St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of October 31, 2001

Updated Friday, November 4, 2011

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Citilites Theatre presents Maltby and Shire's musical Baby Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 2 PM through November 20. Performances take place at the Gaslight Theatre, 358 North Boyle in the Central West End. For more information, call 314-773-1879.

Lindenwood University presents the musical Bat Boy: The Musical through November 4. Performances take place in the Emerson Black Box Theatre at the J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts on the Lindenwood campus in St. Charles, MO. For more information, call 636-949-4433 or visit lindenwood.edu/center.

Billy Elliot

The Fox Theatre presents Billy Elliot - the Musical through November 13. The Fox Theatre is at 517 North Grand in Grand Center. For more information, call 314-534-1678. Read the 88.1 KDHX Review!

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.

Crestwood Booth Theatre presents Trey Parker's Cannibal! The Musical -- Live!!! through November 19. Performances take place at Crestwood ArtSpace, 109 Crestwood Plaza, Suite 134 - near the southeast mall entrance. For more information, visit www.Cannibal-STL.com or call the Cannibal! Hotline 314-662-0097.

Circle Mirror Transformation
©Photo by Lon Brauer

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis presents Anne Baker's Circle Mirror Transformation Tuesdays through Sundays through November 13. 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. Read the 88.1 KDHX Review!

The Regional Arts Commission presents Roberta Miles in her one-woman show An Evening With Roberta Miles Friday at 7:30 PM and Saturday at 8 PM, November 4 and 5. The Regional Arts Commission is at 6128 Delmar. For more information, visit www.miles-stl.com.

St. Louis Community College at Forest Park Theatre Department presents Freaks of the Cosmic Circus through Sunday, November 6. Performances take place in the Bastian Theatre on the campus at 5600 Oakland. For more information, call 314-644-9100.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis presents Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage Tuesdays through Sundays through November 6. Performances take place on the main stage at the Loretto-Hlton Center, 130 Edgar Road in Webster Groves, MO. For more information, call 314-968-4925 or visit repstl.org. Read the 88.1 KDHX Review!

Winter Opera St. Louis presents Rogers and Hammerstein's A Grand Night for Singing Friday at 8 PM and Sunday at 4 PM, November 4 and 6. Performances take place at The Skip Viragh Center for the Arts at Chaminade College Preparatory School, 425 S. Lindbergh. For more information, visit winteroperastl.org.

Gruesome Playground
Injuries

R-S Theatrics, an offshoot of Soundstage Productions, presents a fully staged production of Pulitzer Prize Finalist Rajiv Joseph's Gruesome Playground Injuries at 8 PM Fridays and Saturdays, and 7 PM Sundays through November 6. Performances take place in their art space at 214 Crestwood Court. For more information, you may email RSTheatrics at yahoo.com or call 314-968-8070. Read the 88.1 KDHX Review!

The Guru of Chai

Edison Theatre Ovations! presents The Guru Of Chai Friday and Saturday, November 4 and 5, at 8 PM. “In The Guru of Chai Jacob Rajan, co-founder of New Zealand's India Ink Theatre Company, gives voice to the world's largest democracy through a series of indelible characters - the mercurial chaiwallah (tea seller), the lovelorn policeman, the protection racketeers, the abandoned girl whose singing stops crowds in their tracks.” Performances take place in the Edison Theatre on the Washington University campus. For more information, call (314) 935-6543, e-mail edison at wustl.edu or visit edison.wustl.edu.

Missouri Baptist University presents the musical Guys And Dolls through Sunday, November 6. Missouri Baptist University is at One College Park Drive. For more information , visit mobap.edu or call 314-434-1115.

OnSite Productions presents Hit-Story by Carter Lewis November 4 through 20. The production is “set in Clayton's high-performance fitness center”, Sweat, at 8011 Maryland Avenue. For more information, visit onsitetheatre.org or call 314-686-0062.

Muddy Waters Theatre Company presents Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PM and Sundays at 2 PM, November 4 through 20. Performances take place at the Kranzberg Arts Center, 501 North Grand at Olive in Grand Center. For more information, call 314-799-8399.

The Hawthorne Players present the comedy I'm Not Rappaport Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM and Sunday [November 13 only] at 2 PM, November 4 through 13. Performances take place at the Florissant Civic Center Theatre at Parker and Waterford in Florissant, MO. For more information, call 921-5678 or visit hawthorneplayers.com.

The Touhill Performing Arts Center presents The Improvised Shakespeare Company on Saturday, November 5. The Touhill Performing Arts Center is on the campus of the University of Missouri at St. Louis. For more information, visit touhill.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.

Kirkwood Theatre Guild presents the comedy Noises Off Thursday [November 10 only] through Saturday at 8 PM and Sunday [November 6 only] at 2 PM, November 4 through 13. Performances take place in the Robert G. Reim Theatre of the Kirkwood Community Center, 111 South Geyer Road. For more information, call 314-821-9956 or visit ktg-onstage.org.

Act II Community Theater presents the musical Nunsense Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 2 PM, November 4 through 13. Performances take place at The St. Peters Community and Arts Center, 1035 St. Peters-Howell Road in St. Peters, MO. For more information, call 636-219-0150 or email info at act2theater.com.

The Missouri History Museum presents The Black Rep and The St. Louis Actors' Studio production of Palmer Park Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 3 PM, November 4 through 20. 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.