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Sunday, April 18, 2010

Where are you, Romeo - in late-1940s Jerusalem? by Judith Newmark • Post-Dispatch Theater Critic > [email protected] > 314-340-8243

Poor Romeo, who has just secretly married a girl forbidden to him and almost immediately killed her cousin, sums up his situation in a famous line: "O, I am fortune's fool!"

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:00AM

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Upstream stages 'Outlying Islands' by Judith Newmark • Post-Dispatch Theater Critic > [email protected] > 314-340-8243

Since there aren't exactly a slew of dramas about ornithologists, Scottish playwright David Greig's "Outlying Islands" promises to take us to new territory — territory perhaps as unfamilia…

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:00AM

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Funny pair spoof themselves in musical by Judith Newmark • Post-Dispatch Theater Critic > [email protected] > 314-340-8243

Ben Nordstrom and Steve Isom have entertained St. Louis in plenty of musicals — at Stages St. Louis, at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, all over.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:00AM

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Family eats its young , makes great theater by Judith Newmark • Post-Dispatch Theater Critic > [email protected] > 314-340-8243

As the riveting second act of "August: Osage County" plays out around a crowded dining room table, you have to wonder what these people are eating.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:00AM

Thursday, February 18, 2010

"Mamma Mia!" feels a little tired this time by Judith Newmark • Post-Dispatch Theater Critic > [email protected] > 314-340-8243

Like a mom who's been on her feet too long yet manages to put dinner on the table, "Mamma Mia!" still gets its job done. But maybe it's time for a break.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:00AM

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