Review: FIRST DATE at New Jewish Theatre
by James Lindhorst - November 24, 2024
New Jewish Theatre's current production of FIRST DATE features a terrific cast in sublime comedic performances. Director Lee Ann Mathews and her company of seven clever actors fearlessly dive into physical comedy to create an entertaining show that is light, zany, and funny. It certainly isn’t a mas...
Review: THE BUTCHER OF BARABOO at Union Avenue Christian Church
by James Lindhorst - November 23, 2024
“The Butcher of Baraboo” is a grim dark comedy that spirals into complete brutality. The characters are willing to go to extreme measures to protect themselves and their secrets. The is no familial loyalty among this group of vicious characters. The West End Players Guild has staged a cutting produc...
Review: ANASTASIA THE MUSICAL at The Marcelle
by James Lindhorst - November 17, 2024
Credit director Brittanie Gunn for Tesseract Theatre’s extraordinary production of ANASTASIA. Gunn’s vision and her collaboration with her actors and technical teams has created an extravagant production with outstanding performances, sensational singing, exhilarating dancing, and absorbing storytel...
Review: ELEPHANTS’ GRAVEYARD Looks Death in the Eye and Laughs
by James Lindhorst - November 16, 2024
ELEPHANTS' GRAVEYARD is a lovely piece of writing. It doesn’t wallow in sadness or pathos. It looks death in the eye and laughs. Corbett, Meyer, and Rausch have given the world premiere of ELEPHANTS' GRAVEYARD a beautiful staging. Williamson’s salubrious script proves that when facing even the grave...
Review: WOLF KINGS at The Chapel
by James Lindhorst - November 10, 2024
“Wolf Kings” is more performance art than a play. The snappy banter is often witty and funny. The vivacious movement is dance-like. There are elements that are peculiar, comedic, and dramatic. It condemns predatory behavior though spectacle by granting victims strength. Its thought-provoking message...
Review: WOLF KINGS at Young Liars
by Steve Callahan - November 11, 2024
It’s a headlong dive into a fiercely black, wildly comic nightmare. It’s a venture into betrayal and menace and sex and chaos, and into the unplumbed depths of the psyche. It’s Wolf Kings, the Young Liars’ remarkable new piece now playing at The Chapel....
Review: H.M.S. PINAFORE at Winter Opera
by Steve Callahan - November 08, 2024
It's a splendid production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s 'H.M.S. Pinafore', and it brims with glorious music, wonderful voices, and bright, delightful, timeless comedy....
Review: A BEAUTIFUL NOISE at Fox Theatre, St. Louis
by Rob Levy - November 03, 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....