| Formation | December 6, 1991 (1991-12-06) |
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| Type | Theatre group |
| Purpose | Alternative Musical Theatre |
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Artistic director(s) | Scott Miller |
| Website | www |
New Line Theatre is an alternativemusical theatre company inSt. Louis,Missouri, producing challenging, adult, politically and socially relevant works of musical theatre. The company was created in 1991 and produces world premieres such asLove Kills, Johnny Appleweed, Woman with Pocketbook, She's Hideous, In the Blood, Attempting the Absurd, andThe AmberKlavier; lesser known Broadway and off Broadway shows such asHigh Fidelity,Passing Strange,bare,The Wild Party,Floyd Collins,A New Brain,March of the Falsettos,Passion,The Robber Bridegroom, The Nervous Set, andBat Boy; abstract musicals such asHair,Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, andSongs for a New World; absurdist musicals such asReefer Madness, Attempting the Absurd,The Cradle Will Rock, andAnyone Can Whistle; concept musicals such asCompany,Assassins,Urinetown,Chicago,Sunday in the Park with George, andCabaret; and reinterpretations of more mainstream works, such asEvita,Man of La Mancha,Camelot,Pippin,Sweeney Todd,Grease, andInto the Woods.[1]
New Line claims to take philosophical and practical inspiration from theatre models of the 1960s, includingCaffé Cino,Cafe LaMaMa ETC,Judson Poets Theatre,Joan Littlewood's People's Theatre Workshop in London, and to a lesser extent from theLiving Theatre, theOpen Theatre, and various theatre collectives in the US and Europe.[2]
New Line has produced the first productions after Broadway of the musicalsHigh Fidelity,Cry-Baby, andHands 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,[6] and feature stories inAmerican Theatre (magazine)[3] andThe Riverfront Times.[7]
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An asterisk denotes world premiere; a double-asterisk denotes regional premiere[8]
