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Saturday, 04 February 2012 00:38
'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…
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.
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.
Sunday, 29 January 2012 20:06
Intimate Apparel, an award-winning play by Lynn Nottage, is worth trying on.
Written by Dennis Corcoran
There is much to admire in Esther's character, the focus of Lynn Nottage's engaging play Intimate Apparel. She is unflinchingly honest, kind, soft-spoken, humble and hard-working.
Sunday, 29 January 2012 19:16
The stunning variety of Spanish dance with Ensemble Espanol at the Touhill
Written by Chuck Lavazzi
The first Dance St. Louis program of the year was a stunner.
Winter Opera’s ambitious production of Strauss’s seriocomic “Ariadne auf Naxos” is impressive, given the size of the cast and intellectual complexity of the piece.
Thursday, 26 January 2012 12:07
HotCity's 'Oleanna' is tense, thought provoking
Written by Robert Mitchell
In "Oleanna", playwright David Mamet takes on a lot of issues: the state of academia, the pitfalls of bleeding heart liberals, the inequality of the sexes, the perils of communication breakdown, and perhaps most importantly the power of personal perception.
The year was 1964. The place? St. Nicholas, a Catholic church and school in the Bronx. The Doubt? Did Father Flynn molest one of his students, particularly the first African American student at the school? The answer leaves us in…
Sunday, 22 January 2012 16:49
Clayton Community Theatre serves a decaf cup of Black Coffee
Written by Lilith Daly
I am an Agatha Christie "newbie." I have never read one book, nor seen any staged production written by the mystery author. I was not familiar with the quick-witted, dust-loathing detective, M. Hercule Poirot, who has appeared in more than…
An apt tribute to the Fab Four at the Fox.
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