St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of August 22, 2011

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RS Theatrics presents a fully staged reading of Born Bad, by Debbie Tucker Green Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 PM, August 25 through 27, in their art space at 426 Crestwood Court. For more information email RSTheatrics at yahoo.com or call 314-968-8070.

The Pub Theater Company presents Bye Bye Liver: The St. Louis Drinking Play, a comedic romp through the joys and pitfalls of The Gateway to the West's favorite pastime. Performances take place on “select Saturdays” at Maggie O'Brien's, 2000 Market Street, and on the first and third Friday of each month at The Fox Hole at The Atomic Cowboy, 4140 Manchester in The Grove. For more information, you may call 314-827-4185 or visit byebyeliver.com/stlouis.

Topper Productions presents Christy Simmons in Count Your Blessings: A Tribute to Rosemary Clooney on Saturday, August 27, at 7 PM. Joining Christy will be Mike Sissen on piano, Scott Alberici on clarinet and Clancy Newell on drums. The performance takes place at The Chapel Venue, 6238 Alexander Drive. For more information, visit brownpapertickets.com.

Dead Man Walking

Union Avenue Opera presents the Missouri premiere of Dead Man Walking Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM through August 27. Based on the novel of the same name by Sister Helen Prejean, Dead Man Walking has music by Jake Heggie and a libretto by Terrence McNally. Performances take place at the Union Avenue Christian Church, 733 Union at Enright in the Central West End. For more information, visit unionavenueopera.org or call 314-361-2881. Read the KDHX review!

Dramatic License Productions presents Tamara Tungate and Kevin Kurth in an evening of Duets from the Great American Songbook on Saturday, August 27, at 8 PM. For more information, visit kmkmusic.com.

Blue Rose Stage Collective and RiverCity Theatre present the drama The Guys August 26 through September 11, 2011 at ArtSpace in Crestwood Court at the corner of Watson and Old Sappington Roads in Crestwood, MO. For more information, visit brownpapertickets.com and look for event 190245 or call 314-658-7200.

The Improv Trick hosts weekly Long Form Improv performances every Tuesday at 7:30 PM at Lemmons Restaurant, 5800 Gravois. Long form improv features 15 to 20 minute sketches based entirely on audience suggestions, with audience participation strongly encouraged. For more information, visit theimprovtrick.com.

 

The Midnight Theatre Company presents the St. Louis premiere of Craig Wright's Mistakes Were Made. “Spend 90 furious, fulminating, very funny minutes with producer Felix Afrtifex as he tries to talk movie stars, playwrights, agents, directors, designers, theatre owners, and a lot of bad unfriendly dudes in The Middle East with a lot of ordnance and no conscience into helping him get a production to Broadway - his first new, substantive, American play - Mistakes Were Made - a play about the French Revolution, with a cast of 50, a guillotine, a star drop and a horse.” Performances take place Thursdays and Fridays at 8 PM and Saturdays 7 and 9 PM through September 3 at The Kranzberg Center, 501 N. Grand. For more information call 314-487-5305 or visit www.midnightcompany.com.

Soundstage Productions presents Spoon River Anthology Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 7 PM through August 28. Performances take place at Crestwood Plaza ArtSpace, #214 Crestwood Plaza on Watson Road in Crestwood, MO. For more information, send email to soundstange at msn.com.