K's Theatrical Korps is a plucky little company in south St. Louis that keeps its own counsel. K's often tackles shows that would give other community theaters the heebie-jeebies. This weekend the company is opening a two-week run of the infamous 1971 musical Follies, in which a crumbling Broadway theater becomes a metaphor for the loss of innocence that we experience as we grow older. This is harsh material for a musical, no matter how elaborately it is presented, and the original Broadway Foll
Alex WildDon't be sucked in by the toy soldiers; Helver's Night is for grownups​So far as openings go, it's a quiet week. The only new show is Upstream Theater's production of the U.S. premiere of Helver's Night, a Polish play by Ingmar Villqist -- though it will hardly be quiet, for it is a play about brutality, intolerance and despair. Its backdrop is the totalitarianism that was beginning to suffocate Europe in the 1930s. The play, which has been translated by Upstream artistic director Phi
