No time to waste — Opera Theatre is up and running, the Missouri History Museum has opened a remarkable new exhibit on the 1904 World’s Fair and free music concerts at Missouri Botanical Garden start soon.
Plus, you have tickets to buy for the New Jewish Theatre, the Muny and the Fabulous Fox, as well at numerous other theater venues. Bonnie Raitt, Lyle Lovett and James Taylor all will be here in June, and Barry Manilow will pay his final visit in July. Expect much more music of many styles (Jon Batiste! Indigo Girls! The Brothers Lazaroff!) plus festivals, comedy shows (Jordan Klepper!) and the return of Circus Flora.
When it comes to places to go and people to see this summer — we have suggestions!
“We All Fall Down” by Lila Rose Kaplan is next up at the New Jewish Theatre. Watch as a family’s comic attempts to bring a Passover seder to life go from “riotous to heart-wrenching.” Afternoon and evening performances will take place May 30-June 16 at the Wool Theatre in the Jewish Community Center’s Staenberg Family Complex. For information on single tickets or packages, see newjewishtheatre.org
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“Dracula” as a rock opera? Why not? New Line Theatre notes that “Broadway songwriter Frank Wildhorn delivers his most epic score for this riveting, fast-paced, Gothic rock opera, faithful to the iconic novel but with some unexpected twists and turns.” See it May 30-June 22 at the Marcelle Theater in the Grand Center Arts District. Tickets are $30 for adults and $25 for students/seniors. Call MetroTix at 314-534-1111 or see metrotix.com
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Laugh — and cry — at Robert Harling’s poignant “Steel Magnolias,” on stage May 31-June 30 at Stages St. Louis. At Truvy’s salon in rural Louisiana, she pampers clients who “forge friendships as strong as steel that help them through both the good times and the bad.” All performances are at the Ross Family Theatre at the Kirkwood Performing Arts Center. For performance times and tickets, see stagesstlouis.org/steelmagnolias/ or call 314-821-2407.
Laugh along with comedian Brad Williams at 7 p.m. June 1 on his “Tour ’24, on stage at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. Williams embraced stand-up as a teen, and at 40, he’s still at it. For tickets, see ticketmaster.com
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They’re back! The Glenn Miller Orchestra once again will bring Swing and Big Band music to town at 4 p.m. June 2 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. Tickets cost $50-$70, available at Metrotix. Call 314-534-1111 or see metrotix.com. For more information, visit thesheldon.org.
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