Theater
Plays on stage in the St. Louis area
SIX at Fox Theater Review
– By Cate Marquis – The “six” in the Broadway hit musical “Six” are the six wives of Henry the Eighth. Apart from Anne Boleyn, the queens are remember more as a group and mostly for their connection to the much-married king, but this British-born musical, which returns to the Fox stage through Feb.2, aims…
HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS Musical at Fox Theater Review
– By Cate Marquis – With Christmas just passed and its relaxing afterglow lingering, (and with Hanukkah still being celebrated), it is the perfect time for one more holiday treat: The Grinch. “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” is now on stage at the Fabulous Fox Theater, for a too-brief, weekend only run. Based on Dr….
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET CHRISTMAS at Rep Theater Review
– By Cate Marquis – The Repertory Theater of St. Louis celebrates the holiday season with “Million Dollar Quartet Christmas,” on stage at the Loretto Hilton Theater in Webster Groves now through Dec. 22. Actually, this production is a collaboration between the Rep and Stage St. Louis, the venerablebeloved musical theater company in nearby Kirkwood….
CHICAGO Musical at Fox Theater Review
By Cate Marquis The Fabulous Fox Theater hosts a fabulous musical treat over the post-Thanksgiving weekend “Chicago,” for a too-brief run of the beloved Broadway hit. “Chicago” is an enduring audience favorites and one of the true greats of musical theater, Broadway’s longest running show that started on Broadway, longest running American musical, and fast…
PETER PAN Musical at Fox Theater Review
– By Cate Marquis – The beloved musical classic “Peter Pan” flies into the Fox Theater bringing family fun, adventure and amazing stage effects to delight all ages. The musical adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s beloved children’s adventure book has delighted generations with its adventure fun and flying effects but this is a somewhat different “Peter…
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…
OLD TIMES by Midnight Company Theater Review
– By Cate Marquis – The Midnight Company’s production of Harold Pinter’s drama “Old Times” centers on a married couple welcoming the long-ago best friend of the wife, someone she has not seen in twenty years, into their home. The expectation is that the women will reminiscence about old times in London and the old…