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WHO AM I?

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Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome!

My name is Jack Janssen, and I really like musicals. A lot. So much so that I dedicated an entire website to it. “Jack Reviews Musicals” is the place where you get to see musical theatre in the St. Louis region filtered through the perspective of a fanboy. Be sure to check out my “Upcoming” page to find out which musicals I will see next, click on the “Theaters” page to learn more about the companies I review, and if you want to read past reviews, click on “Archives.”

Outside of being an amateur musical theatre critic, I’ve been a working stage actor in the St. Louis region since 2017. Here is my resume:

• Ensemble, Born Yesterday @ Clayton Community Theatre (2017)

• Josh Martin, Deanna Jent’s Falling @ Bankside Repertory Theatre (2018)

• Ensemble, The Laramie Project @ Clayton Community Theatre (2018)

• Big Stone, Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice @ Clayton Community Theatre (2019)

• Ensemble, Jaws: The Parody @ Magic Smoking Monkey Theatre (2019)

• Curtis Appleby, Night Watch @ The Theatre Guild of Webster Groves (2020)

• John Hammond, Jurassic Park: The Musical! @ Magic Smoking Monkey Theatre (2022)

• Obi-Wan Kenobi, The One-Hour Star Wars Trilogy @ Magic Smoking Monkey Theatre (2023)

• Samwise Gamgee, The One-Hour Lord of the Rings Trilogy @ Magic Smoking Monkey Theatre (2024)