St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of July 22, 2013

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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 Lemp Mansion Comedy-Mystery Dinner Theater presents Clueless through July 27. The Lemp Mansion is at 3322 DeMenil Place. For more information: lempmansion.com

Brass Rail Players present the musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels July 25-28. For more information, visit brassrailplayers.org.

The Muny presents Disney's Marry Poppins at 8:15 PM nightly July 25 through August 3 in the outdoor theatre in Forest Park. For more information, visit muny.org or call 314-361-1900.

Clayton Community Theatre presents The Enchanted Island Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 2 PM through July 28. Performances take place at the Washington University South Campus Theatre. For more information, call 314-721-9228 or visit placeseveryone.org.

The Bissell Mansion Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre presents Field of Schemes through July 27. The Bissell Mansion is at 4426 Randall Place. For more information: bissellmansiontheatre.com

St. Charles Community College presents the musical A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum July 23-28. Performances take place in the Donald D. Shook Fine Arts Building on the campus at 4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive in Cottleville, MO. For more information, call 636-922-8050 or visit stchas.edu.

The St. Louis Cabaret Conference presents the High School Cabaret Conference Showcase on Sunday, July 28, at 7 PM. The showcase features six singers from the conference with Carol Schmidt at the piano. The performance takes place at The Bistro at Grand Center, 3536 Washington Blvd. Tickets are available at the door with cash or check.

Maryland Heights Community Theatre presents the musical Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Thursday through Sunday, July 25-28, at the Maryland Heights Centre, 2344 McKelvey Road. For more information, call 314-738-2599.

Photo: Peter Wochniak

Stages St. Louis presents Legally Blonde, the Musical through August 18. Performances take place in the Robert G. Reim Theatre at the Kirkwood Community Center, 111 South Geyer Road in Kirkwood. "Sorority sister Elle thinks she has her future all tied up with a nice, little pink ribbon, until her boyfriend suddenly dumps her for someone more “serious.” But don’t break out the tissues just yet! This is one girl who doesn’t take “no” for an answer as she sets out to prove that being true to yourself and going after “what you want” never goes out of style." For more information, visit stagesstlouis.org or call 314-821-2407.

Photo: John Lamb

Stray Dog Theatre presents the musical Little Shop of Horrors Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 PM through August 3. There will be a matinee on the closing Saturday at 2 PM in addition to the evening show. "Seymour, a nerdy floral shop employee, becomes an overnight sensation when he raises an exotic plant that has a mysterious craving for human blood. Based on a 1960’s low-budget sci-fi film, this gleefully gruesome rock musical has zany characters and songs sure to delight audiences of all ages." Performances take place at The Tower Grove Abbey, 2336 Tennessee. For more information, visit straydogtheatre.org or call 314-865-1995.

Alton Little Theater presents their Summer Showcase Youth Musical The Music Man through July 28 at 2450 North Henry in Alton, IL. For more information, call 618.462.6562 or visit altonlittletheater.org.

The Possible

St. Louis Actors' Studio presents the Neil LaBute New Theater Festival Part 2 through July 28 at the Gaslight Theatre, 358 North Boyle. Part 2 features performances of The Possible by LaBute along with Kink by Joshua Thomas, Blood Brothers by Rachel Fenton, Present Tense by Nancy Bell and Peter Grandbois, and Cut by Daniel Damiano. For more information, call 314-458-2978 or visit stlas.org.

Family Musical Theater presents Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! through July 28 at the Ivory Theatre, 7622 Michigan. For more information, visit familymusical.org or call 314-571-9579.

Whitecliffe Summer Playhouse presents the musical Once Upon a Mattress July 25-28. For more information: www.playhouseproductions.org.

Talichia Noah performs Out of Character!, an evening of musical theatre songs, on Friday and Saturday, July 16 and 27 at 8 PM. Performances take place at the South Hampton Presbyterian Church black box theater, 4716 Macklind. For more information: 314-968-8070

Over Due Theatre presents Peter Pan Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 2 PM, July 26-August 4. Performances take place at the Olivette Community Center, 9723 Grandview Drive, in Olivette, MO. For more information, call 314-210-2959 or visit overduetheatrecompany.com.

St. Louis Shakespeare presents Timon of Athens through July 27. Performances take place in the Thomas Hunter Theatre at DeSmet Jesuit High School, 233 N New Ballas Road. For more information, call 314-361-5664 or visit stlshakespeare.org.

Photo: Stewart Goldstein

The Black Rep presents the musical The Wiz through July 28. Performances take place at the Grandel Theatre, 3610 Grandel Square. Joining the cast for this extended production are J. Samuel Davis as The Wiz, Leslie Johnson as the Tinman, and Alicia Reeve as the Scarecrow. For more information, visit theblackrep.org or call 314-534-3810. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

Hard Road Theatre presents the Mel Brooks musical Young Frankenstein July 26-August 4 at the Highland Elementary Auditorium, 1800 Lindenthal Avenue in Highland, IL. For more information, visit hardroad.org or call 618-654-7748.

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