Two On The Aisle

Reviews of (1) FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, by Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, & Joseph Stein, at The Muny, (2) TOSCA, by Giacomo Puccini, at Union Avenue Opera, (3) THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, by Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison, Bob Martin & Don McKellar, at Stages St. Louis, (4) THOM PAIN (BASED ON NOTHING), by Will Eno, at The Midnight Company, (5) LABUTE NEW THEATER FESTIVAL, by several playwrights, at St. Louis Actors’ Studio, (6) XANADU, by Douglas Carter Bean, Jeff Lynner & John Farrar, at Take Two Productions, (7) MANMA MIA!, by Catherine Johnson, Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus, at The Muny.

Interview with actor Heather Matthews and reviews of (1) 42ND STREET, by Harry Warren & Al Dubin, Michael Stewart & Mark Bramble, at The Muny and (2) THE MUSIC MAN, by Meredith Wilson, at The Muny.

Reviews of (1) A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, by William Shakespeare, at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, (2) ARIADNE ON NAXOS, by Richard Strauss & Hugo von Hofmannsthal, at Opera Theatre of St. Louis , (3) MACBETH, by Giuseppe Verdi, at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, (4) PASTIME, by Cecil McKinnon & Jack Marsh, at Circus Flora , (5) BROKEN BONE BATHTUB, by Siobhan O’Loughlin, at That Uppity Theatre Co. & The Drama Club STL, and (6) ATOMIC, by Danny Ginges & Philip Foxman, at New Line Theatre.

Reviews of ((1) YENTL, by Leah Napolin, at the New Jewish Theatre; (2) LA BOHEME, by Giacomo Puccini, at Opera Theatre of St. Louis; (3) THE TWO-CHARACTER PLAY, by Tennessee Williams, at the Midnight Company; (4) A PERFECT ANALYSIS GIVEN BY A PARROT, by Tennessee Williams, at the Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis; (5) THE ST. LOUIS ROOMING HOUSE PLAYS, by Tennessee Williams, at the Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis; (6) JERSEY BOYS, by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice and Bob Gaudio & Bob Crewe, at the Fox Theatre; (7) DEARLY DEPARTED, by David Bottrell & Jessie Jones, at the Alpha Players; and (8) MITZI’S ABORTION, by Elizabeth Heffron, at Tesseract Theatre.

Reviews of (1) THE GLASS MENAGERIE, by Tennessee Williams, at Upstream Theater, (2) THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, by Horton Foote, at The Theatre Guild of Webster Groves, (3) KISS ME, KATE, by Cole Porter and Samuel & Bella Spewack, at Family Musical Theater, (4) THE ADDAMS FAMILY, by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elise and Andrew Lippa, at the Kirkwood Theatre Guild, (5) BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, by Woody Allen and Glen Kelly, at the Peabody Opera House, and (6) LAUGHING STOCK, by Charles Morey, at KTK Productions.

Reviews of (1) TWISTED MELODIES, by Kelvin Roston, at The Black Rep; (2) BOSNIAN/AMERICAN: THE DANCE OF LIFE, by Deanna Jent, at Mustard Seed Theatre; (3) IVANOV, by Anton Chekhov, at St. Louis Actors’ Studio; (4) THE SOUND OF MUSIC, by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II, Howard Lindsey & Russell Crouse, at the Fox Theatre; (5) TRASH MACBETH, by William Shakespeare & others, at Equally Represented Arts; (6) THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, by Oscar Wilde, at Saint Louis Univ.; (7) DOUBLEWIDE, TEXAS, by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, & Jamie Wooten, at Over Due Theatre Company; (8) COCK, by Mike Bartlett, at the Webster Univ. Conservatory; and (9) THE PAJAMA GAME, by George Abbott & Richard Bissell, Richard Adler & Jerry Ross, at the Webster Univ. Conservatory.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) MOLLY'S HAMMER, by Tammy Ryan, at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, (2) IF/THEN, by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, at the Fox Theatre, (3) AMERICAN IDIOT, by Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong, & Michael Mayer, at New Line Theatre, (4) THE MURDER ROOM, by Jack Sharkey, at the Kirkwood Theatre Guild, (5) IL TROVATORE, by Giuseppe Verdi, at Winter Opera Saint Louis, (6) THE WOMEN, by Clare Boothe Luce, at Clayton Community Theatre, and (7) THE UNDERPANTS, by Carl Sternheim, adapted by Steve Martin, at the Theatre Guild of Webster Groves.

