BWW Review: CRY-BABY is a Rockin' Fun Look at Privilege and Classism
by Tanya Seale
- Oct 13, 2019
New Line Theatre, whose tagline is fittingly #MusicalTheatreAF, opens their 29th season with Cry-Baby, the 2007 musical with book by Mark O'Donnell & Thomas Meehan and songs by David Javerbaum & Adam Schlesinger. It is based on Cry-Baby the film, written and directed by Hairspray creator, John Waters. Let me just pause here and say if you have only ever seen the film, you're missing out, as the musical has a much more cohesive, developed...
Photo Flash: First Look At CRY-BABY At New Line Theatre
by A.A. Cristi
- Sep 26, 2019
It's 1954. Everyone likes Ike, nobody likes communism, and Wade 'Cry-Baby' Walker is the coolest boy in Baltimore. He's a bad boy with a good cause -- truth, justice, and the pursuit of rock and roll.
Photo Flash: New Line Theatre Presents CRY-BABY
by A.A. Cristi
- Sep 13, 2019
It's 1954. Everyone likes Ike, nobody likes communism, and Wade 'Cry-Baby' Walker is the coolest boy in Baltimore. He's a bad boy with a good cause -- truth, justice, and the pursuit of rock and roll.
Vote For The 2018 BroadwayWorld St. Louis Awards; THE REALISTIC JONESES Leads Best Comedy!
by BWW Staff
- Nov 26, 2018
There's just one month left to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld St. Louis Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers are already setting records as they vote for their favorites. Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites! Voting will continue through December 31st, 2018.
Photo Flash: New Line Theatre Presents YEAST NATION
by A.A. Cristi
- May 31, 2018
New Line Theatre, "the bad boy of musical theatre," presents the area premiere of YEAST NATION: THE TRIUMPH OF LIFE, the world's first bio-historical musical, a comic political thriller with book and lyrics by Greg Kotis, and music and lyrics by Mark Hollmann, the subversive geniuses behind the award-winning Broadway musical Urinetown, running May 31-June 23, 2018 at the Marcelle Theater in the Grand Center Arts District.
PRIME Theatre Announces New Staff
by Stephi Wild
- Mar 12, 2018
After an initial first season of four 24-hour new play festivals, the new St Louis theatre company PRIME is proud to announce five new staff members, including a new Artistic Director. This change is imperative in the growth of the company and in order to support the ambitious goals of Season Two and beyond.
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