Year: 2026

– By Cate Marquis – New Jewish Theater’s “A Prayer for the French Republic” is a wide-ranging, even epic family drama, spiked with moments of humor, about an extended French Jewish family who have been in France for a thousand years and operated a Parisian piano store for generations, dating back to the mid-19th century….

Jane Paradise as Sun, with cast as the planets, in Upstream Theater’s “The End of the World Cabaret.” Photo credit: Patrick Huber. Courtesy of Upstream Theater – By Cate Marquis – Upstream Theater’s “The End of the World Cabaret” is a thought-provoking satire that mixes science fiction and a sense of the magical with humor,…

(L-R): David Wilson (Adam), Kaitlin Feely (Barbara), Leianna Weaver (Lydia) and Ryan Stajmiger (Beetlejuice). Photo by Matthew Murphy, 2026. Courtesy of the Fabulous Fox Theater – By Cate Marquis – The Broadway tour of “Beetlejuice” returns to the Fabulous Fox Theater for a short run, Apr. 24-26. The musical is based on the hit movie…

– By Cate Marquis – Stray Dog Theatre’s “9 to 5” is a crowd-pleasing musical comedy that returns to 1979 to join three ambitious business women as they cope with their sexist boss and strive to break that glass ceiling to reach success – or at least decent workplace treatment. It is a comedy about…

– 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…