Sunday, March 04, 2012

St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of March 5, 2012

Updated Wednesday, March 7

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St. Louis Shakespeare presents Mary Zimmerman's adaptation of The Arabian Nights March 9 through 18. Performances take place at the Black Cat Theatre on Sutton in Maplewood. For more information, call 314-361-5664 or visit stlshakespeare.org.

The West County YMCA Y-Rep Teens present The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon March 8 through 10. The West County YMCA is at 16464 Burkhardt Place in Chesterfield, MO. For more information, call 636.532.6515 ext. 227.

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.

Tim Schall's Advanced Cabaret Performance Studio presents A Cabaret Showcase Afternoon on Sunday, March 11, at 4 PM. Featured performers are Shirley Aschinger, Kari Donavan, Patrick Kerwin, Charlene Reimann, and Donna Rothenberg. Carol Schmidt is the music director for the show, which is directed by Tim Schall. The performance takes place at the Kranzberg Arts Center, 501 North Grand in Grand Center. For more information, visit www.brownpapertickets.com.

Cry Baby
New Line Theatre presents the American regional premiere of the rock musical Cry Baby Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 PM through March 24. Performances take place at the Washington University South Campus Theatre, 6501 Clayton Road. For more information, call 314-534-1111. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

Dramatic License Productions presents The Glass Menagerie through March 8. For more information, call 636-220-7012 or visit dramaticlicenseproductions.com. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

Insight Theatre Company presents The Glass Menagerie March 8 through 18. 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.

The St. Louis Family Theatre Series presents the Magick Theatre production of If You Give a Moose a Muffin Friday at 7:30 PM and Saturday at 2 PM, March 9 and 10. Performances take place at the Florissant Civic Center Theatre at Parker and Waterford in Florissant, MO. For more information, call 314-921-5678 or visit www.florissantmo.com.

The Invisible Hand
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis presents the drama The Invisible Hand March 7 through 25. 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.

Kirkwood Theatre Guild presents the farce Nana's Naughty Knickers March 9 through 18. Performances take place at the Robert G. Reim Theatre of the Kirkwood Community Center, 111 South Geyer Road. For more information, call 314-821-9956.

Lindenwood University presents the musical Once Upon a Mattress Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 and Sunday at 2 PM PM, March 8 through 11. Performances take place in the Bezemes Family 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.

The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts presents Staging Reflections of the Buddha through March 10. On Saturday, March 10, the performance will be held at 5 pm followed by a lantern ceremony at 7 pm. “Former prisoners and veterans, who have been trained as actors, will guide the audience through the galleries, moving through the Reflections of the Buddha exhibit. The project is designed to break down social barriers by establishing common ground between the audience and the actors.” The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts is at 3716 Washington in Grand Center. For more information, visit www.stagingbuddha.pulitzerarts.org.

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