Carousel House at Faust Park

2002 | Best Place to Go for a Spin and Watch a Play

Truth be told, St. Louis is not blessed with an abundance of great theater spaces. The Fabulous Fox is more fabulous in décor than in intimacy, and the Edison must have been designed by a contortionist. How else to account for a section of seats that barely even faces the stage? St. Louis used to have a premier venue downtown -- no, not the Kiel Opera House -- the gorgeous American Theatre. That superstructure survives, but its interior is falling into disrepair. Among conventional... More »