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Rob Levy

Rob Levy

Rob Levy is a St. Louis based writer, blogger, DJ and podcaster with extensive experience writing about theatre, opera, health, science, tech, film, music and popular culture for St. Louis Magazine, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, ALIVE Magazine, The Riverfront Times, FEAST, and The St. Louis Business Journal. He also has written about popular culture for Reviewstl.com and Onstl.com. He is the cohost of the Modern Musicology podcast and host of Antics on Louder Than War Radio, The Free Design on The Face Radio and Juxtaposition on KDHX.

 




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First Show:

Oliver when I was in grade school

Favorite Show:

Hamilton, Hadestown, Death of A Salesman at the Goodman in Chicago and Vietgone at the Guthrie in Minneapolis.

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Review: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTER CHRISTMAS at Loretto-Hilton Center
Review: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTER CHRISTMAS at Loretto-Hilton Center
December 11, 2024

Filled with smiles and dancing in the aisles, Million Dollar Quartet Christmas is a chart-topping knockout. The show reflects on the travails of fame and celebrates the season with an irresistible vivacity.

Review: Roxie Has Moxy! CHICAGO at the Fox Theatre, St. Louis
Review: Roxie Has Moxy! CHICAGO at the Fox Theatre, St. Louis
November 30, 2024

The perfect synergy of sight, sound, song and dance, Chicago is gloriously glamourous, grimy and cheeky. Murder and mayhem has never been this much fun!

Review: A BEAUTIFUL NOISE at Fox Theatre, St. Louis
Review: A BEAUTIFUL NOISE at Fox Theatre, St. Louis
November 3, 2024

Delivering a textured performance, he masterfully captures Diamond’s emotional peaks and valleys, giving audiences a glimpse at how fame and the power of music drove the artist for over four decades.

Review: THE ROOMMATE at Emerson Studio In The Loretto-Hilton Center
Review: THE ROOMMATE at Emerson Studio In The Loretto-Hilton Center
October 29, 2024

The Roommate marks a welcome return for the company’s Steve Woolf Studio Series. Presented in an intimate setting without intermission, the play centers on the complex dynamics between Sharon, a divorced woman who mostly putters around smalltown Iowa eking out a menial existence, and Robyn her carefree new roommate who has arrived from the Bronx to get away for a while.ink of THE ROOMMATE at Emerson Studio In The Loretto-Hilton Center?

Review: NEVERMORE: THE IMAGINARY LIFE AND MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF EDGAR ALLAN POE at Tower Groves Abbey
Review: NEVERMORE: THE IMAGINARY LIFE AND MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF EDGAR ALLAN POE at Tower Groves Abbey
October 15, 2024

Filled with visual and verbal nods to the writer’s life and work, Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe combines the biographical with the allegorical, allowing audiences to experience the angst of Edgar’s life in rich detail.

Review: Sleuth or Consequences: DIAL M FOR MURDER at Loretto-Hilton Center
Review: Sleuth or Consequences: DIAL M FOR MURDER at Loretto-Hilton Center
September 25, 2024

Playing on themes of injustice, betrayal, class status and greed, this gripping production of Dial M for Murder is a feast for cozy mystery lovers and amateur sleuths alike.

Review: AMERICAN IDIOT at The Marcelle Theater
Review: AMERICAN IDIOT at The Marcelle Theater
September 22, 2024

iAmerican Idiot is a brazen rock opera in the vein of The Who’s Tommy. The music is urgent, incendiary and, at times, regretful and poignant. Green Day’s punk rock ethos evokes reflection on the role of societal pressures and personal introspection.

Review: RUTHLESS! at Tower Grove Abbey
Review: RUTHLESS! at Tower Grove Abbey
August 6, 2024

Ruthless! is a snarling commentary on the trappings of fame. Loaded with laughs, over-the-top characters and plenty of high drama, it is a quirky and quick on its feet musical loaded with gleeful shenanigans.

Review: Stray Dog Theatre Has A Senior Moment With The Hilarious Ripcord
Review: Stray Dog Theatre Has A Senior Moment With The Hilarious Ripcord
June 17, 2024

Hilariously funny, this well acted the production features black humor, searing one-liners and plenty of emotion.

