335 stories by "Andrea"
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…
"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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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, …
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 …
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 -- …
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, …
"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…
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 …
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…
[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…
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…
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 …
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…
Hello again theatre peeps, and Happy Holidays! You know what the Holiday season brings -- among many other things, it's also typically when I ramble on about random stuff, so here goes…
Samuel Beckett wrote of his character in KRAPP'S LAST TAPE, "Krapp has nothing to talk to but his dying self and nothing to talk to him but his dead one." This hour-long, one-act,…
The plays I've seen from The New Jewish Theatre often seem to be these intimate little "slice of life" affairs that offer lessons that sneak up on you. This 1997 Tony Award winning pla…
A musical about the New Testament? Sure, why not?! Originating as a thesis project that ended up running Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre in 1971 (where it ran for 5 years…
Charles Marowitz's fictional account of a rivalry between two real-life figures, playwrights Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare, is an intriguing, slick little play, and under …
Muddy Waters closes their 2011 season with Paula Vogel's 1998 Pulitzer Prize winning comedic drama, HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE. Vogel's incredible script deals with some very unfunny thing…
