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Actresses Golden in TWF’s ‘A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur’

Connie Bollinger May 16, 2019 No Comments A Lovely Afternoon for Creve Coeur Ali Strelchun Connie Bollinger David La Rose Ellie Schwetye Garth Dunbar Joseph Novak Julie Layton Kareem Deanes Kari Ely Kelley Weber Maggie Wininger Tennessee Williams Tennessee Williams Festival

By Connie Bollinger Contributing Writer Set in 1930’s St. Louis, “A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur” tells…

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Strong Women Productions Dominate St. Louis Theater Circle Awards

Lynn Venhaus March 27, 2019 No Comments "Into the Breeches!"A Streetcar Named Desire Andrea Torrence Andrew Lloyd Webber Ann Pollack Anythi Ben Nordstrom Beth Leavel Bob Cohn Bob Wilcox Born Yesterday Calvin Wilson Carrie Houk Chuck Lavazzi Colin Nichols Eleanor Mullin Eric Dean White Evita Fences Gary Wayne Barker George Brant Gerry Kowarsky Gustavo Zajac Gypsy Isaiah DiLorenzo Jacqueline Thompson James Wolk Judy Newmark Kari Ely Kathleen Sitzer Katy Keating La Traviata Laurie McConnell Leon Dobkowski Loretto Hilton Center Lou Bird Lou Canterella Lynn Venhaus Mary McNulty Michelle Hand Michelle Kenyon Mustard Seed Theatre Nancy Bell New Line Theatre Nikkole Salter Opera Theatre of St. Louis Peggy Holly Red Scare on Sunset Regina Rob Ruggiero Ron Himes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Sean M. Savoie Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Sophia Brown St. Louis Actors' Studio St. Louis Shakespeare St. Louis Theater Circle Awards Steve Allen Steven Woolf Stray Dog Theatre Tennessee Williams Festival The Black Rep The Humans The Last Days of Judas Iscariot The Little Foxes The Muny The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis The Wiz Tim Ocel Tim Rice Tina Farmer Torn Asunder Will Bonfiglio

By Lynn Venhaus Managing Editor Plays with substantial women roles were spotlighted at the seventh annual St.…

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Bright Lights Columns

Bright Lights Column: Walking on Sunshine

Lynn Venhaus March 20, 2019 3 Comments A Raisin in the Sun AFL Scholarship Andrew S. Kuhlman Archie Coleman Arrowhead arts for life Beau Willimon Beautiful - The Carole King Musical Ben Nordstrom Best Performance Awards Beth Leavel Bob Martin Caroline Santiago Turner Chad Beguelin Connie Mulch Crazy for You Don Miller Doug Finlayson Drew Reddington Duckie DeMere Eileen Engel Elizabeth Breed Penny Erick Lindsey Farragut North Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation Gateway Center for the Performing Arts Jack Sippel Jacqueline Thompson Jared Sanz-Agero Jenna Fischer Jerry Vogel Joe Grandy Joe Paule Sr.John Robertson Kari Ely Kelly Hummert Ken and Nancy Kranzberg Kevin Frakes Kimmie Kidd-Booker Legally Blonde Lisa Ramey Lynn Venhaus Matthew Sklar Meadow Nguy Michele Paladin Mike Bosner Moses Weathers Nancy Crouse New Jewish Theatre Patty Gregory Paul Blake Rebel and Misfits Productions Rhonda Cropp Ryan Cooper Sean Harvey Sheldon Concert Hall St. Louis Actors' Studio St. Louis Teen Talent Competition St. Louis Theater Circle Awards St. Louis Visionary Awards Stages St. Louis Taylor Louderman The Black Rep The Coming of Age in Pop Culture The Fantasticks The Hawthorne Players The Muny The Power of Theatre The Prom The Voice Theatre Mask Awards Vic Porcelli Violet Wayne Salomon Wendy Renee Greenwood West Side Story

By Lynn Venhaus Managing Editor Greetings! Spring has sprung after a miserable, dreary winter of 24 inches…

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‘The Night of the Iguana’ will be main stage production at Tennessee Williams Festival

Lynn Venhaus February 13, 2019 No Comments A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur Bryan Batt Carrie Houk Dear Mr. Williams Elizabeth Townsend Ellie Schwetye Harry Weber Jim Butz Julie Layton Kari Ely kelly weber Lavonne Byers Maggie Wininger Nisi Sturgis Tennessee Williams Tennessee Williams Festival The Night of the Iguana Thomas Mitchell Tim Ocel

The Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis – named the “Arts Startup of the Year” for 2019 by…

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Professional Theatre Reviews

STLAS’ ‘Little Foxes’ Powerful Drama Resonates in Modern Times

Bradley Rohlf October 5, 2018 No Comments Bob Gerchen Bradley Rohlf Bridgette Bassa Chuck Brinkley Dennis Jethro II John Contini Kari Ely Laurie McConnell Lillian Hellman Patrick Huber Richard Lewis Ryan Lawson-Maeske St. Louis Actors' Studio The Little Foxes Wendy Greenwood William Roth

By Bradley Rohlf Contributing Writer St. Louis Actors’ Studio presents a powerful staging of “The Litttle Foxes,”…

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Shakespeare Festival St. Louis to Present New ‘In the Works’ Program

Lynn Venhaus October 1, 2018 No Comments " Erika Flowers " LGBTQ "Into the Breeches!"A Most Outrageous Fit of Madness Ben Nordstrom Gary Wayne Barker George Brant Jacqueline Thompson Jen Sinnen. "The Thousand Natural Shocks Kari Ely Karl Hawkins Katy Keating Kern McFadden Laura Resinger Margery Spack Mary McNulty Michael James Reed Michael Saenz Michele Siler Michelle Hand Mont and Karen Levy Nancy Bell Peter Spack PNC Arts Alive Shakespeare Festival St. Louis The Grandel Theatre Tom Ridgeley

Ben Nordstrom and Kari Ely will play opposite one another in “Into the Breeches!,” the headlining production…

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Professional Theatre Reviews

Stages’ ‘I Do! I Do!’ Star-Powered by Kari Ely and David Schmittou

Lynn Venhaus June 23, 2018 No Comments Brad Musgrove David Schmittou Harvey Schmidt I Do! I Do!James Wolk Kari Ely Michael Hamilton Sean M. Savoie Stages St. Louis Tom Jones

By Lynn Venhaus Managing Editor Love and marriage are the sole focus of “I Do! I Do!,”…

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‘A Tree, Falling’ is a Play to Remember

Bradley Rohlf April 19, 2018 No Comments Bradley Rohlf Drama Jerry Vogel Kari Ely Michael Dorsey Ron Elisha St. Louis Theater Reviews Two-hander Upstream Theater

By Bradley Rohlf Contributing Writer “A Tree, Falling” puts on display the tragedy of memory loss, alongside…

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