To all of the subscribers and fans of Two on the Aisle…we have a few announcements about the program.

First, because of the impact that the COVID-19 Pandemic has had on the world, in general, and theater in St. Louis, in particular, it is necessary for us to put the regular fortnightly programming on hiatus.  Like most of you, we’re not sure how long it will take for productions to get going again, but we’ll let you know when we get a chance to get back to reviews.

Second, however, your favorite show hosts, Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky, will be two of many presenters on the St. Louis Theatre Circle Awards that will be debuted live from HEC Media on our Facebook page, on HEC’s Facebook page, YouTube, and the HEC-TV channel on Charter Cable in St. Louis County. The debut will be exclusive to those platforms on April 7th! So if you wish to be the first to know what the members of the Theatre Circle named outstanding achievements in St. Louis theatre for the past year, make sure you look for the broadcast online and on cable.

Lastly, during this hiatus we plan on putting together some playlists of reviews from the past few years so that you can continue to get a look at some of the wide variety of fare that the St. Louis theatre community has produced.  We invite you to “Like” and “Subscribe” to our Facebook page, YouTube channel, and Instagram profile if you haven’t done so already so that you can be notified right away when we make new posts.

We’re sorry that we won’t be able to bring you new insights on any new shows, but we hope that you’ll stay with us here online for a look back at the best of theatre in St. Louis in 2019 and the hundreds of reviews that we’ve posted online in the past 3 years.

This podcast is from episode number 533 of the program, originally broadcast on Thursday, August 1, 2019 and features reviews of the plays:

- PAINT YOUR WAGON, by Lerner & Loewe & Jon Marans at The Muny

- LA BOHEME, by Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica, & Giuseppe Giacosa at Union Avenue Opera

- GREASE, by Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey, and others at Stages St. Louis

- LABUTE THEATRE FESTIVAL, SET TWO, by various playwrights at St. Louis Actors’ Studio

- JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice at Over Due Theatre Company

- FOOTLOOSE, by Dean Pitchford, Walter Bobbie, Tom Snow, et al. at The Muny

- OVERDONE, by David Hawley, & SCREAMING AT OPTIMUM PITCH, by Peg Flach, at First Run Theatre Company

AND…

- JAWS: THE PARODY LIVE!, by Donna Northcott et al. at Magic Smoking Monkey Theatre

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See you on August 15, 2019!

This podcast is from episode number 532 of the program, originally broadcast on Thursday, July 4, 2019 and features reviews of the plays:

- CANDIDE, by Leonard Bernstein et al., at Union Avenue Opera

- LABUTE THEATRE FESTIVAL, SET ONE, by various playwrights, at The St. Louis Actors’ Studio

- MAMMA MIA, by Bjorn Ulvaiusk Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Catherine Johnson, Judy Craymet, at Take Two Productions

- FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENOUGH, by Ntozake Shange, at The Independent Theatre Company

AND…

- RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA, by Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Douglas Carter Beane, at The Muny

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See you on August 1, 2019!

This podcast is from episode number 531 of the program, originally broadcast on Thursday, July 4, 2019 and features reviews of the plays:

- THE REVOLUTIONISTS, by Lauren Gunderson, at Insight Theatre Company

- INDECENT, by Paul Vogel, at Max & Louie Productions

- 1776, by Sherman Edwards & Peter Stone, at The Muny

- KINKY BOOTS, by Cyndi Lauper & Harvey Fierstein, at The Muny

- AN AMAZING STORY: GERMAN ABOLITIONISTS OF MISSOURI, Cecilia Nadal, at Gitana Productions

- HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, by John Cameroon Mitchell & Stephen Trask, at The Q Collective

- THE SELFISH GIANT, by Jaime Zayas & Venessa Waggoner-Zayas after Oscar Wilde, at Christ Memorial Productions

AND…

- DISNEY’S 101 DALMATIANS, by Marcy Heisler, Mel Leven et al., Stages St. Louis

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See you on July 18, 2019!

This podcast is from episode number 530 of the program, originally broadcast on Thursday, June 20, 2019 and features reviews of the plays:

- FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES, by Terence Blanchard & Kasi Lemmons, at Opera Theatre of St. Louis

- THE CAPER IN AISLE 6, by Cecil McKinnon & Jack Marsh, at Circus Flora

- THE BOY FROM OZ, by Peter Allen, Nick Enright, & Martin Sherman, at Stages St. Louis

- SYLVIA, by A.R. Gurney, at Stray Dog Theatre

- THE CORONATION OF POPPEA, by Claudio Monteverdi, at Opera Theatre of St. Louis

- GUYS AND DOLLS, by Frank Loesser, Abe Burrows, & Jo Swerling, at The Muny

- LEWIS & TOLKIEN: OF WARDROBES & RINGS, by David Payne, at the Playhouse @ Westport Plaza

- NEXT TO NORMAL: THE THELONIUS MONK STORY, by Mariah Richardson, at A Call to Conscience & Jazz St. Louis

AND…

- FAT, by Shannon Geier, at because why not? Theatre Company

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See you on July 4, 2019!

