Thanksgiving weekend is often a quiet one on the theatre scene, but not this year as shows from R-S Theatrics and the Playhouse at Westport join the list.
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R-S Theatrics presents
Every Brilliant Thing Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays a 7 pm through December 2. "When a six-year-old starts a list of every brilliant thing in life to encourage her despondent mother, little does she know that the list will take on a life of its own and thread its way throughout the girl's life. Hilarious and heartbreaking, this one-woman show reminds us to celebrate the beauty in our lives and in those we love." Performances take place at black box theatre at The Kranzberg Arts Center in Grand Center. For more information:
r-stheatrics.com.
My take: Looking for reasons to be thankful this weekend? Turn off the TV (especially the news) and consider this heart warming one-actor show at R-S. "
Every Brilliant Thing," writes Mark Bretz
at Ladue News, "is a short, sweet and satisfying sojourn taken by the audience with its friendly and reassuring narrator down a road readily identifiable to virtually everyone."
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| Shotspeare |
The Playhouse at Westport Plaza presents
Shotspeare Thursdays through Saturdays through December 8. "Shotspeare is equal parts bacchanal and classical theater. Harkening back to the actual time of Shakespeare where audience members (groundlings) were boisterous and partook in the show. Think Drunk History meets The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, hosted by the Gazillionaires English major nephew." The Playhouse at Westport Plaza is at 635 West Port Plaza. For more information:
playhouseatwestport.com.
My take: More interested in comedy? If audience participation is your thing, consider the return engagement of this Shakespeare-themed evening of semi-improv comedy. "
Shotspeare,"
writes Ann Lemmons Pollack, "is way not just for Shakespeare buffs. In fact, I’m sure that some Deeply Serious Shakespeare-ophiles will be Deeply Offended by it. But rowdy, indeed bawdy humor was common in Elizabethan times. Shotspeare fits right into that." And as they say in
Hamilton, don't throw away your shot.
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| Disney's Aladdin |
The Fabulous Fox presents Disney's
Aladdin running through November 25. "From the producer of The Lion King comes the timeless story of ALADDIN, a thrilling new production filled with unforgettable beauty, magic, comedy and breathtaking spectacle. It's an extraordinary theatrical event where one lamp and three wishes make the possibilities infinite." The Fox is at 527 North Grand in Grand Center. For more information:
fabulousfox.com.
My take: The Disney organization has had a remarkably good track record when it comes to turning their hit animated films into his stage musicals, and judging from the reviews this is yet another colorful feather in the company's cap. "The national touring production of Aladdin," writes Mark Bretz
at Ladue News, "pulls out all the stops in a brightly festooned, lavish spectacle of a show filled with entertaining music, lots of laughs and an eye-popping array of razzle-dazzle special effects and glittering costumes." Sounds like a good time to me.
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| All is Calm |
Mustard Seed Theatre presents the acappella musical
All is Calm Thursdays through Sundays, November 15 - December 16. "Join us in celebrating the power of peace in this acapella musical based on the true story of soldiers during World War I who for one night, put down their arms and played soccer instead of exchanging bullets." Performances take place at the Fontbonne Fine Arts Theatre, 6800 Wydown Blvd. For more information, call (314) 719-8060 or visit the web site at
www.mustardseedtheatre.com.
My take: All is Calm has become an annual winter tradition at Mustard Seed. With a script by Peter Rothstein and musical arrangements by Erick Lichte and Timothy C. Takach, this story of the remarkable Christmas truce of 1914—a spontaneous outbreak of peace that occurred at multiple points along the trenches in France—combines splendid and often quite complex acappella singing with readings of letters from soldiers and other historical documents. At a time when opportunistic politicians are pushing an agenda of hate, fear, and eternal war, this is a play that everyone needs to see. As we used to ask back in the 1960s, "what if they gave a war and nobody came?
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