Reviews of Dancing at Lughnasa; August: Osage County; The Lion King; Oedipus Apparatus; twelfth period; others, Apr. 27, 2017

    Reviews of (1) DANCING AT LUGHNASA, by Brian Friel, at Mustard Seed Theatre, (2) AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, by Tracy Letts, at St Louis Actors’ Studio, (3) THE LION KING, by Elton John & Tim Rice, et al., at the Fox Theatre, (4) MEN ARE FROM MARS – WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS LIVE!, by John Gray, at the Playhouse @ Westport Plaza, (5) OEDIPUS APPARATUS, adapted from Sophocles by Lucy Cashion, at the West End Players Guild, (6) TWELFTH PERIOD, OR NOT ANOTHER TWELFTH NIGHT, adapted from Shakespeare by Equally Represented Arts, (7) THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, by Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison, Bob Martin & Dom McKellar, at the Webster Univ. Conservatory, (8) GOSSIP, by George F. Walker, at Washington Univ., and (9) MONSTER, by Neal Bell, at Saint Louis Univ..