This podcast is from episode number 529 of the program, originally broadcast on Thursday, June 6, 2019 and features reviews of the plays:

LOVE’S LABORS LOST, by William Shakespeare, at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis
BE MORE CHILL, by Joe Iconis & Joe Tracz, at New Line Theatre
RIGOLETTO, by Giuseppe Verdi & Francesco Maria Piave, at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Lorenzo Da Ponte, at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
CHARLIE JOHNSON READS ALL OF PROUST, by Amy Crider, at The Midnight Company
EARWORM, by Shualee Cook, at Tesseract Theatre Company
DATES, by Elizabeth Breed Penny, at Tesseract Theatre Company
AND…
HOIST, by Erin Lane, at Tesseract Theatre Company

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See you on June 20, 2019!

This podcast is from episode number 528 of the program, originally broadcast on Thursday, May 23, 2019 and features reviews of the plays:

NINA SIMONE: FOUR WOMEN, by Christina Ham, at The Black Rep
COME FROM AWAY, by Irene Sankoff & David Hein, at the Fox Theatre
I NOW PRONOUNCE, by Tasha Gordon-Solomon, at The New Jewish Theatre
A LOVELY SUNDAY FOR CREVE COEUR, by Tennessee Williams, at Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis
THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA, by Tennessee Williams, at Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis
DEATH TAX, by Lucas Hnath, at Mustard Seed Theatre
DEAR MR. WILLIAMS, by Bryan Batt, at the Tennessee Willilams Festival St. Louis
EXIT LAUGHING, by Paul Elliott, at The Alpha Players
AND…
SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN, by Connie Ray & Alan Bailey, KTK Productions

You can also see video and still pictures of the shows that we've talked about in all of our episodes by looking for us on all social media platforms...YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.  Search for "twontheaisle" on all of them. Here are the direct links:

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See you on June 6, 2019!

This podcast is from episode number 527 of the program, originally broadcast on Thursday, May 9, 2019 and features reviews of the plays:

SALT, ROOT, AND ROE, by Tim Price, at Upstream Theater
TRANSLATIONS, by Brian Friel at Black Mirror Theatre
MISS SAIGON, by Schoenberg, Boublil, & Maltby at the Fox Theatre
BILOXI BLUES, by Neil Simon at Clayton Community Theatre
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, by William Shakespere at R-S Theatrics & Blind Pigs
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, by George & Ira Gershwin & Joe DiPietro at Kirkwood Theatre Guild
GODSPELL, by John-Michael Tebelak & Stephen Schwartz at Saint Louis University
and…
OVER THE TAVERN, By Tom Dudzick at The Theatre Guild of Webster Groves

You can also see video and still pictures of the shows that we've talked about in all of our episodes by looking for us on all social media platforms...YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.  Search for "twontheaisle" on all of them. Here are the direct links:

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See you on May 23, 2019!

This podcast is from episode number 515 of the program, originally broadcast on Thursday, November 22, 2018 and features reviews of the plays:

• ALADDIN, by Allan Mencken, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice, & Chad Beguelin, at the Fox Theatre 
• ALL IS CALM, by Peter Rothstein, Erick Lichte, & Timothy C. Takach, at Mustard Seed Theatre  
• THE GREAT SEDUCTION, by Vladimir Zelevinsky, at West End Players Guild 
• DIE FLEDERMAUS, by Johann Strauss, at Winter Opera Saint Louis  
• EVERY BRILLIANT THING, by Duncan Macmillan, at R-S Theatrics 
• A MOST OUTRAGEOUS FIT OF MADNESS, by Nancy Bell, at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis 
• AWAY IN A BASEMENT, by Drew Jansen & Greta Grosch, at the Playhouse @ Westport Plaza  
• DOCTOR FAUSTUS, OR THE MODERN PROMETHEUS, by John Wolbers & Kit Marlowe, at SATE 

and...

• FAHRENHEIT 451, by Ray Bradbury, at Webster Univ. Conservatory 

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See you on December 6, 2018!

This podcast is from episode number 514 of the program, originally broadcast on Thursday, November 8, 2018 and features reviews of the plays:

• ADMISSIONS, by Joshua Harmon, at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis Studio Series
• INTO THE BREECHES, by George Brant, at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis
• A RAISIN IN THE SUN, by Lorraine Hansberry, at Hawthorne Players
• MACBETH: COME LIKE SHADOWS, by William Shakespeare et al., Rebel and Misfits Productions
• LORD ARTHUR SAVILE’S CRIMES, by Constance Cox, at Kirkwood Theatre Guild
• WHITHER SHOULD I FLY, by Amanda Wales & Gabe Taylor, at Theatre Nuevo
• ARSENIC AND OLD LACE, by Joseph Kesselring, at The Theatre Guild of Webster Groves

…AND…

• LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, by Harvey Fierstein & Jerry Herman, at Over Due Theatre Co. 

You can also see video and still pictures of the shows that we've talked about in all of our episodes by looking for us on all social media platforms...YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, InstagramTV, and Twitter.  Search for "twontheaisle" on all of them. Here are the direct links:

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See you on November 22, 2018!