Stages St. Louis recognized as Top Musical Theatre in Town

Stages St. Louis was awarded a whopping 25 nominations for the Kevin Kline Awards on January 19, making it the second-highest recipient of total nominations and the top recipient of nominations for a musical theatre in St. Louis

Recognizing outstanding achievement in Professional Theatre in the Greater St. Louis Area, the Kevin Kline Awards honor theatre artists and productions in over 20 categories. Nominees were chosen from a pool of more than 80 local productions presented during the 2005 season.

All three of the STAGES 2005 mainstage productions -- Man of La Mancha, Footloose, and Hello, Dolly! -- were nominated in the categories of "Outstanding Production of a Musical" and "Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical," and the family production of Free to Be...You and Me was nominated for "Outstanding Production for Young Audiences."

STAGES Artistic Director Michael Hamilton received three nominations for "Outstanding Director of a Musical" for his stagings of Man of La Mancha, Footloose, and Hello, Dolly!  

STAGES' own Managing Director Ron Gibbs was also nominated for "Outstanding Director of a Musical" for his work on Jesus Christ Superstar at The Muny.

Other STAGES nominations are for the categories of Choreography, Costume Design, Lighting Design, Set Design, Lead Actor in a Musical, Lead Actress in a Musical, Supporting Actor in a Musical, and Supporting Actress in a Musical.

For a downloadable press release and a complete list of STAGES nominations, click here.

The STAGES 2006 20th Anniversary Season, featuring Cabaret, Grease, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown and Meet Me In St. Louis, will begin on June 2nd.  For ticket information, please call 314.821.2407 or visit www.stagesstlouis.org.