‘A&E’ Archives
‘The Fairy’ brings magic to the big screen
If you love absurd, magical, visual comedy, run now to see "The Fairy" at Plaza Frontenac Cinema, while you still can. "The Fairy" delightfully combines clever visual humor a la Buster Keaton with a dry, absurd wit to create a confection that is at once magical, funny and sweetly romantic. If [...]
St. Louis Ballet’s “Swan Lake” delights young and old at Touhill PAC
If one were to see only one ballet in one's life, that ballet should be "Swan Lake." "Swan Lake" is regarded as ballet's greatest and most popular production. Tchaikovsky's beautiful, haunting music combined with the ballet's mysterious, romantic story and its famous choreography make "Swan Lake" [...]
“The Raven” falls short of promise, despite strong performance by Cusack
A historical fiction film about Edgar Allen Poe and starring John Cusack sounded like an idea with some promise. Poe, the inventor of the mystery story, seemed to offer some ripe material for a historical fiction film that draws on the author's works and tragic life. Casting Cusack as Poe seemed [...]
Second City comedy troupe stirs Touhill crowd with original humor
The Second City comedy touring company stopped by the Lee Theater of the Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri -- St. Louis on Thursday, April 26, to introduce some new material from their “Laugh Out Loud” tour to an eagerly awaiting audience. Second City is the Chicago-based [...]
Shabazz Palaces won’t win any new converts to the harem with their disappointing Luminary set
Shabazz Palaces, the latest project by underground hip hop icon Ishmael “Butterfly” Butler and multi-instrumentalist Tendai Maraire, made a downright insulting appearance at the Luminary Center for the Arts on April 24. Though the Luminary, an independently-owned South County art gallery and [...]