Tony Bennett | 06.07.17
Bennett is an American classic, a reminder that art and craftsmanship are never mutually exclusive.
June 2017
The Rager | Pallbearer | 06.07.17
The Rager finds loud music for sad people.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Stages St. Louis
What a wonderful way for Stages St. Louis to open their 31st season!
Surfer Blood | What Dreams Are Made of
“I had this dream and I met a woman named Snowdonia.”
On Tour: 311
311’s following is fueled by their efforts to personally connect with the fan base, endearingly referred to as the “excitable ones.”
The Trial | Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, May 27 – June 25
A great opera requires that many elements—among them music, story, movement, costumes, and set—must work perfectly together. That’s a tough assignment, but when it happens, the work becomes much more than the sum of its […]
The Mummy | Karl Freund
The opening of the King Tut exhibition at the Saint Louis Science Center put me in mind of the “Egyptomania craze” kicked off by the discovery of his tomb in 1922.* Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre in […]
Megan Leavey (Bleeker Street Media, PG-13)
Megan Leavey offers a fresh take on an oft-told tale.
My Cousin Rachel | Fox Searchlight Pictures (PG-13)
This particular adaptation badly misses the mark.
It Comes at Night (A24, R)
On the plus side, It Comes at Night is technically accomplished.