Play review
Two operatic divas, Regina and Violetta, take St. Louis by storm
June 11, 2018Two strong operatic characters from works composed almost a century apart show the mettle of women who’ve been challenged by society’s conventions.
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‘An American Soldier’: New opera asks troubling questions about citizenship
June 8, 2018Hazing becomes racial harassment becomes sadistic torture becomes death. This was the experience of Pvt. Danny Chen in the U.S. Army.
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Shakespeare’s ‘Coriolanus’: An ancient class struggle epic with modern topicality
June 5, 2018In the first act the company’s timing was occasionally off, but by Act II they were off and flying into the wild blue yonder.
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Jeanine Tesori’s musical ‘Violet’ again, now in Hollywood
May 18, 2018The creators of Violet are issuing a strong critique of our national Hollywood obsession.
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Charles Busch’s ‘Die, Mommie, Die!’ is apotheosis of campy gay melodrama
May 16, 2018If you just might be starting to think that some of the characters and plots that come out of Hollywood are kind of absurd, a ticket to Die, Mommie, Die! is just your ticket.
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