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Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Debby Lennon shines in 'Grey Gardens' by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Musical makes its St. Louis debut at Max & Louis

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:43PM
Monday, July 11, 2016

A death at Stray Dog Theatre by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The loss of production director Jay Hall rips through the St. Louis theater community

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:44PM
Wednesday, July 6, 2016

A pretty production of 'The Music Man' needs a little more oomph by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Hunter Foster and Elena Shaddow star in the new Muny show

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:42PM

Slightly Askew embarks on a 'season of adaptation' by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble will launch its tenth season with another production of a play it debuted in 2014, “Mary Shelley Monster Show.”

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:22AM
Saturday, July 2, 2016

Mother and daughter share catastrophes and songs in 'Grey Gardens' by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Playwright Doug Wright finds his kind of drama among people outside social norma

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:03AM
Monday, June 27, 2016

LaBute Festival IV mounts more new works by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Scripts from writer across the country will debut here

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:51PM
Sunday, June 26, 2016

Tap dancers cast a jazzy spell in '42nd Street' by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Director/choreographer Denis Jones fashions a high-voltage show

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:39AM
Friday, June 24, 2016

Tap dancers give Muny's '42nd Street' its heartfelt power by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Director/choreographer Denis Jones returns to an old love at the Muny.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:37AM
Wednesday, June 22, 2016

In Sondheim's 'Company,' a birthday shakes a bachelor to the core by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Martin Fox gives a strong, subtle performance at Insight Theatre Company.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:48AM
Saturday, June 18, 2016

Women share secrets and a very ugly outfit at Stray Dog by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Alan Ball's 1990s comedy looks a little frayed at the hem

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:03PM
Thursday, June 16, 2016

Insight's 'Company' introduces Sondheim themes by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim — famously brilliant, famously challenging — has enjoyed many successes in his long career: “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” �…

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:36PM
Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Wedding comedy opens the season at Stages by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Claire Manship gives a bravura performance in 'It Shoulda Been You'

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:04PM

'The Wizard of Oz' returns to the Muny in grand style by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Ever-popular show opens the outdoor theater's 98th season

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:04PM
Sunday, June 12, 2016

Muny designers start from scratch to create larger-than-life shows by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Muny's season opens Monday evening with "The Wizard of Oz."

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:51AM
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Saturday, June 4, 2016

This 'Midsummer' is fun for the whole family by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis stages its 16th free show in Forest Park

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:33PM
Thursday, June 2, 2016

Scientific strides and moral dilemmas meet in 'Atomic' by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

New Line stages the Midwestern premiere of a rock musical about the Manhattan Project.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:21PM
Monday, May 30, 2016

A smalll production illuminates a corner of Tennessee Williams by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

'The Two-Character Play' explores familiar Williams' themes

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:56PM
Sunday, May 29, 2016

St. Louis theater artists mourn for actor B. Weller by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Weller, who worked at Washington University, appeared on many stages here

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:51PM
Saturday, May 28, 2016
Wednesday, May 25, 2016

The Muny sets off to see the Wizard in grand style by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Special events will be part of 'Oztravaganza' at the theater in Forest Park

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:01PM
Friday, May 20, 2016

'Jersey Boys' returns to the Fox in fine form by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Four Seasons' hits punctuate a well-written backstage story.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:37AM
Monday, May 16, 2016

'Yentl' plays like a little sister to 'Fiddler' by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Musical closes the season at New Jewish Theatre.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:27PM
Saturday, May 14, 2016

In founder's farewell, St. Lou Fringe salutes the Age of Glam by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Festival founder Em Piro will move on after this year.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:36AM
Friday, May 13, 2016

Unusual setting gives 'The St. Louis Rooming House Plays' resonance by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The production is part of Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:40PM
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Olympia Dukakis cancels her Tennessee Williams Festival appearance by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis substitutes a rarely-produced play

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:55AM
Saturday, May 7, 2016

Dances make the show in 'Bullets over Broadway' by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The production at the Peabody could have used more meat on its bones.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:18AM

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