Imagine someone tells you they’re writing a play about the heir to the British throne being a homosexual, complete with nudity. You’d brace for cliché: the easy satire, the tired provocation, the self-aware wink that so often passes for queer transgression. Prince Faggot is none of that. It’s precise, intelligent, and one of the best…
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Theater Review: Bat Boy Comes Out of the Cave
It’s hard to imagine a better Halloween pairing than a cape, a mask, and a seat at Bat Boy: The Musical. Presented as a gala concert at New York City Center, this revival reminded everyone why the institution remains one of New York’s most joyous theatrical homes. It’s the place where forgotten, too-weird, or too-brilliant…
A Conversation with a Legend: Lady Bunny Returns to St. Louis with “Bunny Butchers Broadway”
What started as a formal interview with drag legend Lady Bunny quickly turned into a miniature version of Inside The Actor’s Studio between myself and one of the inspirations behind my own drag career. We talked about the craft of creating a show like her new tour, wigs, and the art of keeping our…
Life of Pi at The Fabulous Fox: A Beautiful Retelling of Trauma, Survival, and Reframed Reality
The curtain has risen on the Fabulous Fox’s season opener Life of Pi, a tour deforce production that does more than just dramatize a shipwreck. It invites the audience into a profound meditation on trauma, memory, and the human capacity to rebuild meaning in the aftermath of disaster. This magical stage adaptation of Yann Martel’s…
SAW The Musical: The Unauthorized Parody of Saw
“I wanna play a game,” sings Billy the Puppet, dressed in a glittery suit coat, as SAW The Musical opens. The lights come up on a small stage transformed into a grimy bathroom, complete with blood stains and grime. SAW The Musical: The Unauthorized Parody of Saw has officially arrived in St. Louis as part…
Floyd Collins: Beautiful Music, Resonating Underground
A meditation on dreams, ambition, and the price of spectacle. Reviewed by Adam Josephs, Out in STL May 2025, Lincoln Center Theater – Vivian Beaumont Theater The secret to great performance art is that it makes you care about the characters, no matter how abstract or unconventional. Lincoln Center’s revival of Floyd Collins Hooks you…
Review: Real Women Have Curves
Real Women Have Curves is fun. It’s fresh. Everyone on stage is having a great time, and that joy is infectious. The show has no shame about its two major themes: first, that beautiful women often have curves, and second, the immigrant story, specifically the struggle of Latino immigrants living without regular status. In fact,…
Tony Winner: The Spy Who Sang to Me
A brisk, brainy WWII caper with more narrative density than emotional depth. Operation Mincemeat plays like the fever dream of a pub crawl among history nerds. The kind of night that ends with someone pounding out a patter song about Allied disinformation campaigns while the rest harmonize over pints. The result is a clever, chaotic…
Social Justice Shorts 2025, Presented by Bread & Roses Missouri & A Call to Conscience Interactive Theater for Social Change
Bread and Roses Missouri and A Call to Conscience Interactive Theater for Social Change proudly present Social Justice Shorts 2025, a dynamic festival of short plays running June 6–8 at Metro Theatre Company. Building on the success of last year’s inaugural festival, this partnership brings together two organizations deeply rooted in using the arts to…
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