Author: catemarquis
A BEAUTIFUL NOISE – THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL at Fox Theater Review
– By Cate Marquis – “A Beautiful Noise – The Neil Diamond Musical” brings a ton of the prolific singer/songwriter’s pop song hits to the Fabulous Fox stage, through November 10, providing an entertaining distraction from election season jitters. Certainly that is the case if you are a Neil Diamond fan, at least – and…
THE ROOMMATE at Rep Theater Review
– By Cate Marquis – The Repertory Theater of St. Louis re-launches its beloved Studio series, now the Steve Woolf Studio Series, in their lower-level, black-box Emerson Studio space, with a winning firecracker of a play, “The Roommate.” This two-person play puts two women who couldn’t be more different together as roommates in a large…
DIAL M FOR MURDER at Rep Theater Review
– By Cate Marquis – The Repertory Theater of St. Louis gets its 2024-2025 season off to a thrilling start with “Dial M for Murder,” on stage at the Loretto Hilton Theater in Webster Groves through Oct. 13. Many of us know “Dial M for Murder” through the Alfred Hitchcock movie but, in fact, Hitchcock…
HAMILTON Musical at Fox Theater Review
– By Cate Marquis – The multiple-Tony Award winning “Hamilton” returns to the Fabulous Fox stage, with an excellent touring cast and all the energy, hit tunes and Founding Father history than have won it millions of fans. And those fans packed the Fox on opening night for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s acclaimed, multiple award-winning show, adding…
COMPANY Musical at Fox Theater Review
– By Cate Marquis – Having company over for an evening makes for a good time. Seeing “Company” at the Fox makes for a good-time evening of laughs and songs by Stephen Sondheim. This Broadway revival of what is probably Sondheim’s funniest play won Five Tonys including Best Musical Revival. The musical comedy focuses on…
COME FROM AWAY Musical at Fox Theater Review
– By Cate Marquis – When 9/11 happened, the whole world was in shock but amid all the horror, tales of bravery and kindness also emerged. One of those was about 7000 stranded airline passengers diverted to Newfoundland, Canada, after American airspace was shut down, who found unexpected kindness from the people of small town…
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…
MEAN GIRLS musical at Fox theater review
Every high school has its version of “mean girls,” a clique of pretty girls who revel in social bullying, which was the subject of Tina Fey’s 2004 movie “Mean Girls.” Now, “Mean Girls,” the Broadway musical version of that coming-of-age comedy, struts into the Fox to make the rules about who is cool and who’s…
Cinema St. Louis Announces Retirement in June of Executive Director Cliff Froehlich
Recently announced: A big change for Cinema St. Louis, presenter of the St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF). After nearly 19 years with Cinema St. Louis (CSL), the arts nonprofit that presents the St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) and other annual film festivals and events, executive director Cliff Froehlich has announced his retirement at…
2022 Oscar nominations announced
The nominations for the 2022 Academy Awards were announced Tuesday, Feb. 8. The Oscars awards ceremony will take place Sunday, March 27. Here are the nominees for the 2022 Oscars BEST PICTURE “Belfast” “CODA” “Don’t Look Up” “Drive My Car” “Dune” “King Richard” “Licorice Pizza” “Nightmare Alley” “The Power of the Dog” “West Side Story”…