St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of February 27, 2012

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The St. Louis University Theatre Department presents Bat Boy: The Musical through March 4. Performances take place in Xavier Hall, 3373 West Pine Mall. For more information, call (314) 977-2998 or visit www.slu.edu/theatre.

Winter Opera St. Louis presents Puccini's La Boheme Friday at 8 PM and Sunday at 3 PM, March 2 and 4. Performances take place at The Skip Viragh Center for the Arts at Chaminade College Preparatory School, 425 S. Lindbergh. For more information, visit winteroperastl.org.

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.

Cry Baby

New Line Theatre presents the American regional premiere of the rock musical Cry Baby Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 PM, March 1 through 24. Performances take place at the Washington University South Campus Theatre, 6501 Clayton Road. For more information, call 314-534-1111.

Dramatic License Productions presents The Glass Menagerie March 1 through 8. For more information, call 636-220-7012 or visit dramaticlicenseproductions.com.

Peabody Opera House presents the rock musical Green Day's American Idiot March 2 through 4. For more information, visit peabodyoperahouse.com or call 314-622-5420.

Center Stage Theatre at St. Charles Community College presents the classic comedy Harvey Tuesday through Saturday at 8 PM and Sunday at 2 PM, February 29 through March 4. Performances take place at the St. Charles Community College Fine Arts Building, 4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive. For more information, visit the web site.

The St. Louis Family Theatre Series presents the Magick Theatre production of If You Give a Moose a Muffin Sunday (March 4) at 2 PM, Friday (March 9) at 7:30 PM and Saturday (March 10) at 2 PM. Performances take place at the Florissant Civic Center Theatre at Parker and Waterford in Florissant, MO. For more information, call 314-921-5678 or visit www.florissantmo.com.

Upstream Theater presents The Maids by Jean Genet. Performances are Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 7 PM through March 4 at the Kranzberg Arts Center, 501 North Grand. The final Sunday show is at 3 PM. For more information, call (314) 863-4999 or visit www.upstreamtheater.org. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Black Rep presents Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream through March 4. Performances take place at the Grandel Theatre, 3610 Grandel Square. For more information, call 314-534-3810. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

Jefferson College presents Eric Overmeyer's On the Verge, or the Geography of Yearning Thursday at 10 AM and Friday and Saturday at 8 PM, March 1 through 3. Performances take place at the Jefferson College Fine Arts Theatre on the campus in Hillsboro, MO. For more information, visit jeffco.edu or call 636-481-3369 or 636-789-3000 ext. 3369.

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis
touring company

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis presents public performances of its two touring shows on Saturday, March 3. Othello in a Breath will be performed at 7 PM and Cruel to be Kind? At 8:30 PM. Performances take place at The Emerson Performance Center on the Campus of Harris Stowe State University, 3101 Laclede Avenue. For more information, visit shakespearefestivalstlouis.org.

Race

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis presents David Mamet's drama Race Tuesdays through Sundays through March 4. 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. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts presents Staging Reflections of the Buddha through March 10. On Saturday, March 10, the performance will be held at 5 pm followed by a lantern ceremony at 7 pm. “Former prisoners and veterans, who have been trained as actors, will guide the audience through the galleries, moving through the Reflections of the Buddha exhibit. The project is designed to break down social barriers by establishing common ground between the audience and the actors.” The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts is at 3716 Washington in Grand Center. For more information, visit www.stagingbuddha.pulitzerarts.org.

Wake Up, Cameron Dobbs

The West End Players Guild continues their 101st season with the world premiere of St. Louis playwright Stephen Peirick's comedy Wake Up, Cameron Dobbs Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 2 PM through March 4. Performances take place at the Union Avenue Christian Church, 733 North Union at Enright in the Central West End. For more information, call 314-367-0025 or visit www.westendplayers.org.

The Brass Rail Players present the musical You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown. Performances take place Thursday through Sunday, March 1 through 4, at the Lindenwood University Premier Center For The Arts In Belleville, Il. For more information, visit brassrailplayers.org.