Year: 2026

Aliya Grace as Betty Boop and the “BOOP! The Musical” North American Touring company. Photo by Matthew Murphy. Courtesy of the Fabulous Fox Theater – By Cate Marquis – The Broadway tour of “Boop!” boop-oop-a-doops into the Fabulous Fox Theater for some Jazz-era cartoon fun, Oct. 27 – Nov. 8. The musical is inspired by…

– By Cate Marquis – Fly North Theatricals has quickly built a reputation of top-notch thought-provoking theater and “The Invention of Lightening” is another example of that. The drama is a Western of sorts, but set at a new station in rural Arizona for a new, revolutionary technology, the telegraph, a location which happens to…

(L-R) Susan Wylie as Diane and Jeff Kargus as Nat, in Albion Theater’s “The Birds.” Photo credit: John Lamb. Courtesy of Albion Theater – By Cate Marquis – Albion Theater’s “The Birds” is a stage adaptation of Daphne DuMaurier’s brooding novel, a book that was also the basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s famous movie. But this…

(L-R) Michelle Hand as 15-year-old Heidi Schreck and Joel Moses as the Legionnaire, in the Rep’s WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME. The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis presents “What the Constitution Means to Me”, Oct. 21 – Nov. 15, in the Steve Woolf Studio space. Photo credit: Jon Gitchoff. Courtesy of the Repertory Theater…

(L-R) Aaron Orion Baker as Jack and Christina Yancy as Bella, in Moonstone’s “Deceived.” Courtesy of Moonstone Theater Company – By Cate Marquis – Odds are that you have heard the term “gaslighting” meaning to deceive someone by trying to convince them of false “facts” and that the person being gaslighted is confused or delusional….

Kristen Beth Williams as Helen Sharp and Ken Marino as Ernest Menville in the North American Tour of Death Becomes Her. Photo by Matthew Murphy for MurphyMade. Courtesy of the Fabulous Fox – By Cate Marquis – “Death Becomes Her” continues the Fox’s wonderful “spooky season” fall, with a hilarious musical comedy adaptation of the…

The Company of the Second North American tour of CLUE – photo by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade. Courtesy of the Fabulous Fox – By Cate Marquis – How about a classic mystery for the start of spooky season? “Clue: Live on Stage” brings the murder mystery fun of the classic board game, movie starring the…

– By Cate Marquis – Tennessee Williams Festival 2026’s “Appropriate” is a change for this festival devoted to appreciating playwright Tennessee Williams, because this is the first time the festival’s featured play was not written by Tennessee Williams. “Appropriate” was written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, although it clearly shows the influence of Tennessee Williams, a drama…

The cast of the Rep’s LITTLE WOMEN.. The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis presents “Little Women”, September 9-27, 2026. Photo by Jon Gitchoff – By Cate Marquis – The Repertory Theater of St. Louis opens it’s 2026-2027 season with a stage adaption of a literary favorite, “Little Women,” but while most adaptations we have seen…

The cast of the Black Rep’s musical THE COLOR PURPLE. Courtesy of the Black Rep – By Cate Marquis – The Black Rep opens their 50th Season with a splendid production of “The Color Purple,” one filled with spirit, music, dance and an inspiring story of a woman who survives and triumphs over incredible pain…