Initiative runs for five hours with two intermissions. That length sounds punishing until you are twenty minutes in and the play has no interest in testing your patience. It holds your attention through people worth following and scenes that keep shifting their center of gravity. You stay because the characters earn the time. Written by…
Editor’s note: Join us for the Out In STL Luminary Awards on December 4. Joan Lipkin has been designated an Icon by St Louis Magazine, profiled in 50 Key Figures in Queer US Theatre, received numerous local and national awards as a visionary and community leader, and last spring was elected into the prestigious College…
Roundabout’s revival is sharp in moments but lighter than the history that powers it. Rajiv Joseph’s Archduke, now at Roundabout’s Laura Pels Theatre, takes on the three young Bosnian Serb men whose actions helped ignite World War I. Joseph, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, approaches their confusion…
ST. LOUIS – Vivent Health, in partnership with the mayor’s office and a broad coalition of community-based organizations, invites St. Louis communities to join them in observing World AIDS Day on Monday, December 1. They are hosting a march, rally and more powerful events dedicated to remembrance, advocacy, and a renewed commitment to a world…
Please join us on the 4th of December for an evening of entertainment and community as we present the Out In STL Luminary Awards and celebrate the release of our latest issue. The stunning Lucy Couture will be our host, and the internationally acclaimed La Voûte Performance Ensemble, which is featured in the issue, will…
The Public’s new musical version of Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth hurls every idea it has at the audience and hopes some of them sing. It is smart, ambitious, and at least half an hour too long. And I give it a thumbs up. Adapted, composed, and lyricized by Ethan Lipton and directed…
The Notebook, now playing at the Fabulous Fox Theatre through November 16, is more than a love story. It’s a reminder of how deep connection can last, even when memory fades. Based on Nicholas Sparks’ novel, this stage version could have felt predictable. Instead, it’s beautifully done. The direction by Michael Greif and Schele Williams…
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…
On Sunday, SIRenity closed out their sixth season by treating their members and guests to a brunch drag show featuring an all-Miss Gay Missouri America cast. The lovable Trixie LaRue was a lively emcee, and the queens put on top-notch performances. Having spent many summer days there, it was strange seeing the pool empty, and…
By Ethan Tarantella Alongside the major studio projects, locally produced films and potential Oscar contenders at the 34th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) are a number of independent queer documentaries. Some have been screened at festivals as big as Sundance, others are just starting their festival run, but all are worthy of…
