Kevin Cahoon’s career has come full circle with the new musical, “Shucked.” “I started by telling jokes to the rodeo announcer when I was 5 years old,” he says. Now, he’s a one-m…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:30AMThere are so many one-liners in “Shucked,” you’ll want to write them down. Don’t – just let the goofiness of the musical wash over you.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:00AMThere have been so many interpretations of Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd” it probably was time to give it a more traditional spin.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:30PMThanks to the show’s smart book (by Amber Ruffin and Matthew Lopez), the musical is able to address contemporary issues at a Jazz Age pace. It’s a remarkable feat that plays better than …
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:15AMIn a big Broadway revival – inventively directed by Michael Arden – it’s also a love story between Frank (Ben Platt) and his wife Lucille (Micaela Diamond). Together, they confront the…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:15AMLike “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” this show digs into the quieter moments of life and comes away with a loopy story that doesn’t promise a happy ending.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:00AMNEW YORK -- You can’t really call “Girl From the North Country” a jukebox musical, even though it features more than a dozen Bob Dylan songs.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:54PMNEW YORK -- “Company,” like several shows arriving this year, had expected to be on Broadway in 2020. It shut down, however, and didn’t make its debut until December.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:54PMThere are two Michael Jacksons on Broadway this year.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:18AMWant to burn 8,000 calories every day?
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:18AMNEW YORK -- You won’t find a more creative new show than “A Strange Loop.” Bubbling with ideas, humor and jaw-dropping candor, it’s a musical that challenges most conventions and dis…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:18AM“Hamilton” opened the door for more musical history lessons. Now “Six” is taking full advantage.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:19PMWhen A.J. Shively studied musical theater in college, directors usually put him in the back row of production numbers so he wouldn’t draw focus.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:33PMWhen a show is as popular as “Wicked,” there are heightened audience expectations, says actor John Bolton.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:18AMCharacters in “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” may dream of starring on Broadway. But at 16, Andrew Barth Feldman actually did it.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:48PMSome have brought the story into today's times, others have positioned it as a radio play. Here's a selection to get you in the holiday mood.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:30PMIn addition to finishing his first book, “Mixed Plate,” Koy wrote a movie that he and his writing partners sold to Steven Spielberg’s production company. But “It’s killing me,” h…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:48PMI paid $770 for one ticket to “Hamilton” and it was worth every penny.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:08PMThanksgiving dinners are ripe for drama – a fact not wasted on writer Stephen Karam.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:08PMOf course “Hamilton” will cut a wide swath through Sunday’s Tony Awards, but it may not be enough to land a record number of wins. “The Producers” nabbed 12 trophies. “Hamilton�…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:08PMWith “The Color Purple,” director John Doyle proves less is so much more.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:08PMPies can be a metaphor for life – humble crumble rhubarb, anyone? -- or so we learn in “Waitress.”
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:08PMIt’s a shame something as creative – and exciting – as “American Psycho” didn’t last on Broadway.
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