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St. Louis Jewish Light

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St. Louis Jewish Light

Jewish Plays and Musicals

L to R: Lillian Cooper as Texas, Spencer Davis Milford as the Emcee, Hailey Medrano as Sally, Otto Klemp as
Bobby, and Caroline Pillow as Fritzie

New Jewish Theatre’s hit show ‘Cabaret’ run has been extended

Gerry Kowarsky, Special to the Jewish LightPublished March 24, 2025

The character and story arcs are remarkably sharp, unified and moving in the superb production of “Cabaret” at the New Jewish Theatre. The action takes place in Germany in 1929 and 1930. The central characters are Cliff Bradshaw and Sally Bowles....

Spencer Davis Milford as the Emcee and Hailey Medrano as Sally.

What to know before you see ‘Cabaret’ at the New Jewish Theatre

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished March 16, 2025

The New Jewish Theatre is set to open its 2025 season with a production that’s as immersive as it is urgent. Running March 20–April 6, “Cabaret” invites audiences into the world of the Kit Kat Klub, where dazzling performances mask the creeping...

Mary Rose Brendel (Karen Smith) and the Tour Company of Mean Girls
Photo by Jenny Anderson, 2023

From pirates to ‘Mean Girls’: 16 unmissable events lighting up St. Louis in March

Patricia Corrigan, Special To The Jewish LightPublished March 4, 2025

Museum exhibits, theater (musicals galore and dramas, too), rock concerts, lectures, flower shows, a blues festival, art shows (indoors and out), dance concerts, live jazz, kids’ programs (Disney on Ice is back!), cabaret shows, operas, a sake tasting,...

Idina Menzel plays Jesse, an ambitious New York art gallery director who heads west after a shocking life event in Redwood

In Idina Menzel’s new Broadway musical, a show tune about Tikkun Olam soars high

By Samuel Eli Shepherd, The ForwardPublished February 16, 2025

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. In Redwood, a new Broadway musical about a New Yorker heading west after tragedy, a tree takes up most of the stage. The...

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