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Review: ANIMAL FARM, Stratford East
by Cindy Marcolina - Feb 14, 2025

Amy Leach directs Tatty Hennessy’s adaptation of Orwell’s shockingly relevant novella, exploring greed and corruption in a sophisticated production that integrates British Sign Language. It’s essential viewing in the current political climate.

Tamar Greene, Adam Heller, Jessica Vosk, and Others React to Their Nominations for The St. Louis Theater Circle Awards
by James Lindhorst - Feb 9, 2025

The nominees’ reactions are starting to pour in following the St. Louis Theater Circle Awards announcement last week naming the nominees. Awards will be presented in 34 categories for outstanding achievement in Musicals, Dramas, Comedies, and Opera. Leading all companies is The Muny with 30 nominations. Two of the nominated actors are Adam Heller and Jessica Vosk. Heller played Tevye in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, and Vosk starred as Jenna in The Muny premiere of WAITRESS. Both were nominated for Outstanding Performer in a Musical.

Feature: The Muny’s 30 Nods Leads the St Louis Theater Circle Awards Nominations
by James Lindhorst - Feb 4, 2025

The St. Louis Theater Circle has announced their 2025 nominations for their annual awards. Each year, the Circle honors excellence in professional theater with awards in 34 categories for producing, directing, acting, and technical theatre. This year The Muny leads all companies with 30 nominations spread across their seven musicals presented in their 106th season. STAGES St. Louis, The New Jewish Theatre, and The Repertory Theater of St. Louis earned 19 nominations each. St. Louis Shakespeare Festival’s production of AS YOU LIKE IT and STAGES St. Louis production of RAGTIME are the most nominated productions of the year with 10 nods each.

Photos: UK Tour of ANIMAL FARM In Rehearsal
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 16, 2025

Stratford East, Leeds Playhouse and Nottingham Playhouse has released first look rehearsal photos for the upcoming tour of ANIMAL FARM.

Review: Tesseract Theatre Company's THE INHERITANCE PARTS 1 & 2 is a Gripping Triumphant Success
by James Lindhorst - May 4, 2024

The Tesseract Theatre Company’s production of THE INHERITANCE was a marvelous accomplishment thanks to the genius direction of Stephen Peirick and the out-of-body performances he evoked from each member of his cast. Peirick took the more than 300 pages of Lopez’s wordy script and swiftly paced the production, making it so succinct that the time in the theater melted away as rapidly as a piece of satisfying chocolate on the tongue.   Peirick artfully blocked his well-rehearsed actors on his small set design consisting of two small risers surrounded by the three walls of the small black box theatre. Paintings of familiar New York City scenes representing The Bethesda Terrace Fountain and theatre marquees were interspersed with artwork of cherry blossoms adorning the side walls. Decorating the back wall were vines of cherry blossoms in a crisscross pattern reminiscent of a NYC subway map. He judiciously used the performance space to move his actors between NYC, the apartment interiors, and an upstate New York estate while maintaining a lively pace to his sensational storytelling. 

Tesseract Theatre Company Opens The Regional Premiere of THE INHERITANCE Parts 1 and 2
by James Lindhorst - Apr 27, 2024

A complete review of this work will not be published until after seeing Part 2, but after witnessing this company’s transcendent and transformative performance of Part 1 I was compelled to write a micro-review.  

Ellie Leach Will Lead CLUEDO 2 at Darlington Hippodrome
by Stephi Wild - Apr 9, 2024

Ellie Leach is to star in the world premier UK tour production of Cluedo 2 which will be coming to Darlington Hippodrome in October.

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. 

Tesseract Theatre Company to Present THE INHERITANCE Beginning in April
by Blair Ingenthron - Feb 18, 2024

The Tesseract Theatre Company will present The Inheritance at The Marcelle April 26 - May 5, directed by Stephen Peirick. Learn more about the production here!

Ellie Leach Joins the Cast of CLUEDO 2, Her First Acting Role Since Winning STRICTLY COME DANCING
by Stephi Wild - Feb 6, 2024

Ellie Leach – reigning champion of Strictly Come Dancing - will make her stage acting debut as Miss Scarlett in the world premiere UK tour of Cluedo 2. Find out how and where to catch Ellie in the show here!

The Kitchen to Present Martha Friedman and Susan Marshall's TWO PERSON OPERATING SYSTEM TYPE 2 in February
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 12, 2024

THE KITCHEN presents Martha Friedman and Susan Marshall's 'Two Person Operating System Type 2,' a sculptural-choreographic work examining the relationship between moving bodies and objects.

Casting Has Been Announced for BOLD Theatre's THE FOREIGNER'S PANTO
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 22, 2023

The full casting has been announced for BOLD Theatre's world premiere production of Shani Erez' political comedy with songs The Foreigners' Panto. 

Review: WINDFALL, Southwark Playhouse
by Gary Naylor - Feb 15, 2023

London transfer of New York hit comedy gathers a few laughs, but feels out of step with the times

Photos: First Look at WINDFALL at Southwark Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Feb 14, 2023

Judith Amsenga, Audrey Anderson, Jack Bennett, Joanne Clifton, Wesley Griffith, Gabriel Paul star in  ‘Windfall’, which arrives at London’s Southwark Playhouse following a critically acclaimed run in New York in 2022. Check out photos here!

Cast Announced For The UK Premiere of Scooter Pietsch's Comedy WINDFALL
by Stephi Wild - Jan 19, 2023

The cast has been announced for the UK premiere of Scooter Pietsch's hilarious and chaotic comedy 'Windfall', directed by Mark Bell, best known for directing West End hits 'The Play That Goes Wrong' & 'The Comedy About a Bank Robbery'.

New Cast Announced for THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG UK Tour
by Stephi Wild - Mar 16, 2022

The Play That Goes Wrong, Mischief’s Olivier Award-winning box office hit that continues to entertain audiences on a global scale, today announces casting for its 2022 UK Tour. T

Photos: First Look at MACBETH at Leeds Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Mar 1, 2022

New production images have been released for Macbeth – an epic production in an epic space at Leeds Playhouse.

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Returns To The Belgrade Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Aug 4, 2021

Follow the (fictional) Cornley Drama Society as they put on a 1920s murder mystery, 'The Murder at Haversham Manor'. As the title suggests, everything that can go wrong … does! As the accident prone thesps battle against all the odds to reach their final curtain call, hilarious results ensue!

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Announces Full Casting For 2021 UK Tour
by Stephi Wild - May 6, 2021

Following three previously sold out tours, the production will open on Tuesday 13 July 2021 at Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury where it first premiered in 2014, before visiting Cheltenham, Bath, Salford, Nottingham, Eastbourne, Dartford, York, Woking, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Brighton and Aylesbury. Further dates soon to be announced.

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Returns On Tour In 2021
by Stephi Wild - Dec 11, 2020

The Play That Goes Wrong, the Olivier Award-winning box office hit, is back for its fourth UK Tour in the new year.