Oh, what a beautiful production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, directed by Michael Hamilton with choreography by Dana Lewis, musical direction by Lisa Campbell Albert, and orchestral design by Stuart M. Elmore.
In fact, Stages St. Louis knocks it clear out of the pasture with this final s... (more...)
The St. Louis Opera Collective is an adventurous tiny company that brings us chamber operas. Their current offering at the Kranzberg Studio is Three Decembers, with music by Jake Heggie and libretto by Gene Scheer.... (more...)
I first saw Paula Stoff perform-oh, years ago¬-in a revue by the Non-Prophet Theatre. They had some fine local talent who were performing very well indeed. But when Paula stepped into the spot-light and sang I swallowed my gum! What in the world was this Broadway talent doing with this tiny compa... (more...)
Jean-Paul Sartre's iconic play 'No Exit' is receiving a solid production under the aegis of the Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble (SATE). It's directed by Bess Moynihan and uses a fresh new translation by Alyssa Ward.... (more...)
Lonely woman finds true love in sunny, romantic, magical Italy! It's an all-too-familiar trope in films. It's happened to Kate (and Audrey) Hepburn, to Marisa Tomei, to Renee Zelwigger, to Miranda Richardson and others.... (more...)
Stray Dog Theatre, August 3-18, 2018
Stray Dog Theatre has opened that strange, hilarious, almost surrealistic hoot of a show, The Robber Bridegroom.... (more...)
Meet Me In St. Louis is the picture-perfect nostalgic closer for The Muny's centennial season, a romantic musical based on the 1944 film that follows the Smith family through 1903 and into the new year as they await the opening of the 1904 World's Fair. The plot is a bit old fashioned by modern stan... (more...)
In Will Eno's Drama Desk Award-winning The Realistic Joneses, we meet Bob (Alan Knoll) and Jennifer Jones (Laurie McConnell), whose young new neighbors John (Isaiah Di Lorenzo) and Pony Jones (Kelly Hummert) infiltrate their lives with normalized erraticism that is darkly funny, dry at times, and su... (more...)
Mamma Mia! is an entertaining musical experience at any venue, with any cast, but Stages St. Louis' production is an especially satiating late-summer treat, featuring a rockin' beach party atmosphere and all the chart-topping ABBA hits you know, including "Dancing Queen," "Winner Takes It All," "Tak... (more...)
The grandest of all of America's grand outdoor theaters has opened Gypsy. In its one hundredth season the MUNY in St. Louis brings us one of their very finest productions. It's certainly one of the best musical theater offerings I've ever seen.... (more...)
Verdi's Nabucco has opened at St. Louis' Union Avenue Opera, and it is a remarkably fine production. Of the many beautiful shows that this amazing small company has presented in its twenty-four seasons Nabucco is, perhaps, the most vocally gorgeous of all. This is due not only to the stellar quali... (more...)
You'll want to attend the tale of Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street School Edition, a dark and delicious musical thriller, presented by Ignite Theatre Company's capable young cast now through Sunday at The Marcelle.... (more...)
You'd better gussy yourself up and get over to The Muny this week for the seven-time Tony Award-winning musical, Annie. This family show has it all - hope, heart, and a heaping helping of humanity, and Peyton Ella shines in the title role like the superstar she is.... (more...)
Insight Theatre is an equity theatre in its 11th season, and Artistic Director Maggie Ryan says she has wanted to produce The Importance of Being Earnest for years. 'I delight in the language of this play,' she says of the classic farce. It's a 'trivial comedy for serious people,' which showcases pl... (more...)
Released on June 1, 2018 on the aptly named Timeless Grooves Records label, Rebecca Angel's WHAT WE HAD is a delightful series of tuneful excursions. In fact, the album's eponymous track written by Dennis Angel (her Father, who's also a trumpeter), Rebecca, and guitarist Jonah Prendergast, has alrea... (more...)
