335 stories by "Andrea"
Many of the plays written by Charles Busch are well known for their inclination toward high camp, in which he is frequently featured in drag playing the leading lady. The Divine Sister…
The source material for this play, a novel written in 2010 by Matt Mikalatos, has been adapted for the stage by Mustard Seed's artistic director and director of this play, Deanna Jent, and i…
Chloë Moss based her 2010 play on research she did while volunteering at Cookham Wood prison in Kent, England, but in This Wide Night, prison time is only briefly mentioned -- it doesn't …
Anytime anyone says in a voice laced with anxiety, "Did you see the family moving in next door?", you always have an idea of where it's gonna go, right? You know what I'm talking about…
C.P. Taylor's 1981 play is tough to categorize. Some consider it a play. Others, a play with music, and some consider it a musical comedy, but the subject matter is anything but …
Neil Simon's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play is considered by many to be one of his best, and it's currently receiving a wonderfully heartfelt production opening the 16th season a…
Navigating those prickly adolescent years can be a real bitch, and bruises can be hard to avoid -- psychological or otherwise. These perennial rocky roads are explored in Stray Dog The…
I can hardly think of a better way to catch a break from the onslaught of this year's presidential campaign than to check out this saucy, contemporary, in-your-face look at our seventh presi…
As the plays opens, married couple Gabe (Christopher Hickey) and Karen (Michelle Hand) are telling their good friend Beth (Sarah Cannon) all of the details about their latest vacation. …
This play was first introduced at HotCity's GreenHouse Festival, where new plays are workshopped and shown to the public. Now, here we are, a few years later, and Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday…
The last joint production of Soundstage and R-S Theatrics is quite a challenging choice. Adapted from Elmer Rice's 1923 Expressionistic play, the musical premiered at the Next Theatre …
The title of this 1982 play that ushers in the sixth season of Mustard Seed Theatre, was an American idiom that indicated overwhelming emotion, and according to Belle "Maw" Wheeler (Nancy Le…
"It's that time -- that wonderful New York hour when the evening's about to reward you for that day". This quote from one of the characters, Denis McCleary, is how he explains the…
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 …
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
