Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts — Attraction in Webster Groves

Million Dollar Quartet Christmas is a reimagined version of this outstanding musical with a delightful holiday twist. All those famous (Elvis & Johnny Cash) or, in 1956, soon-to-be famous (Carl Perkins, and the wild and crazy kid—Jerry Lee Lewis) rockers celebrating a Christmas reunion at Sun Records in Memphis. Besides some of their all-star hits, they belt out some Christmas songs ( Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, Jingle Bell Rock, Run Run Rudolph). Johnny Cash serenades the house with a tenderly sung Silent Night, and Elvis croons about his Blue Christmas, just to name a few included in this fun, uplifting performance. No Scrooges or humbug anywhere in this production. So, give yourself and your loved ones an early Christmas gift and run, run (just like Rudolph) to buy tickets for this unforgettable show. The last performance is Sunday, December 22nd. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night. [All of the amazing cast members, with the exception of Elvis, are reprising the roles they played in Million Dollar Quartet at Stages a few months ago. We are subscribers to both theaters and I saw the Stages production twice, it...

Opera theater of St Louis has become a mainstay of the summer cultural season. They perform four operas over four weeks. All are performed in English with super titles on the walls at the front of the auditorium. OTSL is known for its original productions of old war horse operas as well as contemporary productions..The Opera I saw this week was The Coronation of Poppea. And while one word expect this Opera from the 1700s to not very lively, this was instead placed in a contemporary setting with opera singers doing a great amount of acting. The ptoduction look more like a contemporary Opera such as Wocjek with the soon to be Empress doing all she could get Nero to getridof his wife so she could be crowned. Empress. Not exactly a new scenario as witnessed over the ages among royalty as well as theupper classes. While I'm not usually a fan of early opera, OTSL presented this masterpiece in a very accessible and interesting light. Definitely notboring and worth a visit if...

I am unhappy with some of the changes for this year. The first one is the 6 hour production of the first play which forced you to buy an extra ticket to see the entire production. It should have been included in the season package.

Number 2 is the screen settings of Pride and prejudice-if I wanted to see a movie I would go to the movie theater. Usually, we have lovely period settings for Jane Austin plays. This year we had a Christmas tree, and a couple tables and a teapot. I did not care for the slide backgrounds, very disappointing.

The last play was shockingly horrible subject matter. Very little entertainment this year, if I wanted a moral story, I would go to church.

As far as I can tell, the new director has not appeared at the Wednesday afternoon performances. Steve Wolf never missed a performance. The. monthly newsletters have ceased. I am just not happy with the theater’s offerings and decline of...