Douglas McGrath, Gerry Goffin & Carole King, and Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil, at the Fox Theatre, (2) ELEPHANT’S GRAVEYARD, by George Brant, at Washington Univ., (3) FARCE OF NATURE, by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, & Jamie Wooten, at KTK Productions, (4) THE MISER, by Moliere, at the Webster University Conservatory, and (5) JAMES JOYCE’S THE DEAD, by Richard Nelson and Shaun Davey, at Saint Louis Univ.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) DISGRACED, by Ayad Akhtar, at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, (2) ELEEMOSYNARY, by Lee Blessing, at Mustard Seed Theatre, (3) GIDION'S KNOT, by Johnna Adams, at St. Louis Actors’ Studio, (4) I'LL BE BACK BEFORE MIDNIGHT, by Peter Colley, at Stray Dog Theatre, (5) EDUCATING RITA, by Willy Russell, at West End Players Guild, (6) AS YOU LIKE IT, by William Shakespeare, at Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble, and (7) AND IN THIS CORNER…CASSIUS CLAY, by Idris Goodwin, Metro Theater Company.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) GEORAMA, by West Hyler, Matt Schatz & Jack Herrick, at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, (2) THE WEIR, by Conor McPherson, at Cocktails & Curtain Calls, (3) UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL, by Glen Berger, at the New Jewish Theatre, (4) SHINING CITY, by Conor McPherson, at Upstream Theater, (5) GOOD PEOPLE, by David Lindsay-Abaire,at the Alpha Players of Florissant, (6) GIOCOSO, at Circus Harmony, and (7) COSI FAN TUTTE, by W. A. Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte, at Winter Opera St. Louis.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) THE LION IN WINTER, by James Goldman, at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, (2) SUNSET BABY, by Dominique Morisseau, at The Black Rep, (3) NEWSIES, by Alan Mencken, Jack Feldman & Harvey Fierstein, at the Fox Theatre, (4) ENCHANTED APRIL, by Matthew Barber, at the Kirkwood Theatre Guild, (5) GOD OF CARNAGE, by Yasmin Reza & Christopher Hampton, at the Theatre Guild of Webster Groves, and (6) THE OTHER SIDE, by David Hawley, at First Run Theatre.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky first review THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER, by Sarah Brandt and Neal Richardson. Two interviews follow: the first with director Lana Pepper, the second with actor Donna Weinsting.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky first review WICKED by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman, at the Fox Theatre. Next is an archive review of BIG LOVE, by Charles Mee, at the Webster Univ. Conservatory. Then Bob and Gerry interview Jef Awada, the director of BIG LOVE, about taking this production to a theater festival in Cuba.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, by Rick Elice, at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis; (2) BAD JEWS, by Joshua Harmon, at the New Jewish Theatre; (3) THE GIN GAME, by D. L. Coburn, at St. Louis Actors' Studio; (4) SUBLIME INTIMACY, by Ken Page, at Max & Louie Productions; (5) DEVIL BOYS FROM BEYOND, by Buddy Thomas, Kenneth Elliot, & Drew Fornarola, at Stray Dog Theatre; (6) SHOTGUN, by John Biguenet, at the Webster Univ. Conservatory; and (7) ALL IS CALM, by Peter Rothstein, Erick Lichte & Timothy C. Takach, at Mustard Seed Theatre.