My Kind of Town

Every so often I like to point out how incredibly exciting, varied, and interesting the St. Louis musical theatre scene is.

It's always been important to me not only to promote New Line and our work, but also the art form itself, and the rest of the St. Louis theatre scene. We keep pages on our website listing all the theatre companies in town, and all the upcoming productions of musicals in town.

Keeping in mind we're already halfway through the summer, here's a list of musicals coming up locally.

July 6-14 – H.M.S. Pinafore, Union Avenue Opera
July 9-16 – Jersey Boys, The Muny
July 13-21 – Altar Boyz, Silhouettes Production Company
July 18-25 – Annie, The Muny
July 18-29 – Footloose, Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre
July 20-28 – Dames at Sea, Alfresco Productions
July 20-Aug. 19 – Mamma Mia!, Stages St. Louis
July 24-29 – It Shoulda Been You, SCC Center Stage Theatre
July 26-29 – Sweeney Todd, Ignite Theatre Company
July 27-28 – West Side Story, COCA
July 27-Aug. 2 – Gypsy, The Muny
July 27-Aug. 5 – Legally Blonde, Hawthorne Players
Aug. 2-18 – The Robber Bridegroom, Stray Dog Theatre
Aug. 3-5 – Honk!, Insight Theatre Company
Aug. 3-11 – Into the Woods, Curtain's Up Theater Company
Aug. 4-12 – Meet Me in St. Louis, The Muny
Aug. 8-19 – The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Act Two Theatre
Aug. 10-26 – The Light in the Piazza, R-S Theatrics
Aug. 17-25 – Lost in the Stars, Union Avenue Opera
Sept 5-30 – Evita, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
Sept. 7-Oct. 7 – Oklahoma!, Stages St. Louis
Sept. 12-16 – Bye Bye Birdie, Ignite Theatre Company
Sept. 18-30 – Love Never Dies, Fox Theatre
Sept. 20-30 – Newsies, Looking Glass Playhouse
Sept. 27-Oct. 20 – The Zombies of Penzance, New Line Theatre
Oct. 5-14 – Bells Are Ringing, Alpha Players
Nov. 2-11 – Annie, Act Two Theatre
Nov. 7-25 – Aladdin, Fox Theatre
Nov. 8-Dec. 16 – All is Calm, Mustard Seed Theatre
Dec. 11-16 – Les Misérables, Fox Theatre
Dec. 22-23 – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Fox Theatre
De. 26-Jan. 6 – Anastasia, Fox Theatre
Jan. 25-Feb. 10 – Avenue Q, Playhouse @ Westport Plaza
Jan. 29-Feb. 10 – Fiddler on the Roof, Fox Theatre
Feb. 14-17 – James and the Giant Peach, East Central College
Feb. 28-March 23 – La Cage aux Folles, New Line Theatre
March 1-3 – Rock of Ages, Fox Theatre
March 5-10 – Bat Out of Hell, Fox Theatre
March 12-17 – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Fox Theatre
March 26-April 7 – Waitress, Fox Theatre
April 4-20 – Dreamgirls, Stray Dog Theatre
April 23-May 5 – Miss Saigon, Fox Theatre
May 14-26 – Come From Away, Fox Theatre
May 30-June 22 – Be More Chill, New Line Theatre

And that's only the musicals!

Pretty cool list for a mid-sized Midwestern city! I think there's only one repetition in the whole list. A while back I wrote a blog post about why St. Louis theatre is so amazing. This list is one of the reasons. We have a ton of cool companies doing very cool work. What more could we ask?

And I could not be more exciting about New Line's upcoming season -- the truly crazy world premiere of The Zombies of Penzance; a somewhat more serious take on the big-hearted, classic musical La Cage aux Folles; and the new sci-fi rock musical Be More Chill. You can buy season tickets here. I cannot wait to share all three of these musicals with all of you! I love my job.

The American musical theatre is in a new Golden Age, and so is the St. Louis theatre scene. A new adventure begins...

Long Live the Musical!
Scott