St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of September 9, 2013

Updated Tuesday, September 10th

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Dramatic License Productions presents The Best of Broadway September 13-15. “Join us for a ton of harmony and toe-tapping from an amazing group of vocalists as they sing and dance their way through songs from Broadway's best: Anything Goes, Rent, The Sound of Music, West Side Story, The Wiz, Wicked and Jekyll and Hyde, just to name a few! Our audiences helped choose the songs. Now come hear the music!” Performances take place at Dramatic License Theatre located at the upper level of Chesterfield Mall (near Sears and across from Houlihan's Restaurant). For more information, call 636-220-7012 or visit dramaticlicenseproductions.org.

The Monroe Actors Stage Company presents the classic comedy Born Yesterday through September 15 in the Historic Capitol Theatre in downtown Waterloo, Illinois. For more information, visit www.masctheatre.org or call 618-939-7469.

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.

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The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis presents the Kander and Ebb musical Cabaret, September 11 - October 6. “In this multi award-winning musical, a young, naïve American writer arrives in 1930s Berlin and is swept away by the decadent pleasures of the sexy, seedy world that is the Cabaret. At the center of it all is the beguiling Sally Bowles, who takes the stage every night. Inside the Kit Kat Klub life is beautiful, but outside the world is about to change.” Performances take place at the Loretto-Hlton Center, 130 Edgar Road in Webster Groves, MO. For more information, call 314-968-4925 or visit repstl.org.

The Lemp Mansion Comedy-Mystery Dinner Theater presents Dead Like Me through November 16. The Lemp Mansion is at 3322 DeMenil Place. For more information: lempmansion.com

Alton Little Theater presents the musical satire The Drowsy Chaperone September 12-22 at 2450 North Henry in Alton, IL. For more information, call 618.462.6562 or visit altonlittletheater.org.

The Black Rep presents Ron Conner in the one-man show Emergency by Daniel Beaty Thursdas through Saturday at 8 PM and Sunday at 2 PM. “A slave ship emerges in front of the Statue of Liberty sending NY into a whirlwind of emotion and exploration in this explosive solo tour de force featuring slam poetry, multi-character transformation, and song. Ron Conner will portray a cast of 40 characters who all respond to the unexpected phenomenon. Through the characters' individual responses to this surreal happening and their varied testimonies on identity and personal freedom, Emergency weaves a stirring commentary on what it is to be human and the longing to be free. The performance is 80 minutes with no intermission.” Performances take place at A. E. Hotchner Studio Theatre in the Mallinckrodt Center on the Washington University campus. For more information: theblackrep.org. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

HotCity Theatre presents Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr. Sloane through September 21. “Young Mr. Sloane thought he already had a SORDID life as a hustler until he became the erotic target of his lewd landlady and her bottled-up brother! Repressed desires, power plays and an unsolved murder all make for one twisted tale!” 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!

The Black Rep presents a staged reading of Christina M. Ham's Four Little Girls: Birmingham 1963 in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the bombing of The 16th Street Baptist Church. The performance takes place on Sunday, September 15t at 5 PM at Washington Tabernacle Baptist Church, 3200 Washington Avenue. The staged reading, directed by Linda Kennedy, will commemorate the precise 50th anniversary of the bombing that claimed the lives of the four little girls in Birmingham, Alabama. The reading will feature music by Charles Creath, Leslie Johnson, Karen Hylton and young people from The Black Rep Summer Performing Arts and Young Artists for Peace and Justice. For more information: www.project1voice.org.

Clinton County Showcase presents Hamlet September 12-15. Performances take place at the Avon Theater, 525 North 2nd Street Breese IL. For more information, visit ccshowcase.com.

The Theatre Guild of Webster Groves presents Alfred Uhry's The Last Night Of Ballyhoo through September 15. Performances take place in the Guild theatre at Newport and Summit in Webster Groves, MO. For more information: theatreguildwg.org or call 314-962-0876. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

The Bissell Mansion Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre presents Footless through October 31. The Bissell Mansion is at 4426 Randall Place. For more information: bissellmansiontheatre.com

Stages St. Louis presents My Fair Lady through October 6. 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.

Insight Theatre Company presents Thornton Wilder's Our Town September 12-29. 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.

R-S Theatrics presents the musical Parade, with music by Jason Robert Brown and book by Alfred Uhry, Friday and Saturday at 8 PM and Sunday at 7 PM. “In 1913, Leo M. Frank was falsely accused of the rape and murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan. Frank was a Jewish New Yorker living in small-town Georgia less than 50 years after the end of the Civil War. Politicians used him as a pawn, yellow journalism distorted his image, and his outsider-status lead him to become the focus of racist fear and hate. In the end, the people of Georgia enforced their will upon him.” Performances take place at The Ivory Theatre, 7620 Michigan. For more information: r-stheatrics.com. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

Mustard Seed Theatre presents The Purpose Project: Thao's Library, written and performed by Elizabeth Van-Meter, Thursday through Saturdas at 8 PM and Sunday at 2 PM. “Elizabeth comes upon a photograph of Thao, a Vietnamese woman born with life-threatening birth defects as a result of Agent Orange. Video and live performance combine to tell the story of these two unlikely friends and their remarkable collaboration.” Performances take place 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. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

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