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) ANIMALS OUT OF PAPER, by Rajiv Joseph, at R-S Theatrics; (2) IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS, by Irving Berlin, David Ives & Paul Blake, at the Fox Theatre; (3) RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN, by Gina Gionfriddo, at the West End Players Guild; (4) BETH LEAVEL: MUNY MAGIC AT THE SHELDON, The Muny at the Sheldon Concert Hall; (5) STAGE DOOR, by George S. Kaufman & Edna Ferber, at the Webster Univ. Conservatory; (6) CRIMES OF THE HEART, by Beth Henley, at Saint Louis Univ.; and (7) THE MISANTHROPE, by Moliere, at Washington Univ.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) I AND YOU, by Lauren Gunderson, at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis; (2) THE 39 STEPS, by Patrick Barlow, at Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble; (3) DRACULA, by John L. Balderston & Hamilton Deane, at The Theatre Guild of Webster Groves; (4) RUMORS, by Neil Simon, at the Kirkwood Theatre Guild; (5) YEOMEN OF THE GUARD, by W.S. Gilbert & Sir Arthur Sullivan, at Winter Opera St. Louis; (6) NUNSENSE, by Dan Goggins, at Hawthorne Players; and (7) A MOURNING HOLLOW, by 9 playwrights, at Tesseract Theatre.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) ANGEL STREET, by Patrick Hamilton, at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis; (2) MATILDA THE MUSICAL, by Dennis Kelly & Tim Minchin, at the Fox Theatre; (3) MARY POPPINS, by Julian Fellowes, Richard M. & Robert B. Sherman, George Stiles & Anthony Drewe, at Variety Children's Theatre; (4) SPRING AWAKENING, by Steven Sater & Duncan Sheik, at Take Two Productions; (5) THE PIANO LESSON, by August Wilson, at the Clayton Community Theatre; (6) SCOTLAND ROAD, by Jeffrey Hatcher, at Saint Louis Univ.; (7) MEDEA, by Euripides, at Univ. of Missouri–St. Louis; and (8) THE ADDAMS FAMILY, by Andrew Lippa, Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice, at Over Due Theatre Company.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) THE SUNSHINE BOYS, by Neal Simon at the New Jewish Theatre; (2) THE KISS, by Ger Thijs, at Upstream Theater; (3) HEATHERS, by Kevin Murphy & Laurence O'Keefe, at New Line Theatre; (4) TALKIN' TRASH, by Nicholas Kryah, at Metro Theater Company; (5) DOGFIGHT, by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, & Peter Duchan, at Stray Dog Theatre and the Webster Univ. Conservatory; (6) COMPANY, by Stephen Sondheim & George Furth, at Washington Univ; (7) TWELFTH NIGHT, by William Shakespeare, at St. Louis Shakespeare; and (8) TRASH MACBETH, by William Shakespeare, at Saint Louis University.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) SEMINAR, by Theresa Rebeck, at St. Louis Actors’ Studio, (2) THE WORLD BEGUN, by Nancy Bell, at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, (3) VENUS IN FUR, by David Ives, at West End Players Guild, (4) OLIVER, by Lionel Bart, at The Alpha Players of Florissant, (5) HAPPY DAYS, by Samuel Beckett, at The Black Mirror Theatre Company, and (6) MARY POPPINS, by Julian Fellowes, Richard M. & Robert B. Sherman, et al., at Christ Memorial Productions.

The Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) THE FULL MONTY, by Terrence McNally & David Yazbek, at Stages St. Louis, (2) ALL THE WAY, by Robert Shenkkan, at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, (3) TELL ME SOMETHIN’ GOOD, conceived by Ron Himes, at The Black Rep, (4) MR. BURNS: A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY, by Anne Washburn, at R-S Theatrics, (5) FOOTLOOSE, by Dean Pitchford, Walter Bobbie, Tom Snow, et al., at KTK Productions, and (6) MOON OVER BUFFALO, by Ken Ludwig, at the Theatre Guild of Webster Groves.

