Tennessee Williams Festival is staging 鈥淎 Streetcar Named Desire,鈥 St. Lou Fringe is back and the Muny will have the Midwest premiere of 鈥淒ear Evan Hansen as the theater season heats up.
鈥楬补尘濒别迟鈥
- When: 8 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday May 28-June 22
- Where: Shakespeare Glen Forest Park
- How much: Free with paid seats available from $20-$300
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For its 25th anniversary, St. 香港三级片 Shakespeare Festival is staging 鈥淗amlet,鈥 the story about the prince who has a big decision to make: Should he murder his uncle who also happens to be king of Denmark? He has his reasons, namely his dad came back from the dead and told him to. The festival stage was damaged in the tornado, but festival organizers don鈥檛 think it鈥檒l delay opening night. On with the show!
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鈥楻别苍迟鈥
- When: 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday May 29-June 21
- Where: Marcelle, 3310 Samuel Shepard Drive
- How much: $20-$30
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New Line Theatre is celebrating its 100th show with 鈥淩ent鈥 the classic musical about bohemians living in New York on no money. They are trying to find love, deal with loss and more all while also trying to make rent.
Jasmine Cheri Rush, Caroline Amos, Ricki Frankin and Katherina A. Bentley in St. 香港三级片 Shakespeare Festival's 2024 production of "As You Like It."
鈥楳urder for Two鈥
- When: 7 p.m. and 2 p.m. May 30-June 29
- Where: Kirkwood Performing Arts Center, 210 E. Monroe Ave., Kirkwood
- How much: $47-$86
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You鈥檇 think that 鈥淢urder for Two鈥 is your average whodunit. The Stages St. 香港三级片 show is about Marcus Moscowicz, a small-town police officer who wants to solve a big-time murder. The victim is a prominent novelist who was shot at his own surprise birthday party. Helping Marcus is his silent partner Lou. So what鈥檚 the twist? The comedic play has more than a dozen roles, but only two actors playing them.
Acrobatic rollerskating duo Alexis and Mary will be at Circus Flora this June.
Circus Flora: 鈥楿rban Legend鈥
- When: June 5-22; performance times vary
- Where: Big Top, 3401 Washington Blvd.
- How much: $10-$99
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St. 香港三级片鈥 famed one-ring circus returns with a show about urban legends. In this story, a mysterious creature has surfaced and chaos ensues. Can the circus performers restore order? This year鈥檚 show will feature an acrobatic roller skating duo, an aerial rope artist, the Canine Cabaret (a dog act) and the Flying Wallendas high wire act.
鈥楻颈肠办别迟测!鈥
- When: 7 p.m. Thursday-Sunday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday June 5-8
- Where: Greenfinch Theater and Dive, 2525 S. Jefferson Ave.
- How much: $15-$20
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鈥淩ickety鈥 is a modern-day musical about, well musicals: a local theater hasn鈥檛 really recovered from the pandemic and is about to get sold. Unfortunately, the buyer is a guy who hates musicals and wants to tear the theater down. Can local theater kid Georgie mount a show that earns enough money to save the beloved theater?
鈥楩rankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune鈥
- When: 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday June 5-21
- Where: Stray Dog Theatre, 2336 Tennessee Ave.
- How much: $30-$35
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In this play from Stray Dog Theatre, two middle-aged restaurant workers fall in love 鈥 sort of. Frankie is a waitress, and Johnny is a short-order cook, and they fall in bed together. Frankie was thinking it was a one-night stand, but Johnny has other ideas.
鈥楥older Than Here鈥
- When: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday June 13-29
- Where: Kranzberg Black Box, 501 N. Grand Blvd
- How much: $35 adults, $25 students
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In this Albion Theatre production, Myra鈥檚 family can鈥檛 accept the fact that she鈥檚 dying. As she searches for burial places and coffins, will they ever be able to face a future they didn鈥檛 plan?
