drama

– By Cate Marquis – Fly North Theatricals has quickly built a reputation of top-notch thought-provoking theater and “The Invention of Lightening” is another example of that. The drama is a Western of sorts, but set at a new station in rural Arizona for a new, revolutionary technology, the telegraph, a location which happens to…

– By Cate Marquis – Tennessee Williams Festival 2026’s “Appropriate” is a change for this festival devoted to appreciating playwright Tennessee Williams, because this is the first time the festival’s featured play was not written by Tennessee Williams. “Appropriate” was written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, although it clearly shows the influence of Tennessee Williams, a drama…

The cast of the Rep’s LITTLE WOMEN.. The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis presents “Little Women”, September 9-27, 2026. Photo by Jon Gitchoff – By Cate Marquis – The Repertory Theater of St. Louis opens it’s 2026-2027 season with a stage adaption of a literary favorite, “Little Women,” but while most adaptations we have seen…

– 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…

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…

– 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…

– 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,…

“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…

(L-R) Gary Glasgow as Ishaq and Chuck Winning as Zeblyan, in NJT’s “Two Jews Walk Into A War…” Courtesy of New Jewish Theatre “Two Jews Walk Into A War…” sounds like the start of a old joke and indeed there is plenty of humor in this bitingly funny play at the New Jewish Theater, but…

– By Cate Marquis – The Tony Award-winning “Kimberly Akimbo” is the Fabulous Fox’s must-see show of the season, a show with humor, heart and heartbreak, about a typical teen in New Jersey. Well, not so typical, because in addition to all the usual challenges of high school and adolescence, Kimberly suffers from a rare…