– By Cate Marquis – The Muny decides to wrap up it’s 2026 season with a bit of fun – no, a whole lot of fun – with the crazy meta-musical laugh riot “Something Rotten,” “Something Rotten” is a hysterically funny mad musical about musicals that is set in Elizabethan London, where theater company leader…

(L-R) Sam Harvey as Sky Masterson and Matthew Schatz as Nathan Detroit in Stages’ “Guys and Dolls.” Photo credit: Phillp Hamer Photography. Courtesy of Stages St. Louis – By Cate Marquis – Stages St. Louis’s “Guys and Dolls” goes classic with one of the most tuneful of musicals, as well as one of the most…

– By Cate Marquis – New Jewish Theater’s “Job” is a searing two-person drama set in San Francisco in January of 2020, just as the Covid 19 pandemic was beginning. The title might bring to mind the Biblical figure but it refers to employment, what one does for a living, although there is an element…

Gregory Lee Rodriguez and Kyla Stone, in the Muny’s MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS. Photo by Phillip Hamer. Courtesy of the Muny – By Cate Marquis – “Meet Me In St. Louis” is a Muny favorite – no surprise there – and has played the venerable theater many times. This production has the same sweet…

Matt Newlin as Tennessee Williams, in First Run Theater’s TENN at the Kranzberg. Courtesy of First Run Theater – By Cate Marquis – It starts with a table lamp, and playwright Tennessee Williams recalling the people and events in his life involved in the lead up to the Broadway opening night of his first theatrical…

(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…

Taylor Louderman as Nellie Forbush in the Muny’s SOUTH PACIFIC. Photo credit: Philip Hamer. Courtesy of the Muny – By Cate Marquis – The Muny’s “South Pacific” delivers an “enchanting evening” of musical entertainment, despite steamy weather. Fans of classical musicals will find a pitch-perfect show with strong voices, lively dances and a well-staged show…

– By Cate Marquis – The Muny’s “Shrek: The Musical” is sure to delight kiddos and fans alike, with a fun and cute musical version of the favorite animated movie. While all the Muny shows are family-friendly, this is the one most aimed at the younger audience, and sure to please them. Although rainy weather…