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2011 Stories by Dennis Brown

• The Muny season ends, and executive producer Paul Blake calls it quits

  published August 18, 2011

  With the strains of "Put on a Happy Face" still echoing across Forest Park, the 22-year — I can't bring myself to flatter him by... More >>

• Crush Proof: Insight Theatre delivers a pitch-perfect She Loves Me

  published August 11, 2011

  I suppose there are those who don't like the nigh-perfectly crafted musical She Loves Me — curmudgeons and dog haters,... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published August 11, 2011

  Newly Reviewed Bye Bye Birdie The Muny closes out its current season with the 1960 musical lark that lampoons America's fixation... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published August 4, 2011

  Newly Reviewed Seven Brides for Seven Brothers "How do you like it?" the man in front of me asked his neighbor at... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published July 28, 2011

  Featured Reviews Little Shop of Horrors "Feed me!" an insatiably bloodthirsty plant demands...and demands...and demands.... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published July 21, 2011

  The Crumple Zone and Songs from an Unmade Bed Both Buddy Thomas' The Crumple Zone and Mark Campbell's Songs from an... More >>

• Singin' in the Rain, long-time Muny producer Paul Blake's swan song, is nearly all wet

  published July 21, 2011

  After two promising productions at the start of the Muny season, it's back to business as usual with this week's offering, Singin' in the... More >>

• Bar Is Hell: OnSite Theatre's production of Savage in Limbo will drive you to drink

  published July 14, 2011

  Belly up to the bar, boys. Order a beer, then prepare to chuck down a few shots of good old-fashioned in-your-face adrenaline. The peripatetic... More >>

• Ken Page and Lee Roy Reams share highlights of their prolific Muny careers

  published July 7, 2011

  Between them, since 1991 Ken Page and Lee Roy Reams have been featured in nearly 50 shows at the Muny. This week, with both actors appearing in... More >>

• Kiss Me, Kate is holding up pretty well for a senior citizen. The Muny audience? Not so much.

  published June 30, 2011

  History has it that the Broadway opening of Kiss Me, Kate on December 30, 1948, occurred during a torrential downpour. The rain came... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published June 23, 2011

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• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published June 16, 2011

  Newly Reviewed Becky's New Car Becky Foster (Susie Wall) is a hard-working, middle-aged woman who, through a sin of... More >>

• Slay Belle: After more than 50 years, The Visit still knocks 'em dead

  published June 16, 2011

  Outside the Tower Grove Abbey, home to Stray Dog Theatre, one side of the marquee identifies The Visit as a "dark comedy." The... More >>

• Home to conduct for Opera Theatre, Kirkwood High alum John McDaniel keeps Company with RFT

  published June 16, 2011

  This week and next, local audiences have a rare opportunity to see the New York Philharmonic's recent concert staging of the groundbreaking... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published June 9, 2011

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• Immigration Mensch: Mark Harelik's tribute to his grandfather is a modest and charming gem

  published June 9, 2011

  Hot on the heels of its fevered staging of Clifford Odets' urban drama Awake and Sing! New Jewish Theatre is mounting another supremely... More >>

• Real to Reel: See The Importance of Being Earnest onstage, onscreen

  published June 2, 2011

  Lady Bracknell is returning to town, and she is not to be stood up. The formidable old battle-ax who chaperones Oscar Wilde's hilarious... More >>

• Harmed Farces: Shakespeare Festival St. Louis makes a mockery of The Taming of the Shrew

  published June 2, 2011

  Shakespeare Festival St. Louis is playing fast and loose with The Taming of the Shrew, this summer's annual outing in Forest... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published June 2, 2011

  Newly Reviewed More >>

• Like the four seasons, Jersey Boys comes around again

  published May 26, 2011

  The pulsating musical Jersey Boys is back at the Fox for the second of what surely will be numerous visits. How is the show... More >>

• Max & Louie Productions gives us a saccharine take on Ann Landers

  published May 19, 2011

  It is June 1975, and Eppie Lederer, who is better known to her 60 million newspaper readers as syndicated advice columnist Ann Landers, is... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published May 19, 2011

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• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published May 12, 2011

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• Null and Droid: Playwright Sarah Ruhl kills with Dead Man's Cell Phone

  published May 5, 2011

  If only Jean had not stopped for the lobster bisque. In Dead Man's Cell Phone, another excursion into the realm of the... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published May 5, 2011

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