St. Louis Theatre Newsroom

We spoke to Essence Anisa Tyler about St. Louis Rep's productiuon of Lynn Nottage's Clyde's, running now through March 2nd at the Loretto-Hilton Center on the Webster University Campus. 

Louis CK announced that his 2025 tour will include a stop at The Fabulous Fox in St. Louis in September. Learn more about the tour and find out how to get tickets here!

NJT will open its 27th season with the classic musical Cabaret, running March 20 through April 6. Directed by NJT's Artistic Director Rebekah Scallet in her first musical production for the theatre,

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis will present Ken Ludwig’s Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets here!

First Run Theatre’s evening of short plays is always a wonderful opportunity to hear the emerging voices of newer playwrights and see their new works. Six playwrights from Illinois, Kansas, and Missouri are featured in First Run Theatre’s “2025 Spectrum: A Presentation of Short Plays.” The First Run selection committee chose seven scripts focusing on relatable themes of common human experiences.  

NJT will open its 27th season with a bold and immersive production of the classic musical Cabaret in March. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Money meets mental illness in Stray Dog Theatre’s enjoyable The Curious Savage. The opening production of the company’s 23rd season was written by John Patrick who brought it to the New York stage in 1950.

Well-acted and utterly fun, Shucked lives up to the hype. The straightforward plot relies on shrewdly timed jokes, jangly music and polished wordplay, sprinkled with social commentary, to provide laughs and moments of endearment.

West End Players Guild’s production of CONSTELLATIONS is a bittersweet dose of reality. It is a relationship story more than a love story. Payne examines how we react to two things in life, our partner’s behaviors and what the fates hand us. No one can predict when, or if, life will bring happiness, heartbreak, pain, or loss. Life must be lived and be experienced.  

KIMBERLY AKIMBO is Coming to The Fabulous Fox Theatre this spring! The tour stars three-time Tony Award nominee Carolee Carmel, and more! Learn how to purchase tickets.

COCONUT CAKE is a character driven play that examines how the choices we make in the short term impacts our long-term wellbeing. It is a superbly constructed play with surprising reveals that are neither illogical nor unexpected. Beaty’s play is packed with immense honesty. Jones and his talented well-rehearsed cast give Beaty’s exceptional script the eloquent staging it deserves.

This moving piece of theater, which features an extremely talented ensemble, is an uplifting, and terse story about resilience, community, and the importance of finding joy in the most unexpected places.

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis has a rich history in world premiers, often commissioning new works from  significant composers and librettists.  But it seeks to foster brand new talents too. Its New Works Collective is a three-year project wherein each year OTSL commits to developing and producing three new short operas from fledgling composers and librettists.

This is an elegant production of LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT with a touch of surrealism. The creative team have taken O’Neill’s story and leaned into quaint imagery to enhance the story telling. Doggett’s period costumes designs are elevated by her tailoring and sumptuous fabric choices. Patrick Huber’s minimalist, but highly effective scenery and lighting design were complimented by Kristi Gunther’s oceanfront inspired sound design. The serenity created by the technical elements added to Pendelton’s directorial vision to counterbalance O’Neill’s scripted brutality. A LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, regarded as the masterpiece of Eugene O’Neill’s career, shows his family’s excruciating addiction, faultfinding, hopelessness, depression, and inhumanity. Pendelton captures O’Neill’s agonizing story in a well-acted and sophisticated production.  

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.

Alton Little Theater has concluded its internal investigation into allegations of misconduct, with potential changes to bylaws and policies on the horizon, according to statements from the organization's executive director.

The St. Louis Shakespeare Festival has unveiled its landmark 25th anniversary season, featuring a groundbreaking collaboration with the Saint Louis Zoo and more. See full programming and learn more!

That is one reason I love new work so much is I love getting to help create something from scratch and be there right at the beginning of it and grow with it.

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.

The Fabulous Fox will launch a digital lottery for SHUCKED tickets that will begin Monday, February 3 at 11:00 a.m. CT. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

I am so blessed and privileged to get to do all that I do and I’m excited to see what the semester brings!

Two of St. Louis’ most creative playwriting voices premiered new plays this weekend at Greenfinch Theater and Dive Bar. Courtney Bailey is arguably the most talented playwright in St. Louis creating new works. Her new one-act play, THE PAVEMENT KINGDOM: A CLINIC ESCORT PLAY, shared a double bill with Eric Satterfield’s THE BIGFOOT DIARIES. Satterfield is a playwright who has a knack for writing mysterious stories with unexpected twists.

Due to unforeseen technical difficulties, the Insidious: The Further You Fear show scheduled for Saturday, April 12, 2025 at The Fabulous Fox has been cancelled.

The North American tour of Mean Girls is coming to The Fabulous Fox. The tour features Katie Yeomans as Cady Heron, Maya Petropoulos as Regina George. See who else is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

The Rep's Studio Series is Back with ATHENA! Mary Wallace and Athena are brave, and seventeen, and fencers, and training for the Junior Olympics. They practice together, they compete against each other, they spend their lives together. They wish they were friends.