What's
on St. Louis theater and cabaret stages this coming week. Please
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King
Headley II
Photo: Keshon Campbell |
The Black Rep presents August Wilson’s
King Hedley II
through July 14. “Peddling stolen refrigerators hoping to open
a video store one day, King Hedley, an ex-con, toils with
self-worth. Getting, spending, killing, and dying in a world where
getting is hard and killing is commonplace are threads woven into
this 1980s installment in the author’s renowned cycle of plays about
the Black experience in America. Drawing on characters established
in “Seven Guitars,” “King Hedley II” shows how shadows of the past
can darken the present as King seeks retribution for his mother’s
lies.” Performances take place at the Edison Theatre on the
Washington University campus. For more information:
www.theblackrep.org.
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| Tim Schall and Joe Dreyer |
The Blue Strawberry presents
Sunday Standard Time
with
Tim Schall and
Joe Dreyer on Sunday July 21 at 6
pm. “Join Tim Schall (vocals) and Joe Dreyer (piano) in the lounge
for a casual, classy Sunday evening of jazz standards, a little
sophisticated pop and a dash of classic Broadway. Tim is no stranger
to the theater and concert stages of St. Louis, Chicago and New
York's Lincoln Center. Joe has a rich history of entertaining St.
Louis audiences as musician and singer. Together they will help you
wind down your weekend with timeless music and a lot of irreverent
dry humor.” The Blue Strawberry is at 364 N. Boyle. For more
information:
bluestrawberrystl.com
Clayton Community Theatre presents Shakespeare’s
Twelfth
Night, directed by Heather Sartin with an all female
cast, Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 2 pm
through July 21. Written between 1601-1602, the second play in
Shakespeare’s Shipwreck Trilogy remains one of the Bard’s most
familiar and best- loved comedies. Sword fights, long lost
twins, singing, dancing, and yellow socks all work together to weave
a tale of restoration and love. This will be a 90-minute,
no-intermission production, and there will be a mini-concert preshow
by the Reveler's Guild musical troupe.” Performances take place at
the Washington University South Campus Theatre, 6501 Clayton Rd. For
more information:
www.placeseveryone.org
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The
Romanov Family Yard Sale
Photo: David Hackett |
ERA presents
The Romanov Family Yard Sale
Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 pm through July 20. "It is July
1919, one year after the last ever Russian Tsar, Tsarina, and their
children were murdered. The distant, and more importantly living,
Romanov cousins have set up a yard sale in a formerly Tsar-sponsored
Russian theatre wrecked by the Bolsheviks. No one cares about these
Romanovs, but they are Romanovs nonetheless. Join them in a very
real theatre play and a very real yard sale where everything must
go!" Playing at The Kranzberg Blackbox, 501 N Grand Blvd in Grand
Center. For more information:
www.eratheatre.org.
The Improv Shop presents an improvised musical by
The One
Four Fives on Saturday, July 20 at 8 pm. “It’s the opening
(and err, closing) night of a Broadway-style musical, completely
made up on the spot! Based on an audience suggestion, The One Four
Fives create a musical that has never been seen before. Every
performance is a unique experience full of drama, comedy, emotions,
and of course, songs.” The Improv Shop is at 3960 Chouteau, just
east of The Grove in Midtown. For more information:
theimprovshop.com.
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Old Times
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The Midnight Company presents Harold Pinter’s
Old
Times Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at
2 pm through July 27. “There are three characters in
Old Times,
a man named Deeley, his wife Kate, and Anna, a friend of Kate’s whom
they have not seen for twenty years. Beneath the surface of their
taut, witty conversation lurks suggestions of darkness, until the
present is overwhelmed with intimations of some frightening past.”
Performances take place at The Chapel, 6238 Alexander Drive in
University City. For more information:
www.midnightcompany.com
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The Little Mermaid
Photo: Phillip Hamer |
The Muny presents
The Little Mermaid through
July 16 at 8:15 pm. “One of our most popular shows ever,
Disney’s
The Little Mermaid returns to the Muny stage for the third time.
Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s beloved tale centers on young Ariel,
who yearns to venture beyond her underwater home and go where the
people are, up on land. Theatregoers of all ages will want to be
part of this world.” For more information:
muny.org.
The Muny presents
Fiddler on the Roof July 19
through July 25 at 8:15 pm. "The legendary musical tells the story
of Tevye the milkman, who clings to the Jewish customs of Anatevka,
his hometown in pre-Revolutionary Russia". For more information:
muny.org.
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| Cthulhu: the Musical |
Puppeteers for Fears, Oregon's only dedicated puppet musical
horror troupe, presents its original show,
Cthulhu: the
Musical!, on Tuesday, July 16, at 7:30 pm. “Far from the
lo-fi puppet show stereotype, the production features a full cast of
five actors with elaborate custom-made puppets, a full-rock band,
and projected multimedia backgrounds for an immersive and engaging
theatrical experience. The play is adapted from the 1929 short
story, The Call of Cthulhu,” by horror icon, H.P. Lovecraft, and
tells the story of his most famous creation: Cthulhu, a giant,
malevolent, octopus-faced elder god who hibernates beneath the
ocean, communicating to humans through their dreams, slowly driving
them mad.” The performance takes place at City Winery in The Foundry
in Midtown. For more information:
puppeteersforfears.com. [Watch the video interview on Chuck's Culture
Channel.]
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| The LaBurte New Theater Festival |
The St. Louis Actors’ Studio presents the tenth annual
LaBute
New
Theater Festival through July 28. “STLAS received
hundreds of submissions worldwide and selected four to be produced
on the stage at The Gaslight Theater, along with a brand new piece
by esteemed film director, screenwriter and playwright Neil LaBute,
for whom the festival and is named and who serves on its creative
team. This year's productions include the following
works/playwrights:
Grief & Woe by Paul Bowman of New
Albany, Ind.;
Cage by Barbara Blatner of New York, NY;
Walrus
by Brandt Adams of Brooklyn, NY;
Love in the Time of Nothing
by Jayne Hannah of North Providence, RI; and
Who’s On First
by Neil LaBute.” Performances take place at The Gaslight Theater on
North Boyle in the Central West End. For more information:
www.stlas.org
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| My Heart Says Go |
Tesseract Theatre presents the musical
My Heart Says
Go through July 21st. “A celebration of risk-taking and
the power of persistence,
My Heart Says Go follows
first-generation college student, Indigo, who defies his father and
drops out of medical school to become a singer-songwriter. Indigo is
accompanied on his journey by a new friend, Clara, who has her own
struggles at home. Performances take place at the Marcelle Theatre
in Grand Center. For more information:
www.tesseracttheatre.com.
Tesseract Theatre presents the musical
Cascade’s Fire
opening on Friday, July 19th, and running through July 28th. “A
young woman returns to her old university to investigate the
mysterious death of her ex-girlfriend. Unsure of who to trust and
who to help, she finds herself trying to uncover a conspiracy that
could burn the whole town to the ground.” Performances take
place at the Marcelle Theatre in Grand Center.For more information:
www.tesseracttheatre.com.
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the
St.
Louis Auditions site.
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