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Front & Center: April 2016

There is much to be said for a strong production that has many excellent elements, great actors, a good script,

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Front & Center: March 2016

Music warmed the chilly weather with Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at The Fox and Il Trovatore, Giuseppe Verdi’s surprisingly buoyant

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Front & Center: January

In December, Max & Louie Productions presented Ken Page’s Sublime Intimacy. Somewhat biographic, it was the second of Page’s creations

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Front & Center: December

A few months back I waxed rhapsodic about small theaters, and recently I was again inspired by what smaller companies

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Front & Center: November

Opening night of Matilda was everything theater should be. I left The Fox giddy with delight, laughing and dancing and adding

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Front & Center: De Kus

A few columns back I extolled the virtue of the smaller companies in town. In particular, I have always found the work

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Front & Center: All the Way

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis begins its 49th year of stage productions with a riveting, ambitious political drama, All

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Front & Center: 8.26.15

St. Louis has a great variety of theater. There are a few big institutions that produce their own work, including The

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Front & Center: 7.29.15

Once upon a time, I believed that theater could change people’s lives. At the very least, it might engage us