William Shakespeare

Cup check! Are you ready for St. Louis Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream?

Shakespeare's Pizza Expands Again; Sadly No St. Louis Location Imminent

The good news? Mizzou's beloved Shakespeare's Pizza (multiple locations) is doing so well that it just expanded to its third location. The bad news? You still have to drive all the way to Columbia to dine at one of its restaurants. The third pizzeria, located on Peachtree Drive in south Columbia, ... More >>

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) is a Barrel of Laughs (and a Bucket of Barf)

Starbucks and Shake 38 Offer a Unique Happy Hour Today

If you're in the market for an unusual post-work activity on this pleasantly mild Monday, you're not going to find much that's more unusual than a free coffee shop performance of Shakespeare's Cymbeline. This strange story of love, betrayal, attempted murder, voyeurism and divine intervention is s ... More >>

Shakespeare in the Streets

Will Shakespeare to Become Biggest Hipster on Cherokee Street

When Rick Dildine moved to St. Louis from Chicago in 2009 to assume the post of executive director of the Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis, he, like many other newcomers to the city, was struck by the number of dead-end streets. "They're blocked-off, chopped-up by concrete culverts covered with gr ... More >>

A Midwinter Night's Disco

Fakespeare?

Two "Gentlemen" of Verona

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

The Total Bill, +1

Rep Receives Grant to Force Local Kids to Watch Shakespeare

image via​The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis has just received a $25,000 grant to participate in the National Endowment of the Arts' Shakespeare for a New Generation program, plus an additional $10,000 from Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The Rep will use the m ... More >>

Love: It's Complicated

Beyond Brunch: Give Mom Local Goodies for Mother's Day

Love your mom? Give her a Manwhore pot holder for Mother's Day!​Give your mom some credit. Sure, she might be a crazy bat now, but that woman gave up liquor and soft cheese while carrying you in her womb. She endured rotting McNuggets from your Happy Meals under the seats of her minivan. And t ... More >>

They Kiss by the Book

Out, Damned Sneak!

Show: St. Louis Shakespeare's cunning blood-n-gore production of Macbeth, a terrific play about terrible people.Food: Globe Theatre Apple-Hazelnut Tart, baked by yours truly.Difficulty: Extreme. While the initial sneak phases of repackaging the food in aluminum foil and taking it into the theater w ... More >>

Ten Things to Do Under $10 This Weekend in St. Louis, September 11-13

Well, this week went by quickly. (Thank you, Labor Day!) If while checking your online banking statement, you realize you might have gone overboard with the spending last weekend, here's your opportunity for redemption: Have fun this weekend on a budget. All the following events cost less than $10 - ... More >>

All Hits, No Filler

FoodWire: Wm. Shakespeare's Gastropub Closed

​Just received a note from restaurateur Eddie Neill informing me that Wm. Shakespeare's Gastropub (601 North Grand Boulevard) has closed. It had been operating on greatly reduced "summer hours." Wm. Shakespeare's opened only last fall in the teeth of the economic downturn, and despite generally po ... More >>

Here Come the Brides: With The Merry Wives of Windsor, the Shakespeare Festival finally has a hit on its hands — almost

Everybody Loves Falstaff

FoodWire: New Hours for Wm. Shakespeare's Gastropub

Received an email last week from well-known local restaurateur Eddie Neill, informing me that Wm. Shakespeare's Gastropub (601 North Grand Boulevard; Web site) is switching to summer hours. The Grand Center restaurant is no longer open for lunch and will be open for dinner only before or after theat ... More >>

The Sneak: The Sneaky Code of Ethics

Fernando de Sousa, Wikimedia Commons Dara Strickland is a leading expert on sneaking food and drink into the movies. She reports on her exploits for Gut Check (from an undisclosed location) every Monday.Any pocket-jockey can smuggle half a pack of Twizzlers into a movie, but that has no consideratio ... More >>

A Bunny Thing Happened on the Way to the Fox: It's game on at Wm. Shakespeare's Gastropub in Grand Center

This Week's Review: Wm. Shakespeare's Gastropub

My review of Wm. Shakespeare's Gastropub is now available online.

Heat Wave: Romeo and Juliet smolders with intense lust

Now Open: Wm. Shakespeare's Gastropub

Uneasy Lies the Crown: It's Lear time again at St. Louis Shakespeare

The Comedy of Errors is so funny you'll have to pee

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.

Mistakes Weren't Made

Off-Ramp's Bomb-itty of Errors is a hip-hop hoot.

Odds for your Bodkin

Seldom Scene

Washington U. adeptly takes Shakespeare's Measure.

Upcoming Foodie Events

Orange You Glad They’re Ladies?

We Are Groundlings, All

Economy Class

Bare-bones Shakespeare is just bare in these one-act plays.

This Is Entertainment

(No TV required)

Capsule Reviews

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

Barred Bard

Who knew Shakespeare was so good at rehabilitation?

Will Power

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

Love for Sale

A kinder, gentler Shylock waylays New Jewish Theatre's Merchant

Well Lit

The Rep grabs the classics by the shorts

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of November 2, 2005

Letters Column

Week of September 14, 2005

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of July 27, 2005

All Hail Henry V

A performance worthy of a king

Stormy Sundays

See Shakespeare's The Tempest from all angles at the Saint Louis Art Museum