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11.03.2009 5:25 am

“In the Heights” dancers offer a master class in Latin dance

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"In the Heights" (Joan Marcus photo)

"In the Heights" (Joan Marcus photo)

Daniel Cruz and Kristina Fernandez, two members of the cast of “In the Heights,” will  teach choreography from the Broadway hit at  master dance class on Friday, Nov. 13.

The hour-long class starts at 4:45 at the Stages St.…

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10.27.2009 5:00 am

Midcentury madness hits the stage

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Hunter Bell (left), Robert C. Torri and Kathi Gilmore in "Promises, Promises" at Stages St. Louis

“Promises, Promises” - the 1968 Burt Bacharach/Hal David musical based on “The Apartment,” Billy Wilder’s wry assessment of office mores in the “Mad Man” era…

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10.20.2009 5:00 am

How does your job fare on stage?

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John Inchiostro's costume sketch for the dentist in "Little Shop of Horrors" at Stages St. Louis this season

Designer John Inchiostro's costume sketch for the dentist in "Little Shop of Horrors" at Stages St. Louis this summer

Yesterday my dentist and I had an interesting talk about the theater.

OK, he did most of the talking. I was hardly in…

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10.15.2009 5:00 am

“Chaperone” scores big at Stages

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Chrstianne Tisdale and Edward Juvier in "The Drowsy Chaperone" at Stages St. Louis. (Whitney Curtis photo)

Chrstianne Tisdale and Edward Juvier in "The Drowsy Chaperone" at Stages St. Louis. (Whiney Curtis photo)

“The Drowsy Chaperone,” the show-within-a-show that opened the 2009 season at Stages St. Louis, turned out to be the biggest hit in the theater’s history.…

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08.31.2009 5:00 am

Stages announces 2010 shows

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Stages' Jack Lane

Stages' Jack Lane

As they get ready to open ”Guys and Dolls,” Stages St. Louis artistic director Michael Hamilton and executive producer Jack Lane make plans for 2010 - a season that plays homespun charm off big-city sophistication.

Stages’ 24th season will open with “Big River” (May…

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08.21.2009 5:00 am

Stages’ ‘Drowsy Chaperone’ was no yawn

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"The Drowsy Chaperone" at Stages, with (from left) David Schmittou, David Elder and Brian Ogilvie

“The Drowsy Chaperone,” the clever musical-within-a musical that just closed at Stages St. Louis, broke the company’s box office record, pulling in $560,000 in 38…

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08.17.2009 5:00 am

Poll: What are your musical theater favorites?

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

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…

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08.14.2009 5:00 am

Stages St. Louis sings for its supper

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David Schmittou in "The Drowsy Chaperone"

David Schmittou in "The Drowsy Chaperone"

Can there be a better way for theater groups to raise money than by staging a show? Not to judge from Stages St. Louis’s fund-raiser on Monday night at Kirkwood’s Robert G. Reim Theatre. The company sang, danced and…

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05.08.2009 6:42 pm

Stages St. Louis keeps Ben Nordstrom busy

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Ben Nordstrom with his wife, Kristen, and their son, Sam

Ben Nordstrom with his wife, Kristen, and their son, Sam

Maybe you’ve caught St. Louis actor Ben Nordstrom on the McDonald’s commercial where he gets hit with a Cardinals T-shirt? This summer he’s going to perform some more - but not at the ballpark. Nordstrom…

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05.06.2009 4:58 pm

St. Louis dancers welcome at “Chorus Line” class

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Members of the touring cast of “A Chorus Line,” the show opening May 12 at the Fox Theatre, will offer a master class for St. Louis dancers from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 14, at the Stages Performing Arts…

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