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2009 Stories by Dennis Brown

• St. Louis Stage Caps: Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

  published February 25, 2009

  Newly Reviewed Aerwacol During a sort of apocalyptic fury, a Canadian pig farmer and his wife (Christopher Harris,... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published February 18, 2009

  Give 'Em Hell Harry This feel-good evening about Harry Truman leaves viewers with a nostalgic smile for an era (that might not ever have... More >>

• The Anti-High School Musical: It's not as graphic as advertised, but Spring Awakening manages to rock the Fab Fox

  published February 18, 2009

  I think I might have missed something important about Spring Awakening, which is making its first (though surely not its last)... More >>

• St. Louis Theater Capsules

  published February 11, 2009

  Medal of Honor Rag This lean account of a therapy session between a psychologically scarred Vietnam vet (Bryan Keith) and his therapist... More >>

• Mettle to the Petal: Avalon Theatre proves The Subject Was Roses is still well worth bringing up

  published February 11, 2009

  Two stories are being told at the Avalon Theatre Company's staging of Frank D. Gilroy's The Subject Was Roses. One concerns the... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published February 4, 2009

  Ongoing Blackbird Although its subject matter — the stark confrontation, fifteen years later, between a mature adult and... More >>

• Analyze This: New Jewish works the psychoanalytic sex angle

  published February 4, 2009

  Kevin Beyer delivers yet another persuasive performance, this time as Sigmund Freud in a fact-based account of Sabina Spielrein (Leslie Zang),... More >>

• Good Citations: The venerable Medal of Honor Rag deserves an oak leaf cluster

  published February 4, 2009

  In Tom Cole's Medal of Honor Rag, a lot goes down in 65 minutes. One can only imagine how wrenchingly topical this lean account... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published January 28, 2009

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• Coif Medicine: Legally Blonde is to dye for

  published January 28, 2009

  Moms and daughters who want to bond should have a blast at Legally Blonde. Based on the perky 2001 movie about Elle Woods, a... More >>

• Hot Wings: David Harrower's Blackbird is riveting theater, and not to be missed

  published January 28, 2009

  Fluorescent ceiling lights beat down mercilessly on the stage setting that purports to be an office break room but feels more like an anvil. On... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Caps

  published January 21, 2009

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• Naked Came the Schizophrenic: Willy Holtzman's revealing play about Carl Jung's mistress gets a local staging

  published January 21, 2009

  Where do writers get their ideas? Five years ago New Jewish Theatre mounted a sensitive production of Willy Holtzman's World War II drama... More >>

• Martyr, May I?: The star of the Rep's production of Saint Joan tells Dennis what it's like to inhabit the role

  published January 21, 2009

  In preparing for the current production of George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, I read... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published January 14, 2009

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• Arc Triumph: The Rep assays the summit that is Shaw's Saint Joan

  published January 14, 2009

  Four years ago Paul Mason Barnes directed a near-perfect production of the Irish play Stones in His Pockets on the Rep mainstage. Two... More >>

• Mockingbird, Cantata: Two disparate acting careers converge on St. Louis this weekend

  published January 7, 2009

  Two intriguing women are coming to town this weekend. For the past 46 years, Mary Badham has been the darling of movie lovers for her... More >>