Review: DRACULA at The Marcelle Theater
Review: DRACULA at The Marcelle Theater
June 12, 2024

Finishing the company’s 32nd season, this alluring redux of Bram Stoker’s literary classic emerges from the shadows to give audiences an emotionally charged musical with plenty of chilling moments.

Review: XANADU at Tower Groves Abbey
Review: XANADU at Tower Groves Abbey
April 15, 2024

Based on the 1980 film starring Olivia Newton-John and, before that, the Rita Hayworth film, Down To Earth, this lively adaptation never takes itself too seriously. From start to finish the ensemble prances, preens, and mugs it up, giving audiences a sugary sweet over the top show filled with kinetic dancing, wonderful singing and plenty of toe tapping melodies.

Review: AUGUST OSAGE COUNTY at Loretto-Hilton Center
Review: AUGUST OSAGE COUNTY at Loretto-Hilton Center
March 29, 2024

The Rep’s August Osage County is a rough and tumble roller-coaster ride of anxiety, anger, and alienation that reflects on familial dysfunction with hostility and viciousness.

Review: COMPANY at Fox Theatre, St. Louis
Review: COMPANY at Fox Theatre, St. Louis
February 28, 2024

Company is a fun romp about looking for love in all the wrong places. Filled with great performances and delightful musical numbers, it is a relentless roller coaster ride of emotions whose themes of romance, sex, marriage, and divorce remain just a s relevant today as whenit debuted in 1970. our critic think of COMPANY at Fox Theatre, St. Louis?

Review: MOBY DICK at Loretto-Hilton Center
Review: MOBY DICK at Loretto-Hilton Center
February 12, 2024

The Rep’s Moby Dick isn’t just a cleverly staged reinvention of a stodgy classic, it’s an emotionally driven theatrical voyage that challenges, engrosses and captivates audiences. This is breathtaking and jaw dropping theater.

Review: THE MOUSETRAP That Roars
Review: THE MOUSETRAP That Roars
February 4, 2024

Well-acted, suspenseful, and filled with vibrant costumes, The Mousetrap once again proves that it’s hard to beat a classic.id our critic think of THE MOUSETRAP at Tower Groves Abbey?

Review: The Brice is Right with FUNNY GIRL at the Fabulous Fox
Review: The Brice is Right with FUNNY GIRL at the Fabulous Fox
January 28, 2024

The laughs keep coming with Funny Girl at the Fabulous Fox! Originally staged with Barbra Streisand in 1964 and revived to great acclaim on Broadway in 2022, this playful romp about the life of comedian, actress, model, singer, and radio star Fanny Brice, is highlighted by great performances and spry musical numbers.

Review: MRS. DOUBTFIRE at Fox Theatre, St. Louis
Review: MRS. DOUBTFIRE at Fox Theatre, St. Louis
December 27, 2023

Based on the popular 1993 Robin Williams film, the musical version of Mrs. Doubtfire, currently on stage at the Fox Theatre, is a dance driven comedy that has its peaks and valleys. Loaded with plenty of dude in a dress giggles and gimmicks, the production is the perfect showcase for the talents of two-time Tony® nominee Rob McClure.

Review: IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY, at The Loretto-Hilton Center On The Campus Of Webster University
Review: IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY, at The Loretto-Hilton Center On The Campus Of Webster University
December 17, 2023

For It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis is pulling out all the bells and whistles. Aimed specifically for a local audience, It's it blends nostalgia with an excellent ensemble whose whirling dervish antics onstage create plenty of holiday spirit.

Review: BEETELJUICE at Fox Theatre, St. Louis
Review: BEETELJUICE at Fox Theatre, St. Louis
October 16, 2023

Using the Tim Burton film as a foundation, Beetlejuice is a rollicking good time. Filled with stellar performances, amazing songs (particularly in Act 2), dazzling sets, and a score that raises the dead, it is equal parts black comedy musical theater and offbeat grief therapy. 

Review: SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER at Tower Groves Abbey
Review: SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER at Tower Groves Abbey
October 9, 2023

Filled with great performances and dynamic choreography from Mike Hodges’ choreography, Saturday Night Fever is a footloose and fancy-free excursion into disco’s golden age. Plus, the dance floor lights up! How cool is that?






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