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"Does Transcendentalism make your head swell?" or "Rush meets Ralph Waldo!"

Soap opera? Melodrama? Well, Radio Free Emerson by Paul Grellong has a good deal of both.

'Autobahn': More than just a highway.

Neil Labute's Autobahn is a pleasant twist from the usual structure of plays. It is a compilation of seven short plays, ...

The Black Rep’s latest take on Shakespeare: Funky, frenetic and fabulous

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a delightful play in its own right, but in the hands of the amazing director Chris Anthony ...

An American Musical Classic: 'West Side Story'

Gritty and earthy, Arthur Laurent’s West Side Story had a profound effect on its audiences when it opened on Broadway in...

What we talk about when we talk about 'Race'

“You’re just two wonderful people who happened to fall in love and happened to have a slight pigmentation problem,” said...

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Monday, 20 February 2012 22:10

Writing rite

Written by Bob Wilcox

In his plays, A.R. Gurney entertainingly chronicles the lives and social customs of the upper strata of the old families of the white Anglo-Saxon Protestants of the northeastern U.S.

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Monday, 20 February 2012 21:57

Though often included in the Theatre of the Absurd, Jean Genet has long struck me as one of the first post-modern playwrights. In several of his plays, he uses theatre itself – the playing of a role – as a…

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Monday, 20 February 2012 16:32

Changing partners: 'Hello Again' at Webster Conservatory

Written by Steve Callahan

All cultures have a dance like this. In French it’s called ”la ronde”, in German “der Reigen”. In English it’s a “round dance”—that graceful swirling changing of partners around a circle until at last one finds oneself saying, “Hello Again.”

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Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:30

Good play for good reasons!

Written by Shahnaz Ahmed

I would say that Bad Things for Good Reasons is a play that we need to not just watch, but experience. Set in a small Ozark town, the play is about those characters whose stories seem surreal as they unwind.…

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Sunday, 12 February 2012 16:50

The Cashore Marionettes unwrap 'Simple Gifts' at the Edison

Written by Steve Callahan

For thousands of years gemstones have been mounted in artistic settings—the purpose being to enhance the beauty of the stone itself.

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Saturday, 04 February 2012 23:07

'Rock of Ages' fills the Fabulous Fox with arena rock glam

Written by Amy Burger

“Rock of Ages”, the hit 2009 Broadway musical featuring some of the most popular rock music of the 1980s, made its St. Louis debut Friday night at the Fabulous Fox.

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Saturday, 04 February 2012 12:26

Peabody audience stands up for Black

Written by Connie Bollinger

Thundering applause and a standing ovation greeted comedian Lewis Black at the Peabody Opera House last night as he brought his "In God We Rust" comedy tour to St. Louis.

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Friday, 03 February 2012 23:38

'Playland' immerses, incites and illuminates

Written by Lilith Daly

Mustard Seed Theatre presents "Playland," the story of two men wrestling with inner demons played out upon the grounds of a traveling amusement park in South Africa. The black box theatre at Fontbonne University is a malleable space. Having both…

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Friday, 03 February 2012 15:31

Potty On!

Written by Andrea Braun

Listen up, kiddies. Once upon a time, there were places where you DID have to pay to pee. Had to have a dime to use the toilet, if you can believe it.

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Sunday, 29 January 2012 20:15

Stepfordstadt

Written by Andrea Braun

Kevin Horrigan wrote a column in today’s (1/29/12) St. Louis Post-Dispatch regarding the Captain of the sunken cruise ship who abandoned his post long before all the passengers had escaped and been accounted for.

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Intimate Apparel, an award-winning play by Lynn Nottage, is worth trying on.

The stunning variety of Spanish dance with Ensemble Espanol at the Touhill

Comedy is king in Winter Opera's 'Ariadne'

HotCity's 'Oleanna' is tense, thought provoking

Be certain of 'Doubt'.

Clayton Community Theatre serves a decaf cup of Black Coffee

Rain A Tribute to the Beatles

Decline and fall of 'A Steady Rain' at the Rep Studio

They're Not Your Father's Puppets Anymore!

Rat-a-tat-tat

Two mysteries as sweet and innocent as they could be!

'Tessitura' takes flight at City Museum

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