Monday, August 20, 2012
My buddy Lisa and me,pre- half-time show!Nice pants, right?!Okay so first of all, it's not really my birthday anymore, but close enough! Being a few days into my 46th birthday and all …
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 01:40AMMonday, August 6, 2012
Welcome to Armadillo Acres Trailer Park, the redneck little homely haven where the action of The Great American Trailer Park Musical unfolds. Stray Dog Theatre closes it…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 12:45AMTuesday, July 17, 2012
Woo-hoo, road trip!I'd never been to Ozark Actors Theatre, now celebrating its 25th anniversary season, and I'm glad I made the trip. They're located in Rolla Missouri, just about an h…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 03:54AMFriday, June 22, 2012
In case you haven't heard, there's a Fringe festival going on right now in St. Louis! Before I get into that, let me give you a quick review of the show I saw earlier tonight.The West …
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 02:33AMMonday, June 18, 2012
You really can't beat a night of theatre and bowling, right? OnSite Theatre specializes in "site specific" plays. Every show is set in a different location suited to the play, an…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 10:12PMFriday, June 15, 2012
Stages' first show of its season splendidly hearkens back to the music of the 1920s and '30s. It's not a traditional "musical". It's a musical revue -- in tribute to the tunes of…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 01:20AMSaturday, June 9, 2012
New Line Theatre has revived High Fidelity after giving this musical its first regional premiere in 2008. Based on the novel by Nick Hornby, High Fidelity suffered a short life on Broa…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 10:39PMSunday, June 3, 2012
R-S Theatrics has settled nicely into its new home at the Black Cat Theatre in Maplewood with a searing production of Bill Cain's 9 Circles. The title is a reference to Dante Alighieri…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 04:15AMWednesday, May 30, 2012
Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's musical thriller has been captivating audiences since 1979, and has enjoyed not only theatre, but opera house productions from companies all over the worl…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 12:35AMSunday, May 27, 2012
Ibn Shabazz's Insidious had its 2010 premiere at Road Less Traveled Productions in Buffalo, New York, and the Black Rep's production of this St. Louis premiere, the play's second mounting, i…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 02:07AMMonday, May 14, 2012
Paul Rudnick's 2007 play is made up of vignettes, primarily featuring monologues by its main characters who all have one thing in common -- they are, or have been affected by, someone gay.&n…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 04:19AMSaturday, May 12, 2012
In the final production of NJT's 15th season, actors play double roles and time-travel from the present day to the 1930's in a nifty little backstage romp. It's always fun watchin…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 11:38AMTuesday, April 24, 2012
Stray Dog's repertory cycle of Angels in America culminates with Part Two: Perestroika, and it continues to impress. The themes introduced in Part One: Millennium Approaches (you can r…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 02:56AMWednesday, April 18, 2012
"Prepare the way…" -- a supernatural admonition given to a young man in 1985, new to his first lesion of Kaposi's sarcoma, a devastating indication of the AIDS virus. Meanwhile, a va…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 12:21AMMonday, April 9, 2012
This first play from Tracy Letts takes a look at the Smiths -- a brood that gives the phrase "trailer trash" a whole new meaning. Killer Joe is the third play I've seen from Letts…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 08:41PMTuesday, April 3, 2012
I love this night. I get to dress up (thanks, K9) and stare at the St. Louis actors I've admired all year. Yes, I'm a geek, but I managed to gawk and point way less than last yea…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 12:03PMWednesday, March 28, 2012
Some wounds are harder to heal than others, and the latest offering from New Jewish, written by Jeffrey Sweet and directed by Alec Wild, deals with injuries sustained from the…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 08:40AMThursday, March 22, 2012
There's a lot packed into Nilaja Sun's play that garnered Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle, Theatre World and Obie Awards when it opened Off-Broadway in 2006.The title of the play is a r…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 08:56AMThursday, March 15, 2012
The featured playwright of Muddy Waters Theatre this season is Tracy Letts. Yay! Buckle up, right? Okay, let me just get this out of the way -- I remember the numerous walk…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 01:20AMSaturday, March 10, 2012
The first show of DLP's third season is one that I'd never seen before. Yes, I know -- I'm always late to the party. According to the posted director's notes, when Tennessee Will…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 03:59PMThursday, March 8, 2012
Premiering on Broadway in 2008, Cry-Baby was nominated for 4 Tonys including choreography, book and score. Still, it was not as critically acclaimed as its 2002 predecessor Hairspray, …
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 12:10AMThursday, March 1, 2012
The West End Players Guild continues their season with Wake Up, Cameron Dobbs, a world premiere penned by St. Louis actor and playwright, Stephen Peirick. Written in 2006, this comedy …
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 04:18AMThursday, February 23, 2012
A girl on her way home from rehab, an inappropriate trip to a cabin in the woods, and a series of pre-interpretations that turn "make-out" point into "break-up" point and then back again -- …
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 11:01PMWednesday, February 8, 2012
First of all, get a ticket. This hilarious show, superbly co-directed by Justin Been and Gary F. Bell, lampoons everything from political corruption, the legal system and bureaucracy, …
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 02:27AMThursday, February 2, 2012
"Himmelweg", translated from German, means "Way to Heaven". In the context of this absorbing play by Juan Mayorga, it means the sound of the train, and the way to the gas chambers. &nb…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 02:30AMMonday, January 30, 2012
It's that time again! The Kevin Kline Awards honor excellence in St. Louis professional theater, and are presented by the Professional Theatre Awards Council, and the nominees for the …
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 08:28PMSunday, January 29, 2012
HotCity is kicking off their 2012 season with this tense, explosive play written by David Mamet, that will surely leave you with some thoughts as you head to your car after the show.The play…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 04:09PMSunday, January 22, 2012
[insert name here] Theatre Company, recently a project under the wing of Stray Dog Theatre, took a hiatus in 2011, but now they're back with this dynamic furry-faced coming-of-age musical th…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 03:08AMSaturday, January 14, 2012
Often when I'm writing blog posts, I try to remind myself not to use too many adjectives. And then there's this post… I'm not even sure where to start it's so good.The Rep…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 02:12AMWednesday, January 11, 2012
This 2006 play from Irish playwright, Conor McPherson, is currently onstage presented by the West End Players Guild, and if you're into Irish plays, this one's for you. This show also …
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 01:02AMMonday, January 9, 2012
Wow. It's been a long time since I've been to a show. Hello again, theatre. I've missed you…Next in the Fox's Broadway series is a show based on Jean Poiret's 1973 play t…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 01:43PM 
