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Review: STAGES St. Louis AUSTEN’S PRIDE Glows with Originality and Seduces with Enc

Review: STAGES St. Louis AUSTEN’S PRIDE Glows with Originality and Seduces with Enchanting Storytelling

by James Lindhorst — July 31, 2025
STAGES St. Louis pre-Broadway production of Austen’s Pride is polished and ready for the road. It glows with originality. Lindsay Warren Baker and Amanda Jacobs’ book seduces with enchanting storytelling. Igor Goldin and Sheela Ramesh’s collaborative direction have drawn radiant performance...
Review: The Muny's Emotionally Charged DEAR EVAN HANSEN Packs an Emotional Wallop

Review: The Muny's Emotionally Charged DEAR EVAN HANSEN Packs an Emotional Wallop

by James Lindhorst — July 30, 2025
The Muny production of Dear Evan Hansen is a departure from the huge overblown musical extravaganzas that normally populate The Muny stage. It's a much smaller show but it is profoundly emotional. It creates intimacy that was once thought impossible in this large venue and opens other opportunities...
Review: THE DETAILS Empathic Spirit is Plagued by Wooden Dialogue

Review: THE DETAILS Empathic Spirit is Plagued by Wooden Dialogue

by James Lindhorst — July 28, 2025
The Details is a story of catharsis that stems from confronting one’s beliefs, taking accountability for behavior, and charting a path forward for change. The narrative has promise. Larson has a strong point of view, and he has penned a play with a mostly satisfying conclusion. The character’s b...
Review: New Jewish Theatre's TWO JEWS WALK INTO A WAR… is Wryly Amusing

Review: New Jewish Theatre's TWO JEWS WALK INTO A WAR… is Wryly Amusing

by James Lindhorst — July 25, 2025
Two Jews Walk into a War... is not slapstick or laugh out loud funny. It is more wryly amusing. The humor is abundant. Laughs come from Seth Rozin’s quippy script, Aaron Sparks’ crisp direction and sharp timing, and Gary Glasgow and Chuck Winning’s playful sparring. But Rozin, Sparks, and the...
Review: EVITA at The Muny is a Mesmerzing Masterclass in Production Aesthtics

Review: EVITA at The Muny is a Mesmerzing Masterclass in Production Aesthtics

by James Lindhorst — July 20, 2025
EVITA at The Muny is an auditory and visual feast. Hear Katerina McCrimmon, Paulo Szot, Omar Lopez-Cepero, and the rest of this talented ensemble sing the Webber and Rice score in superb operatic fashion. Be mesmerized by a breathtaking masterclass in production aesthetics and designing for the th...
Review: 11TH ANNUAL LABUTE NEW THEATER FESTIVAL at The St Louis Actors’ Studio

Review: 11TH ANNUAL LABUTE NEW THEATER FESTIVAL at The St Louis Actors’ Studio

by James Lindhorst — July 14, 2025
This year’s LaBute Festival is filled with six strong scripts that are enhanced by Bryan McLaughlin and Avery Harrison’s direction. Both directors help their actors find and create intriguing characters in completely original stories....
Review: St. Louis Shakespeare Festival's ROMEO & ZOOLIET is Wildly Entertaining

Review: St. Louis Shakespeare Festival's ROMEO & ZOOLIET is Wildly Entertaining

by James Lindhorst — July 12, 2025
Romeo and Zooliet is an enchanting theatrical event. The ingenious Jennifer Joan Thompson’s clever script and Michael Curry’s fairy-tale like puppets are brought to fantastical life in the exuberant performances of a well-rehearsed, talented, and vivacious cast. Tom Ridgely’s leadership and co...
Review: PRIDE AND JOY at The Chapel is a Sharply Written Dysfunctional Family Comedy

Review: PRIDE AND JOY at The Chapel is a Sharply Written Dysfunctional Family Comedy

by James Lindhorst — July 11, 2025
What did our critic think of PRIDE AND JOY at The Chapel?McLaughlin and Overly’s audience are unwelcome intruders listening in on a family’s raw, unfiltered, and private conversations. Pride and Joy is very funny. The Moran Family, as portrayed by the talented ensemble, is a bit of a trainwre...
Review: DISNEY’S FROZEN at The Muny is Moving and Heartfelt Storytelling

Review: DISNEY’S FROZEN at The Muny is Moving and Heartfelt Storytelling

by James Lindhorst — July 8, 2025
The Muny’s Frozen is filled with endearing performances, gasp-inducing stagecraft, beautiful musical direction by Darryl Archibald, and loveable puppets created by Puppet Kitchen’s Eric Wright. But it's not the many wow moments that make Frozen special. Frozen is touching because of John Tarta...
Review: MY FAIR LADY at Union Avenue Opera

Review: MY FAIR LADY at Union Avenue Opera

by Steve Callahan — July 10, 2025
Read our review of MY FAIR LADY, playing now at Union Avenue Opera through July 12. This beloved musical has everything going for it: absolutely captivating melodies by Frederick Lowe, lovely clever lyrics by Alan Lerner, and plenty still of the incomparable wit of that old master George Bernard Sha...
Review: COME FROM AWAY at The Muny is a Soul-Stirring Piece of Musical Storytelling

Review: COME FROM AWAY at The Muny is a Soul-Stirring Piece of Musical Storytelling

by James Lindhorst — June 28, 2025
The Muny’s emotionally impactful Come From Away captures the humanity, heart, and soul of Irene Sankoff and David Hein’s poignant book and beautifully soaring score. This elite cast of actors transports the audience back to Gander, Newfoundland with lived-in and emotionally truthful performance...
Review: BRING IT ON at The Muny is a High Flying Sensation

