New Line Theatre

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New Line Theatre
FormationDecember 6, 1991 (1991-12-06)
TypeTheatre group
PurposeAlternative Musical Theatre
Location
  • St. Louis, Missouri
Artistic director(s)
Scott Miller
Websitewww.newlinetheatre.com

New Line Theatre is an alternative

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

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,

The Riverfront Times.[7]

Past shows

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

References

  1. ^ Miller, Scott, ed. (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. ^ a b c 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. Archived from the original on 2014-04-19. 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