Gerry Kowarsky and guest host Mark Bretz review (1) THE AMISH PROJECT, by Jessica Dickey, at Mustard Seed Theatre, (2) SPINNING INTO BUTTER, by Rebecca Gilman, at Insight Theatre Company, (3) GOTTERDAMMERUNG, by Richard Wagner, at Union Avenue Opera, (4) ONE FLEA SPARE, by Naomi Wallace, at Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble, and (5) WILD OATS, by James McClure, at St. Louis Shakespeare.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky interview Ron Himes, Founder & Producing Director of The Black Rep, after reviewing: (1) SPELLBOUND! A MUSICAL FABLE, by Gary F. Bell & Robert L. White, at Stray Dog Theatre, and (2) OKLAHOMA!, by Rodgers and Hammerstein, at The Muny.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review: (1) DISNEY’S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice, & Linda Woolverton, at The Muny, (2) RIGOLETTO, by Giuseppe Verdi, at Union Avenue Opera, (3) MOON OVER BUFFALO, by Ken Ludwig, at Insight Theatre Company, (4) ANYTHING GOES, by Cole Porter et al., at Stages St. Louis, (5) THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF HEDDA GABLER, by Jeff Whitty, at St. Louis Shakespeare, (6) THIS IS N0T FUNNY, by the Cast, at Theatre Nuevo, (7) CAROUSEL, by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, at Hawthorne Payers, (8) LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL, by Laurence O’Keefe, Nell Benjamin, & Heather Hach, at Take Two Productions, and (9) LABUTE NEW THEATRE FESTIVAL, PART TWO, by several, at St. Louis Actors’ Studio.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review: (1) INTO THE WOODS, by Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine, at The Muny; (2) THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE, by Frank Marcus, at Max & Louie Productions; (3) THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH, by Thornton Wilder, at Clayton Community Theatre; (4) THE RUNAWAY CUPCAKE: A PLAY ABOUT EATING FOR FAMILIES WHO EAT, by Nancy Bell, at OnSite Theatre Co.; (5) LABUTE NEW THEATER FESTIVAL, by several, at St. Louis Actors’ Studio; (6) BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY, by Alan Janes et al., at The Muny; (7) DON GIOVANNI, by W.A. Mozart & Lorenzo da Ponte, at Union Avenue Opera; (8) THE BONES OF MALCOLM MACDUFF, by David Hawley, at First Run Theatre; and (9) EVITA, by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice, at Family Musical Theatre.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky interview Gary Glasgow, actor and professor at Webster University, after reviewing: (1) IRVING BERLIN’S HOLIDAY INN, by Irving Berlin et al., at The Muny, and (2) THE FANTASTICKS, by Harvey Schmidt & Tom Jones, at Insight Theatre Company.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky interview Ryan Scott Foizey, artistic director of Theatre Lab, after reviewing: (1) HAIRSPRAY, by Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Mark O’Donnell & Thomas Meehan, at The Muny; (2) EMMELINE, by Tobias Picker, at Opera Theatre of St. Louis; (3) MY FAIR LADY, by Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe, at The Muny; (4) GAME OF THRONES: THE PARODY!, adapted by Jason Cryer, at Magic Smoking Monkey Theatre; and (5) THE BOY WHO LOVED MONSTERS AND THE GIRL WHO LOVED PEAS, by Jonathan Graham, at Metro Theater Co.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) SMOKEY JOE’S CAFE, by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, at Stages St. Louis, (2) LA RONDINE, by Giacomo Puccini, at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, (3) ONE SUMMER ON SECOND STREET, Circus Flora, (4) RICHARD THE LIONHEART, by George Frederic Handel, at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, (5) THE THREEPENNY OPERA, by Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill, at New Line Theatre, (6) THE PILLOWMAN, by Martin McDonagh, at Theatre Lab, (7) DOG SEES GOD: CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE BLOCKHEAD, by Bert V. Royal, at Stray Dog Theatre., (8) DISNEY’S THE ARISTOCATS, by Michael Bernard, Bryan Louiselle, et al., at Stages St. Louis, (9) IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW?, by Mollie J. Ambugey & Will Bonfiglio, at GoodPeople Theatre Co.