St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of June 18, 2012

Updated Monday, June 18

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Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville presents The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Wednesday through Sunday, June 20-24, in the Dunham Hall theater on the campus in Edwardsville, IL. For more information, call 618-650-2774.

Ain't Misbehavin'

Stages St. Louis presents the "Fats" Waller musical Ain't Misbehavin' through July 1. 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!

Alice in Wonderland

Opera Theatre of St. Louis presents the St. Louis premiere of Alice in Wonderland, with music by Unsuk Chin and libretto to David Henry Hwang, in rotating repertory with three other operas through June 23. Performances take place at the Loretto-Hilton Center at 135 Edgar Road on the Webster University campus. All performances are sung in English with projected English text. For more information, you may visit experienceopera.org or call 314-961-0644. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

And the World Goes Round

Insight Theatre Company presents the Kander and Ebb musical revue And the World Goes Round through June 24. 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!

The Looking Glass Playhouse presents the musical Annie June 21-24. Performances take place at 301 West St. Louis Street in Lebanon, Ill. For more information, visit www.lookingglassplayhouse.com.

Riverside Shakespeare Theatre Company presents Shakespeare's As You Like It, directed by Dr. Judy E. Yordon, in Frontier Park in St. Charles from June 21 through July 1. Performances are at 8 PM with a closing matinee at 2 PM. The opening act by Monkey Tales Theatre, a local non-profit children's theater company, begins one half-hour before each show. For more information, you may visit riversidetheatreco.org or send email to riversideshakespeare at gmail.com.

OnSite Productions presents Bowling Epiphany - The Revival! by Carter Lewis through June 30. Performances take place at Epiphany Lanes, 3164 Ivanhoe Avenue. For more information, visit onsitetheatre.org or call 314-686-0062. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

First Run Theatre presents Neville Mur's Brooklyn Bagatelle Fridays through Sundays, June 22-July 1. Performances take place in the Thomas Hunter Theatre at DeSmet Jesuit High School, 233 N New Ballas Road.. For more information email info at firstruntheatre.com, or visit www.firstruntheatre.com.

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 Saturdaysat 9 PM at Maggie O'Brien's, 2000 Market Street. For more information, you may call 314-827-4185, email stlouis at byebyeliver.com, or visit byebyeliver.com/stlouis.

Carol Schmidt

The Cabaret Project presents a cabaret open mic night on Wednesday, June 20, from 7 to 10 PM at the Tavern of Fine Arts. “Drop by and enjoy a night of great music from St. Louis cabaret artists, backed up by the inimitable Carol Schmidt on the baby grand.” The master of ceremonies for the evening will be Chuck Lavazzi, senior performing arts critic at 88.1 KDHX. If you're planning to sing, be prepared to do one or two songs and bring music, preferably in your key. We'd also recommend that you have your song memorized. The Tavern of Fine Arts is at 313 Belt at Waterman in the Central West End. There's free parking in the lot right across the street. For more information, visit tavern-of-fine-arts.blogspot.com or call 314-367-7549.

Carmen

Opera Theatre of St. Louis presents Bizet's Carmen in rotating repertory with three other operas through June 23. Performances take place at the Loretto-Hilton Center at 135 Edgar Road on the Webster University campus. All performances are sung in English with projected English text. For more information, you may visit experienceopera.org or call 314-961-0644. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

Marble Stage Fairy Tale Theatre presents Cinderella Investigated Saturdays at noon through June 30 at Southampton Presbyterian Church, 4716 Lackland. For more information, call 314-437-0846 or visit www.marblestage.org.