鈥楤ring It On鈥
- When: 8:15 p.m. June 16-22
- Where: Muny, 1 Theatre Drive, Forest Park
- How much: $21-$145, plus free seats
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The Muny kicks off its summer season with a high-flying musical, 鈥淏ring It On鈥 about competitive cheerleading. And yes, you will see cheer stunts, because 16 University of Kentucky cheerleaders will be part of the show.
鈥楥ome From Away鈥
- When: 8:15 p.m. June 26-July 2
- Where: Muny, 1 Theatre Drive, Forest Park
- How much: $21-$145, plus free seats
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Rewind the clocks to 2001. A horrible terrorist attack has just happened in the United States, and 38 commercial flights have to reroute to鈥 Gander, Newfoundland. You鈥檝e never heard of it and neither have any of the displaced passengers. In 鈥淐ome From Away,鈥 playing for the first time at the Muny, the town mounts a heartwarming response to its 7,000 surprise guests.
Patti Murin originated the role of Anna in 鈥淔rozen鈥 on Broadway. She鈥檒l reprise the role at the Muny this summer. Here she performs as Anna at the 72nd annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in 2018.
鈥楩谤辞锄别苍鈥
- When: 8:15 p.m. July 6-14
- Where: Muny, 1 Theatre Drive, Forest Park
- How much: $21-$145, plus free seats
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Finally! 鈥淔rozen鈥 is coming to the Muny. The Disney film about sisters Anna and Elsa captured hearts and the national zeitgeist with its song 鈥淟et It Go.鈥 The story is about how Elsa can鈥檛 control her power to turn everything into ice as her sister Anna struggles to save her.
鈥楻omeo and Zooliet鈥
- When: 7:30 p.m. July 8-Aug. 17
- Where: Historic Hill, St. 香港三级片 Zoo, 1 Government Drive, Forest Park
- How much: $10.95-$149.95
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The zoo animals are staging 鈥淩omeo and Juliet鈥 ... OK, it鈥檚 puppets made to look like zoo animals but Michael Curry, the same guy who did the puppets for 鈥淟ion King鈥 on Broadway, designed these so they should still be pretty cute.
鈥楶ride and Joy鈥
- When: July 10-26
- Where: The Chapel, 6238 Alexander Drive
- How much: TBD
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A family is hosting an intervention, but which family member is it for? The play, presented by the Midnight Company, was written by local actor and playwright Colin McLaughlin, and got a reading at the 2024 St. Lou Fringe Festival.
11th Annual Labute Theater Festival
- When: 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday July 11-27
- Where: Gaslight Theater, 358 N. Boyle Ave.
- How much: $58-$62
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Every year, St. 香港三级片 Actors鈥 Studio teams up with playwright Neil LaBute to present this festival of new plays. LaBute writes a one-act for the festival, and the remaining one-acts are selected from submissions.
鈥楨惫颈迟补鈥
- When: 8:15 p.m. July 18-24
- Where: Muny, 1 Theatre Drive, Forest Park
- How much: $21-$145, plus free seats
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鈥淓vita,鈥 the Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber banger, returns to the Muny stage to tell the story of Argentina鈥檚 famous first lady, Eva Peron. The show includes the famous songs, 鈥淒on鈥檛 Cry for Me Argentina,鈥 鈥淥h What a Circus鈥 and 鈥淏uenos Aires.鈥
Kimmie Kidd stars as Eliza Haycraft, a famous St. 香港三级片 Madam, in "Madam."
鈥楳补诲补尘鈥
- When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday July 25-Aug. 10
- Where: Greenfinch Theater and Dive, 2525 S. Jefferson Ave.
- How much: $25
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Fly North Theatricals remounts 鈥淢adam,鈥 a musical about Eliza Haycraft, the richest woman in St. 香港三级片. Her empire of brothels is under threat though and she has to protect her fortune and her girls.
