This Friday D.C. Anderson, the actor playing the nervous producer Andre in ”The Phantom of the Opera” at the Fox, has a great way to unwind after the show. He’s giving a little party and show to launch his new…

Echo's Trivia Night drew big crowds last Saturday

Echo Theatre Company had a huge fund-raising success last Saturday, when its first-ever Trivia Night  raised over $8600.

The games at Theatre 134 - Echo’s sleek new home in the ArtSpace at Crestwood Court - drew more…

Rocco Landesman (Michael Eastman photo)

Rocco Landesman, the Broadway producer who was just confirmed as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, is impressed with the growth of the St. Louis theater scene in recent years.

“When they give the Kevin Kline awards,…

Two of HotCity's founders, artistic director Marty Stanberry and Donna Parrone

HotCity Theatre - which, unlike a lot of theaters, counts its seasons according to the calendar year - has scheduled mainstage offerings for 2010 that include a brand-new play and a…

“The Time Traveler’s Wife,” which began life as a novel of obsessive allure and turned into a movie I have spent the last few weeks avoiding/wanting/avoiding/wanting, is not going away so fast. According to The Wrap, a website that covers Hollywood, ABC plans to…

The great opening dance in "West Side Story," performed in a tour at the Fox

If you’re like a lot of St. Louisans, you’re way more up on musical theater than your friends and relations in other cities are. We can thank…

Erika Rolfsrud with director Rob Ruggiero

“What’s the fastest and cheapest way to earn a medical degree? Get cast as a doctor on a TV show!” actress Erika Rolfsrud says.

Rolfsrud, who dazzled St. Louis audiences last season with her portrayal of shrewd…

Julie Layton

Actress Julie Layton will slam theater’s most celebrated door when she portrays Nora in the St. Louis Actors’ Studio production of “A Doll’s House.”

Written by Henrik Ibsen in 1879, “A Doll’s House” was a scandal in its own time. Today, it is…

Donna Weinsting (right) and Lavonne Byers at the Kevin Kline awards in 2007, when they both won.

Donna Weinsting, who won the 2007 Kevin Kline outstanding actress award for her performance as an immigrant grandmother in “From Door to Door,” has…

Olivia Jane Prosser and Hannah Ryan; Amy Landon

Rarely do I have a chance to see any show twice in its run - it’s usually not possible and, let’s be honest, not always tempting. But I was glad to catch a second…