New Line Theatre

New Line Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri, is an alternative musical theatre company producing challenging, adult, politically and socially relevant works of musical theatre. The company was created in 1991 and produces world premieres like 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 like 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 like Hair, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, and Songs for a New World; absurdist musicals like Reefer Madness, Attempting the Absurd, The Cradle Will Rock, and Anyone Can Whistle; concept musicals like Company, Assassins, Urinetown, Chicago, Sunday in the Park with George, and Cabaret; and reinterpretations of more mainstream works, like 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]

Past Shows

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 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 Songs for a New World ** Camelot Into the Woods 1999–2000 A New Line Songbook * Floyd Collins ** Out on Broadway 2000 * Hair 2000–2001 A New Line Cabaret * Cabaret Anyone Can Whistle Hair 2001–2002 The Cradle Will Rock A New Brain ** Chicago 2002–2003 The Rocky Horror Show A New Line Cabaret II * Bat Boy ** Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

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 * A New Line Cabaret III * Bat Boy Jesus Christ Superstar 2006–2007 Johnny Appleweed * Grease Urinetown 2007–2008 Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll * Assassins High Fidelity ** 2008–2009 Hair A New Line Cabaret IV * Return to the Forbidden Planet ** The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 2009–2010 Love KIlls * The Wild Party ** Evita 2010–2011 I Love My Wife ** Two Gentlemen of Verona bare ** 2011–2012 Passing Strange ** Cry-Baby ** High Fidelity

An asterisk denotes world premiere; a double-asterisk denotes regional premiere

References

1. ^ Miller, Scott, editor (2002-12-25). "You Could Drive a Person Crazy". Writers Press. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0595263119/newlinetheatre. Retrieved 2008-07-20. 
2. ^ "New Line Theatre website". New Line Theatre. 2007-06-10. http://www.newlinetheatre.com/contact.html. Retrieved 2008-10-30.