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2009 Stories by Dennis Brown

• Save the Date: Echo Theatre's got a lot of Nerve

  published July 15, 2009

  We all do it. In a bar or restaurant, even in a theater while waiting for a play to begin, we find ourselves eavesdropping on the people around... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published July 8, 2009

  Heroes Not a lot happens in this nostalgic reverie by Gerald Sibleyras (translated by Tom Stoppard), but you can have a lot of fun while... More >>

• Replay's the Thing: Care to guess how many times you'll hear the title tune at the Muny's Meet Me in St. Louis?

  published July 8, 2009

  Have you heard the radio spot for Meet Me in St. Louis at the Muny? It describes the classic 1944 MGM film upon which this show... More >>

• By the Boards: Dennis Brown on the STL Theater Scene July 2-8

  published Jul 02, 2009

  After two solid offerings in 42nd Street and Annie, the Muny returns on Monday from its self-imposed Fourth of July hiatus with a one-week run of Meet Me In St. Louis.Based on the 1944 movie that star... More >>

• Double Pleasures: Two theatrical treats beckon at Fontbonne's Waiting in the Wings and Heroes

  published July 1, 2009

  It's not unusual for a theater company to build a season around a unifying theme. Leave it to Act Inc., a group with a fondness for older... More >>

• By the Boards: Dennis Brown on the STL Theater Scene June 26-30

  published Jun 25, 2009

  After more than a month of robust activity, it feels as if the local theater scene is about to take a brief hiatus. Blues in the Night at the Black Rep and Little Shop of Horrors at Stages are both cl... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published June 24, 2009

  Newly Reviewed Annie Reviewed in More >>

• Hottest Show in Town: At 32, Annie is cooler than ever

  published June 24, 2009

  Let's not waste time rehashing the plot. Chances are good that if you're reading these words, you're already familiar with Annie,... More >>

• By the Boards: Dennis Brown on the STL Theater Scene June 18-21

  published Jun 18, 2009

  Act, Inc. is a lovely summer theater noted for its sweetness and gentility. While other local companies strive to be edgy, Act, Inc. revels in the past. They're much more excited by rediscovering a pl... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published June 17, 2009

  Newly Reviewed The Lady from Dubuque Reviewed in More >>

• Featured Review: The Lady from Dubuque

  published June 17, 2009

  Featured Review: The Lady from Dubuque Another sojourn in the suburbs with Edward Albee (cf. Everything in the Garden, reviewed... More >>

• Munyficent!: 42nd Street rates a nearly perfect 10

  published June 17, 2009

  It's the oldest "let's put on a show" plot in the world. At the end of Act One of 42nd Street, which this week opens the Muny... More >>

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  By the Boards: Dennis Brown on the STL Theater Scene June 12-14

  published Jun 12, 2009

  K's Theatrical Korps is a plucky little company in south St. Louis that keeps its own counsel. K's often tackles shows that would give other community theaters the heebie-jeebies. This weekend the com... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published June 10, 2009

  Newly Reviewed Circus Flora Reviewed in More >>

• Featured Review: Circus Flora Medrano

  published June 10, 2009

  Featured Review: Circus Flora Medrano Circus Flora is back for its 23rd annual visit. Some elements never change: the intimacy, for... More >>

• Come a Cropper: Stray Dog unearths Albee's Everything in the Garden

  published June 10, 2009

  "There is no rest for the wicked in the suburbs." In Edward Albee's rarely staged Everything in the Garden, that quip is tossed... More >>

• By the Boards: Dennis Brown on the STL Theater Scene June 5-7

  published Jun 05, 2009

  Like ships that pass in the night, this week some theater companies are concluding their seasons as others are just revving up. It makes for an unusually eclectic mix.St. Louis Actors' Studio wraps up... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published June 3, 2009

  Also Reviewed Blues in the Night Held together by the loosest of plots — three women in a Chicago hotel lament... More >>

• Five Is a Serious Number: New Jewish Theatre nails The Last 5 Years

  published June 3, 2009

  Many a musical has played St. Louis during the last five years, but few theater memories remain as vivid as the 2004 Rep Studio staging of... More >>

• By the Boards: Dennis Brown on the STL Theater Scene May 28-31

  published May 28, 2009

  This week June will be bustin' out all over -- to the sound of music. When the Muny kicks into gear in late June, we'll have a new musical almost every week for two months. But this week will see four... More >>

• Here Come the Brides: With The Merry Wives of Windsor, the Shakespeare Festival finally has a hit on its hands — almost

  published May 27, 2009

  As she folded her lawn chair after the opening-night performance of The Merry Wives of Windsor, this summer's annual... More >>

• By the Boards: Dennis Brown on the STL Theater Scene May 22-24

  published May 22, 2009

  Sir John is back in town. The portly Sir John Falstaff is surely the most beloved of all Shakespeare's comic foils. A liar, braggart and coward -- no wonder he makes audiences happy. He's the perennia... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published May 20, 2009

  Also Reviewed A Chorus Line Reviewed in More >>

• Musical Heirs: At the ripe old age of 34, A Chorus Line still rocks

  published May 20, 2009

  "God, I'm a dancer. A dancer dances." Cassie's desperate cry resonates in the fearful yet ever-hopeful soul of the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony... More >>

• By the Boards: Dennis Brown on the STL Theater Scene May 14-17

  published May 14, 2009

  A Chorus Line, the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning show about dancers who share their hopes, dreams and innermost secrets while auditioning for a musical, was the sensation of the 1975-'76 thea... More >>