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Sunday, November 16, 2014

THE RESIDENTS OF CRAIGSLIST • ERA by Andrea

Experimental theatre company, Equally Represented Arts, is currently staging an original piece created entirely from Craigslist ads. Yep, you heard me. Artistic director Lucy Cashion and ass…

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Friday, November 14, 2014

A KID LIKE JAKE • The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (Studio Theatre) by Andrea

The Rep's Studio season kicks off with Daniel Pearle's skillfully crafted one-act drama, "A Kid Like Jake", and begins with Alex (Leigh Williams) frantically brooding over a table full of ap…

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 09:45AM
Tuesday, November 4, 2014

CHANCERS • Max & Louie Productions by Andrea

After a debut in Ireland last year, Max & Louie Productions gives Robert Massey's "Chancers" its US premiere. In it, a married couple are having a rough time making ends meet, and this c…

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 10:04AM
Sunday, October 19, 2014

THE K OF D: AN URBAN LEGEND • Blue Rose Stage Collective by Andrea

Along Cherokee Street's Antique Row, through an alleyway of rusty remnants and wrought iron running alongside Revisionist Inn, there's a crackling fire pit, hot cider, s'mores, and a makeshi…

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 11:49AM
Thursday, October 9, 2014

BONNIE & CLYDE • New Line Theatre by Andrea

"Bonnie & Clyde" made a brief appearance on Broadway in 2011 after a world premiere in California two years earlier. This musical isn't a remake of Warren Beatty and Arthur Penn's well k…

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 10:51AM
Wednesday, October 1, 2014

ASSASSINS • The November Theater Company by Andrea

There's a new theatre company on the scene folks, and the November Theater Company has chosen for its inaugural production, "Assassins", with a book by John Weidman and score by my hero, Ste…

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 09:26AM
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

ALL IN THE TIMING • St. Louis Actors' Studio by Andrea

Playwright David Ives plays fast and loose with the concepts of time and language in his zesty collection of six one-act comedies. You have an idea of what you're getting into when you see P…

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 09:40AM
Friday, September 19, 2014

PURLIE • The Black Rep by Andrea

Ossie Davis’s Tony Award winning musical debuted in 1970, and is based on the play, “Purlie Victorious", that he wrote in 1961. The Black Rep gives this uplifting show about freedom and …

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 09:17AM
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

THE NORMAL HEART • HotCityTheatre by Andrea

It's been nearly thirty years since Larry Kramer's autobiographical play about the early brutal days of the HIV-AIDS crisis debuted off-Broadway, but this smoldering indictment of the failur…

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 09:34AM
Sunday, September 7, 2014

FIRST LADY SUITE • R-S Theatrics by Andrea

R-S Theatrics has never been a company to shy away from unconventional material, and its current St. Louis premiere production is no exception. Composer-lyricist Michael John LaChiusa disman…

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 11:50PM
Monday, September 1, 2014

HUMAN TERRAIN • Mustard Seed Theatre by Andrea

Mustard Seed kicks off its season with a world-premiere by Jennifer Blackmer that focuses on an anthropologist embedded with a military unit in Iraq. The story is fictional, but the program …

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 09:09PM
Saturday, August 30, 2014

THE SPITFIRE GRILL • Insight Theatre Company by Andrea

Insight continues its season with a musical based on the 1996 film of the same name -- a folksy, simple little tale of hope, set in rural Wisconsin.Newly released from prison, Percy (full na…

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Sunday, August 24, 2014

MARY SHELLEY MONSTER SHOW • Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble by Andrea

Mother Nature's thunderstorms contributed nicely to the mood of Slightly Askew's opening night of "Mary Shelley Monster Show", an original play conceived by SATE's artistic director Rachel T…

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 10:56PM
Saturday, August 23, 2014

FOUR SUGARS • Stray Dog Theatre New Works Laboratory by Andrea

A quick shout out to a strong production playing at Tower Grove Abbey. Stray Dog's annual New Works Laboratory is presenting local playwright and actor, Stephen Peirick's latest full-length …

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 11:53AM
Monday, August 4, 2014

QUILLS • Max & Louie Productions by Andrea

Playwright Doug Wright, whose works include "I Am My Own Wife", "Grey Gardens" and "Hands on a Hardbody", offered audiences a fictionalized depiction of the Marquis de Sade's last years in C…

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 03:28AM
Friday, August 1, 2014

