335 stories by "Andrea"
Playwright Jeffrey Hatcher's two-actor, one-act play was inspired by memories of an etiquette class he took as a child. You get a taste of that right off the top during the pre-show an…
Talking Heads was originally a series of several monologues, written by British playwright Alan Bennett, for the BBC beginning in 1988. The series was adapted for the stage in 1991 and…
NJT's final show of its season is unique. It's a musical adaptation of Isaac B. Singer's Chelm stories -- traditional, typically self-deprecating Jewish folk tales that involve foolish…
Contemporary life can be smothering sometimes, right? With many of us spending our days tethered to our cellphones and laptops, wouldn't it be nice to live during a time where we weren…
Receiving its world premiere at the Black Rep, Smash/Hit!, written by Steve Broadnax and Michael S. Bordner, centers around "Money" (Ronald L. Conner), and his aspirations of making it big o…
Played out on a minimal set with a couple of stones, a leafless tree, and a backdrop of a blue cloudy sky, Waiting for Godot, as the title suggests, is about these two guys, Vladimir (Gary W…
Stray Dog continues its trend of not backing away from ambitious shows with its current production, Gypsy -- one of the most highly regarded book musicals in the canon of musical theatr…
This engrossing one-act, one-man show covers a lot of ground. Adapted from the novel "Confession" by Yonatan Ben Nachum, it's based on a true story centering around Andrés Gonzal…
OnSite Theatre Company, like the name suggests, specializes in site-specific theatre -- very cool and quite exceptional in the local area. Their latest offering is a world premiere tha…
Matthew Lopez's intriguing play about a Jewish family of sorts premiered in 2011 off-Broadway and garnered Lucille Lortel, Obie and Outer Critics Circle Awards, and it's getting a powerful p…
Here they are folks, the nominees and award winners for the inaugural St. Louis Theater Circle Awards! (Another organization in town owns the rights to the name "Louie's", so yeah.&nbs…
Venus in Fur, under Seth Gordon's flawless direction, is currently searing the Rep's Studio stage. Taking a look at sexual power dynamics with sharp wit, humor and a slightly surreal t…
You know it's a farce when you notice that the set has 6 doors, am I right? This one, written by French playwright Marc Camoletti debuted in 1960's Paris and the translated version cam…
Next to Normal had its Broadway debut in 2009 and won three Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize for Drama. While it's not exactly your standard musical theatre fare, this hard driving roc…
That Uppity Theatre Company, along with the folks at The Vital VOICE are back with the 2nd Annual installment of Briefs: A Festival of Short LGBT Plays. The plays featured this year (a…
I admit -- at one point I doubted that this show would ever come to St. Louis. I saw it a couple of years ago in my favorite city and thought it would be too controversial. But h…
High camp is in store for those who check out Stray Dog's latest offering, Charles Busch's Psycho Beach Party, that debuted off-Broadway in 1987. This lively romp fuses those old beach…
NJT's third show of its 16th season features its first play by David Mamet -- Speed-the-Plow, directed here by Tim Ocel. Debuting in 1988, this play, as many Mamet plays like Amer…
Christopher Durang's brief play, Mrs. Sorken, was plucked from a collection of one-act parodies featured in his self-titled, Durang/Durang, and it kicks off the show, serving as nice i…
Edward Albee is considered one of this country's most influential playwrights, winning three Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. Who doesn't love Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, right? He…
Many of you folks know that the Kevin Kline Awards, part of the Professional Theatre Council of St. Louis (PTC), a local organization formed with the intention of honoring excellen…
The Rep. continues its season with David Lindsay-Abaire's sincere and timely look at the underclass. It centers on Margaret (Denise Cormier), who's a little down on her luck. Not…
Talley's Folly, written in 1979 by Lanford Wilson, takes a look at the reunion of an unlikely couple -- a Jewish accountant and a small town girl from Lebanon, Missouri.It's 1944, and Matt F…
If you've never heard of Harry Potter, you may need to get out more. Suffice it to say that the series of Harry Potter books and the resulting eight films have become a cultural icon.&…
Larry Shue's 1984 play is a charming, funny, feel-good affair, perfect for the holiday season, and it's currently getting a splendid production at the Rep, under Edward Stern's spot-on direc…
