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Angela Ingersoll Stars In JUDY GARLAND: COME RAIN OR COME SHINE
by BWW News Desk - February 05, 2018
Artists Lounge Live and Emery Entertainment present JUDY GARLAND: COME RAIN OR COME SHINE starring Angela Ingersoll at the Playhouse @ Westport Plaza April 12-15. Tickets are on sale now, and may be purchased through MetroTix at www.metrotix.com or by calling (314) 534-1111. Additionally, tickets will be available at the Playhouse @ Westport Plaza box office one hour prior to show time. All seats are $60. Award-winning dynamo Angela Ingersoll (End of the Rainbow: Chicago, Los Angeles) superbly captures the emotional and vocal power of Judy Garland live in concert. With her great big voice, passionate storytelling, and naturally winning humor, Ingersoll soars in this loving homage. Iconic songs include "Over the Rainbow," "Get Happy," and "The Man That Got Away."
The Rep Announces Five Shows of its 2018-2019 Mainstage Season
by BWW News Desk - February 02, 2018
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis is proud to announce five of the six shows for its 52nd Mainstage season.
PURPLE HEART CITY Comes to Tesseract Theatre
by BWW News Desk - February 01, 2018
The Tesseract Theatre Company will continue its fifth season with PURPLE HEART CITY, a new play written by Artistic Director Taylor Gruenloh.
Upstream Theatre Presents the US Premiere Of INFECTED
by BWW News Desk - February 01, 2018
A day trader in quarantine delivers a relentless, near-manic monologue that reveals his derailment from the fast track, and the resultant downward, deadly spiral… as though he may have contracted some horrible virus from the stock market monitors themselves. This gripping piece by one of Germany's leading poet/playwrights is a relentless collage of ideas and images, where past and present collide and where one man's innermost thoughts ricochet inside his head with all the volatility of a stock market in crisis. A very timely psychological study of a man and a society infected by greed.
Insight Theatre Celebrates 2018 Season In Grand Center
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2018
Insight Theatre Company will be celebrating their 11th Season and 2nd year as a .ZACK resident arts organizations.  'I am thrilled to announce that Insight will be performing their 2018 season at the Kranzberg Arts Center, The Grandel and the .ZACK.," states Maggie Ryan, Insight's Artistic Director.  "our upcoming season offers the comedy/drama THE LAST ROMANCE which reminds us that it is never too late to be in love; the Oscar Wilde classic comedy THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST with a surprise performance; "women in science" will be emphasized in SILENT SKY, a moving production about the remarkable Astronomer Henrietta Leavitt; and our annual intern show will be the warm hearted and entertaining musical HONK. We believe we have a wonderful 11th season offering terrific INSIGHTS in a variety of productions with superb casts."
Laura Michelle Kelly to Star in MUNY MAGIC AT THE SHELDON Concert
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2018
On March 21 and 22, Muny Magic at The Sheldon will star one of The Muny's most popular and acclaimed performers in recent years, the Olivier Award-winning Broadway star, Laura Michelle Kelly. Kelly starred in The Muny's productions of The King and I (2012) and South Pacific (2013) before spending several years developing and starring in the Broadway production of Finding Neverland (2015). In November of last year, Kelly starred in the highly-acclaimed Lincoln Center national tour of The King and I at The Fabulous Fox Theatre.
Tickets On Sale Monday for THE BOOK OF MORMON at Fabulous Fox Theatre
by BWW News Desk - January 29, 2018
Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON returns to St. Louis for a limited engagement May 29 - June 3 at the Fabulous Fox Theatre. Single tickets will go on sale Monday, February 5 at 9:00 a.m. Tickets will be available at the Fabulous Fox box office (531 North Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63103), all MetroTix outlets, by visiting www.metrotix.com or by calling 314-534-1111. Group orders of 15 or more may be placed by calling 314-535-2900.
St. Louis Teen Talent Competition Kicks Off Its 8th Year
by BWW News Desk - January 24, 2018
St. Louis/January 24, 2018 Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation (FoxPACF) is pleased to announce that the 8th Annual St. Louis Teen Talent Competition will begin Saturday, February 17 and Sunday, February 18, 2018 with 170 performers taking the stage in the preliminary round of competition
CHICAGO is Back in Town at the Fox Theatre
by BWW News Desk - January 24, 2018
CHICAGO is BACK IN TOWN at the Fabulous Fox Theatre March 2-4 and its PURE ENTERTAINMENT!
Gateway Center for Performing Arts' Youth Theatre Company Opens Season with A LITTLE PRINCESS
by BWW News Desk - January 23, 2018
Gateway Center for Performing Arts' Youth Theatre Company opens its 2017- 2018 Mainstage Season with the A Little Princess, featuring the classic story of Frances Hodgson Burnett set to music by award-winning composer Andrew Lippa and lyricist Brian Crawley. A Little Princess performs January 26th-28th, 2018, at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School.
Metro Theater Company And Jazz St. Louis present BUD NOT BUDDY
by BWW News Desk - January 23, 2018
Features a 13-piece jazz band performing original score by New Orleans-born, five-time Grammy-winning jazz icon Terence Blanchard
GUESS WHO SHOWED UP AT DINNER Has A Full Plate; Casting Announced
by BWW News Desk - January 23, 2018
Mark E. Swinton's Guess Who Showed Up at Dinner, the raucous musical about meddlesome family and head-over-heels love, is heading to stages across America. The crowd-pleasing comedy, led by Cassi Davis (Tyler Perry's House of Payne and The Paynes), Palmer Williams, Jr. (Tyler Perry's House of Payne and The Haves and The Have Nots), Tony Hightower (Tyler Perry's Madea on the Run and The Haves and The Have Nots) and Chandra Currelley-Young (Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Madea's Big Happy Family) will be entertaining urban audiences with a national tour this winter and spring that will include a stop in St. Louis at the Fabulous Fox Theatre with 3 performances only on March 9 and 10. The show is produced, written and directed by Mark E. Swinton.
