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Shakespeare in the Streets to Present ‘Love at the River’s Edge’ Sept. 13-14

Lynn Venhaus August 13, 2019 No Comments 24:1 Coffee House/Cafe Anita Jackson Beyond Housing Brussels High School Calhoun County Chris Krehmeyer Chris Ware Colin McLaughlin Daniel Clear Ellie Nolte Eric Dean White Felia Davenport Golden Eagle Ferry Jayson M. Lawshee Karen and Mont Levy Kathryn Bentley Kendrick Lawson-Knight Lindsey Watters Lisa "Mama Lisa" Gage Love at the River's Edge Margarete Mischeaux Mariah Richardson Mississippi River Moneta Group National Endowment for teh Arts Normandy High School Normandy Schools Collaborative North St. Louis County PNC Arts Alive Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Shakespeare in the Streets Strive Fund Syrhea Conaway Tom Ridgeley Whitaker Foundation

Love at the River’s Edge , the latest new work from Shakespeare Festival St. Louis’ internationally recognized…

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Features Take Ten

Take Ten with Patrick Blindauer

Lynn Venhaus July 24, 2019 No Comments 1776 Footloose the Musical Lynn Venhaus Metro Theatre Company Patrick Blindauer Patrick's Puzzles Rebecca YOung Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Stages St. Louis The Muny Upstream Theater Variety Theatre Webster University Will Shortz

By Lynn Venhaus Managing Editor Rain, heat, humidity and bugs. Acting on outdoor stages brings its own…

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Take Ten with John Flack

Lynn Venhaus June 30, 2019 6 Comments Actors' Equity Bluff City Theater De Kaplan Ellen Isom Estelle Siteman God of Vengeance Hannibal Mo.HotCity Indecent Jack Lane John Flack Lynn Venhaus Man of La Mancha Max and Louie Productions Michael Hamilton Paula Vogel Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Sholem Asch Stages St. Louis The Almost True and Truly Remarkable Adventures of Israel Potter The Black Rep The Divine Sister The Grandel Theatre The Muny The New Jewish Theatre Upstream Theater

By Lynn Venhaus Managing Editor One of the most versatile and lauded actors in St. Louis, John…

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Features Go See A Play

Go See a Play! What’s Happening June 20-26

Lynn Venhaus June 22, 2019 No Comments 101 Dalmatians Act Inc.As You Like It Be More Chill Circus Flora Fire Shut Up in My Bones Gitana Productions Hedwig and the Angry Inch Indecent Kinky Boots Leaving Iowa Looking Glass Playhouse Love's Labors LOst Max and Louie Productions New Line Theatre O'Fallon Theatre Works Opera Theatre of St. Louis Rigoletto Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Singin' in the Rain SIUE Summer Theatre Stages St. Louis Stray Dog Theatre Sylvia That Uppity Theatre Company The Boy from Oz The Caper on Aisle 6 The Coronation of Poppea The Marriage of Figaro The Miracle Worker The Mueller Report The Muny The Q Collective Travels with My Aunt

By Lynn Venhaus Managing EditorShow me Summertime! It’s here, the official start of summer, and there are…

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Take Ten with Shannon Geier

Lynn Venhaus June 15, 2019 No Comments Abby Brisbane Ashley Netzhammer Basmin because why not? theatre company Bethany Miscannon Blessed KNew Dan Stockton Elaine Laws Fat Jaclyn Nischback Laura Devaney Laurel Button Rob Wood Robyn Couch Harders Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Shannon Geier St. Louis Fringe Festival Stephanie Rhein Tesseract Theatre Company

By Lynn Venhaus Managing Editor When Shannon Geier plunged into playwrighting about 10 years ago, she unlocked…

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Professional Theatre Reviews

A Play in Two Parks – ‘Love’s Labors Lost’ a Comic Jewel at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis

Lynn Venhaus June 11, 2019 No Comments Andrea Braun Jason Simms John Wylie Katy Keating Kea Trevett Love's Labours Lost Melissa Trn Molly Meyer Patrick Blindauer Phillip Hernandez Rusty Wandall Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Sky Smith Tom Ridgely

By Andrea BraunContributing WriterLove’s Labor’s Lost is a “play” in the strictest sense of the word, and…

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Go See a Play! What’s Happening May 31 – June 5

Lynn Venhaus May 31, 2019 No Comments Be More Chill Charlie Johnson Reads All of Proust I Now Pronounce Love's Labors LOst Monroe Actors Stage Company New Jewish Theatre New Line Theatre Nina Simone: Four Women Opera Theatre of St. Louis Rigoletto Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Stages St. Louis The Black Rep The Boy from Oz The Dixie Swim Club The Marriage of Figaro The Midnight Company

By Lynn Venhaus Managing EditorAnother Opening, Another Show! Summertime kicks off with annual traditions inside and outdoors…

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Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Announces Free Fall Programming

Lynn Venhaus April 26, 2019 No Comments Beyond Housing Big Muddy Dance Company Billy Strayhorn Brussels High School Brussels Ill.Duke Ellington Kea Trevett Love's Labors LOst Maurice Bejart Nine Network Normandy Mo.Normandy Schools Collaborative Public Media Commons Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Shakespeare Glen in Forest Park Shakespeare in the Streets Sky Smith Such Sweet Thunder

New Urban-Rural Settings for Shakespeare in the Streets Rehearsals Begin for ‘Love’s Labors Lost’ – Opens May…

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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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Veteran Performers Among Cast for ‘Love’s Labors Lost’ at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis

Lynn Venhaus March 27, 2019 No Comments Carine Montbertrand Carl Howell Forest Park Jason Simms Jeffery Cummings John Wylie Katy Keating Kea Trevett Kiah McKirnan Laura Sohn Love's Labors LOst Melissa Trn Molly Meyer Naima Randolph Patrick Blindauer Philip Hernandez Riz Moe Rusty Wandall Sam Jones Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Sky Smith Tom Ridgely Viviene Claire Luthin

Veteran performer Philip Hernández, the only actor in Broadway history to play both Valjean and Javert in…

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