Author: Cate Marquis

(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…

(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…

A scene from Les Miserables. Photo by Matthew Murphy. Courtesy of the Fox Theater – By Cate Marquis – The Tony Award-winning “Les Miserables,” arguably the greatest of modern musicals, returns to Fox Theater after too long an absence. Based on Victor Hugo’s classic novel of the struggles of the poor, and a man sent…

– By Cate Marquis – Joe Hanrahan delivers a riveting performance in “St. Nicholas,” playwright Conor McPherson’s dark comedy about a jaded Irish theater critic who follows a beautiful young actress to London and falls in with a group of vampires. The one-man play is having a limited run at the Greenfinch Theater and Dive…

– By Cate Marquis – “The Cottage” is a Noel Coward-esque comedy that is by far the funniest show the Repertory Theater of St. Louis has staged in years, and a delightful way to open the Rep’s 2025-2026 season. Set in the Roaring 1920s and written by Sandy Rustin and directed by Risa Brainin, “The…

(L-R) Gary Glasgow as Ishaq and Chuck Winning as Zeblyan, in NJT’s “Two Jews Walk Into A War…” Courtesy of New Jewish Theatre “Two Jews Walk Into A War…” sounds like the start of a old joke and indeed there is plenty of humor in this bitingly funny play at the New Jewish Theater, but…

Emily Baker as Heidi in the New Jewish Theater’s production of THE HEIDI CHRONICLES, on stage at the St. Louis Jewish Community Center’s Performing Arts Building through June 15, 2025. Photo Credit: Jon Gitchoff. Courtesy of the New Jewish Theater – By Cate Marquis – The New Jewish Theater’s current production is a splendid version…

The Broadway hit musical comedy “& Juliet,” now on stage at the Fabulous Fox Theater, takes a different look at the Shakespearean love story universally synonymous with romance. Throughout the ages, romantics everywhere have swooned over the Bard’s “Romeo and Juliet” and quoted its lines. Of course, there is a problem for all those romantics:…

“Radio Golf,” the Black Rep’s final production of the 2024-2025 Season, is a splendid one, the kind of production many of us long to see on St. Louis stages, a meaningful drama, full of wonderful dialog and gripping performances. “Radio Golf” is the last in playwright August Wilson’s 10-play Century Cycle, with each play set…