Inevitable Theatre Company Presents Regional Premiere of STIFF by Sherry Jo Ward
by BWW News Desk - January 22, 2018
Inevitable Theatre Company proudly presents the regional premiere of the Risk Theater Initiative production of STIFF, written and performed by Sherry Jo Ward, at the Kranzberg Arts Center Black Box Theater in Grand Center, St. Louis, MO, from March 22-April 1, 2018.
TLT Productions Begins Second Season with BEYOND THE RIVER
by BWW News Desk - January 22, 2018
TLT Productions, a production troupe, specializing in original content will launch it's second year of events with an original production, Beyond the River.
The Peabody Opera House Presents Brit Floyd
by BWW News Desk - January 22, 2018
Performing songs from Pink Floyd's best-loved and biggest selling albums, The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall and The Division Bell plus much much more.
Winners Announced For The 2017 BroadwayWorld St. Louis Awards; SOUTH PACIFIC Wins Best Musical!
by BWW News Desk - January 17, 2018
The votes have been counted... Check out the fill list of winners for the 2017 BWW Regional Awards!
Tony Award-Winning THE HUMANS Creates Eerie Drama at The Rep
by BWW News Desk - January 17, 2018
The Humans cleaned up at the 2016 Tony Awards, winning Best Play and three other honors. Hailed by The New York Times as 'piercingly funny and bruisingly sad,' Stephen Karam's singular new play makes its St. Louis premiere at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, February 7 March 4. The Rep's Augustin Family Artistic Director Steven Woolf will direct.
Class in Session This Winter for SCHOOL OF ROCK in St. Louis
by BWW News Desk - January 16, 2018
Broadway legend Andrew Lloyd Webber's high-octane Broadway and West End hit School of Rock The Musical is coming to St. Louis at the Fabulous Fox Theatre January 16-28!
Peabody Opera House to Host AN EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARIS
by BWW News Desk - January 15, 2018
Peabody Opera House presents David Sedaris, author of the previous bestsellers Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and regular National Public Radio contributor will be appearing for one night only at Peabody Opera House on Sunday, April 22, 2018, following the release of his newest book, Theft By Finding Diaries (1977 2002).
White Theatre Presents Funny Tony-Award Winning Musical THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTRY SPELLING BEE
by BWW News Desk - January 15, 2018
Six awkward yet adorable adolescents take audiences through a hilarious competition in the Tony Award winning musical THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, in performance beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday evening, Feb. 3 at The Lewis & Shirley White Theatre at the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park.
Dance St. Louis Announces Choreographers For New Dance Horizons VI: Live At The Grandel
by BWW News Desk - January 12, 2018
New Dance Horizons - Dance St. Louis' annual production of nationally recognized choreographers collaborating with local professional dance companies to create and perform world premieres in different styles - returns for its sixth year.
Stages St. Louis And Educational Theatre Association Open Applications For Jumpstart Theatre Program.
by BWW News Desk - January 10, 2018
Beginning Monday, January 15, 2018, St. Louis area middle schools may submit applications to be considered for the JumpStart Theatre program, a three-year fully funded musical theatre program sponsored by STAGES St. Louis, the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA), home of the International Thespian Society, and the Educational Theatre Foundation (ETF). Three middle schools will be selected to begin the program in the 2018-19 school year.
Arts and Education Council Announces 2018 Katherine Dunham Fellow
by BWW News Desk - January 09, 2018
The Arts and Education Council (A&E) has named Webster University senior Quinton Ward the 2018 Katherine Dunham Fellowship recipient. The program, created by Sara and Jack Burke and managed by A&E, gives African-American men and women an opportunity to explore, gain experience and be mentored in arts administration, creating a more diverse pipeline of arts leaders. This will be A&E's first year offering the fellowship after seven successful and transformative years with the Regional Arts Commission. Ward is the first-ever male recipient of the Fellowship.
Upstream Theater Presents the U.S. Premiere of INFECTED
by BWW News Desk - January 08, 2018
A day trader in quarantine delivers a relentless, near-manic monologue that reveals his derailment from the fast track, and the resultant downward, deadly spiral as though he may have contracted some horrible virus from the stock market monitors themselves. This gripping piece by one of Germany's leading poet/playwrights is a relentless collage of ideas and images, where past and present collide and where one man's innermost thoughts ricochet inside his head with all the volatility of a stock market in crisis. A very timely psychological study of a man and a society infected by greed.
Fox Announces Tedeschi Trucks Band
by BWW News Desk - January 08, 2018
Tedeschi Trucks Band is pleased to announce the fourth installment of their annual multi-band Wheels of Soul summer tour. Unrivalled in their blend of American soul, blues, rock and country, the 12-member Tedeschi Trucks Band, led by the husband and wife team of guitarist Derek Trucks and vocalist/guitarist Susan Tedeschi, offers a one-of-a-kind musical experience. This year, the Wheels of Soul tour will make its debut in the St. Louis area and features two highly acclaimed special guests Drive-By Truckers and opener The Marcus King Band.

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