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky interview Ryan McAdams, who is conducting “The Barber of Seville” at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, after reviewing: (1) ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, by William Shakespeare, at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, (2) BLACK AND BLUE, by Lee Patton Chiles, at Gitana Productions, (3) THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, by Gioachino Rossini, at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, (4) AN INITIAL CONDITION, by Taylor Gruenloh, at Tesseract Theatre Company, and (5) KING O’ THE MOON, by Tom Dudzick, at Alpha Players of Florissant.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) MY MOTHER'S LESBIAN JEWISH WICCAN WEDDING, by David Hein & Irene Sankoff, at the New Jewish Theatre; (2) THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, by Jeanine Tesori, Dick Scanlan, & Richard Henry Morris, at the Kirkwood Theatre Guild; (3) R + J: A TELEPHONE PLAY, OR, DON'T DRINK THE MILK, at Equally Represented Arts; (4) THE TEMPEST, by William Shakespeare, at the Webster Univ. Conservatory; (5) FOOLS, by Neil Simon, at the Theatre Guild of Webster Groves; (6) AS YOU LIKE IT, by William Shakespeare, at Saint Louis Univ.; and (7) SEX, PLEASE, WE'RE SIXTY, by Michael & Susan Parker, at KTK Productions.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) AN INVITATION OUT, by Shualee Cook, at Mustard Seed Theatre, (2) ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, by Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty, at The Black Rep, (3) ART, by Yasmina Reza, at St. Louis Actors’ Studio, (4) THE ODD COUPLE (FEMALE VERSION), by Neil Simon, at Dramatic License Productions, (5) THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH, by William Shakespeare, at the Clayton Community Theatre, (6) A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, by Sondheim, Shevelove & Gelbart, at Family Musical Theatre, (7) CRIMES OF THE HEART, by Beth Henley, at Hawthorne Players, (8) TELEGRAPH, by Will Jacobs, at Washington Univ., and (9) THE IMPRESARIO, by W. A. Mozart, at Gateway Opera.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, adapted by Patrick Siler, at Upstream Theater, (2) OFF THE RECORD, by Alec Wild, at OnSite Theatre Company, (3) THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, by Rupert Holmes, at Stray Dog Theatre, (4) STOMP, by Luke Cresswell & Steve McNicholas, at the Fox Theatre, (5) THE COCKFIGHTER, by Frank Manley & Vincent Murphy, at West End Players Guild, (6) THE LAST FIVE YEARS, by Jason Robert Brown, at Webster Univ. Conservatory, (7) LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, by Howard Ashman & Alan Menken, at Over Due Theatre Company, (8) GOOD PEOPLE, by David Lindsay-Abaire, at Univ. of Missouri-St. Louis.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) VANYA AND SONYA AND MASHA AND SPIKE, by Christopher Durang, at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, (2) KINKY BOOTS, by Harvey Fierstein & Cyndi Lauper, at the Fox Theatre, (3) PARFUMERIE, by Miklos Laszlo, at The Alpha Players of Florissant, (4) BLOOD REIGNS: THE WAR OF THE ROSES TRILOGY, by William Shakespeare, at St. Louis Shakespeare, (5) AFFLICTED: DAUGHTERS OF SALEM, by Laurie Brooks, at Metro Theater Co., (6) BRIEFS: A FESTIVAL OF SHORT LGBT PLAYS, at That Uppity Theatre Co. and Vital VOICE Magazine, (7) SKY SKY SKY, by Elizabeth Birkenmeier, at Washington Univ., and (8) HONK!, by Anthony Drewe & George Stiles, at Webster Univ. Conservatory.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) BUYER AND CELLAR, by Jonathan Tolins, at the Rep Studio Theatre, (2) JERRY SPRINGER THE OPERA, by Richard Thomas & Stewart Lee, at New Line Theatre, (3) PAUL ROBESON, by Phillip Hayes Dean, at The Black Rep, (4) RADIUM GIRLS, by D.W. Gregory, at the Kirkwood Theatre Guild, (5) SIGHT UNSEEN, by Donald Margulies, at the New Jewish Theatre, (6) THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, by Andrew Lloyd Webber, et al., at the Fox () Theatre, (7) YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, by George S. Kaufman, at the Theatre Guild of Webster Groves, (8) OTELLO, by Verdi & Boito, at Winter Opera Saint Louis, and (9) THE LITTLE PRINCE, by John Scoullar & Rick Cummins, adapted from Antoine de Saint-Exupery, at COCA Presents.