New Line Theatre

New Line Theatre
Formation December 6, 1991 (1991-12-06)
Type Theatre group
Purpose Alternative Musical Theatre
Location
  • St. Louis, MO
Artistic director(s)
 Scott Miller
Website www.newlinetheatre.com

New Line Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri, is an alternative musical theatre company producing challenging, adult, politically and socially relevant works of musical theatre. The company was created in 1991 and produces world premieres like Love Kills, Johnny Appleweed, Woman with Pocketbook, She's Hideous, In the Blood, Attempting the Absurd, and The AmberKlavier; lesser known Broadway and off Broadway shows like High Fidelity, Passing Strange, bare, The Wild Party (Lippa musical), Floyd Collins, A New Brain, March of the Falsettos, Passion, The Robber Bridegroom, The Nervous Set, and Bat Boy; abstract musicals like Hair, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, and Songs for a New World; absurdist musicals like Reefer Madness, Attempting the Absurd, The Cradle Will Rock, and Anyone Can Whistle; concept musicals like Company, Assassins, Urinetown, Chicago, Sunday in the Park with George, and Cabaret; and reinterpretations of more mainstream works, like Evita, Man of La Mancha, Camelot, Pippin, Sweeney Todd, Grease, and Into the Woods.[1]

New Line claims to take philosophical and practical inspiration from theatre models of the 1960s, including Caffé Cino, Cafe LaMaMa ETC, Judson Poets Theatre, Joan Littlewood's People’s Theatre Workshop in London, and to a lesser extent from the Living Theatre, the Open Theatre, and various theatre collectives in the US and Europe.[2]

New Line has produced the first productions after Broadway of the musicals High Fidelity, Cry-Baby, and Hands on a Hardbody,[3] to enthusiastic reviews,[4] redeeming them after their brief New York runs, giving them new lives in regional theatre.[3][5]

New Line Theatre has been honored by the St. Louis Theater Circle with a special award for the company's body of work over the years,[6] and feature stories in American Theatre (magazine)[3] and The Riverfront Times.[7]

Past Shows

1991–1992
  • A Tribute to the Rock Musicals*
  • Attempting the Absurd *
1992–1993
  • Smokin’ Santa *
  • A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim *
1993–1994
1994–1995
1995–1996
1996–1997
1997–1998
1998–1999
1999–2000
2000–2001
2001–2002
2002–2003
2003–2004
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007–2008
2008–2009
2009–2010
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
2015-2016
2016-2017

An asterisk denotes world premiere; a double-asterisk denotes regional premiere[8]

References

  1. ↑ Miller, Scott, editor (2002-12-25). "You Could Drive a Person Crazy". Writers Press. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
  2. ↑ "New Line Theatre website". New Line Theatre. 2007-06-10. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
  3. 1 2 3 Weinert-Kendt, Rob "Those Magic Changes" American Theatre Magazine, July 2014
  4. ↑ "New Line Theatre Reviews". New Line Theatre. 2014-04-01. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  5. ↑ "St. Louis' New Line Theatre Will Present Regional Premiere of Frank Wildhorn's Bonnie & Clyde". Playbill. 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  6. ↑ "2014 St. Louis Theater Circle Award winners". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 2014-03-17. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  7. ↑ "How Scott Miller Is Revamping the Musical -- and Putting St. Louis Theatre on the Map". The Riverfront Times. 2015-08-26. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  8. ↑ "New Line Theatre's Past Shows" New Line Theatre website
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