Year: 2026

– By Cate Marquis – The Repertory Theater of St. Louis closes out an outstanding 2025-2026 season with a high-energy, crowd-pleasing musical production. “Ring of Fire” is neither a musical nor a concert nor a biography, but a show that straddles all three of those descriptions. The show begins with an older Johnny Cash, in…

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis presents “The Enigmatist”, March 7 – April 5, 2026 Pictured L to R: David Kwong. Photo credit: Jon Gitchoff. Courtesy of the Repertory Theater of St. Louis – By Cate Marquis – The Repertory Theater of St. Louis’s newest offering in their black box style Studio theater space, is…

(L-R) Tawaine Noah as 106, Stephanie Merritt as Servant, and Ronmal Mottley as 105, singing “The Cigarette Song,” in New Line Theatre’s PROMENADE, 2026. Photo credit: Jill Ritter Lindberg. Courtesy of New Line Theater – By Cate Marquis – New Line Theater bills itself as the “bad boy” of musical theater, and that is hilariously…

STOMP. Created by Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas © Steve McNicholas. Courtesy of the Fabulous Fox Theater – By Cate Marquis – The energetic, always entertaining “Stomp,” combining comedy, foot-stomping dance and percussive music, is back at the Fabulous Fox Theater for a too-short run, Mar. 6-8. Rousing and kinetic are great words to describe…

“Prima Donna” from “The Phantom of the Opera” North American Tour. (L to R) Melo Ludwig, Christopher Bozeka, William Thomas Evans, Midori Marsh, Daniel Lopez, Carrington Vilmont, Lisa Vroman. Photo credit: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman. Courtesy of the Fabulous Fox Theater – By Cate Marquis – The spectacular new touring production of “The Phantom…

(L to R): Gregory Fenner as Kenneth, Kierra Bunch as Waitress, Ronald L. Conner as Bert, in “Primary Trust.” Photo by Jon Gitchoff. Courtesy of the Repertory Theater of St. Louis – By Cate Marquis – After a season of outstanding productions from the Repertory Theater of St. Louis, we get yet one more shining…

(L-R) Victor Mendez as Clifford Anderson, Stephen Peirick as Sidney Bruhl, and :Anne Vega as Myra Bruhl, in “Deathtrap” at Stray Dog Theatre. Courtesy of Stray Dog Theatre. – By Cate Marquis – Stray Dog Theatre’s “Deathtrap” is a twisty mystery with a sly slice of dark humor, about the famous playwright who specializes in…

Maya Drake as Ali and the company of the North American Tour of Alicia Keys’ Hell’s Kitchen. Photo by Marc J Franklin. Courtesy of the Fabulous Fox – By Cate Marquis – Alicia Keys’ “Hell’s Kitchen,” the Tony and Grammy-winning musical by Grammy Award-winner Alicia Keys, made it’s Fabulous Fox Theater debut on January 27….

(l-r) Wendy Renee Greenwood as Holly, Jenelle Gilreath Owens as Pam,and Pamela Reckamp as Cheryl,, in Upstream Theater’s “Myth of the Ostrich.” Photo credit: Patrick Huber. Courtesy of Upstream Theater – By Cate Marquis – Upstream Theater’s “Myth of the Ostrich” is a laugh-out-loud comedy, a smart, fast-paced bit of mayhem with three women, where…

(L-R) Emma Hearn and Nolan White in The Outsiders North American Tour. Photo by Matthew Murphy. Courtesy of the Fabulous Fox Theater – By Cate Marquis – The national tour of the Broadway hit “The Outsiders,” winner of the 2024 Tony for Best Musical, took to the Fabulous Fox Theater stage on Jan. 7. for…