St. Louis Theatre calendar for the week of January 24, 2011

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Everydaycircus Inc. performs shows hourly from 11 AM to 4 PM each weekend at City Museum, 701 N. 15th St. Shows are FREE with regular museum admission. (645-4445 or 231-CITY).

The Fall of Heaven

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis presents The Fall Of Heaven Tuesdays through Sundays through January 30. Performances take place at the Loretto-Hlton Center, 130 Edgar Road in Webster Groves, MO. For more information, call 314-968-4925 or visit repstl.org. St. Louis audiences tend to give standing ovations for almost anything, but the one we gave Mosley's adaptation of his novel The Tempest Tales the night I saw this show was thoroughly deserved. A wonderful, literate script, top-notch cast, flawless direction and (as usual) polished tech work all combined to make an unforgettable evening of theatre. Get your tickets now! Read Andrea Braun's review for 88.1 KDHX.

Circus Harmony presents Grazioso, their “annual confluence of music and circus arts”, Fridays at 7 PM, and Saturdays at 2 and 7 PM, and Sundays at 2 PM, through January 30. Performances take place on the third floor of CIty Museum downtown. The show features 27 flying children and a 7-piece band, under the direction of Adam Rugo. For more information, visit circusharmony.org or call 314-436-7676. Tickets include admission to City Museum.

The Hundred Dresses

The COCA Family Theatre Series presents The Hundred Dresses, adapted from the Newbery Honor and Caldecott Medal book, Friday at 7 PM and Saturday at 2:20 and 7 PM, January 28 and 29. COCA is at 524 Trinity in University City. For more information, call (314) 725-6555 or visit www.cocastl.org.

West County Family Y's Y-Rep Troupers and the Chesterfield Community Theatre present King Midas and the Golden Touch Friday at 10 AM and 12 PM, Saturday at 12 PM and Sunday at 2 PM, January 28 through 30. Performances take place at the West County YMCa, 16464 Burkhardt Place. For more information, call (636) 532-6515 Ext. 227.

The Missouri History Museum presents a Teens Make History production of Nobody’s Boy, described as a “story of the struggle for freedom in antebellum St. Louis”, Saturdays at 11:30 AM, through February 19. The museum is at Lindell and De Baliviere in Forest Park. For more information, call 314-746-4599 or visit mohistory.org.

Pericles

The Black Rep presents Shakespeare's Pericles through January 30. Performances take place at the Grandel Theatre, 3610 Grandel Square. For more information, call 314-534-3810.  It will be interesting to see what they do with this rarely-performed bit of semi-Shakespeare (scholars think he may have only written half of it). The company web site describes it as "a panorama of breathtaking visual imagery creating a stunning metaphor for the African American experience". The full title is Pericles, Prince of Tyre - a purely fictional character who has, AFAIK, nothing to do with the real-life Athenian statesman. Read Andrea Braun's review for 88.1, KDHX.

Reckless

Clayton Community Theatre presents the dark comedy Reckless Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 2 PM, January 28 through February 6. Performances take place at the Washington University South Campus Theatre. For more information, call 314-721-9228 or visit placeseveryone.org.

Mustard Seed Theatre presents Shadowlands, based on the real-life story of C.S. Lewis, who unexpectedly falls in love with young American poet Joy Gresham. Performances take place Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 2 PM, January 28 through February 13, at the Fontbonne Fine Arts Theatre, 6800 Wydown Blvd. For more information, call (314) 719-8060 or visit the web site at www.mustardseedtheatre.com.

The Missouri History Museum presents The Tragical Comedy of the French, Spanish, French American Ville de Saint Louis Saturdays at 2 PM through February 26. The museum is at Lindell and De Baliviere in Forest Park. For more information, call 314-746-4599 or visit mohistory.org.

The Year of Magical Thinking

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis presents the one-woman show The Year Of Magical Thinking, starring St. Louis’s own Fontaine Syer, Tuesdays through Sundays through January 30. Performances take place in the studio theatre at the Loretto-Hlton Center, 130 Edgar Road in Webster Groves, MO. For more information, call 314-968-4925 or visit repstl.org.  Fontaine, as many of we local theatre veterans will recall, was one of the driving forces behind the late Theatre Project Company.  Read Andrea Braun's review for 88.1, KDHX.