St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of January 23, 2012

Revised Thursday, January 26, 2011

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Winter Opera St. Louis presents Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos on Friday, January 27, at 8 PM and Sunday, January 29, at 3 PM. Performances take place at the Saint Louis Woman's Club, 4600 Lindell. The opera will be sung in German with projected English text. For more information, visit winteroperastl.org or call 314-865-0038.

[Insert Name Here] Theatre Project presents the musical Avenue Q through January 28. Performances take place at 4337 Manchester in the Grove neighborhood. For more information, visit inhtheatre.com. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

The Missouri History Museum presents the Metro Theatre Company production of Doug Cooney's Battledrum Tuesdays through Sundays through January 29. The play “offers young people a compelling point of entry into the complexities of the war that divided our nation” and is recommended for grades 4 and up. Performances take place in the Lee Auditorium at the History Museum at Lindell and De Baliviere in Forest Park. For more information, visit mohistory.org. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

Clayton Community Theatre presents Agatha Christie's Black Coffee through January 29. Performances take place at the Washington University South Campus Theatre. For more information, call 314-721-9228 or visit placeseveryone.org. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

The West County YMCA presents Box of Wonder on Sunday, January 29th. The West County YMCA is at 16464 Burkhardt Place. For more information, call (636) 532-6515 Ext. 227.

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 “select Saturdays” (and the occasional Friday) at Maggie O'Brien's, 2000 Market Street. For more information, you may call 800-650-6449 or visit byebyeliver.com/stlouis.

Kirkwood Theatre Guild presents the drama Doubt Thursday through Saturday at 8 PM and Sunday at 2 PM through January 29. Performances take place in the Robert G. Reim Theatre of the Kirkwood Community Center, 111 South Geyer Road. For more information, call 314-821-9956 or visit ktg-onstage.org. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

Dance St. Louis presents the Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater Friday at 8 PM and Saturday at 2 and 8 PM. “The program showcases three great strands of traditional Spanish dance: folkloric dances from Spain's many disparate regions, classical works that blend ballet into dances of the theater and the royal courts, and flamenco”. The performances take place at the Touhill Performing Arts center on the campus of The University of Missouri at St. Louis. For more information, you may visit dancestlouis.org or call 314-534-6622.

The University of Missouri at St. Louis presents Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage January 27 through February 4. Performances take place in the E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Theater at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center on the UMSL campus. For more information, visit touhill.org or call 314-516-4949

Hard Road Theatre presents the musical I Love You Because, based on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, January 27 through February 3 in “an intimate, bistro-type setting” at Highland High School's Kennel at 12760 Troxler Avenue in Highland, IL. For more information, visit www.hardroad.org or call 618-654-7748.

Alton Little Theater presents the comedy The Last Mass At St. Casimir's by Tom Dudzick January 27 through February 5 at 2450 North Henry in Alton, IL. For more information, call 618.462.6562 or visit altonlittletheater.org.

The Improv Trick hosts weekly Long Form Improv performances every Tuesday at 7:30 PM at Lemmons Restaurant, 5800 Gravois. Long form improv features 15 to 20 minute sketches based entirely on audience suggestions, with audience participation strongly encouraged. For more information, visit theimprovtrick.com.

Oleanna

HotCity Theatre presents David Mamet's Oleanna Thursdays through Sundays through February 4. "Did he or didn't he? As if straight from the Herman Cain scandal, Oleanna is a seething investigation into the ever-present mechanisms of power, harassment, and abuse." 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!

On Golden Pond

The Black Rep presents On Golden Pond, a "wry, gentle comedy of a family dealing with the problems of aging through the ageless power of love", through February 5. Performances take place at the Grandel Theatre, 3610 Grandel Square. For more information, call 314-534-3810. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis presents the drama A Steady Rain, "a harrowing story of guilt, fear and corruption", January 18 through February 5. Performances take place in the studio theatre at the Loretto-Hlton Center, 130 Edgar Road in Webster Groves, MO. For more information, call 314-968-4925 or visit repstl.org. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

Sunday in the Park
With George

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis presents Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George Tuesdays through Sundays through January 29. Performances take place on the main stage at the Loretto-Hlton Center, 130 Edgar Road in Webster Groves, MO. For more information, call 314-968-4925 or visit repstl.org. The Rep has done well by Sondheim in the past and this pretty darn near perfect production is right in line with that tradition. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

New Jewish Theatre presents Way to Heaven by Juan Mayorga, translated by David Johnston January 26 through February 12. The play “is inspired by the true story of the elaborate deception that took place at the Theresienstadt concentration camp, where the Nazis constructed a fake village to fool international inspectors and quell extermination rumors“. Performances take place at the Marvin and Harlene Wool Studio Theatre at the JCCA, 2 Millstone Campus Drive. For more information, call 314-442-3283 or visit www.newjewishtheatre.org.