Email Author Paul Friswold

2011 Stories by Paul Friswold

• MO vs IL

  published March 17, 2011

  Listen: Do you smell that? The air is redolent with the delicate scent of pine tar, fungoes and Fredbird musk. A new baseball season is so close... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published March 24, 2011

  Newly Reviewed More >>

• Into the Abyss

  published March 10, 2011

  We're completely biased, of course, but there is no genre of music that inspires artists to plumb the depths that heavy metal does. The violence... More >>

• Bang On

  published March 10, 2011

  With the Southern Graphics Council in town for the weekend, there are a host of seminars and panels on the fine art of printmaking. One of the... More >>

• The Journey Continues

  published March 10, 2011

  BandTogether, St. Louis' GLBTA concert band, began in 1997 with a handful of members who wanted to maintain their musical skills and also... More >>

• Spring Into Poetry

  published March 10, 2011

  Yesterday was the first day of spring, but years of Missouri weather have taught us that today may still feel like winter. We expect a switch to... More >>

• Big Hits, Big Hair

  published March 10, 2011

  The '60s are stereotyped as the era of hippies and flower power, but that stuff didn't sprout until 1969. There were nine full years of non-hippie... More >>

• Big Hits, Big Hair

  published March 17, 2011

  The '60s are stereotyped as the era of hippies and flower power, but that stuff didn't sprout until 1969. There were nine full years of non-hippie... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published March 17, 2011

  Newly Reviewed Cyrano... More >>

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  Leave It to Beezer: St. Louis Shakespeare nose its Cyrano

  published March 17, 2011

  Cyrano de Bergerac's great contribution to popular culture is the image of a handsome but tongue-tied man being fed poetic... More >>

• On Fire, With the Lord

  published March 3, 2011

  In Southern Baptist Sissies, playwright Del Shores (Sordid Lives) returns to his own Southern Baptist upbringing in... More >>

• Saturday The Birds Fell From The Sky

  published March 3, 2011

  Artists and pals Cameron Fuller and Travis Russell use drawing, multi-colored tape, woodworking, paint, occasionally taxidermy and... More >>

• The Baltimore Waltz diverts but fails to deliver a lethal satiric blow

  published March 10, 2011

  Paula Vogel's satire about the early days of the AIDS crisis revolves around a first-grade teacher, Anna (Kate Frisina), who develops a case of... More >>

• No One Nose

  published March 3, 2011

  Picture a man who has it all: manly, brave, intelligent, the soul of a poet. He also has a great big honkin' schnoz. His friend is less gifted in... More >>

• Now On Deck

  published March 3, 2011

  When skateboarding experienced its second big boom in the early '80s, one of the main draws was the advent of actual art on the bottoms of the... More >>

• Shotgun Wedding

  published March 3, 2011

  Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro is a cornerstone of modern opera repertoire, but it's a little long. Multiple pairs of lovers and would-be... More >>

• This One Is About the Ladies

  published March 3, 2011

  Bad Shoe is St. Louis' literary magazine by women, for the people. For its fifth issue, the shoe is on the other foot; many of the... More >>

• The Greening of Downtown

  published March 3, 2011

  The beads have barely settled from Mardi Gras, and already it’s time for St. Patrick’s Day. These are a busy few weeks for revelers,... More >>

• Big City Nights

  published February 24, 2011

  Best friends Proteus and Valentine are small-town young men who have recently left the farm (Verona) for the big city (Milan, which is a little... More >>

• Is That All There Is?

  published February 24, 2011

  Well, all good things must come to an end. At midnight tonight, all the indulging and drinking — oh, the drinking — must cease when... More >>

• Good for What Ails You

  published February 24, 2011

  Electricity is the latest craze in 1880s New York, a wonderful new invention that illuminates homes and lives. Dr. Givings uses electricity as a... More >>

• Good For What Ails You

  published March 3, 2011

  Electricity is the latest craze in 1880s New York, a wonderful new invention that illuminates homes and lives. Dr. Givings uses electricity as a... More >>

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  Washington U. and Saint Louis U. stage Battle Shakespeare

  published March 3, 2011

  The works of Shakespeare remain a huge draw; houses were full at both Washington University's production of A Midsummer Night's... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published March 3, 2011

  Macbeth In the hands of director Paul Mason Barnes, this drama about regicide and power lust is revealed as a meditation on the shadowy... More >>

• The Merry War

  published February 17, 2011

  Just returned from the wars, Benedick and his pal Claudio have a month to spend in jolly Messina. And what a month it's going to be —... More >>