St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of January 30, 2012

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Marble Stage Fairy Tale Theatre presents Beauty and the Beast Saturdays at noon, February 4 through 25, at Marble Stage Theater, 426 Crestwood Mall Art Space. For more information, call 314-437-0846 or visit www.marblestage.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” (and the occasional Friday) at Maggie O'Brien's, 2000 Market Street. For more information, you may call 800-650-6449 or visit byebyeliver.com/stlouis.

Black Cat Theatre's Piwacket Theatre for Children presents Goldilocks and the Three Bears on Friday and Saturday, February 3 and 4, at Black Cat Theatre, 2810 Sutton in Maplewood. For more information, call (314) 781-8300 or visit www.blackcattheatre.org.

The University of Missouri at St. Louis presents Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage through February 4. Performances take place in the E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Theater at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center on the UMSL campus. For more information, visit touhill.org or call 314-516-4949

Lindenwood University presents Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 PM and Sunday at 2 PM, February 2 through 5, in the Emerson Black Box Theater. The Scheidegger Center is on the Lindenwood campus in St Charles MO. For more information, visit lindenwood.edu/center.

Mustard Seed Theatre presents Athol Fugard's Playland February 2 through 12 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.

Hard Road Theatre presents the musical I Love You Because, based on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, through February 3 in “an intimate, bistro-type setting” at Highland High School's Kennel at 12760 Troxler Avenue in Highland, IL. For more information, visit www.hardroad.org or call 618-654-7748.

Alton Little Theater presents the comedy The Last Mass At St. Casimir's by Tom Dudzick through February 5 at 2450 North Henry in Alton, IL. For more information, call 618.462.6562 or visit altonlittletheater.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.

Oleanna

HotCity Theatre presents David Mamet's Oleanna Thursdays through Sundays through February 4. "Did he or didn't he? As if straight from the Herman Cain scandal, Oleanna is a seething investigation into the ever-present mechanisms of power, harassment, and abuse." Performances take place at the Kranzberg Arts Center, 501 North Grand in Grand Center. For more information, visit www.hotcitytheatre.org or call 314-289-4063. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

On Golden Pond

The Black Rep presents On Golden Pond, a "wry, gentle comedy of a family dealing with the problems of aging through the ageless power of love", through February 5. Performances take place at the Grandel Theatre, 3610 Grandel Square. For more information, call 314-534-3810. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

The Fox Theatre presents the musical Rock of Ages Friday at 8 PM, Saturday at 2 and 2 PM, and Sunday at 2 PM, February 3 through 5. The Tony-nominated musical is “ a hilarious, feel-good love story told through the hit songs of iconic rockers Journey, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, Pat Benatar, Whitesnake, and many more”. The Fox Theatre is at 517 North Grand in Grand Center. For more information, call 314-534-1678.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis presents the drama A Steady Rain, "a harrowing story of guilt, fear and corruption", through February 5. 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!

Urnietown

Stray Dog Theatre presents the musical satire Urinetown Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 PM, February 2 through 18. There will be a matinee on the closing Saturday at 2 PM in addition to the evening show. Performances take place at The Tower Grove Abbey, 2336 Tennessee. For more information, call 314-865-1995.

Way to Heaven

New Jewish Theatre presents Way to Heaven by Juan Mayorga, translated by David Johnston, through February 12. The play “is inspired by the true story of the elaborate deception that took place at the Theresienstadt concentration camp, where the Nazis constructed a fake village to fool international inspectors and quell extermination rumors“. Performances take place at the Marvin and Harlene Wool Studio Theatre at the JCCA, 2 Millstone Campus Drive. For more information, call 314-442-3283 or visit www.newjewishtheatre.org. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!