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....
Review: THE ROOMMATE at Emerson Studio In The Loretto-Hilton Center
by Rob Levy - 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 caref...
Review: JULIUS CAESAR in the Don Lux Theater at Lift For Life Academy
by James Lindhorst - October 28, 2024
St. Louis Shakespeare’s production of Julius Caesar is an excellent opportunity for high-school and college students studying this piece to see a decent staged production. Locker prepared her actors well and coached them to project with authority. The four leading actors deliver excellent performanc...
Review: Upstream Theater's LIFE IS A DREAM at The Marcelle
by James Lindhorst - October 20, 2024
Upstream Theater’s production of LIFE IS A DREAM is an illustrious production of Calderón's complex work. It has a clear directorial vision, exceptional acting, and stunning technical design elements. It is a superior in its artistry, staging, and storytelling....