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2009 Stories by Dennis Brown

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published May 13, 2009

  In the Continuum Worlds apart, two women — one a responsible wife and mother in Zimbabwe, the other a frivolous teen in Los... More >>

• By the Boards: Dennis Brown on the STL Theater Scene May 7-10

  published May 07, 2009

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• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published May 6, 2009

  Newly Reviewed In the Continuum Reviewed in More >>

• To HIV and HIV Not: In the Continuum is a drama with a message. But that doesn't necessarily make it good

  published May 6, 2009

  Worlds apart, two women — one a responsible wife and mother in Zimbabwe, the other a frivolous teen in Los Angeles — are diagnosed... More >>

• By the Boards: Dennis Brown on the STL Theater Scene April 30-May 3

  published Apr 30, 2009

  Some musicals continue to tour long after they've worn out their welcome. The orchestra grows thinner on each repeat visit, and the productions seem a little further removed from our initial memories.... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published April 29, 2009

  Also Reviewed The Good Person of Setzuan Bertolt Brecht's dispassionate, intellectual cry for mercy among human beings... More >>

• The Jury's Out Cold: This adaptation of Kafka's The Trial really is one

  published April 29, 2009

  As you enter the sanctuary at the Tower Grove Abbey, where Stray Dog Theatre is mounting its current adaptation of Franz Kafka's The... More >>

• By the Boards: Dennis Brown on the STL Theater Scene April 23-26

  published Apr 23, 2009

  It's as if the weight of the world has descended on St. Louis theaters.This weekend Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children plays on at Washington University, to be followed next week by BB's... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published April 22, 2009

  Also Reviewed The Good Times Are Killing Me It's a curious play that requires seventeen actors to present what is... More >>

• Büchner Unbound: Upstream Theater makes the most of the unfinished Woyzeck

  published April 22, 2009

  You couldn't ask for a better murder. Or so we're told at the end of Woyzeck, as all the inhabitants of a provincial military... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published April 15, 2009

  Reviewed My Secret Language of Wishes Vanika Spencer renders a sensitive and poignant portrayal of a disabled,... More >>

• Everybody Wins: This year's Kevin Kline Awards featured a surprise finale

  published April 15, 2009

  Although the Muny copped only one statue at the fourth annual Kevin Kline Awards ceremony two weeks ago, the summer theater in Forest Park was... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published April 8, 2009

  Also Reviewed Back of the Throat In an unidentified large city, two out-of-control government interrogators arrive at the... More >>

• Not Just Another Pretty Face: Echo Theatre's The Ugly One is a beauty

  published April 8, 2009

  Onyourmarkgetsetgo! The race is on at The Ugly One, a breathless 55-minute black-comedy sprint that leaves a viewer both... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published April 1, 2009

  Also Reviewed Back of the Throat Reviewed in More >>

• Ahem! It comes from Back of the Throat, but the message is clear.

  published April 1, 2009

  During a Nazi interrogation of suspected Jews in France, a stunning rumor begins to circulate: "They're going to look at your penis." The very... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published March 25, 2009

  Also Reviewed Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy Even before the show begins, the swirling lights seek to create a fantasia... More >>

• Strange Change: The Rep goes all Mr. Hyde on Dr. Jekyll

  published March 25, 2009

  Ever since The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was published in 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson's dense novella about dual... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Caps

  published March 18, 2009

  Sonia Flew Reviewed in More >>

• Flight Stimulator: With Sonia Flew, New Jewish takes on a flawed work and delivers must-see theater

  published March 18, 2009

  Sonia Flew, by Melinda Lopez, the current offering at New Jewish Theatre, arrives in town with an impressive track record. Since... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published March 11, 2009

  Opening An Almost Holy Picture Reviewed in More >>

• Just Shoot Me: An Almost Holy Picture's by no means perfect, but Gary Wayne Barker's portrayal of a man enduring a crisis of faith very nearly is

  published March 11, 2009

  Photographs figure prominently in An Almost Holy Picture, which is currently on view at Mustard Seed Theatre. Heather McDonald's... More >>

• Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene in St. Louis

  published March 4, 2009

  Newly Reviewed 4:48 Psychosis Director Pamela Reckamp and the Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble have done a service to... More >>

• Going Down Slow: We all know where Eurydice ends up. Sure takes its time getting there.

  published March 4, 2009

  Without knowing anything about Sarah Ruhl's roots, we can safely assume that she has some Greek blood flowing through her veins. Like those... More >>

• Funky King's Tune: A Song for Coretta falls flat at the Black Rep

  published February 25, 2009

  As mourners stand in the February chill outside Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church to pay their final respects to Coretta Scott King, a young... More >>