Email Author Deanna Jent

2006 Stories by Deanna Jent

• Song of Songs

  published December 6, 2006

  The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis is presenting another musical parody — this one with a less-scatological title than its Off-Ramp cousin,... More >>

• Arthur! Arthur!

  published December 6, 2006

  Using the situations and hysteria surrounding the Salem witch trials, Arthur Miller's 1953 play The Crucible presents a thinly... More >>

• Look Out Below

  published November 22, 2006

  Super-sized characters populate Orpheus Descending: the simmering, sexually repressed Lady; a "conjure man" who shrieks Indian war... More >>

• Capsule Reviews

  published November 15, 2006

  Menopause The Musical This sassy musical revue parodies songs of the '60s and '70s focusing on issues of aging and hormone imbalance (to... More >>

• Tempting Faith

  published November 8, 2006

  In the crisp opening scene of the West End Players Guild production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal, silence and gesture speak louder... More >>

• Harm's Way

  published November 1, 2006

  Back in April Upstream Theater presented a play (Alma en venta/Soul on Sale) about a Mexican-American artist and staged it in an art... More >>

• Naked Ambition

  published October 25, 2006

  Exotic dancers and sex-trade workers are the backdrop for Girl Gone, a murder mystery that ultimately explores the psychology of... More >>

• Any Happy Returns?

  published October 18, 2006

  Everything's in place for a great grand-opening party at the new Black Cat Theatre in Maplewood. There's ample parking and plenty of... More >>

• Who Done Him?

  published October 11, 2006

  What do acrobatic briefcases, Heart of Darkness and a clitoris named "Rosebud" have in common? If you answered "Orson Welles,"... More >>

• Perfect Tent

  published October 4, 2006

  Put down your remote and forget about reality television — Cirque du Soleil is in town with a show that tests the limits of human ability.... More >>

• Keep the Faith

  published September 20, 2006

  If you're a character in a play and you pray, is that crank-calling God? Maybe it depends on the actor's intentions, or the staged outcome of the... More >>

• Working Girls

  published September 20, 2006

  It's been a rough night for the ladies — Edna spent the night in jail and Mae had to bail her out. Worse, the other prostitutes in the cell... More >>

• Seldom Scene

  published September 6, 2006

  Chances are you've never seen a performance of Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida. Why not? For starters, it requires a huge cast... More >>

• Simmer in the City

  published August 23, 2006

  Within the first minute of American Buffalo, a character has uttered the words that summarize both the play and playwright David... More >>

• Good Grief!

  published August 16, 2006

  Like a fresh box of crayons on the first day of school, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown shares its sharp colors with the young... More >>

• Capsule Reviews

  published August 16, 2006

  Reviewed in this issue Grease There was a time when this sassy musical send-up of... More >>

• Capsule Reviews

  published August 9, 2006

  Grease There was a time when this sassy musical send-up of the 1950s told a simple, even moralistic, tale about the kids at Rydell High.... More >>

• Cannonball!

  published July 26, 2006

  Mary Zimmerman turned myth into theatrical gold with her 2002 Tony Award-nominated adaptation of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Playing... More >>

• Capsule Reviews

  published July 26, 2006

  Daddy's Dyin' (Who's Got the Will?) The title pretty much says it all, even as it sets the tone for all these crazy family deathbed high... More >>

• Guare Is Hell

  published July 19, 2006

  The second act of The House of Blue Leaves begins with a frenetic monologue from a bomb-carrying character who talks about a... More >>

• Capsule Reviews

  published July 19, 2006

  Daddy's Dyin' (Who's Got the Will?) The title pretty much says it all, even as it sets the tone for all these crazy family deathbed high... More >>

• Capsule Reviews

  published June 28, 2006

  1776 Reviewed in this issue. Aida Exciting performances by Broadway... More >>

• O Soul Mio

  published June 14, 2006

  Question: What's the connection between a local high school student joking around in the back of a bus fourteen years ago and Opera Theatre of St.... More >>

• Capsule Reviews

  published June 14, 2006

  The Barber of Seville Opera Theatre of Saint Louis opened its 31st season with a brilliantly subversive update of Gioacchino Rossini's most... More >>

• Capsule Reviews

  published June 7, 2006

  The Barber of Seville Opera Theatre of Saint Louis opened its 31st season with a brilliantly subversive update of Gioacchino Rossini's most... More >>