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) OR,, by Liz Duffy Adams, at Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble, (2) THE NINA VARIATIONS, by Steven Dietz, at Flying Blind, (3) BIG LOVE, by Charles Mee, at the Webster Univ. Conservatory, (4) ANY NUMBER CAN DIE, by Fred Carmichael, at KTK Productions, (5) RUMORS, by Neil Simon, at Saint Louis Univ., (6) BLUES FOR MR. CHARLIE, by James Baldwin, at Washington Univ., (7) THE TEMPEST, by William Shakespeare, at Univ. of Missouri-St. Louis, (8) MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, by Floyd Mutrux, Colin Escott, et al., at the Fox Theatre.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, by Edward Albee, at St. Louis Actors' Studio, (2) The Winslow Boy, by Terence Rattigan, at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, (3) White to Gray, by Rob Maesaka, at Mustard Seed Theatre, (4) Stick Fly, by Lydia R. Diamond, at The Black Rep, (5) Mr. Marmalade, by Noah Haidle, at West End Players Guil, (6) God of Carnage, by Yasmina Reza, at Stray Dog Theatre, and (7) Old Wounds, by Mollie Jeanette Amburgey, at GoodPeople Theatre.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) SAFE HOUSE, by Keith Josef Adkins, in the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis Studio Series, (2) THE LION IN WINTER, by James Goldman, at the Clayton Community Theatre, (3) IMAGINING MADOFF, by Deborah Margolin, at the New Jewish Theatre, (4) GIUBILANTE, at Circus Harmony, (5) BASHIR LAZHAR, by Évelyne de la Chenelière, at Upstream Theater, (6) MIRETTE, by Elizabeth Diggs, Harvey Schmidt & Tom Jones, at COCA Theatre Co., and (7) L’AMICO FRITZ, by Pietro Mascagni, at Winter Opera Saint Louis.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky interview Jessica Hentoff of Circus Harmony after reviewing (1) RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA, at the Fox Theatre, (2) GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, by Todd Kreidler, at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, (3) DINNER WITH FRIENDS, by Donald Margulies, at the Theatre Guild of Webster Groves, (4) THE FOX ON THE FAIRWAY, by Ken Ludwig, at the Kirkwood Theatre Guild, and (5) STEREO HEART, by Mario Farwell, at First Run Theatre.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky interview (1) Gina Galati, General Director, Winter Opera Saint Louis, and (2) Jerry Vogel, Actor.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky interview Em Piro, producer and actor, after reviewing (1) A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL, by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul and Joseph Robinette, at the Fox Theatre, (2) PIPPIN, by Stephen Schwartz & Roger O. Hirson, at the Peabody Opera House, (3) BAH! HUMBUG!, by Jack Herrick, adapted from Charles Dickens, at the Imaginary Theatre Co., and (4) THE WISE WOMEN, by Conrad Susa, at Winter Opera Saint Louis.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review 1) REALITY, by Lia Romeo, at HotCity Theatre, (2) RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH, by Richard Maltby, Jr., at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, (3) THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK CHRISTMAS MUSICAL, by David Nehls & Betsy Kelso, at Stray Dog Theatre, (4) A RAISIN IN THE SUN, by Lorraine Hansberry, at The Black Rep, (5) EAT YOUR HEART OUT, by Courtney Baron, at R-S Theatrics, (6) BECOMING DR. RUTH, by Mark St. Germain, at the New Jewish Theatre, (7) CANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL, by Trey Parker, at Magic Smoking Monkey Theatre, (8) BLITHE SPIRIT, by Noel Coward, at St. Louis Actors’ Studio, and (9) HAY FEVER, by Noel Coward, at Webster Univ. Conservatory.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) ALL IS CALM: THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE OF 1914, by Peter Rothstein, at Mustard Seed Theatre, (2) MOTOWN THE MUSICAL, by Berry Gordy, at the Fox Theatre, (3) BOOM TOWN, by Jeff Daniels, at West End Players Guild, (4) SPOOKY ACTION AT A DISTANCE, by Will Coleman, and ORDERS, by Kevin Ferguson, at The Tesseract Theatre Co., (5) THE RESIDENTS OF CRAIGSLIST, by Lucy Cashion & Will Bonfiglio, at Equally Represented Arts, (6) SPRING AWAKENING, by Steven Sater & Duncan Sheik, at the Webster Univ. Conservatory, (7) SHE KILLS MONSTERS, by Qui Nguyen, St. Louis Univ., and (8) BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON, by Alex Timbers & Michael Friedman, at Washington Univ.