LABUTE NEW THEATER FESTIVAL II • St. Louis Actors' Studio by Andrea

Part two of the LaBute New Theater Festival, featuring the remaining three finalists, kicked off this past Friday, with Neil LaBute in town for the festivities. This week's crop of plays&nbs…

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 04:24PM
Tuesday, July 29, 2014

FUNNY GIRL • Stray Dog Theatre by Andrea

Stray Dog closes its season with Bob Merrill and Jule Styne's "Funny Girl", very loosely based on the life of turn-of-the-century actress, singer and radio star, Fanny Brice. This story of a…

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 10:19PM
Friday, July 18, 2014

LABUTE NEW THEATER FESTIVAL I • St. Louis Actors' Studio by Andrea

The St. Louis Actors’ Studio's LaBute New Theater Festival, featuring premiere one-act plays, began its second appearance last Friday after a successful debut last year. Over 250 world-wid…

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 01:45AM
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

THIRD ANNUAL ST. LOU FRINGE • HEADS UP! by Andrea

Here's a quick reminder about St. Lou Fringe's third annual arts festival coming up this week -- June 18th through June 22nd. This'll be gone before you know it, and this performing arts ext…

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 12:58AM
Thursday, June 5, 2014

HANDS ON A HARDBODY • New Line Theatre by Andrea

New Line closes its 23rd season with "Hands on a Hardbody", a regional premiere. The musical is based on a 1997 documentary that follows several contestants vying to win a brand-new Nissan H…

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 12:48AM
Thursday, May 29, 2014

THE HOMECOMING • St. Louis Actors' Studio by Andrea

Playwright Harold Pinter's works have fallen into a category called, "Comedy of Menace". STLAS's current production, "The Homecoming", exemplifies this definition, proving that nearly fifty …

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 06:59PM
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

PRAYER FOR THE GUN BUG • OnSite Theatre Company by Andrea

OnSite Theatre's current offering, "Prayer for the Gun Bug" will satisfy the minds and bellies of theatre adventurers. In keeping with the company's tradition of presenting site-specific the…

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 01:24AM
Thursday, May 15, 2014

BACHELORETTE • Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble by Andrea

The display of alcohol fueled bitchiness among women is nothing new, but the vicious appetites of the three women featured in Leslye Headland's play firmly places the dark in dark comed…

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 08:33AM
Tuesday, May 6, 2014

24 Hour Play Festival - ROUND 2! • Theatre Lab & The Players Project Theater Company by Andrea

This past weekend, Theatre Lab & Players Project Theatre Company teamed up for the second installment of the 24 Hour Play Festival, held at Webster Groves High School. This is one of tho…

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 10:28PM
Saturday, May 3, 2014

WINDMILL BABY • Upstream Theater by Andrea

Upstream Theater continues its "Down Under" season with Australian playwright David Milroy's "Windmill Baby". Upstream once again ushers in a US premiere that was first presented in 2005 in …

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 02:42PM
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

SHAKE38 • Shakespeare Festival St. Louis by Andrea

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis honored the Bard's 450th birthday with Shake38 last week, a five day festival with various companies staging all of Shakespeare's plays. The plays were perform…

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 07:47AM
Wednesday, April 16, 2014

ONCE • The Fox by Andrea

After an off-Broadway run in 2011, “Once” opened on Broadway the next year, snagging eight Tony awards. Based on the 2006 film bearing the same title, the song "Falling Slowly" also won …

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 09:09AM
Monday, April 7, 2014

CABARET • Stray Dog Theatre by Andrea

Stray Dog kicks off the last half of its season with Kander and Ebb's classic, "Cabaret", turning the space at Tower Grove Abbey into Berlin's Kit Kat Klub. This darkly ironic musical about …

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 08:06PM
Thursday, March 27, 2014

THE PRICE • The New Jewish Theatre by Andrea

"The Price", one of Arthur Miller's last critically successful plays, burrows into the complicated family dynamics between two estranged brothers. Choices made long ago become the source of …

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 08:48AM
Sunday, March 23, 2014

BRIEFS: A Festival of Short LGBT Plays • La Perla by Andrea

Helmed by That Uppity Theatre Company, in partnership with The Vital VOICE, "Briefs" is back for its third year, and this festival of short LGBT plays, with almost 100 submissions from acros…

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 12:28PM
Thursday, March 20, 2014

Second Annual St. Louis Theater Circle Awards by Andrea

Well, another celebration of St. Louis theatre is in the books, a wonderful time was had by all, and I had quite a headache Tuesday morning. :) Seriously though, the talent in this town is s…

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 07:13PM

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