Theater News

Big River, Promises, Promises, State Fair Set for 2010 at Stages St. Louis

Stages St. Louis has announced the three musicals that will be part of its 2010 season.

The year will begin with Big River (May 28 – June 27), Roger Miller’s musical based on Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The company will then produce Promises, Promises (July 16 – August 15). This musical reworking of Billy Wilder’s The Apartment features a book by Neil Simon and songs by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The third offering from Stages St. Louis in 2010 will be Rodgers’ and Hammerstein’s State Fair (September 3 – October 3). This musical about a Midwestern farm family on its big annual outing had its stage debut in St. Louis at the city’s Muny.

For further information, visit: www.stagesstlouis.org.