Sunday, October 02, 2011

St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of October 3, 2011

Updated Wednesday, October 5, 2011

[Looking for auditions and other artistic opportunities? Check out the St. Louis Auditions site.]

For information on events beyond this week, check out the searchable database at the Regional Arts Commission's ArtsZipper site.

I'm now adding my own purely personal comments to events about which I think I have anything worthwhile to say. Because that's what bloggers do.  If I have left your show out, please leave a comment with all the details.

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The Addams Family
Photo by Jeremy Daniel
The Fox Theatre presents the new musical The Addams Family, based on the popular film, through October 9. The Fox Theatre is at 517 North Grand in Grand Center. For more information, call 314-534-1678. Read the 88.1 KDHX Review!

Center Stage Theatre at St. Charles Community College presents William Inge's Bus Stop Wednesday through Saturday at 8 PM and Sunday at 2 PM, October 5 through 9. Performances take place in the Donald D. Shook Fine Arts Building on the campus at 4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive in Cottleville, MO. For more information, call 636-922-8050 or visit stchas.edu.

Upstream Theater presents Fecerico Garcia Lorca's Blood Wedding October 7 through 23 at the Kranzberg Arts Center, 501 North Grand. For more information, call (314) 863-4999 or visit www.upstreamtheater.org.

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.

St. Louis Shakespeare presents Henry V through October 9. Performances take place at the Grandel Theatre, 3610 Grandel Square. For more information, call 314-361-5664 or visit stlshakespeare.org.

Soundstage Productions presents Lanford Wilson's The Hot L Baltimore Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 7 PM through October 9. Performances take place at Crestwood Plaza ArtSpace, #214 Crestwood Plaza on Watson Road in Crestwood, MO. For more information, send email to soundstage at msn.com. Read the 88.1 KDHX Review!

Thyrsus, the Washington University student drama organization, presents actor and playwright Jeremy Lawrence in a pair of one-man plays about the life of Tennessee Williams on Friday and Saturday, October 7 and 8, at 8 PM. Tom and Rose, which centers on the playwright's early years, will be performed on Friday. On Saturday, Lawrence will perform Everyone Expects Me to Write Another Streetcar, which finds an aging, acerbic Williams musing about Broadway, the evolution of his writing, the death of his longtime lover, Frank Merlo, and his own harrowing breakdown. Performances take place in the A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre in the Mallinckrodt Center on the Washington University campus. For more information, call (314) 935-5858.

Just a Song at Twilight
Photo by Gerry Love
The Missouri History Museum presents The West End Players Guild production of Just a Song at Twilight: the Golden Age of Vaudeville Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 2 PM, October 6 through 16. Travel back to an era that's not as bygone as you might think, when Americans put away the cares of the world by reveling in the often-bawdy comedy, incredible variety, and unforgettable songs of the vaudeville stage. Just a Song at Twilight: the Golden Age of Vaudeville is written and performed by actor, critic, Stage Left blogger, and radio broadcaster Chuck Lavazzi and directed by Tim Schall, with musical arrangements by Neal Richardson and musical direction by Carol Schmidt. The performances take place in the Lee Auditorium at the History Museum at Lindell and DeBaliviere in Forest Park. For more information, you may visit mohistory.org or call (314) 361-9017.

Marble Stage Theatre presents The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Saturdays at noon through October 29 at Marble Stage Theater, 426 Crestwood Mall Art Space. For more information, call 314-437-0846 or visit www.marblestage.org.

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 St. Louis Actors' Studio presents the courtroom drama Nuts by Tom Torpor October 7 through 23 at the Gaslight Theatre, 358 North Boyle. For more information, call 314-458-2978 or visit stlas.org.

Passing Strange
Photo by Jill Ritter Lindberg
New Line Theatre presents the St. Louis premiere of the rock musical Passing Strange Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 PM through October 15. “From singer-songwriter-performance artist Stew and his collaborator Heidi Rodewald comes a daring new rock musical that will take you on a journey across boundaries of place, identity and theatrical convention.” Performances take place at the Washington University South Campus Theatre, 6501 Clayton Road. For more information, call 314-534-1111. The show is directed by 88.1 KDHX's own Scott Miller. Read the 88.1 KDHX Review!

St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley presents The Pillowman, Friday at 7 PM and Saturday and Sunday at 2 PM, September 30 through October 8. Performances take place at the Terry M. Fischer Theatre on the campus at 3400 Pershall Road. For more information, call 314-513-4200 or visit www.stlcc.edu/FV/.

Insight Theatre Company presents the drama Rabbit Hole through October 2. Performances take place in the Heagney Theatre, 530 East Lockwood on the campus of Nerinx Hall High School in Webster Groves. For more information, call 314-556-1293 or visit insighttheatrecompany.com. Read the 88.1 KDHX Review!

Reasons To Be Pretty
The NonProphet Theater Company presents Reasons to be Pretty by Neil LaBute Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 5 PM through October 9. For more information, call 636-236-4831 or visit nptco.org. Read the 88.1 KDHX Review!

St. Louis Community College at Meramec Theatre Department presents the rock musical The Rocky Horror Show October 5 through 8. Performances take place in the theatre on the campus at 11333 Big Bend Road. For more information, call 314-984-7500.

The St. Louis University Theatre Department presents The Secret in the Wings through October 9. Performances take place in Xavier Hall, 3373 West Pine Mall. For more information, call (314) 977-2998 or visit www.slu.edu/theatre.

The Alpha Players of Florissant present the classic musical South Pacific through October 9 at The Florissant Civic Center Theater, Parker Rd. at Waterford Dr. in Florissant, MO. For more information, visit alphaplayers.org or call 314-921-5678. Read the 88.1 KDHX Review!

Ten Little Indians
Hard Road Theatre presents Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians Friday and Saturday at 7:30 PM, October 7 and 8, at the Highland Elementary Auditorium, 1800 Lindenthal Avenue in Highland, IL. For more information, visit hardroad.org or call 618-654-7748.

The Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University presents Caryl Churchill's Top Girls Wednesday through Saturday at 8 PM and Sunday at 2 PM through October 9. Performances take place on the Emerson Studio Theatre of the Loretto-Hilton Center 135 Edgar Road on the Webster University campus. For more information, call 314-968-7128. Read the 88.1 KDHX Review!

Stages St. Louis presents the musical Victor/Victoria through October 9. Performances take place in the Robert G. Reim Theatre at the Kirkwood Community Center, 111 South Geyer Road in Kirkwood. For more information, visit stagesstlouis.org or call 314-821-2407. Read the 88.1 KDHX Review!

The Who's Tommy
Stray Dog Theatre presents the rock musical The Who's Tommy Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 PM, October 7 through October 23. Performances take place at The Tower Grove Abbey, 2336 Tennessee. For more information, call 314-865-1995.

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