St. Louis Arts Coverage by Jeremy Goodwin
David Kovaluk
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St. Louis Public Radio
Jeremy is the arts & culture reporter at St. Louis Public Radio.
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The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis hasn’t quite reached the $2.5 million fundraising goal it set in October, but has raised enough funds to proceed with one additional production this season and make plans for its 2024-25 season.
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The production of “Moby Dick” at the Repertory Theater of St. Louis dramatizes life on a whaling ship with the aid of aerial techniques borrowed from the circus arts.
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Keyon Harrold mixes jazz, hip-hop and R&B on this third solo album. The Ferguson-born trumpeter’s new songs reflect his quest for inner peace.
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St. Louis arts saw a lot of change in 2023, with new music venues and festivals, attendance struggles for theaters and an embattled community radio station seeing a DJ revolt. St. Louis Public Radio’s Jeremy D. Goodwin and Chad Davis recap trends from the year in the arts.
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After announcing in October the theater must raise $2.5 million by year’s end to continue its season, leaders of the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis said they’ve raised $1.85 million so far.
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Richard Gaddes merely intended to advise some opera lovers about starting a new company. He wound up founding Opera Theatre of St. Louis. The visionary opera producer died Tuesday at 81.
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After 40 years of shows, the tiny music district south of Busch Stadium continues to evolve, with newer club owners hoping to expand it.
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Reginald Hudlin, the East St. Louis native who came to fame with his 1990 film “House Party,” played with genre expectations for his first holiday film, “Candy Cane Lane.” It’s Hudlin’s first time working with Eddie Murphy since directing “Boomerang” in 1992.
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Members of the touring company of “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical” worked with students at Sumner High School, whose list of alumni includes the late queen of rock 'n' roll and other luminaries.
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A group of unhappy KDHX listeners and former DJs asked a court to recognize the results of a vote by volunteers to add three new members to the station’s board and remove two of its current members.