Cosi fan Tutte

Opera Theatre of St. Louis presents Mozart's Cosi fan Tutte in rotating repertory with three other operas through 22. Performances take place at the Loretto-Hilton Center at 135 Edgar Road on the Webster University campus. All performances are sung in English with projected English text. For more information, you may visit experienceopera.org or call 314-961-0644. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

ACT Inc. presents the comedy The Damask Cheek by John Van Druten and Lloyd Morris Friday and Saturday at 8 PM and Sunday at 2 PM,. Performances take place at the Fontbonne Fine Arts Theatre and the campus at 6800 Wydown. For more information, call 314-725-9108 or visit actinc.biz. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

The Washington Avenue Players Project presents John Patrick Shanley's Danny and the Deep Blue Sea: An Apache Dance Thursday at 8:30 PM, Friday at 7 PM, Saturday at 5 PM and Sunday at 8:30 PM, June 21-24. Performances take place at the Nash Building, 3000 Locust. The show is part of the St. Lou Fringe Festival. For more information, you may visit thewapp.com or stlfringe.com.

The Monroe Actors Stage Company presents the comedy Dearly Beloved through June 24 in the Historic Capitol Theatre in downtown Waterloo, Illinois. For more information, visit www.masctheatre.org or call 618 939 7469.

Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble presents Hamletmachine Thursday through Sunday, June 21-24. Performances take place at Black Cat Theatre, 2810 Sutton in Maplewood. For more information, call visit slightlyoff.org.

High Fidelity

New Line Theatre presents the rock musical High Fidelity Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 PM through June 21. 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!

Hard Road Theatre presents the musical Into the Woods Junior Thursday through Sunday, June 21-24, at the Highland Elementary Auditorium, 1800 Lindenthal Avenue in Highland, IL. For more information, visit hardroad.org or call 618-654-7748.

Insidious

The Black Rep presents Insidious, “a torrid dark comedy of down-low terrorism in the age of AIDS,” through June 24. Performances take place at the Grandel Theatre, 3610 Grandel Square. For more information, visit theblackrep.org or call 314-534-3810 Read the 88.1 KDHX review!.

Stages St. Louis presents the musical The Jungle Book June 20-July 1. 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.

Shooting Star Productions presents The Music Man Friday through Sunday, June 22-24 Performances take place at incarnate Word Academy, 2788 Normandy Drive. For more information, visit shootingstarproductions.org.

HotCity Theatre presents a staged reading of Larry Kramer's drama The Normal Heart Wednesday through Friday, June 20-22. Performances take place at the Fox Hole at The Atomic Cowboy. For more information, visit www.hotcitytheatre.org or call 314-289-4063.

The Third Time

West End Players Guild presents three plays by St. Louis playwright Stephen Peirick: The Right Stuff, The Goodbye Party, and The Third Time. The performances are part of the St. Lou Fringe Festival. Performances take place Thursday at 7 PM, Friday at 4 PM, Saturday at 8:30 PM, and Sunday at 4 PM in the cabaret space at the Kranzberg Arts Center, 501 North Grand. For more information, visit westendplayers.org or stlfringe.com.

The Brass Rail Players present the comedy Rumors Performances take place Thursday through Sunday, June 21-24, at the Lindenwood University Premier Center For The Arts In Belleville, Il. For more information, visit brassrailplayers.org.

The St. Lou Fringe Festival takes place Thursday through Sunday, June 21-24, at several venues in the Grand Center area including the Kranzberg Arts Center, the rock club Fubar, and the Nash Motor Building. Performances include traditional theater, dance, music, comedy, circus arts, performance art, magic and burlesque, with acts from St. Louis and around the country. For a complete schedule, visit stlfringe.com.

Sweeney Todd

Opera Theatre of St. Louis presents Sondheim's Sweeney Todd in rotating repertory with three other operas through June 24. Performances take place at the Loretto-Hilton Center at 135 Edgar Road on the Webster University campus. All performances are sung in English with projected English text. For more information, you may visit experienceopera.org or call 314-961-0644. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

The Muny presents the first Muny production of the Broadway musical Thoroughly Modern Millie Monday through Sunday at 8:15 PM, June 18-24, in the outdoor theatre in Forest Park. For more information, visit muny.org or call 314-361-1900.

Nino and Yo-Yo

Circus Flora presents its brand new show, The Wizard: Merlin and the Legends of King Arthur through June 24 under the air-conditioned, red-and-white, big top tent in Grand Center next to Powell Hall. For more inforamtion, visit circusflora.org. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!