What a night it was at The Muny for Jersey Boys, the 2006 Tony Award winner for Best Musical. And when I say what a night, I mean Oh. What. A. Night. of doo-wop megahits galore! The Muny's opening night audience of over 8,400 showed up ready to be rocked, swayed, grooved, and shook, and all of that ... (more...)
The Union Avenue Opera opens its 24th season with a splendid production of Gilbert & Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore, and it brims with glorious music, wonderful voices, and bright, delightful, timeless comedy.... (more...)
Now that the weather has finally cleared up in St. Louis, you'll want to go celebrate The Muny in its 100th year at Singin' in the Rain. Celebrated as one of the most iconic musicals of all time-and perhaps as relatable today in some ways as ever, while we move through the digital revolution-Singin'... (more...)
What do you get when you mix a few displaced New Yorkers, a couple of hungry foosas, a fanciful lemur leader, and an enormous dancing steak? A crackalackin' romp of a good time, that's what!... (more...)
In a beautifully polished performance, Corinne Melancon as Agnes and Steve Isom as Michael (or Kari Ely as Agnes and David Schmittou as Michael on an alternating performance schedule) open Stages St Louis' 2018 season with I Do! I Do! which is a two-character musical version of the Tony-award-winnin... (more...)
Stages St. Louis is one of the great success stories in American theater. Jack Lane and Michael Hamilton started a little group in 1987 and it soon grew into a dynamite company producing season after season of superbly professional musical theater.... (more...)
Orpheus could charm the very stones with his lyre and his singing. Just such magic can be seen on the stage of Opera Theatre St. Louis when Jennifer Johnson Cano portrays the mythical superstar in the company's current production. She gives an utterly stunning performance.... (more...)
Opera Theatre St. Louis continues its 43rd season of exceptionally fine opera with another world premiere. An American Soldier is their twenty-seventh such premiere, a record which sets OTSL among the forefront of producers of new opera in America.... (more...)
BWW Review: 75th Anniversary Production of OKLAHOMA! at Stages St. Louis is a Bang-Up, Boot-Stompin' Good Time
BWW Review: A Dark Story And Bright Music In THREE DECEMBERS At The Kranzberg
BWW Review: Paula Stoff Dean Brings Bright Cabaret to The Monocle
BWW Review: 'KING CHARLES III' Probes Royal Power at the Ivory
BWW Review: SArTrE! 'No Exit' brings Hell to the Chapel.
BWW Review: THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA at R-S Theatrics
BWW Review: A Powerful Production of Weill's 'Lost in the Stars' Closes Union Avenue's Season
BWW Review: Stray Dog's 'Robber Bridegroom' Is A Hoot!
BWW Review: MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS Trollies The Muny Into Its Next 100
BWW Review: THE REALISTIC JONESES Questions Imperfect Realities, Mortality, and More
BWW Review: MAMMA MIA! Sparkles and Shimmers at Stages St. Louis
BWW Review: GYPSY Is Still The Greatest!
BWW Review: NABUCCO Conquers St. Louis
BWW Review: Revenge Tastes Amazing with Ignite's SWEENY TODD
BWW Review: Darn Tootin'! ANNIE Enchants and Delights at The Muny
BWW Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST is Wilde and Wonderful at The Grandel
BWW Music Review: Rebecca Angel's Excellent WHAT WE HAD Brings Samba Grooves to a New Generation
BWW Review: JERSEY BOYS Grooves Like a Jukebox at The Muny
BWW Review: H.M.S. Pinafore is a Bright, Merry Musical Romp!
BWW Review: SINGIN' IN THE RAIN is a Splashy Summer Hit
BWW Review: MADAGASCAR Rocks the House at Stages
BWW Review: I DO! I DO! Delights Audiences While Celebrating the Institution of Marriage
BWW Review: ORFEO & EURIDICE at OTSL Dazzles
BWW Review: OTSL Stages a Shocking Story in AN AMERICAN SOLDIER
