Ann Lemons Pollack
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Deli Sandwiches
Here's what I've been doing when I wasn't working on the book. It's from the Soups and Sandwiches feature in St. Louis Magazine. And, yes, I know that's not a sandwich in the story. Kevin Roberts did the photos for the story. This is from my collection and I realized I had NO deli sandwich
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Lost Restaurants of St. Louis
Lost Restaurants of St. Louis is here! Forty-eight now-gone St. Louis restaurants, including a few at the edge of the metropolitan area, are included. My editors asked for a very few long-lived existing places to eat, so three of those are included. And at the request of a number of people, there are some recipes
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Doctor Faustus, or the Modern Promethius
This autumn has been a fertile harvest season for those who seek more than the Same Old. SATE Ensemble Theatre’s contribution to Faustival is Doctor Faustus, or the Modern Promethius, John Wolber’s work playing on the kit Marlowe classic. Wolbers interlaces the centuries-old tale with today. Despite the seeming incongruities, it mostly works. Hearing the
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Admissions
Admissions. The word has two accepted definitions. One is “a statement acknowledging the truth of something”. The second is “the process or fact of entering or being allowed to enter a place, organization, or institution”. The Joshua Harmon play by that name, at the Rep Studio, uses both senses of the word, although it’s quickly
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Macbeth: Come Like Shadows
It’s not Shakespeare for Dummies. Rebel and Misfits Productions’ offering of Macbeth: Come Like Shadows would not be a good choice for those unfamiliar with the Bard. Nevertheless, in many ways this is an exciting production. It’s innovative, taking the audience from a meeting spot near Soulard Market, via bus, to the site of the
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Into the Breeches!
A good time is clearly being had by all. Or at least the company of Into the Breeches! surely makes it seem that way. A project of Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, the first of three pieces offered by their IN THE WORKS festival at the Grandel Theater, it certainly deserves to be described as rollicking. George
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Whither Should I Fly
There seems to be something about the venues at the Centene Center for the Arts that spins unusual productions. Another hmmm event is currently on the boards, courtesy of ERA and Theatre Nuevo. Whither Should I Fly is a part of Faustival 2018, not dealing specificallly with the Faust story but still vigorously otherworldly. Written
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A Doll’s House, Part 2
When last we saw Nora Helmering, she was walking out the door, leaving behind her husband Torvald and their three children. She had come to believe her whole life was, if not a lie, than an untruth. That was the close of A Doll’s House, Ibsen’s then(1879)-shocking play. There are certain children who, after hearing
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Evil Dead the Musical
Evil Dead the Musical: You either get it or you don’t. There are some fairly rabid fans of this, not unlike The Rocky Horror Show followers, although it hasn’t gotten to the point of shouting the lines along with the actors, at least on opening night at Stray Dog’s third production of this show. There’s