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Wednesday, April 11, 2018

A passionate, intellectual drama opens at New Jewish Theatre by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Playwright David Ives gives a 17th-century argument modern resonance

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:15PM

'Torn Asunder' at Black Rep tells stories of families ripped apart by slavery by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Black Rep world premier "Torn Asunder" is inspired by work of Heather Andrea Williams, specialist in families ripped apart by slavery

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:19PM
Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Small lives take a big stage in 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead' by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Tom Stoppard turns 'Hamlet' inside-out for 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:59PM
Monday, April 9, 2018

A tender and disturbing drama closes the West End season by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Love means having to hide and lie in 'Cardboard Piano'

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:27PM
Saturday, April 7, 2018
Friday, April 6, 2018

Life as a Plastic is fantastic for Broadway 'Mean Girls' star Taylor Louderman by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Taylor Louderman of Bourbon, Mo., stars on Broadway in "Mean Girls," which opens Sunday. The show has been in previews since March 12.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:00PM
Thursday, April 5, 2018

'Hamilton' rises up to the highest reaches at the Fox Theatre by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Artists combine their talents to create a musical-theater masterpiece

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:00PM
Saturday, March 31, 2018
Wednesday, March 28, 2018

'Stiff' explores life with the surprise of disability by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Writer and actor Sherry Jo Ward draws on her own life for 'Stiff'

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:03PM
Thursday, March 22, 2018

Big stars come to wish the Muny 'Happy Birthday' by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Two May events kick off the centennial celebration

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:53AM
Monday, March 19, 2018

Lottery for $10 'Hamilton' tickets starts April 1 by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Winners will see the acclaimed musical for $10 a ticket

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:38PM
Saturday, March 17, 2018

Jacqueline Thompson is one of St. Louis' most versatile performers by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Since she came home in 2013, she's worked frontstage and back

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:15PM
Friday, March 16, 2018

'As It Is in Heaven' is a simple gift at Mustard Seed Theatre by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Shaker women try to deal with visions in 'As It Is in Heaven'

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:20PM
Wednesday, March 14, 2018

A Hoboken love story sings to its own music by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Joplin and Nolan shine in a warm-hearted show at Insight.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:25PM
Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Whom can you trust when you're 'Caught'? by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Christopher Chen's play lives on the blurry line between reality and art

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:45PM
Saturday, March 10, 2018

'Hamilton' leads the ranks of spring theater engagements by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

There's more coming besides the acclaimed musical playing the Fox

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:09AM
Wednesday, March 7, 2018

St. Louis school wins a R.I.S.E. grant for expenses in theater classes by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

NBC donates $500,000 to school theater programs around the country

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:00AM
Monday, March 5, 2018
Friday, March 2, 2018

Hard choices: Artistic directors make them every year by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Planning a new season depends on instinct and brains, money and luck

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:23AM
Wednesday, February 28, 2018

New Line sets next season by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The season's sounds take in Broadway, rock, and a kind of operetta

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:10PM

Alan Knoll by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

To Alan Knoll, for the way he explored an uncommonly wide emotional range in “Infected” at Upstream Theater. “Infected” is a one-man drama, so Knoll had nobody to work with or agains…

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:15AM

Kathleen Wise and Lauren Marcus by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

To Kathleen Wise and Lauren Marcus, who play sisters in “The Humans” at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. Their short scene together, when the sisters slip away from the family for a p…

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:00AM

Stephen Henley by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

To Stephen Henley for his performance as Malcolm, the butler plus hairdresser in “Red Scare on Sunset” at Stray Dog Theatre. Henley’s portrayal of Malcolm — effeminate, outrageous, u…

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:45AM

Peggy Billo by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

To Peggy Billo for her performance as a vicious, drug-addled, shrewd woman in the Washington University theater department’s production of “August: Osage County.” Most members of the c…

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:45AM

Ellie Schwetye by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

To director Ellie Schwetye, who captured the fascination we all feel when we look at the stars in a key scene in “Silent Sky” at the West End Players. Obviously, no actual stars were inv…

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:30AM

Annamaria Pileggi by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

To director Annamaria Pileggi, who kept the balance taut up to the very last moments of “BlackBird” at the St. Louis Actors’ Studio. A disturbing drama about the sexual abuse of a chil…

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:15AM
Friday, February 23, 2018

'A Streetcar Named Desire' highlights 2018 Tennessee Williams festival by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The drama takes place in the New Orleans' French Quarter, the theme for this year's events

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:04PM
Wednesday, February 14, 2018

All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards