Year: 2023

CONFEDERATES at Rep theater review

– By Cate Marquis – “Confederates,” the latest play on the Repertory Theater of St. Louis’ Mainstage, is, by far, the best show in the Rep’s 2022-2023 season yet. “Confederates” tells two compelling stories in parallel, about two Black women, one a present-day professor at a small Ivy League university and the other an enslaved…

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UNCLE VANYA at St. Louis Actors Studio theater review

– By Cate Marquis – Why can’t we have more plays like the St. Louis Actors Studio’s excellent “Uncle Vanya” on local stages? Beautifully acted, skillfully staged, this Neil LaBute adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya” is a pure delight – insightful, funny, dramatic and full of commentary on human feelings, life and its inequities….

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SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM at Rep theater review

(l-r) Paul Heesang Miller, Saidu Sinlah, Phoenix Best, and Amy Spanger, in the Rep’s “Side By Side By Sondheim.” Photo credit: Phillip Hamer Photography. Courtesy of the Repertory Theater of St. Louis – By Cate Marquis – The Repertory Theater of St. Louis stepped into the new year by delving into Sondheim with “Side By…

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BLUE MAN GROUP at Fox theater review

– By Cate Marquis – The performance art troupe Blue Man Group returned to the Fabulous Fox Theater, Feb. 9-12. The performance art troupe of blue men in black, silent presumably aliens with a creative curiosity and a penchant for drumming, is touring again. The tagline this tour is “Still Blue. The Rest Is All…

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SIX musical at the Fox theater review

– By Cate Marquis – The hit Broadway musical “Six the Musical” brought the six wives of Henry the Eighth to the Fabulous Fox Theater, or at least a pop star version of them, in a very entertaining production, Jan. 24 though Feb. 5. With diverse casting, each of the wives of King Henry VIII…

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LES MISERABLES musical at Fox theater review

– By Cate Marquis – A simply splendid production of “Les Miserables” stormed the Fabulous Fox stage on Tuesday, Jan. , before a packed house, for a too-brief run until Jan. 22. This is the wonderful Cameron Mackintosh production of Boublil and Schönberg’s “Les Misérables,” the musical adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel that has…

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AWFJ announces winners of its annual EDA Awards for 2022 films

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists announced their annual film awards, the AWFJ EDA Awards, on Jan. 5, 2023. with BANSHEES OF INISHERIN winning Best Film and two other films, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE and WOMEN TALKING, tying it for most awards. According to the release published on AWFJ.org by Jennifer Merin, “In our…

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