THE BLACK FEMINIST GUIDE TO THE HUMAN BODY is a Poetic Look at the Life Experiences of Black Women
The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body, while staged as a play, is more of an artistic poetic reading. Lisa B. Thompson’s brief 80-minute work, currently on stage at The Black Rep, examines the life experiences of one woman told by three voices...
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