St. Louis-born Rocco Landesman is coming home to the Central Time Zone. The recently confirmed Director of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) smeared Peoria theater, and by extension all small-town theater, in a pre-confirmation interview with New York…

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…

The hilarious Tony-winning “Avenue Q” is closing next month on Broadway, but stay up late (and tolerate Jimmy Fallon) Thursday night to watch the entire cast perform “The Internet is for Porn” on “Late Night with…

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…

Green Day won two Grammys for its multiplatinum "American Idiot." Associated Press file

I love Green Day (which is playing Aug. 11 at Scottrade), and I love “Spring Awakening,” so this sounds like an awesome combination of efforts. Playbill News reports:

Tony Award-winning…

A raccoon. Not at the Muny

Muny audiences saw an unexpected “actor” in the Wednesday night performance of “Camelot,” when a raccoon got into the act.

Now, wild animals on the Muny stage are not that unusual; after all, the open-air theater is in…

It can’t be quittin’ time already!

Dolly Parton’s musical, based on the 1980 film, “9 to 5: The Musical” will end its run on Broadway on Sept. 6 after what will be 148 performances and 24 previews.…

The Associated Press reports:

Talk show host Jerry Springer is coming to Atlanta to star in the musical “Chicago.” He will play flamboyant lawyer Billy Flynn in performances at the Fox from September 8 to 13. Springer, whose bawdy television show…

Jenny Mercein (top), Rachel Leslie and John Livingstone Rolle star in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis"

“The Merry Wives of Windsor” drew 46,155 people to Forest Park in June - a big jump from last year’s…

Liza Minnelli

At last night’s Tony awards – a show that featured a sensational opening number, several superb red-carpet ensembles and some weird sound problems – there were three numbers that didn’t really “fit”: the selections from “Mamma Mia!,” “Legally Blonde” and “Jersey Boys.”

None of those shows was…