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, & Wendy Kesselman, at the New Jewish Theatre, (2) ANTIGONE, by Sophocles, at Upstream Theater, (3) AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, by Agatha Christie, at Stray Dog Theatre, (4) BONNIE AND CLYDE, by Ivan Menchell, Frank Wildhorn, & Don Black, at New Line Theatre, (5) SIDE SHOW, by Bill Russell & Henry Krieger, at Over Due Theatre Co., (6) STOP KISS, by Diane Son, at the Webster Univ. Conservatory, (7) NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, by George & Ira Gershwin & Joe DiPietro, at the Peabody Opera House, (8) ANON(YMOUS), by Naomi Iisuka, at Washington Univ., and (9) BUS STOP, by William Inge, at Saint Louis Univ.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, by William Shakespeare, at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, (2) REMBRANDT’S GIFT, by Tina Howe, at Dramatic License Productions, (3) MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, by William Shakespeare, at St. Louis Shakespeare, (4) DIRTY DANCING — THE CLASSIC STORY ON STAGE, by Eleanor Bernstein, at the Fox Theatre, (5) THE K OF D: AN URBAN LEGEND, by Laura Schelhardt, at Blue Rose Stage Collective, (6) THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, by Richard O’Brien, at Family Musical Theater, (7) DISNEY’S THE LITTLE MERMAID, by Doug Wright, Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, & Glen Slater, at Variety Children’s Theatre, and (8) GREASE, by Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey, et al., at KTK Productions.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review ((1) ALL IN THE TIMING, by David Ives, at St. Louis Actors' Studio, (2) OFF THE MAP, by Joan Ackermann, at West End Players Guild, (3) GOOD IN EVERYTHING, by Nancy Bell, at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, (4) ASSASSINS, by Stephen Sondheim & John Weidman, at the November Theater Co., (5) CORPUS CHRISTI, by Terrence McNally, at 108 Productions, and (6) SPAMALOT, by Eric Idle, John du Prez, & Neil Innes, at The Alpha Players of Florissant.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, by Joseph Stein, Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick, at Stages St. Louis; (2) ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS, by Richard Bean, at The Rep; (3) DEATH OF A SALESMAN, by Arthur Miller, at Insight Theatre Co.; (4) PURLIE, by Ossie Davis, Philip Rose, Peter Udell, & Gary Geld, at The Black Rep; (5) THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL, by David Nehls & Betsy Kelso, at Dramatic License Productions; (6) THE NORMAL HEART, by Larry Kramer, at HotCity Theatre; (7) FIRST LADY SUITE, by Michael John LaChiusa, R-S Theatrics; (8) THE KING AND I, by Rodgers & Hammerstein, at Christ Memorial Productions; and (9) DEARLY DEPARTED, by David Botrell & Jessie Jones, at the Theatre Guild of Webster Groves.

Gerry Kowarsky and guest host Mark Bretz interview Alexandra LoBianco, soprano, and Karen Coe Miller, director, of Union Avenue Opera’s “Siegfried” after reviewing (1) THE LIAR, by David Ives, adapted from Pierre Corneille, at St. Louis Shakespeare, (2) HELLO, DOLLY!, by Jerry Herman & Michael Stewart, at The Muny, and (3) THE WIZ, by William F. Brown & Charlie Smalls, at Hawthorne Players.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky interview Suki Peters, actor and director, after reviewing (1) HUMAN TERRAIN, by Jennifer Blackmer, at Mustard Seed Theatre, (2) THE SPITFIRE GRILL, by James Valcq & Fred Alley, at Insight Theatre Co., (3) SIEGFRIED, by Richard Wagner, at Union Avenue Opera, (4) MARY SHELLY MONSTER SHOW, by Nick Otten, at Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble, and (5) FOUR SUGARS, by Stephen Peirick, at Stray Dog Theatre.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, by Frank Loesser, Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock & Willie Gilbert, at Stages St. Louis, (2) A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, by Andre Previn & Tennessee Williams, at Union Avenue Opera, (3) GREASE, by Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey, at The Muny, (4) LaBUTE FESTIVAL PART 2, by Neil LaBute et al., at St. Louis Actors' Studio, (5) FUNNY GIRL, by Isobel Lennart, Jule Styne & Bob Merrill, at Stray Dog Theatre, (6) TARZAN, by Phil Collins & David Henry Hwang, at Take Two Productions, (7) QUILLS, by Doug Wright, at Max & Louie Productions, (8) WILLY WONKA, by Roald Dahl et al., at Over Due Theatre Co., and (9) SEX, DRUGS, ROCK & ROLL, by Eric Bogosian, at The Midnight Co.