7,058 stories from St. Louis Today
SENATOR SHINE: One of Missouri's first senators
will come clean on Sunday, following months of restoration on the
heels of 35 years of neglect.
CLASSICAL GLASS: Canadian-born playwright
Joanna McClelland Glass was in town recently for a
cocktail reception at the Central West End manse of
Guy and Peggy McClellan, prior to
the opening…
Seating here is first-come, first-serve
FOLDS FANS: Ben Folds rocked a sold-out crowd
at Powell Symphony Hall last night as he played with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra,
calling it "a great band."
Professor says movie depends on snobbery, and more
More silly than gory, "Cannibal!" is based " quite loosely " on
the true story of directionally challenged Alferd Packer.
Here's one of the strangest things about "Anonymous," the new
movie that argues that Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, wrote the
plays and poems of William Shakespeare:
"Falling" deals with autism
"Baby" follows three couples' reproductive adventures.
This is a busy weekend in the classical music world, with a
number of interesting offerings.
Project will create an outdoor play
With its improvisational spirit, jazz has vastly influenced
classical and pop music. But it's less often noted that quite a few
visual artists have been inspired by jazz, from Henri Matisse …
Peter Darling's superb choreography sweeps through dance and
music genres.
Bradford Buckley, contrabassoonist with the St. Louis Symphony
Orchestra since 1968, will retire at the end of the 2011-12 season,
the orchestra announced today.
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The waitress and short-order cook in Terrence McNally's 1987
play "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune" have long reigned
supreme as the most depressing lovers on the American stage. But…
Outdoor theater opens in June
Never mind the mayors; the general directors of Opera Theatre of
St. Louis and Fort Worth Opera had their own bet going over the
World Series. Today. Fort Worth head Darren Woods paid up.
The set that Jack Magaw designed for "Circle Mirror
Transformation" in the Loretto-Hilton's Emerson Studio Theatre is
so comfortable, you feel as if you've been there before.
SAVE THE DATE: Soprano Miran
Halen and her husband, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
concertmaster David Halen, will entertain guests
at a fundraiser for the symphony at Mary Strauss's
manse on …
"Jersey Boys," the terrific hit musical about Frankie Valli and
the Four Seasons, last played the Fox Theatre in May.
Comedian remains as funny as ever at Fox Theatre concert.
Seldom has a movie been transformed into a stage musical as
successfully as "Billy Elliot," the tale of a coal miner's son who
discovers that he has a talent for ballet. Set in northern Engl…
Spend a weekend at the 'Chateau la Roach,' where the food is
fresh, the rooms are clean, and the guests are greeted by friendly
hosts…of cockroaches! Francis Howell North's production of '…
Frankie Valli, a radio star who survived the assault of video,
cannot find a station he likes.
