New Line Theatre
| Formation | December 6, 1991 (1991年12月06日) |
|---|---|
| Type | Theatre group |
| Purpose | Alternative Musical Theatre |
| Location |
|
Artistic director(s) | Scott Miller |
| Website | www |
New Line Theatre is an alternative musical theatre company in St. Louis, Missouri, producing challenging, adult, politically and socially relevant works of musical theatre. The company was created in 1991 and produces world premieres such as 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 such as High Fidelity, Passing Strange, bare, The Wild Party, Floyd Collins, A New Brain, March of the Falsettos, Passion, The Robber Bridegroom, The Nervous Set, and Bat Boy ; abstract musicals such as Hair, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris , and Songs for a New World ; absurdist musicals such as Reefer Madness, Attempting the Absurd, The Cradle Will Rock , and Anyone Can Whistle ; concept musicals such as Company , Assassins , Urinetown , Chicago , Sunday in the Park with George , and Cabaret ; and reinterpretations of more mainstream works, such as 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
[edit ]1991–1992
- A Tribute to the Rock Musicals *
- Attempting the Absurd *
1992–1993
- Smokin' Santa *
- A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim *
1993–1994
- A Tribute to the Dark Side *
- Breaking Out in Harmony *
- Assassins **
1994–1995
- Pippin
- In the Blood *
1995–1996
- Company
- Out on Broadway *
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1996–1997
- Passion **
- Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
- The Ballad of Little Mikey **
1997–1998
- Extreme Sondheim *
- March of the Falsettos
- Woman with Pocketbook *
- Assassins
1998–1999
1999–2000
- Floyd Collins **
- Out on Broadway 2000 *
- Hair
2000–2001
2001–2002
2002–2003
2003–2004
- Sunday in the Park with George
- The Nervous Set
- Reefer Madness **
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch
2004–2005
- Man of La Mancha
- She's Hideous *
- The Robber Bridegroom
- Kiss of the Spider Woman
2005–2006
- The Fantasticks
- The AmberKlavier *
- Bat Boy: The Musical
- Jesus Christ Superstar
2006–2007
2007–2008
- Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll *
- Assassins
- High Fidelity **
2008–2009
2009–2010
- Love Kills *
- The Wild Party **
- Evita
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013
- Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
- Next to Normal
- Bukowsical **
2013–2014
- Night of the Living Dead: A Musical Thriller **
- Rent
- Hands on a Hardbody **
2014–2015
2015–2016
- Heathers: The Musical **
- American Idiot
- Atomic **
- Tell Me on a Sunday **
2016–2017
- Celebration (revised 2016)
- Zorba
- Sweet Smell of Success **
- Out on Broadway: The Third Coming *
2017–2018
- Lizzie **
- Anything Goes
- Yeast Nation
2018–2019
- The Zombies of Penzance*
- La Cage aux Folles
- Be More Chill
2019-2020
An asterisk denotes world premiere; a double-asterisk denotes regional premiere[8]
References
[edit ]- ^ Miller, Scott, ed. (2002年12月25日). "You Could Drive a Person Crazy". Writers Press. Retrieved 2008年07月20日.
- ^ "New Line Theatre website". New Line Theatre. 2007年06月10日. Retrieved 2008年10月30日.
- ^ a b c Weinert-Kendt, Rob "Those Magic Changes" American Theatre Magazine, July 2014
- ^ "New Line Theatre Reviews". New Line Theatre. 2014年04月01日. Retrieved 2014年04月18日.
- ^ "St. Louis' New Line Theatre Will Present Regional Premiere of Frank Wildhorn's Bonnie & Clyde". Playbill. 2013年12月16日. Archived from the original on 2014年04月19日. Retrieved 2014年04月18日.
- ^ "2014 St. Louis Theater Circle Award winners". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 2014年03月17日. Retrieved 2014年04月18日.
- ^ "How Scott Miller Is Revamping the Musical – and Putting St. Louis Theatre on the Map". The Riverfront Times. 2015年08月26日. Retrieved 2016年09月17日.
- ^ "New Line Theatre's Past Shows" New Line Theatre website