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St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

RFT Reviews of Kevin Kline Nominees

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St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

The Return of Lewis & Clark

The Rep's You Can't Take It With You will make you want to take it with you

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the St. Louis theater scene

Mess for Success? The Rep futzes with The Fantasticks.

Biddy Signal: Muny goers be advised: My Fair Lady is showing her age

Buss Stop

The Rep gives Kiss Me, Kate mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown, Paul Friswold and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

Hamlet in Extremis

At the eleventh hour, a director is forced to assume the title role.

Putting the Great in Great Dane

Eine Kevin Kline Nominees

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

Good to the Last Drip

Urinetown: Brecht as squeezed through the catheter of Hal Prince.

Summer Stock

The Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre is a warm-weather idyll.

A Wizened Wiz

The Muny presents The Wizard of Oz. (Again.)

Letters Column

Week of April 20, 2006

Sleeper

The Rep plays it safe and snoozy with Witness for the Prosecution

Float Your Boat

The Rep sets sail with a rare staging of Mister Roberts

Some Enchanted Evening

You just might have a ball at Cinderella, but be sure to arrive early

Till Death Do Us Part

Two Edward Albee plays probe the tangle of love and despair

Period Piece

Eugene O'Neill's early experimental dramas reshaped Broadway, but not all of them have endured

Flying Spirit

On the eve of the 75th anniversary of his transatlantic flight, Historyonics Theatre examines Charles Lindbergh

Phantom Planet

An intimate production addresses AIDS without mentioning its name, and ghosts fill the stage

Tragically Hip

With a modernized set and a few tweaks, the Rep revisits one of Shakepeare's most enduring tragedies

Factory Workers

Hope Wurdack's documentary The Road to Broadway follows actors from St. Louis' former Theater Factory to the Great White Way

Park Paradise

Foul weather fails to dampen the inaugural presentation of the Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis

Flower Power

The Historyonics Theater examines the relationship between Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz in Desert Rose

Sound and Fury

A strong Wind blows at the Rep

The African Company Presents Richard III

By Carlyle Brown (St. Louis Black Repertory Company)

Art-To-Art Talk

What people talk about when they talk about art

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

By William Shakespeare (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Public Affairs

Waiting Room

The Black Rep's Waiting for Godot leaves the business of interpretation to the audience.

This Week

Attractive Sight

1998: The Year in Theater