Stephen Sondheim

Twelve to Glow On: 2012's Best St. Louis Stage Performances

In Good Company

Send in the Clowns

Strop in the Name of Love: Opera Theatre's Sweeney Todd thrills and kills

Barbershop of Horrors

RFT Spring Arts Guide 2012: Theater

Buy Georges: The Rep's Sunday in the Park with George is gorgeous

Beside the Pointillism

Beside the Pointillism

Something's Coming

Home to conduct for Opera Theatre, Kirkwood High alum John McDaniel keeps Company with RFT

Take Her to the Cabaret, Ray

Love on the Cutting Room Floor

A fashion designer's operatic reimagining of A Little Night Music is all the rage

A Farce to Be Reckoned With: Mustard Seed Theatre positively nails Tartuffe

By the Boards: Dennis Brown on the STL Theater Scene October 8-11

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 ... More >>

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 in St. Louis

St. Louis Theater Caps

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

By the Boards: Dennis Brown on the STL Theater Scene June 12-14

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 t ... More >>

Take Three: This week brings a tempting trio of limited runs

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

St. Louis Stage Capsules

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

Stage Capsules

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

Believe in Stephen

The hills are alive with the sounds of Sondheim.

Capsule Reviews

Capsule Reviews

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

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

Song of Songs

The Musical of Musicals is a real hoot.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of October 12, 2005

Pay for Play

Producer Rocco Landesman comes home to talk about Broadway (and baseball)

As Wacky as You Wanna Be

James Lapine gets Into the Woods

Baby Got Back

An overlooked '80s gem finally returns for an encore

Stephen Then

Reflections on an American legend

Who Is Sondheim?

America's most important theater composer is busting out all over

Two Out of Three Ain't Bad

Rodgers & Hart and Sondheim get their due; Andrew Lloyd Webber gets doo-doo

The Brush-Off

New Line stages a Sunday in the Park with George but without the painting

Film Openings

Week of August 13, 2003

Side Show

At the Muny, Stephen Sondheim is intelligent, stylish -- and taboo

Shrill Whistle

New Line's Sondheim revival fails to hit a high note

West County Why

A musical about a gay couple is canceled but one about fascism is produced. The executive director of the West County Y tries to explain.

Caesarean Confection

Going on a Roman holiday at St. Louis University

CURTAIN CALLS

A little show-and-tell of 1999 productions

INTO THE WOODS

By Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Out on a Limb

Night & Day

June 9 - 16, 1999

1998: The Year in Theater

Spirits in the Night