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2008 Stories by Dennis Brown

• St. Louis Stage Caps

  published December 24, 2008

  The Last Seder Richard Lewis delivers a bravely unsentimental performance as the patriarch of a suburban New York family who is slipping... More >>

• Character References: Local artistic directors (under duress) cite their most memorable theater moments of '08

  published December 24, 2008

  Every December, as the theater year draws to a close, we welcome the opportunity to extend one final salute to good work, of which there is always... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Caps

  published December 17, 2008

  Die! Mommie! Die! Charles Busch's unrepentantly raunchy comedy skewers the conventions of B-movie melodramas with gleeful malice.... More >>

• Everything but the Crèche: The Rockettes kick it Xmas-style at the Fox — but what's with the biblical grand finale?

  published December 17, 2008

  Nobody does Christmas like New York City. For a month an otherwise cynical, at-your-throat town turns marshmallow soft, and traditions like the... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published December 10, 2008

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• Tap City: Webster's student production of Stepping Out doesn't miss a beat

  published December 10, 2008

  Despite the fact that the obscure British play Stepping Out is more than two decades old, it continues to brand itself as a "new"... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published December 3, 2008

  The Dead Guy Reality TV shows take a hit in Eric Coble's black comedy about a loser (the amiable Rusty Gunther) who is chosen by a... More >>

• It's a Wonderful Line: What was Jimmy Stewart's favorite cinematic moment?

  published December 3, 2008

  In the weeks since the election of Barack Obama, Abraham Lincoln has been center stage. We're being told that President-elect Obama is fashioning... More >>

• Gorgeous George: Mark Setlock deftly re-creates It's a Wonderful Life at the Rep

  published December 3, 2008

  Think of it this way: A favorite relative arrives at a family reunion sporting a shiny new, recently shaved head. At heart Uncle George is the... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published November 26, 2008

  The Dead Guy Reviewed in... More >>

• Sad to say, HotCity doesn't kill with The Dead Guy

  published November 26, 2008

  What would you do for a million dollars? Would you kill for it? Would you kill yourself? On live TV? That's the premise underlying Eric Coble's... More >>

• The Titan of Sirens: Mark Vonnegut talks about his legendary dad Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. — and his own love for Dizzy Dean

  published November 26, 2008

  Mark Vonnegut has refused to turn his celebrated father Kurt into a cottage industry. So why is he speaking about him in St. Louis next week? You... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published November 19, 2008

  Black Comedy/White Liars There are laughs aplenty in Peter Shaffer's one-joke farce set in an apartment that's plunged into darkness... More >>

• A Perfect Ganesh takes us on a sluggish journey

  published November 19, 2008

  For those of us who have not yet made that healing pilgrimage to India, a note of clarification: Ganesha is a Hindu god, the remover of obstacles,... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published November 12, 2008

  Black Comedy/White Liars There are laughs aplenty in Peter Shaffer's one-joke farce set in an apartment that's plunged into darkness... More >>

• 90 Percenter: The Little Dog Laughed — and Erika Rolfsrud, as the actor's agent, stole the show

  published November 12, 2008

  Douglas Carter Beane's wicked satire The Little Dog Laughed, which the St. Louis Rep is presenting at the Grandel Theater, tries... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published November 5, 2008

  The Blood Knot Two brothers, one black and one so light-skinned as to appear white, share a cramped but clean shack in apartheid-era... More >>

• Take Three: This week brings a tempting trio of limited runs

  published November 5, 2008

  A demonic barber, a dashing troubadour and a sage stage manager will all be passing through our town next week. Sweeney Todd at... More >>

• Let's Get Musical: The Color Purple lives large while Pippin charts a more modest course

  published October 29, 2008

  Amid the joyful noise that imbues The Color Purple, the stage adaptation of Alice Walker's indelible 1982 novel, characters... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published October 22, 2008

  Emma There's much to admire in Paul Gordon's adaptation of Jane Austen's 1816 novel about a young girl who takes to matchmaking because... More >>

• A Dangerous Dance: Playwright Carter W. Lewis discusses his newest play, Evie's Waltz

  published October 22, 2008

  Next week the St. Louis Rep will stage the world premiere of Carter W. Lewis' Evie's Waltz — the fourth new play by the... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published October 15, 2008

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• The Weighting Is the Hardest Part: The Rep's musical take on Emma suffers from too much exposition and not nearly enough zing

  published October 15, 2008

  Devotees of Jane Austen book clubs, movies and television miniseries likely will find much to savor in Emma, the lilting musical... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published October 8, 2008

  Defending the Caveman More a stand-up comedy act than a play (note the lack of a credited director), Rob Becker's Defending the... More >>

• Free Tickets! Free Night of Theater is just what it says.

  published October 8, 2008

  It's a magical word: tickets. And "free tickets" sounds even better. But that's the offer seven local theaters are making next week. As... More >>