TORCH SONG Comes to Six Points Theater in May
by Stephi Wild - Mar 27, 2024
In Torch Song, the two-act revival of Harvey Fierstein’s award-winning Torch Song Trilogy, the life of Arnold Beckoff, a torch song-singing, Jewish drag queen living in New York City, is dramatized over the span of the late 1970’s and 1980’s.
Erykah Badu Announced As Honorary Chair For Dallas Black Dance Theatre The BIG Dance
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 25, 2024
Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s annual fundraiser, The BIG Dance, is back for its fifth consecutive year for a soulful evening of the Motown Sound. Renowned Grammy Award-winning Motown artist and Honorary Chair Erykah Badu has joined the cause, lending her support to Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s training Academy (DBDA).
9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL Hits Town And Country Players Next Month
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 21, 2024
Join Town and Country Players for a laugh-inducing, toe-tapping performance of 9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL, marking a special season led entirely by female directors and producers. Enjoy this empowering story of friendship, revenge, and a little romance in the late 1970s Rolodex era.
Complete Cast Announced For Special Reading Of Susan Glaspell's THE VERGE At Brooklyn Botanic Garden
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 20, 2024
Classic Stage Company and Fiasco Theater, in collaboration with Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre's Expand The Canon (Emily Lyon, Artistic Director and Corri Oster, Managing Director) has announced complete casting for the one-night-only reading of The Verge by Pulitzer Prize winner Susan Glaspell (Trifles), starring Tony Award winner Miriam Silverman (The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window).
Previews: Tesseract Theatre Company's Production of THE INHERITANCE PARTS 1 & 2 at The Marcelle
by James Lindhorst - Mar 19, 2024
One of the most anticipated plays being produced in St. Louis this season is Matthew Lopez’s epic masterpiece THE INHERITANCE. Produced by Tesseract Theatre Company, THE INHERITANCE is a two-part play spanning three generations of gay men and the effect their relationships have on one another. Inspired by the novel “Howard’s End,” THE INHERITANCE debuted in London’s West End in March of 2018, before transferring to Broadway in November of 2019. THE INHERITANCE is the winner of countless awards including the Olivier Award for Best New Play, the Tony Award for Best Play, and was recognized as Best Play by London’s Evening Standard Theatre Award, Critic’s Circle Award, South Bank Sky Arts Award, Drama Desk Award, Drama League Award, New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, and GLAAD Media Award. Broadway World had the opportunity to sit down with the Director Stephen Peirick, and three members of his acting troupe, Tyson Cole, Jonathan Hey, and Jacob Schmidt, who will bring the regional premiere of this important work to audiences in and around the St. Louis Area.
Ariana DeBose, Daveed Diggs & More Set For FRAGGLE ROCK Season 2
by Michael Major - Mar 18, 2024
The new season features Academy Award winner Ariana DeBose, Emmy Award winner Brett Goldstein, Emmy Award winner Catherine O’Hara, Tony and Grammy Award winner, Emmy Award nominee Daveed Diggs, Grammy nominee Adam Lambert and K-pop group aespa, and more. Watch the video trailer now!
POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL Premieres On PBS In April
by Michael Major - Mar 13, 2024
Catch the premiere of POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL on PBS. Learn about the heartbreaking environmental disaster in an insightful documentary. In the 1970s, residents of Love Canal, a working-class neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, discovered that their homes, schools and playgrounds were built on a former chemical waste dump.
Review: Breathtaking 50th Anniversary Tour of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Straz Center
by Drew Eberhard - Mar 7, 2024
An explosive 90-minute sung-through Rock Opera written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice, took the Carol Morsani Hall by storm Tuesday evening. This reimagined 50th Anniversary Tour, is the story loosely based on the Gospels’ accounts of the Passion. It works to interpret the psychology of Jesus, while much of the story’s plot centers on Judas’ disdain for how Jesus is leading his disciples.
The rock opera was initially unable to attain funding, so Webber and composers released the idea as a concept album. Garnering much success, which led to the eventual Broadway stage debut in 1971. Some nine years later the musical had grossed more than $237 million worldwide. It soon became the longest-running West End musical in London, running for 8 years between 1972-1980, and was soon bested by Cats in 1989.
Yep Roc Records to Reissue Rockpile's 'Seconds Of Pleasure' in June
by Michael Major - Mar 6, 2024
A short-lived yet highly influential quartet, composed of Dave Edmunds (vocals, guitar), Nick Lowe (vocals, bass guitar), Billy Bremner (vocals, guitar) and Terry Williams (drums), Rockpile played together throughout the 1970s, and the original 1980 release of Seconds of Pleasure was the only time the band was able to capture their magic on tape.