Okay, it has all the elements: Dark night, missing Mom, creepy Dad and Sheriff, mysterious lights in the sky, but I think the author would have done much better if he'd kept to the more traditional story arc and offered…
Branch Rickey was a colorful, stubborn, dedicated man who lived baseball to the point of obsession and is credited with single handedly integrating the game. With a story like that you would expect a two hour performance of Rickey's years…
One day, in an effort to make interesting work-lunch conversation, I mentioned that I would be reviewing STOMP at The Fox Theatre. Immediately a friend of mine burst into uncontrollable laughter. I was confused.
Everyone has secrets. Even you! Why fess up? It’s embarrassing. Virtually every character in Curtains has a secret. This musical comedy is a murder mystery, a repository of secrets. Untangle the lies, solve the crime.
Intelligent Life is fun to watch in some ways. Technically, it’s slick and professional. The set (C. Otis Sweeney) is a cluttered marvel—I think HotCity works its prop people (here led by Meg Brinkley) harder than anyone else around. The…
It's a trip down the rabbit hole seated on an out of control locomotive headed straight for disaster but like the heroine, Jean, I could neither jump off nor look away.
In Joe Orton’s short but prolific career as a writer, the Englishman developed a reputation for incisive and biting humor that lampooned the Establishment in merry olde England. Before his abilities could fully blossom, Orton tragically was bludgeoned to death…
If I were writing this review five years ago, I might refer to Awake and Sing! as a strong but dated piece of theatre. After all, we'd solved all those problems that caused the Great Depression, and we'd arranged things…
The 48 Hour Film Project comes to St. Louis on the weekend of June 1 - 3, 2012. Filmmakers from all over the St. Louis area will compete to see who can make the best short film in only 48 hours. The winning film will...
Whole Earth Nuclear Ukulele Orchestra will play the Broadway Oyster Bar on Wednesday, May 16th, featuring over 25 members of Jake’s Leg, Pickin’ Lickin’, Flea Bitten
Dogs and more playing music of the...