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First-Time Women Filmmakers Find Their Voice with 'Forget Me Not"
6+ hour, 26+ min ago (1342+ words) By Lynn VenhausFirst-time filmmakers Danielle Herrera Boivin and Michelle Bucci poured their hearts and souls into their inaugural narrative short, “Forget Me Not,” a psychological sci-fi thriller, with the hopes of it starting necessary dialogues afterwards. “The film explores trauma,…...
Attention must be paid to Fly North’s close contact ‘Sweeney Todd’
17+ hour, 14+ min ago (1606+ words) With its pitch-black tale of love, murder, revenge and obsession, Stephen Sondheim’s singular “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” remains an ambitious, wildly popular musical that is a challenge to produce and even harder to satisfy high expectations,…...
'Trains' Documentary Is A Dark Yet Captivating Ride Through History
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (525+ words) Drygas’s film, a project 10 years in the making that compresses footage from 46 archives from around the world (without narration or voiceover), examines the multifaceted role of the titular machines in Europe during the first half of the 20th Century. We begin…...
Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Is Bold, Breathtaking and Brilliant
1+ week, 2+ day ago (482+ words) By Lynn VenhausA voyage for the ages. Writer-director Christopher Nolan has made the ultimate heroic action-adventure epic in “The Odyssey” — as bold, breathtaking and brilliant as only he could, aided by his virtuoso technical masters. Nolan has thoughtfully adapted Homer’s…...
Fresh Voices Stir, Amuse, Engage in STLAS' LaBute New Theater Festival
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1129+ words) By Lynn VenhausFive original voices made their auspicious LaBute New Theater Festival debut this year, along with the fest’s esteemed namesake with another intriguing new one-act. The festival, established in 2013, is an active collaboration between St. Louis Actors’ Studio and…...
The Muny's Lush, Lithe 'South Pacific' Is An Unforgettable Experience
2+ week, 2+ day ago (942+ words) Big personalities and bigger voices fill the Muny’s expansive stage for an enthralling excursion into an exotic place that remains a timeless touchstone of American musical theatre. In their 11th staging of “South Pacific” – a stunning tour de force in every…...
Prism Theatre Co. ‘Progress’ Royally Entertains with a Cozy Inside Look – Pop Life STL
2+ week, 2+ day ago (948+ words) With a modern sense and sensibility, local playwright John Wolbers created a warm, welcoming and wild woman’s world of the 16th century in the private chambers of Queen Elizabeth I. In Prism Theatre Company’s world premiere of the comedy-drama “Progress,” this…...
Funky, Fun 'Shrek the Musical' Flips and Fractures Fairy Tales at The Muny
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1255+ words) It’s hard to say who had a better time at “Shrek the Musical” – the parents or the children, often green-clad and gleefully giggling at the daffy antics. The Muny’s annual family favorite ‘Kids Show’ delighted across generations with its irreverent…...
Dynamic Quartet Razor-Sharp in New Jewish Theatre's 'God of Carnage"
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1072+ words) In a modern satire on parenting, social graces and the notion that polite society is merely a thin veneer, “God of Carnage” becomes a living room throwdown in the hands of a murderer’s row of talent and razor-sharp execution at…...
Wackiness Ensues in Stray Dog's Broad Farce '3 Sheets to the Wind"
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1136+ words) They say write what you know, and Gary F. Bell and Robert L. White, former roommates in New York City, have done just that. They have collaborated on an original broad farce, “3 Sheets to the Wind,” which is about throwing different personalities…...