‘Beetlejuice: The Musical’ Playing at The Fox Theater Through October 22nd
It is with increasing regularity that movies/films are being adapted into stage plays. Some are masterpieces like The Lion King, The Producers, and Spamalot. Others come along – I won’t name and shame – and they drop the ball completely. It might be because they simply rehash the source material and add a few jaunty […]
Concert Review: Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band at Fox Theatre
When I was making my plans to attend the sold-out Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band show at the Fabulous Fox Theater in St Louis on Saturday evening, September 23rd, I decided to leave extra early so that I could get plenty of people watching in before the show. I arrived a full hour before […]
The Fabulous Fox Theater Announces 2023–2024 Broadway Season
Thursday morning, The Fabulous Fox Theatre in St. Louis announced their 2023-2024 Broadway Season, which is nothing short of spectacular. The new season will kick off with BEETLEJUICE, followed by: TINA – The Tina Turner Musical, MRS. DOUBTFIRE, FUNNY GIRL, COMPANY, MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL, and MJ. An eight-show package is available to subscribers that […]
Blue Man Group Brings A Brisk New Production to The Fabulous Fox
Since 1987, Blue Man Group’s mix of percussive drumming, performance art, high-energy showmanship, and colorful moments of creativity has dazzled audiences worldwide. Despite their lasting success, the men in blue have never wavered from upping their game. The creative threesome’s newest show, now playing at The Fabulous Fox Theatre, is a relentless production that meshes […]
Theatre Review: HADESTOWN Turns Greek Myth Into Modern Tale at The Fabulous Fox
Winner of 8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Hadestown has made a stop in St. Louis at The Fabulous Fox through October 23. Based on the Greek tragedy of Orpheus (Chibueze Ihuoma) and Eurydice (Hannah Whitley), Anaïs Mitchell (book, music, lyrics) created a concept album in 2010 that would be developed into the Broadway show […]
Theatre Review: HAIRSPRAY at The Fabulous Fox
You can’t stop the FUN at Hairspray, currently playing The Fabulous Fox through April 9. In the hilarious and heartwarming musical, Tracy Turnblad (NIKI METCALF) – a high schooler in the early ’60s – would love nothing more than to be one of the dancers on “The Corny Collins Show” (think “American Bandstand”). Although her […]
Theatre Review: PRETTY WOMAN Kicks Off 2021-2022 Broadway Series at The Fabulous Fox
Musical theatre has found its way back to The Fabulous Fox Theatre, kicking off the 2021-2022 U.S. Bank Broadway Series with Pretty Woman: The Musical. Based on the hit 1990 film directed by Garry Marshall and written by J. F. Lawton, the story follows Vivian (Olivia Valli) – a prostitute working in Hollywood who makes […]
Theatre Review: THE BAND’S VISIT Is a Memorable One – Playing Fabulous Fox Through March 8
“Once not long ago, a group of musicians came to Israel from Egypt. You probably didn’t hear about it. It wasn’t very important.” This is how the ten-time Tony Award-winning musical The Band’s Visit opens. From the very first line – not even spoken, but projected above the stage – the audience is laughing, and […]
Theatre Review: See RENT This Weekend at the Fabulous Fox
The 20th Anniversary Tour of RENT is back this weekend at The Fabulous Fox. Going on almost 25 years since the show’s debut in 1996, Jonathan Larson’s message is still as strong as it was back then – and perhaps more relevant than ever. RENT is a story of love, acceptance, loss, and celebrating the […]
Concert Review: Wilco wows crowd at Fox Theatre
By Bob O’ Mahony and Carla Scuzzo A familiar crowd was warmed up by local legends, the Bottle Rockets, playing the Fox for the first time in some 22 years. The Bottle Rockets were from the same alt-country period of the St. Louis music scene, sometime working, sometimes playing together. They did a well put […]
