Author: catemarquis

(L-R) Nick Rashad Burroughs, Jawan M. Jackson, Elijah Ahmad Lewis, James T. Lane, Daniel Yearwood as the Temptations in the Muny’s AIN’T TOO PROUD. Photo credit: Philip Hamer. Courtesy of the Muny – By Cate Marquis – The Muny’s “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations” is hit-packed celebration of one of…

(L-R) Jade Cash and Caitlin Mickey in Neil LaBute’s BRUNCH, one of the short plays in the St. Louis Actors’ Studio’s LaBute New Theater Festival. Courtesy of St. Louis Actors’ Studio. – By Cate Marquis – Actors Studio’s annual LaBute New Theater Festival offers six one-act plays including one from playwright Neil LaBute, for whom…

– By Cate Marquis – The Muny’s “Newsies” is an uplifting, hopeful, dancing extravaganza that was inspired by an actual newspaper boys striking in late 19th century New York, a show that mixes drama, humor, hope and heart, with a bit of history. If you love dancing, athletic, exuberant dancing, this is the Muny show…

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…

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis presents “Emma”, December 3 – 21, 2025. Pictured L to R: Company. Photo by Jon Gitchoff. Courtesy of the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis – By Cate Marquis – This year, 2025, was the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, and the author seems to be everywhere this year….

A scene from A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL. Photo by Gary Emord Netzley. Courtesy of the Fabulous Fox – By Cate Marquis – The delightful “A Christmas Story” musical makes an all-too-brief stop at the Fabulous Fox for one weekend only, Dec. 12-14. This show is wonderful fun for all, based on the perennial favorite…

Cal Mitchell as The Lion, Dana Cimone as Dorothy, D. Jerome as The Tinman, and Elijah Ahmad Lewis as The Scarecrow in the North American Tour of THE WIZ. Photo by Jeremy Daniel. Courtesy of the Fabulous Fox – By Cate Marquis – Dazzling dancing makes “The Wiz” well worth a trip out in the…

– By Cate Marquis – Upstream Theater’s “An Orchard for Chekhov” is an affectionate tribute to playwright Anton Chekhov and specifically “The Cherry Orchard. While this comedy/drama is Chekhovian is form, and packed with references, snippets of Chekhov, Chekhovian-style dialog and even cherries (but not cherry trees), the real subject is a fading actress in…

“The Woman In Black,” on stage at the Repertory Theater of St. Louis until Oct. 26, is easily the best theatrical offering for the Halloween season this year, and maybe any year. A classic Victorian ghost story told in a creatively unique way, the London production of Susan Hill’s novel features only two actors but…