Email Author Paul Friswold

2011 Stories by Paul Friswold

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  St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published October 20, 2011

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• Love Among the Dead

  published September 29, 2011

  Beloved for its pop culture references, its fusion of genuine horror and romantic comedy tropes and its use of the music of Queen, Simon Pegg and... More >>

• Game On, Flames Off

  published September 29, 2011

  Hockey's back and hopes are high, as they always are in St. Louis around this time of year. Sure, we still don't have that ownership situation... More >>

• Will He or Won't She?

  published September 8, 2011

  Victoria Grant is trying to break into the opera biz as a soprano, but there's no reality TV yet because it's the 1930s, and so she's starving in... More >>

• A Royal Production

  published September 22, 2011

  Shakespeare's Henry V presented staging problems right from the beginning, what with its scenes in England and France, huge battles... More >>

• Looking Good

  published September 22, 2011

  Greg's a working-class guy who just made the deadliest mistake of his life: He casually mentioned to a friend that a new female employee at the... More >>

• Macht Mit Der Party

  published September 29, 2011

  Some people eagerly welcome the arrival of October because of Halloween and all the candy. The rest of us look forward to October for another... More >>

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  There Has to Be a Twist: Stray Dog Theatre's production of The Who's Tommy never tilts at all

  published October 13, 2011

  If you go to see Stray Dog Theatre's production of The Who's Tommy — and let's get it right up front that you should do... More >>

• Q and You

  published September 22, 2011

  Filmmaker Larry Cohen took the well-worn premise of the buddy-cop movie and married it to the classic sci-fi "giant monster" trope and got... More >>

• Growing Up In Print

  published September 22, 2011

  John Porcellino's long running comic book, King Cat, is unique among semi-autobiographical indy comics in that it's evolved with its... More >>

• Artist Appreciation

  published August 25, 2011

  The artist Mark Rothko is having a rough go of it. He has to simultaneously finish a commission for the Four Seasons and break in a new assistant,... More >>

• Time Heals No Wounds

  published September 15, 2011

  Becca and Howie are having a difficult time relating to one another these days. It's been eight months since their four-year-old son was killed,... More >>

• Nothing But Big Hits

  published August 25, 2011

  Graffiti has evolved from being the nuisance on the walls to being appreciated as legitimate artistic expression, at least in the eyes of the... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published October 6, 2011

  Newly Reviewed More >>

• Hal Goes It: St. Louis Shakespeare hits Henry V out of the park

  published October 6, 2011

  Henry V is a big, sweeping play about political machinations, the forging of an English national identity and the moment when the... More >>

• Blast Off

  published September 15, 2011

  After delving into the creepy corners of River City with its first comic book anthology, Spirits of St. Louis, and then getting criminally... More >>

• Monday Night Mirth

  published September 15, 2011

  From your Monday morning vantage point, everything is uphill. You haven't put a dent in your 40 hours yet, that pile of urgent crap on your desk... More >>

• Take A Bite Of St. Louis

  published September 15, 2011

  Break out your roomiest pants: Taste of St. Louis is open for business. From Friday through Sunday (September 23 through 25), everybody who... More >>

• Wolf Fest 2011

  published September 15, 2011

  You may not think you have anything in common with the packs of Mexican gray wolves that roam the Southwest on both sides of the border, but you'd... More >>

• A Weill Evening

  published September 15, 2011

  Kurt Weill is remembered for his bitter, cynical songs, but it's important to note he only wrote the music; the words always came from a lyricist.... More >>

• Essen und Trinken

  published September 8, 2011

  It may only be mid-September, but it's never too early to begin rounding into Oktoberfest shape. Tonight the Stable hosts an Oktoberfest German... More >>

• Hop To It

  published September 8, 2011

  The greatest success of the craft beer movement is not that these brewers provide a tasty alternative to the mass-barrel brewers; no, it's that... More >>

• The Rites are All Right

  published September 8, 2011

  How prescient does David Robertson look now? Choosing to open the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra's 2011 season with two evenings (Friday... More >>

• A Panel of Panel Experts

  published September 8, 2011

  If you have even a passing interest in modern illustration and/or comic book art, plan to hit up the Homegrown Comic Jam tonight from 7 to... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published September 22, 2011

  Newly Reviewed More >>