鈥楢usten鈥檚 Pride鈥
- When: July 25-Aug. 24; performance times vary
- Where: Kirkwood Performing Arts Center, 210 E. Monroe Ave., Kirkwood
- How much: $47-$86
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A world premiere is headed to Stages, but it鈥檚 a familiar story. 鈥淎usten鈥檚 Pride鈥 is a musical version of 鈥淧ride and Prejudice.鈥 But this time, as Mr. Darcy becomes deeper entwined with the Bennet family, the author of the original novel, Jane Austen, is also gaining insights into her writing.
鈥楧ear Evan Hansen鈥
- When: 8:15 p.m. July 28-Aug. 3
- Where: Muny, 1 Theatre Drive, Forest Park
- How much: $21-$145, plus free seats
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The Muny is tackling 鈥淒ear Evan Hansen,鈥 about a teen, Evan, who pretends that he was friends with someone at school who committed suicide. The lie quickly takes on a life of its own and Evan, who had been invisible, starts to enjoy his moment in the limelight. The play won Tony and Olivier awards for Best Musical.
鈥楾he Second Hurricane鈥
- When: 8 p.m. Aug. 7-30
- Where: Stray Dog Theatre, 2336 Tennessee Ave.
- How much: $30-$35
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Stray Dog Theatre is staging its first-ever opera. The company is known for doing plays and musicals, but artistic director Gary Bell was in 鈥淭he Second Hurricane,鈥 an opera by Aaron Copland, when he was young, and wanted to give other kids the opportunity to be in it, too. The youth opera, with a libretto by Edwin Denby, is about kids trying to help a community during a hurricane.
鈥楢 Streetcar Named Desire鈥
- When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday Aug. 7-17
- Where: Grandel Theater, 3610 Grandel Square
- How much: $45-$55
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鈥淎 Streetcar Named Desire鈥 is one of Tennessee Williams鈥 most famous plays, so it鈥檚 fitting that the Tennessee Williams Festival is staging it for its 10th anniversary. The story follows Blanche, a southern belle who has fallen on hard times and had to move in with her pregnant sister and her sister鈥檚 brutish husband, Stanley.
鈥楲a Cage Aux Folles鈥
- When: 8:15 p.m. Aug. 8-14
- Where: Muny, 1 Theatre Drive, Forest Park
- How much: $21-$145, plus free seats
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When Georges and Albin鈥檚 son says he鈥檚 engaged to the daughter of a conservative politician, the gay couple knows just what to do 鈥 conceal who they really are to make sure an in-law visit goes off without a hitch. Obviously, that doesn鈥檛 work. The musical inspired the 1996 film 鈥淭he Birdcage鈥 and last graced the Muny stage nearly 40 years ago.
鈥淏roken Bone Bathtub: The Documentary,鈥 one of the headlining acts from the 2024 St. Lou Fringe.
St. Lou Fringe
- When: Aug. 11-17; performance times vary
- Where: Various venues
- How much: $15-$35
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See the best in experimental theater at St. Lou Fringe.
鈥楯ersey Boys鈥
- When: 8:15 p.m. Aug. 18-24
- Where: Muny, 1 Theatre Drive, Forest Park
- How much: $21-$145, plus free seats
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The Muny closes out its season with 鈥淛ersey Boys,鈥 a jukebox musical about the rise of the Four Seasons, the group behind 鈥淏ig Girls Don鈥檛 Cry,鈥 鈥淪herry,鈥 鈥淐an鈥檛 Take My Eyes Off You鈥 and more hits of the 1960s and 鈥70s.
鈥楳idsummer Night鈥檚 Dream鈥
- When: 6:30 p.m. Aug. 19-Sept. 14
- Where: Various parks and public spaces around St. Louis
- How much: Free
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Shakespeare Festival St. 香港三级片 can鈥檛 let Forest Park have all the fun, so it takes a Shakespeare show around to a bunch of different St. 香港三级片 parks. This year, they鈥檙e reprising their 2022 production of 鈥淎 Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream.鈥 It is an afro-futuristic version of the Shakespearean comedy directed by local artist Tre鈥檝on Griffith.
