Ann Lemons Pollack
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Songs for Nobodies
If there’s anyone around who doubts the level of our local talent, here’s – another – fine example. Debbie Lennon gives us a one-woman show, Songs for Nobodies, and pretty much knocks it out of the park. The show’s premise is that five great women singers are shown via their encounters with ordinary women. The
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The Thanksgiving Play
In a world that’s grown increasingly uptight, there’s little that’s as edgy-funny as universal offensiveness. That’s what the Rep Studio’s version of Larissa FastHorse’s The Thanksgiving Play brings us. Amelia Acosta Powell, the Rep’s associate artistic director directs this story of How Not To Do It. FastHorse, who is from the Sicangu Lakota Nation of
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Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles
Is Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles a dream or a nightmare? Luis Alvarez’ play, directed by Rebecca Martinez, uses Euripides’ classic Greek tragedy as a base for a story about life in Los Angeles barrio (and has been adapted to being localized in New York and Chicago productions). It seems to have some hints
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Mac and Cheese Bites
Now, where was I before the burst of holiday theatre interrrupted me? Oh, yes. Party food. Let me backtrack a little. I loved my mother’s macaroni and cheese when I was a kid. It was the only vegetarian entree ever served at home, long slithery hollow macaroni noodles sliding through what began as a white
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Fully Committed
Have you noticed the sun’s setting around 4.30 these days? It’s getting colder. Everyone is getting ready for the holidays – or listening to other people complain about getting ready for the holidays. When is it going to snow, and have you forgotten that there seemed to be a hole in one of your boots?
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A Life in the Theatre
Write what you know. Teachers have been saying that for…centuries? Decades, at least. It may be one reason there are lots of plays about plays, about actors, about authors. St. Louis Actors’ Studio brings us David Mamet’s A Life in the Theatre, about two actors, one considerably more experienced than the other. William Roth and
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Pride & Prejudice
It is a truth pretty much universally acknowledged that young ones have to be dragged to the classics. I am happy to report that The Rep’s holiday offering of Pride & Prejudice is worth the effort, both for those familiar with the work and those who give the title a blank stare. Director Hana S.
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Disenchanted!
How on earth can anyone expect me, of all people, to resist a show with a number called “All I Wanna Do Is Eat”? Stray Dog Theatre’s holiday offering, Disenchanted!, brings us plenty of familiar famous fantasy women. It’s totally off-kilter, to the point where more than one audience member found herself wondering what it
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On Schneithorst’s Closing
Some musings here: https://www.stlmag.com/dining/ann-lemons-pollack-reflects-on-the-closing-of-schneithorsts
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Cheese Stars
Here’s another one of the party recipes. This is from Hoppin’ John’s Lowcountry Cookin’, by John Martin Taylor. Cheese straws are a tradition in Southern entertaining, I’m told, and they go well with wine, beer, cocktails and other beverages. The usual way is to cut out long strips, and I can certainly see a pizza