Theater

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…

– By Cate Marquis – Albion Theater’s “The Wasp” is a two-hander blends drama and dark humor in an exploration of the linger after-effects of bullying, revenge and a blurring of lines between victim and victimizer. The Albion’s production is the St. Louis premier of this gripping, high-octane drama, which debuted in London in 2015,…

– By Cate Marquis – Bucking the trend of musicals and light comedy that summer seems to bring, New Jewish Theater’s “God of Carnage” offers drama and darker humor as two sets of parents meet to discuss an incident of schoolyard violence between two boys. What starts out as a cool-headed and reasonable discussion between…

– By Cate Marquis – Stray Dog Theater’s “3 Sheets to the Wind” is a breathless farce-like comedy about Oliver Morton (Joseph Garner), a gay man in a New York City rent-controlled three-bedroom apartment who has run into financial troubles. An ex-lover in California, Aaron Addison (Jeffrey M. Wright) makes an offer to pay all…