Theatre Review: AWAKENINGS Is the Sleeper Hit of the Season
For Opera Theatre St. Louis, the season doesn’t get much better than having two world premiere operas in the same season. The first, an adaptation of Dr. Oliver Sacks’ book Awakenings, was originally planned as the opener for the 2020 season. Despite being stalled, this highly emotional opera has finally arrived. Relentless in its intensity […]
Disney’s THE LION KING Roars at The Fox Theatre in St. Louis (Review)
It goes without saying, The Lion King is a fantastic musical. Based on the 1994 Disney animated film, the Broadway show opened in 1997 and won six Tony Awards, including: Best Musical, Direction (Julie Taymor), Choreography, Scenic Design, Costume Design, and Lighting Design. It holds the record for the 3rd longest-running show in Broadway history, […]
Theatre Review: The World Premiere of THE KARATE KID – THE MUSICAL at Stages St. Louis
Making its world premiere at Stages St. Louis, THE KARATE KID – THE MUSICAL is an adaptation that not only lives up to the beloved film it is based on – it surpasses it. The musical is based on the 1984 film written by Robert Mark Kamen and directed by John G. Avildsen, about a […]
Review: CARMEN Opens 2022 Festival Season at Opera Theatre of St. Louis
Bullfighting and bravado take center stage for Opera Theatre of St. Louis’ feisty production of Carmen. Set in Franco’s Spain, Rodula Gaitanou’s battle of the sexes takes a little time to get going. But, once it does, the production kicks into overdrive. Opening the company’s 48th season, Gaitanou’s interpretation breaks away from the trendy projections […]
Review: My Brother, My Brother and Me “Fancy Takes Flight Tour” Kicks Off in St. Louis
On Wednesday, April 20 at Stifel Theatre in St. Louis, fancy took flight. Thousands of fans of the brotherly trio packed the house as My Brother, My Brother and Me (MBMBaM, pronounced like “Ma-bim-bam” by the initiated) recorded a live podcast. Opening the show was an episode of youngest brother Griffin’s podcast Wonderful! that he […]
Review: HAMILTON Returns to The Fabulous Fox Theatre in St. Louis
Now playing through May 15. With the unfortunate delay of the 2020 Broadway Series, audiences in St. Louis were forced to “wait for it” a little longer – with the North American tour of Hamilton finally returning this month. Lin-Manuel Miranda reintroduced the world to Alexander Hamilton in 2015, with the show quickly becoming one […]
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 […]
Review: MY FAIR LADY at The Fabulous Fox Theatre
The national tour of Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady, revived by Lincoln Center Theater in 2018, is now playing The Fabulous Fox Theatre in St. Louis through April 3. The musical, adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, hit Broadway in 1956 starring Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison – winning six Tony Awards (including Best […]
Review: CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Is Fun Treat at The Fox
Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the beloved children’s book that spawned two feature-length films (with a new one on the way), is now a musical currently touring the country. The new stage adaptation brings the novel to life with songs from the 1971 classic starring Gene Wilder (“The Candy Man,” “I’ve Got a […]
Theatre Review: THE PROM Has Audiences Dancing at The Fabulous Fox
Being a kid is tough enough with trying to figure out who you are and what you want to do with the rest of your life. Throw in your peers looking at you differently, and a closed-minded community that wants to stop a person from just being themselves, and navigating high school just got even […]