Email Author Paul Friswold

2009 Stories by Paul Friswold

• Fine China

  published March 25, 2009

  Normal rules of physics and gravity do not seem to apply to the Golden Dragon Acrobats. Bodies twist in painful contortions to create... More >>

• Carry That Weight

  published March 25, 2009

  There are people who will judge you based on your taste in music, but none are worse than Beatles' fans. The Zeppelin folks can be a little... More >>

• Cultural Bailout

  published March 25, 2009

  As you may have heard, the economy is verklempt. And you've probably also read about the corporate bailouts that are supposed to loosen the... More >>

• Let's Finnish

  published March 25, 2009

  Next week, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra is in New York, showing Gotham how good we got it. This weekend, the SLSO offers two sneak... More >>

• Dr. Malatesta's School for Marriage

  published March 25, 2009

  Spring is here and Ernesto is thinking of love and marriage, hopefully with the lovely but not wealthy widow, Norina. Sadly, Ernesto's uncle and... More >>

• Two Guys and A Swan, Exploding

  published March 25, 2009

  Is the Cody Rivers Show experimental, absurdist theater, or is it sketch comedy? The reviewers in NYC, home of experimental, absurdist... More >>

• The Color and the Shape

  published March 25, 2009

  "Hot dog," was the first guess, and it was wrong. "Cucumber" is the shape of the object, according to artist Gina T. Alvarez. She cut 200... More >>

• Lamb So Good You'll Plotz

  published March 25, 2009

  Mention Jewish cuisine and people think of the basics — matzo balls, gefilte fish, maybe a blintz and definitely schmaltz. But this is only... More >>

• Bacchanal Carnaval

  published March 25, 2009

  Lola Van Ella is going to London. So's Sturdy Gurlesque, and Tomahawk Tassels. That's the heart and soul of the St. Louis Burlesque scene, but... More >>

• Tuesday, March 24: Calendar Pimp Suggests

  published Mar 24, 2009

    The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is a long, long way off, and the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is not a drink to be trifled with. But if you're looking for a friendly place and... 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 >>

• Monday, March 23: Calendar Pimp Suggests

  published Mar 23, 2009

        To be perfectly honest, the Calendar Pimp never worries about what he's wearing. As the photo attests, the CP is dapper. He is on-point. He is resplendent in gabardine and ... More >>

• Friday, March 20: Calendar Pimp Suggests

  published Mar 20, 2009

      Law & Order, Homicide, The Wire -- for Clouseau's sake, doesn't anyone remember that murder used to be funnyr... More >>

• Thursday, March 19: Calendar Pimp Suggests

  published Mar 19, 2009

        Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men, the other 999 follow women.     -- Groucho Marx... More >>

• Wednesday, March 18: Calendar Pimp Suggests

  published Mar 18, 2009

  He is not easy to describe. There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable. I never saw a man so disliked and yet I scarce know why. He gives... More >>

• Tuesday, March 17: Calendar Pimp Suggests

  published Mar 17, 2009

  She was the acrobat's daughter, She swung by her teeth from a noose. And then one matinee, her bridgework gave way And she flew through the air like a goose. ... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Caps

  published March 18, 2009

  Sonia Flew Reviewed in More >>

• Strong Enough for A Woman

  published March 18, 2009

  Some time in the past eight years the word "liberal" became a pejorative — but at least that meant "feminist" had a little company down... More >>

• Inside Every Gentleman . . .

  published March 18, 2009

  The Curious Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde has been interpreted as an allegory for man's bestial nature, a pioneering piece of science... More >>

• Mideast by Midwest

  published March 18, 2009

  From our comfortable home in the Midwest, the Middle East seems exotic and mysterious. The lure of the Fertile Crescent, the ancient culture, the... More >>

• Domestic Disturbance

  published March 18, 2009

  You and I are men of the world. You, of course, understand the complications that arise when your chauffeur is found dead in your home, and your... More >>

• Color Me Grateful

  published March 18, 2009

  For those people who have long been tired of winter's monochromatic palette, spring's arrival brings relief in its riot of flora — and also... More >>

• Uneasy Sleep

  published March 18, 2009

  Vincenzo Bellini's opera semiseria La Sonnambula has a story that's a little more Scooby-Doo than most, and a reputation for being... More >>

• The Tale of the Louisville Lip

  published March 18, 2009

  Muhammad Ali has become so much an integral part of our culture and pop culture that kids who weren't alive when he abandoned retirement to light... More >>

• An Affair to Dismember

  published March 18, 2009

  The great appeal of Harold Pinter's plays is not what he does with words, but what he makes the audience do with his words. Doling them out in... More >>