Performing Arts

As the cast of “Hamlet” carefully rehearsed for opening night, they also got ready to break something: the fourth wall — the theater term for the…

In the mid-1970s, Ron Himes started a St. Louis theater company to tell the stories of African-Americans.This week, Himes and the Black Rep are marking a…

Opera Theatre of St. Louis is celebrating important gains in financial support and audience growth.On Friday, the company released numbers for…

When an emerging jazz band seeks to make a fresh statement, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that its musicians would embrace the modern sounds they grew up…

The title of an upcoming play by St. Louis’ Tesseract Theatre is a loaded question: “Am I Black Enough Yet?”It's a challenge that could cause discomfort…

The St. Louis Ballpark Village is usually a venue for throwing back a few cold ones and watching the Cardinals game. But today the venue will give locals…

A St. Louis theater company opens a show by playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda tonight. No, it’s not the blockbuster “Hamilton,” although of course that’s what…

The St. Louis Symphony will be launching its third tour in almost two decades in Europe this February.The Symphony will perform Feb. 8-11 in the Spanish…

Nine young arts groups will find a home this fall at .ZACK, the new performing arts incubator.Created by the Kranzberg Arts Foundation, the space aims to…

From a modern-day operatic tribute to “The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg” to a woman interacting with a toy chicken, St. Lou Fringe offers entertainment…