It’s hard to say who had a better time at “Shrek the Musical” – the parents or the children, often green-clad and gleefully giggling at the daffy antics. The Muny’s annual family favorite ‘Kids Show’ ...
To discuss Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’ New Works Collective in 2025 is to engage with a program that is, at once, an artistic initiative, a social experiment and a statement of intent. The project, ...
Even a top form June Squibb can’t quite save director Scarlett Johansson’s “Eleanor the Great,” a dramedy that can’t reconcile its disparate tones. Johannson’s directorial debut stars the 94-year-old ...
Brimming with vim and vigor, Stages St. Louis’ “Disney’s Newsies” pops with personality. Stressing unity in troubled times, it’s a modern message about how harnessing hope can change lives. Believe!
Savage, heartfelt, and memorable, director Nia DaCosta’s “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” carves its own gory yet defiantly hopeful path through the apocalypse. Taking place shortly after the events ...
A haunting and hard-hitting portrait of human tenacity in the face of injustice, “I’m Still Here” has now opened in local theaters. A political drama based on a harrowing true story from Brazil, it ...
English philosopher R.G. Collingwood said, “The only clue to what man can do is what man has done.” That is the direction this historical drama takes as it revisits the Nuremberg trials but delves ...
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis closes its 2026 festival season with a production of Charles Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet” that understands exactly what makes the opera work. Director Keturah Stickann, ...
The Critics Choice Association (CCA) unveiled the winners of the Ninth Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards at a gala event in New York City. Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story and Will & ...
Featuring dramatic recitations from the pen of the master of mystery and macabre, “An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe” will take place at Waterloo’s historic Peterstown House at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct.
Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” balances fairy-tale whimsy with deeper allegory, and Winter Opera’s production embraces that duality with refreshing sincerity. Without gimmicks, forced interpretations or ...
A glorious, glamorous, and grand gem of a good-time show, “Anything Goes” celebrates everything I love about musical theater – big splashy dance numbers, sophisticated songs, light-hearted comedy and ...