St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of August 20, 2012

Updated Thursday, August 23

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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 Saturdays at 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.

The R-S Theatrics Summer Cabaret Series presents ConFABulation - An Evening with Jaime Schwartz on Saturday, August 245 at 8 PM. Special guests Mason Hunt and Roger Hiduk join Jamie Schwartz and music director Leah Luciano for "great music, funny stories, and a magical night of memories." The performance takes place at the Gaslight Theatre, 358 North Boyle in the Central West End. For more information, email rstheatrics at yahoo.com, visti brownpapertickst.com, or call 314-968-8070.

The Missouri History Museum's Theatre in the Museum series presents Getting Dressed: Inside Out in the Corset Age Tuesdays and Saturdays through August 25. Performances take place at the Missouri History Museum at Lindell and De Baliviere in Forest Park. For show times, mohistory.org.

Stray Dog Theatre presents The Great American Trailer Park Musical on Friday and Saturday, August 24 and 25, at 8 PM. Performances take place at The Tower Grove Abbey, 2336 Tennessee. For more information, visit straydogtheatre.org or call 314-865-1995. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

The R-S Theatrics Summer Cabaret Series presents Christy Simmons in He Love Me, He Loves Me Not on Friday, August 24, at 8 PM. “R-S Theatrics is pleased and proud to bring you an evening with cabaret veteran, Christy Simmons, as she explores the ups and downs of love, in her own inimitable way.” The performance takes place at the Gaslight Theatre, 358 North Boyle in the Central West End. For more information, email rstheatrics at yahoo.com, visti brownpapertickst.com, or call 314-968-8070.

The Fox Theatre presents the Disney musical The Lion King through September 2. The Fox Theatre is at 527 North Grand in Grand Center. For more information, fabulousfox.com or call 314-534-1678. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

The Kranzberg Arts Center presents singer and pianist Seth Ward Pyatt in Notes from New York Friday and Saturday at 8 PM, August 24 and 25. “The young writer's travel journal, chronicling a whirlwind trip to NYC, inspires his one-man show.” Performances take place in the cabaret theatre at the Kranzberg Arts Center, 501 North Grand in Grand Center. For more information, you may visit brownpapertickets.com.

A Spoonful O' Honey Theater Company presents the comedy Once In A Wifetime August 24-26. Performances take place at the Regional Arts Commission, 6128 Delmar. For more information, call 877-422-9529 or visit brownpapertickets.com.

Union Avenue Opera presents Wagner's Das Rheingold in a condensed and reduced version by English composer Jonathan Dove, Friday and Saturday at 8 PM. Performances take place at the Union Avenue Christian Church, 733 Union at Enright in the Central West End. The opera is sung in German with projected English text. For more information, visit unionavenueopera.org or call 314-361-2881. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

JPEK Creativeworks presents Stand Your Ground, a two-act drama covering social injustice and race relations, Thursday and Friday at 8 PM, Saturday at 3 and 8 PM, and Sunday at 3 PM, August 24 - 26. Performances take place at the Grandel Theater, 3610 Grandel Square in Grand Center. For more information: jpek-standyourground.eventbrite.com.

Max and Louie Productions presents Richard Greenberg's “brilliant comic fantasy about fate, ambition and loyalty” The Violet Hour August 23 through September 2. Performances take place at COCA, 524 Trinity in University City. For more information, visit maxandlouie.com.