Review: BRING IT ON at The Muny is a High Flying Sensation

by James Lindhorst — June 18, 2025
The Muny's Bring It On is electrifying musical theatre for people of all ages. The biggest surprise is Jeff Whitty’s clever book. His story is filled with laughs, unexpected surprises, and a lot of heart. The young exuberant cast’s lively performances are punctuated with high-intensity dancing a...
Review: Albion Theatre's COLDER THAN HERE is an Affectionately Droll Dark Comedy

Review: Albion Theatre's COLDER THAN HERE is an Affectionately Droll Dark Comedy

by James Lindhorst — June 15, 2025
It is odd to call a story about a terminal cancer patient likeable, warm, and witty. Director Robert Ashton and his cast have staged a bittersweet production of Colder Than Here that is filled with vulnerable performances. Laura Wade’s affectionately droll and delightfully strange dark comedy con...
Review: FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE at Tower Groves Abbey

Review: FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE at Tower Groves Abbey

by Rob Levy — June 6, 2025
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune walks a tightrope of comedy and tenderness. Emotionally his show highlights the agility between trust and truth as the two characters open and then shut down their feelings....
Review: MURDER FOR TWO at STAGES St. Louis is Murder Most Fun!

Review: MURDER FOR TWO at STAGES St. Louis is Murder Most Fun!

by James Lindhorst — June 5, 2025
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, pianis...
Review: HEAVY at Greenfinch Theater And Dive Bar is a Weighty Look at Obesity

Review: HEAVY at Greenfinch Theater And Dive Bar is a Weighty Look at Obesity

by James Lindhorst — June 3, 2025
Satterfield and McIntire’s blunt script carries a lot of unflinching truths about being overweight. Heavy takes on weighty topics. There are several frank adult themed discussions and overt sexuality. It is bold writing with a lot of humor and has much to say about life as an obese person. Heav...
Review: THE HEIDI CHRONICLES at New Jewish Theatre

Review: THE HEIDI CHRONICLES at New Jewish Theatre

by James Lindhorst — June 1, 2025
The New Jewish Theatre production of The Heidi Chronicles is an entertaining revival of Wasserstein’s seminal work thanks to Ellie Schwetye’s storytelling expertise. Schwetye’s direction and sound design builds the narrative through the chronological timeline she creates. She, and projection...
Review: St. Louis Shakespeare Festival’s HAMLET is Mid-Century Jazzy Cool

Review: St. Louis Shakespeare Festival’s HAMLET is Mid-Century Jazzy Cool

by James Lindhorst — May 31, 2025
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 ...
Review: DIE FLEDERMAUS at Opera Theatre Of St. Louis

Review: DIE FLEDERMAUS at Opera Theatre Of St. Louis

by Steve Callahan — May 27, 2025
For nearly half a century the Opera Theatre of St. Louis has been bringing quite glorious opera to our fair city.  It just opened its semicentennial season with a brilliant and lively production of Die Fledermaus, by Johann Strauss II. ...
Review: POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIV

Review: POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE at Kranzberg Arts Center

by James Lindhorst — May 24, 2025
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive is filled with absurd sight gags, whacky dialogue, and absurdly comedic performances from an all-in ensemble....
Review: RADIO GOLF at The Black Rep Includes A Theatrical Milestone for Ron Himes and

Review: RADIO GOLF at The Black Rep Includes A Theatrical Milestone for Ron Himes and Ronald L. Conner

by James Lindhorst — May 23, 2025
The Black Rep has provided St. Louis audiences many opportunities to see the works of August Wilson. This is an entertaining, well-acted production of Radio Golf. It’s not only an aesthetically pleasing production, but it is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to witness a part of theatrical history with...
Review: & JULIET at Fox Theatre, St. Louis

Review: & JULIET at Fox Theatre, St. Louis

by Rob Levy — May 22, 2025
A fun romp of gooey fun wrapped in a Shakespearean shell, & Juliet takes the earworm drivel of songs like Baby One More Time, I Want It That Way, Roar, and Since U Been Gone, and makes them musical theater bangers. But, behind the schmaltz and campy energetics, the production entertains thanks to t...
Review: SCREAM, ECHO. SCREAM. at Metro Theater Company

Review: SCREAM, ECHO. SCREAM. at Metro Theater Company

by James Lindhorst — May 9, 2025
Mythophiles will find Baer and McLaughlin’s work fascinating and captivating. Lewy’s direction is crisp. Their pacing moves the plot along effortlessly. Strom, Baer, Ferrari, and Lantsberger’s offer arresting portrayals of the nymphs and the script's metaphysical concepts. The technical aspect...
Review: JOHNNIE TAYLOR IS GONE at The Jefferson Avenue Mission

Review: JOHNNIE TAYLOR IS GONE at The Jefferson Avenue Mission

by James Lindhorst — May 1, 2025
JOHNNY TAYLOR IS GONE is an entertaining, delightful, and nostalgic story about times gone by in St. Louis. It is a story about both holding onto and letting go of the past. The play is enjoyable despite some of the amateurish technical elements. Seating is general admission, so it is advisable to a...
Review: Fly North Theatrical's LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE at Greenfinch Theater and Dive

Review: Fly North Theatrical's LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE at Greenfinch Theater and Dive

by James Lindhorst — April 26, 2025
Fly North Theatricals Little Miss Sunshine has a lot of laughs thanks to Healy’s creative direction and the breakout performances from young talented actors. ...
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