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New Line Theatre

New Line Theatre is an alternative musical theatre company in St. Louis, Missouri, 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, 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 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, Sweeney Todd, Grease, and Into the Woods.

Past shows
1991–1992A Tribute to the Rock Musicals * • Attempting the Absurd * 1992–1993 • ''Smokin' Santa'' * • A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim * 1993–1994A Tribute to the Dark Side * • Breaking Out in Harmony * • Assassins ** 1994–1995PippinIn the Blood * 1995–1996CompanyOut on Broadway * • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 1996–1997Passion ** • Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in ParisThe Ballad of Little Mikey ** 1997–1998Extreme Sondheim * • March of the FalsettosWoman with Pocketbook * • Assassins 1998–1999Songs for a New World ** • CamelotInto the Woods 1999–2000Floyd Collins ** • Out on Broadway 2000 * • Hair 2000–2001CabaretAnyone Can WhistleHair 2001–2002The Cradle Will RockA New Brain ** • Chicago 2002–2003The Rocky Horror ShowBat Boy: The Musical ** • The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas 2003–2004Sunday in the Park with GeorgeThe Nervous SetReefer Madness ** • Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2004–2005Man of La Mancha • ''She's Hideous'' * • The Robber BridegroomKiss of the Spider Woman 2005–2006The FantasticksThe AmberKlavier * • Bat Boy: The MusicalJesus Christ Superstar 2006–2007Johnny Appleweed * • GreaseUrinetown 2007–2008Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll * • AssassinsHigh Fidelity ** 2008–2009HairReturn to the Forbidden Planet ** • The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 2009–2010Love Kills * • The Wild Party ** • Evita 2010–2011I Love My Wife ** • Two Gentlemen of VeronaBare: A Pop Opera ** 2011–2012Passing Strange ** • Cry-Baby ** • High Fidelity 2012–2013Bloody Bloody Andrew JacksonNext to NormalBukowsical ** 2013–2014Night of the Living Dead: A Musical Thriller ** • RentHands on a Hardbody ** 2014–2015Bonnie & Clyde ** • Jerry Springer: The OperaThe Threepenny Opera 2015–2016Heathers: The Musical ** • American IdiotAtomic ** • Tell Me on a Sunday ** 2016–2017Celebration (revised 2016) • ZorbaSweet Smell of Success ** • Out on Broadway: The Third Coming * 2017–2018Lizzie ** • Anything GoesYeast Nation 2018–2019The Zombies of Penzance* • La Cage aux FollesBe More Chill 2019-2020Cry-BabyHead Over Heels ** • Urinetown An asterisk denotes world premiere; a double-asterisk denotes regional premiere ==References==
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