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 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,, The Wild Party, Floyd Collins, A New Brain, March of the Falsettos, Passion, The Robber Bridegroom, The Nervous Set, and '; 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, ', Grease, and Into the Woods.
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.
New Line has produced the first productions after Broadway of the musicals High Fidelity, Cry-Baby, and Hands on a Hardbody, to enthusiastic reviews, redeeming them after their brief New York runs, giving them new lives in regional theatre.
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, and feature stories in American Theatre and The Riverfront Times.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
; 1995–1996
- Company
- Out on Broadway *
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; 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
- Floyd Collins **
- Out on Broadway 2000 *
- Hair
; 2000–2001
- Cabaret
- Anyone Can Whistle
- Hair
; 2001–2002
; 2002–2003
; 2003–2004
; 2004–2005
; 2005–2006
; 2006–2007
- Johnny Appleweed *
- Grease
- Urinetown
; 2007–2008
- Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll *
- Assassins
- High Fidelity **
; 2008–2009
; 2009–2010
- Love Kills *
- The Wild Party **
- Evita
; 2010–2011
;2011–2012
- Passing Strange **
- Cry-Baby **
- High Fidelity
;2012–2013
;2013–2014
;2014–2015
;2015–2016
;2016–2017
;2017–2018
;2018–2019
; 2019-2020
An asterisk denotes world premiere; a double-asterisk denotes regional premiere
