Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Open Your Eyes and Dream

It's A Dance-Off

A Cracking Spectacle

From Russia, With Love

Kazoobie Ka-BLAMMO!

Ballet Russes

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

Featured Review: The Nutcracker

Performed December 18 (sold out), 20 and 21 at the Heagney Theatre at Nerinx Hall High School, 530 East Lockwood Avenue, Webster Groves.

Dance Dance Revulsion: Natalie Portman goes batshit in a tutu in Black Swan

Performed December 18 (sold out), 20 and 21 at the Heagney Theatre at Nerinx Hall High School, 530 East Lockwood Avenue, Webster Groves.

All It's Cracked Up To Be

Performed December 18 (sold out), 20 and 21 at the Heagney Theatre at Nerinx Hall High School, 530 East Lockwood Avenue, Webster Groves.

Know When to Fold 'Em

Performed December 18 (sold out), 20 and 21 at the Heagney Theatre at Nerinx Hall High School, 530 East Lockwood Avenue, Webster Groves.

Nutcracker Now!

Performed December 18 (sold out), 20 and 21 at the Heagney Theatre at Nerinx Hall High School, 530 East Lockwood Avenue, Webster Groves.

Classic Fun

Performed December 18 (sold out), 20 and 21 at the Heagney Theatre at Nerinx Hall High School, 530 East Lockwood Avenue, Webster Groves.

To Sleep So As To Dream

Performed December 18 (sold out), 20 and 21 at the Heagney Theatre at Nerinx Hall High School, 530 East Lockwood Avenue, Webster Groves.

I Do or Die: Opera Theatre triumphs with Eugene Onegin

Performed December 18 (sold out), 20 and 21 at the Heagney Theatre at Nerinx Hall High School, 530 East Lockwood Avenue, Webster Groves.

Some Friend

Performed December 18 (sold out), 20 and 21 at the Heagney Theatre at Nerinx Hall High School, 530 East Lockwood Avenue, Webster Groves.

Some Friend

Performed December 18 (sold out), 20 and 21 at the Heagney Theatre at Nerinx Hall High School, 530 East Lockwood Avenue, Webster Groves.

Love Takes Wing

Performed December 18 (sold out), 20 and 21 at the Heagney Theatre at Nerinx Hall High School, 530 East Lockwood Avenue, Webster Groves.

Lake Effect

Performed December 18 (sold out), 20 and 21 at the Heagney Theatre at Nerinx Hall High School, 530 East Lockwood Avenue, Webster Groves.

Sweeten Up!

Performed December 18 (sold out), 20 and 21 at the Heagney Theatre at Nerinx Hall High School, 530 East Lockwood Avenue, Webster Groves.

Sweeten Up!

Performed December 18 (sold out), 20 and 21 at the Heagney Theatre at Nerinx Hall High School, 530 East Lockwood Avenue, Webster Groves.

Show Review: The Trans-Siberian Orchestra at the Scottrade Center, Saturday, December 12

To my knowledge, the slew of vocalists which accompanied the Trans-Siberian Orchestra last evening never sang the word "Jesus." The concert did not feature a denouncement of Santa or the formation of a manger in laser lights on the Scottrade Center's roof. Yet the event felt an awful lot like the ... More >>

A Really Big Show

To my knowledge, the slew of vocalists which accompanied the Trans-Siberian Orchestra last evening never sang the word "Jesus." The concert did not feature a denouncement of Santa or the formation of a manger in laser lights on the Scottrade Center's roof. Yet the event felt an awful lot like the ... More >>

Make Musical Memories

To my knowledge, the slew of vocalists which accompanied the Trans-Siberian Orchestra last evening never sang the word "Jesus." The concert did not feature a denouncement of Santa or the formation of a manger in laser lights on the Scottrade Center's roof. Yet the event felt an awful lot like the ... More >>

Monday, June 29: Calendar Pimp Suggests

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky understood drama.      The world loves a dramatic finish. And yet it's only Tchaikovsky who conceived of a way to end a musical performance not just with a bang, but with a series of bangs.  

Large-Bore Percussion

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky understood drama.      The world loves a dramatic finish. And yet it's only Tchaikovsky who conceived of a way to end a musical performance not just with a bang, but with a series of bangs.  

And Now, Back to Reality: Newark High School Violinist Steps Out On Her Own

Damn you Internet. For the second time in two days, you've brought me a video that makes me want to cry. Yesterday it was Susan Boyle, the Scottish woman who looked like a lamb to the slaughter on Britain's Got Talent, but whose gorgeous voice poleaxed Simon Cowell and restored my faith that sometim ... More >>

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Gets All Interactive on People

Interactive Town Hall Meeting at PowellThe Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) got all interactive on patrons at its first-ever "Town Hall Meeting" Tuesday evening at Powell Hall. With HEC-TV broadcasting live, music director David Robertson and president Fred Bronstein breezed through an hour-lon ... More >>

Time to Wake Up!

More than just beauty sleep

Your Orchestra Awaits You

Do you really want to disappoint the brass?

The Big Sleep

Do you really want to disappoint the brass?

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene.

Sometimes You Feel Like a Nutcracker

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene.

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

Puppet Regime

The marionettes break out the classics

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

Pointes Beyond

The Great Russian Nutcracker comes to town

Festive Firearms

Rockets' red glare and a concert

Garden of Song

The Whitaker Music Festival

College Tries

With Far Away and Miss Jean Brodie, SLU and Webster students make the grade

Christopher O'Riley performs the music of Radiohead

Thursday, September 25; Sheldon Concert Hall

It Is So Onegin

Russian opera chills

All Together Now

Chen Kaige extols the power of music in a time of change

Benevolent Boozing

Givin' mad hops to Lift for Life

Allegro!

Despite financial jeopardy, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra puts on a game face for the start of its 122nd season

Dr. Boom

A local Civil War re-enactor brings out the big gun for the 1812 Overture

Ho-Ho Show

The eighth annual Noelathon welcomes holiday revelers with an ear for good music

Tulle Time

Triumphant Nutcracker and Cinderella leap and bound

Best Entertainment Value on a Hot Summer Evening

Compton Heights Concert Band

ONEGIN

Choreographed by John Cranko, music by Peter Tchaikovsky, arranged and orchestrated by Kurt-Heinz Stolze. Stuttgart Ballet (Dance St. Louis)