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Professional Theatre Reviews

Silly Shenanigans Ensue in Two-Man Tour De Force ‘Popcorn Falls’

Lynn Venhaus April 6, 2019 No Comments James Hindman Joe Hanrahan Kranzberg Arts Center Lynn Venhaus Popcorn Falls Sarah Whitney Shane Signorino The Midnight Company

By Lynn Venhaus Managing Editor Spry actors Joe Hanrahan and Shane Signorino slip into 21 different characters…

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Features Go See A Play

Go See a Play! What’s Happening April 5 – 11

Lynn Venhaus April 5, 2019 4 Comments A New Brain Daddy Long Legs Dreamgirls Fox Theatre Insight Theatre Company Is He Dead?Monroe Actors Stage Company New Jewish Theatre Othello Photograph 51 Popcorn Falls St. Louis Shakespeare Stray Dog Theatre The Hawthorne Players The Midnight Company The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis Time Stands Still Waitress West End Players Guild

By Lynn VenhausManaging EditorIt’s opening day for our St. Louis Cardinals, but also new plays are offered…

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Features Take Ten

Take Ten with Rachel Tibbetts

Lynn Venhaus October 11, 2018 2 Comments Adam Flores Bess Moynihan Carl Overly Jr.Cuddles Doctor Faustus Ellie Schwetye ERA Theatre First Impressions Fontbonne University Henrietta Swan Leavitt Joe Hanrahan Judgment at Nuremburg Lauren Gunderson Liz Henning Lucy Cashion Lynn Venhaus Maggie Conroy Margeau Baue Steinau Mi Ranchito Mustard Seed Theatre Oklahoma State University Prison Performing Arts R-S Theatrics Rachel Tibbetts Run-On Sentence SATE Silent Sky St. Louis Theater Circle Awards The Crow's Nest The Last Days of Judas Iscariot The Midnight Company Trash Macbeth West End Players Guild

By Lynn Venhaus Managing Editor So, how does one find inspiration to play Mother Teresa? Rachel Tibbetts…

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Professional Theatre Reviews

Hanrahan and Wassilak Are Devilishly Fun at the FAUSTival

Jeff Ritter September 27, 2018 1 Comment An Apology for the Course and Outcome of Certain Events Delivered by Doctor John Faustus on This His Final Evening Bradley Rohlf David Wassilak Joe Hanrahan Mickle Maher The Hunchback Variations The Midnight Company The Monocle

By Jeff Ritter Contributing Writer “An Apology for the Course and Outcome of Certain Events Delivered by…

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Bright Lights Columns

Bright Lights Column: Shine On, St. Louis

Lynn Venhaus September 27, 2018 No Comments A.E. Hotchner Always Patsy Cline Andrew S. Kuhlman Avenue Q Beth Leavel Brandon Atkins Carly Uding Chad Beguelin Champagne & Moonshine Chef Chris Redd Confessions of a Nightingale Dena Blizzard Donna Parrone Drew Redington Emmys Equally Represented Arts Faustival Glen Coco Hairspray Jack Lane Jack Sippel Jacqueline Petroccia Jeremy Goldmeier Joe Grandy John Wolbers Julia Flood Kenan Thompson Linda Kennedy Liz Schuster Mama's Boy Marianne du Pury Mean Girls Metro Theatre Company Mike Isaacson National Mean Girls Day Playwrighting Festival Post-Romantics Rob Urbanati Saint Louis University Library Associates Saint Louis University Literary Award SATE Saturday Night Live Stage Left Grille Stages St. Louis Stephen Sondheim Taylor Gruenloh Tennessee Williams Festival Tesseract Theatre Company The Midnight Company The Muny Kids The Playhouse@Westport Theatre Nuevo Tina Fey Washington University West End Grill and Pub

By Lynn Venhaus Managing Editor THAT VOICE: Are you on Team Kennedy yet? If you haven’t heard…

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Features Go See A Play

Go See a Play! What’s Happening Sept. 20 – 26

Lynn Venhaus September 20, 2018 No Comments Alton Little Theater An Apology for the Course and Outcome of Certain Events Delivered by Doctor John Faustus Christ Memorial Productions Crowns Curtain's Up Theater Darin: Bobby's Biggest Hits God's Favorite Looking Glass Playhouse Love Never Dies Mama's Boy Monroe Actors Stage Company Newsies Tesseract Theatre Company The Black Rep The Book of Moron The Flood The Fox Theatre The Hunchback Variations The Midnight Company The Playhouse @ Westport The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis The Wizard of Oz

By Lynn Venhaus Managing Editor Heroes and villains, and every shade of gray in between are featured…

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Professional Theatre Reviews

“Now Playing Third Base For The St. Louis Cardinals…Bond, James Bond” Is a Home Run

Jeff Ritter August 21, 2018 No Comments James Bond Jeff Ritter Joe Hanrahan Michael B. Perkins Shane Signorino St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Fringe Festival The Midnight Company

By Jeff Ritter Contributing Writer A wonderfully woven tale of a child’s exuberant review of the Sean…

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“Judgment at Nuremberg” Brings Nuance to History

Bradley Rohlf May 2, 2018 No Comments Abby Mann Alex Fyles Bess Moynihan Bradley Rohlf Cassidy Flynn Charles Heuvelman Charlotte Dougherty Chuck Winning Ellie Schwetye Francesca Ferrari Frankie Ferrari Hal Morgan Jack Corey Jaz Tucker Joe Hanrahan Jonah Sheckler Judgment at Nuremberg Mark Abels Michael B. Perkins Missouri History Museum Pamela Reckamp Rachel Tibbetts Sarah Porter SATE Steve Callahan Terry TenBroek The Midnight Company

By Bradley Rohlf Contributing Writer “Judgment at Nuremberg” by Abby Mann goes beyond the scope of a…

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Go See a Play: What’s Happening April 26 – May 2

Lynn Venhaus April 26, 2018 No Comments "Over the River and Through the Woods #Act Two Theatre A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline A Tree Falling Bankside Repertory Circus Flora Deanna Jent Falling Jesus Christ Superstar Judgment at Nuremberg KTK Productions Leading Ladies Playhouse @ Westport St. Louis Actors' Studio Stop Kiss Stray Dog Theatre The Black Rep The Case of the Missing Bellhop The Dresser The Midnight Company The Rogue Theatre Company Torn Asunder Upstream Theater

Deep dive into drama this week. Timelier than ever “Judgment at Nuremberg,” acting tour-de-forces in “The Dresser”…

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Archives Features Take Ten

Take Ten with Joe Hanrahan

Lynn Venhaus April 25, 2018 No Comments Joe Hanrahan Judgment at Nuremberg Lynn Venhaus SATE The Midnight Company

By Lynn Venhaus Managing Editor Versatile storyteller Joe Hanrahan is among the theater community’s biggest hyphenates. Actor,…

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