The Lemp Mansion Comedy-Mystery Dinner Theater presents Bullets in the Bathtub through April 13. The Lemp Mansion is at 3322 DeMenil Place. For more information: lempmansion.com.
CSZ St. Louis presents The ComedySportz Show on Saturday nights at 7:30 pm. The show is "action-packed, interactive and hilarious comedy played as a sport. Two teams battle it out for points and your laughs! You choose the winners the teams provide the funny!" Performances take place on the second floor of the Sugar Cubed, 917 S Main St. in St Charles, Mo. For more information: www.cszstlouis.com.
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| Daddy Long Legs Photo by John Lamb |
Stray Dog Theatre presents the musical Dreamgirls Thursdays through Saturdays, April 4-20. "Journey back to a time in musical history when rhythm and blues weren't everything, they were the only thing. In the swinging 60s, the Dreamettes, led by the powerful Effie White, embark on an R&B music career that leads them across the country. Romantic entanglements, Effies weight, racism, and the arrival of a fresh new sound in the 70s make this show biz musical a thrilling hit." Performances take place at The Tower Grove Abbey, 2336 Tennessee. For more information, visit straydogtheatre.org or call 314-865-1995.
The St. Louis Writers' Group presents a reading of the play Finding Me by Clinton Maul on Monday, April 1 at 6:30 pm. "Finding Me takes you on a rollercoaster full of emotion, pain and laughter. An uncut view of what life can give you while highlighting the confidence it takes to overcome." The reading takes place upstairs at Big Daddy's, 1000 Sidney in Soulard. For more information: www.stlwritersgroup.com.
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis presents a staged reading of the musical Frida, with book and lyrics by Michael Aman and music by Dana P. Rowe, on Thursday, April 4, at 7:30 pm. "After an injury that should have killed her, the renowned artist Frida Kahlo finds relief from her pain through paintings that would change the rules of art forever. Despite a complicated relationship with her husband - the great painter Diego Rivera - and multiple surgeries, she never succumbs to self-pity. Frida is a new musical about a woman's indomitable creative spirit and love for her husband, as told through the music, movement and art of her country." The reading takes place in the Studio Theatre of the Loretto-Hilton Center on the Webster University campus. For more information: repstl.org.
The Monroe Actors Stage presents the comedy Is He Dead? by Mark Twain as adapted by David Ives Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 and Sundays at 2:30 pm, April 5-14. Performances take place in the Historic Capitol Theatre in downtown Waterloo, Illinois. For more information, visit www.masctheatre.org or call 618-939-7469.
The Hawthorne Players present the musical A New Brain opening on Friday, April 5, at 7:30 pm and running through April 14. "By the Tony Award-winning authors of Falsettos, A NEW BRAIN is an energetic, sardonic, often comical musidcal about a composer during a medical emergency. Gordon collapses into his lunch and awakes in the hospital, surrounded by his maritime-enthusiast lover, his mother, a co-worker, the doctor, and the nurses. Reluctantly, he had been composing a song for a children's television show that features a frog - Mr. Bungee - and the specter of this large green character and the unfinished work haunts him throughout his medical ordeal. What was thought to be a tumor turns out to be something more operable, and Gordon recovers, grateful for a chance to compose the songs he yearns to produce." The performances take place at the Florissant Civic Center Theatre at Parker and Waterford in Florissant, MO. For more information, call 921-5678 or visit hawthorneplayers.info.
The Bissell Mansion Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre presents Nursery Crimes through May 9. The Bissell Mansion is at 4426 Randall Place. For more information: bissellmansiontheatre.com.
St. Louis Shakespeare presents Shakespeare's Othello opening on Friday, April 5, at 8 pm and running through April 13. "Shakespeare's tragedy is a classic tale of identity, bigotry and deceit." Performances take place at Tower Grove Baptist Church, 4257 Magnolia. For more information: stlshakespeare.org.
Webster University's Conservatory of Theatre Arts presents Photograph 51 Friday through Sunday, April 5-7. "Anna Ziegler's Photograph 51 is a moving portrait of Rosalind Franklin, one of the great female scientists of the twentieth century, and her fervid drive to map the contours of the DNA molecule. A chorus of physicists relives the chase, revealing the largely-unsung achievements of this trail-blazing, fiercely independent woman - largely-unsung because the men usually credited with cracking the DNA code, James Watson and Francis Crick, did so by "borrowing" Franklin's most important discovery." Performances take place in the Stage III on the Webster University campus. For more information, www.webster.edu/conservatory/season or call 314-968-7128.
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| Photograph 51 at WEPG Photo by John Lamb |
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| The Play the Goes Wrong Photo: John Gitchoff |
The Midnight Company presents the comedy Popcorn Falls Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 pm through April 13. "The small town of Popcorn Falls is bankrupt. Its only tourist attraction, the Falls, has dried up, and it's about to be taken over by an unfeeling corporation who will turn the whole place into a sewage plant. There's only one chance to save the town - a dusty old grant that will give Popcorn Falls the money it needs if it will produce a play. (Which the town's future landlords demand be produced in one week.) The problem? There's no theatre in Popcorn Falls, there's never been a play seen there, and just a couple of its very eccentric citizens have ever been involved with anything resembling a play. It's up to Popcorn Falls' intrepid mayor and its Head Custodian ("Executive Custodian") to rally the town and lead its people in a heroic effort to prove that art can save the world. (Or at least a town.)" Performances take place at the Kranzberg Center, 501 N. Grand in Grand Center. For more information: midnightcompany.com
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| Time Stands Still Photo by Philip Hammer |
The Fabulous Fox Theatre presents the musical Waitress through April 7. "Inspired by Adrienne Shelly's beloved film, WAITRESS tells the story of Jenna - a waitress and expert pie maker, Jenna dreams of a way out of her small town and loveless marriage. A baking contest in a nearby county and the town's new doctor may offer her a chance at a fresh start, while her fellow waitresses offer their own recipes for happiness. But Jenna must summon the strength and courage to rebuild her own life." The Fabulous Fox Theatre in on N. Grand in Grand Center. For more information: fabulousfox.com.
Looking for auditions and other artistic opportunities? Check out the St. Louis Auditions site.
For information on events beyond this week, check out the searchable database at the Regional Arts Commission's Events Calendar.
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