“The Queen and Her Ghosts” made a promising debut last weekend. The play by Annalise McCann is about Lady Jane Grey, a granddaughter of King Henry VII. In 1553, she was briefly recognized as England’s queen after the death of Edward VI, Henry VIII’s only son. The play begins with the political machinations of John […]

“Confetti Kids” is receiving its first full production from SATE. The play’s development was supported by St. Louis Shakespeare Festival’s Confluence Writers Project, which mounted a staged reading in March 2025.

No one who loves musicals should miss the brilliant staging of “Something Rotten!” at The Muny.

Union Avenue Opera is concluding its season with Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Samson et Dalila,” which is based on the Old Testament story of Samson and Delilah in the Book of Judges. The production sets a high musical standard at the very outset. In the introduction, the Union Avenue orchestra leaves no doubt about the despair of […]

What would any of us do when extreme situations push us far past the boundaries of normal behavior? That is the question explored by William Mastrosimone in his 1982 play “Extremities,” which is the current offering at Stray Dog Theatre.

An outdoor production cannot play to a full hall, but the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival’s “Two Gentlemen of Verona” played to a full hill at the Missouri Botanical Garden on press night. The delightful show is the work of TourCo, the festival’s touring arm.

The spectacular video is worth the price of admission for “Meet Me in St. Louis” at The Muny. This production is a revival of the version first presented as the final offering in The Muny’s 100th anniversary season.

In an earlier review of “Guys and Dolls,” I commented on how the incongruous title of the first number, “Fugue for Tinhorns,” exemplifies the musical’s Runyonesque style. The fugue is an intricate classical form. Tinhorns are cheap and pretentious. The show’s gamblers speak in a language with the same mixture of high and low elements—polite, […]

First Run Theatre’s current offering is “Tenn.” This is the first full production of Aaron Scully’s play, but it received a reading in March 2025 during the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival’s Confluence New Play Festival.

The current show at The Muny is “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations.” The Muny staging of the jukebox musical has brilliant performances of 31 wonderful songs from the Motown catalog, and it looks as great as it sounds.