St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of January 20, 2014

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Kirkwood Theatre Guild presents Arthur Miller's drama All My Sons Thursday through Saturday at 8 PM . 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!

The Lemp Mansion Comedy-Mystery Dinner Theater presents its Bullets in the Bathtub through April 27. The Lemp Mansion is at 3322 DeMenil Place. For more information: lempmansion.com

Hard Road Theatre Productions presents the musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PM and Sunday (January 26 only) at 2 PM, January 24 - February 1. Performances will be held at Highland High School in Highland, IL. For more information: www.hardroad.org.

The Bissell Mansion Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre presents Flaming Saddles through April 27. The Bissell Mansion is at 4426 Randall Place. For more information: bissellmansiontheatre.com

Clayton Community Theatre presents Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 2 PM, January 24 - February 2. “Constance Ledbelly - a Shakespearean scholar working on a theory that both Romeo and Juliet and Othello were intended to be comedies - finds herself transported into the worlds of the plays, where not only the endings, but the very characters themselves are nothing like she could possibly have imagined.” Performances take place at the Washington University South Campus Theatre. For more information, call 314-721-9228 or visit placeseveryone.org.

Photo: Stewart Goldstein

The Black Rep presents Jeff Stetson's The Meeting, based on a supposed meeting between Malcom X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., through January 26. Performances take place at the Emerson Performance Center on the campus of Harris-Stowe State University. For more information: theblackrep.org. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

Alton Little Theater presents Moonlight and Magnolias Thursdays through Sundays, January 23 - February 2, at 2450 North Henry in Alton, IL. For more information, call 618.462.6562 or visit altonlittletheater.org.

Photo: Jerry Naunheim, Jr.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis presents Michael Hollinger's Opus through February 2. "With only four days to rehearse for their most important performance ever, a world-class string quartet takes a chance by hiring a gifted but inexperienced young woman. Onstage the Lazara Quartet is pitch perfect but behind the scenes they're coming unstrung as the four artists battle the sweat, tears and pain that go into making extraordinary music seem effortless. This fascinating play is a passionate look at the delicate and complex relationships between artists' lives and their art." 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. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

©Photo by Lon Brauer

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis presents The Other Place January 22 - February 9. “Brilliant research scientist Juliana Smithton is on the cutting edge in her field, but her life is beginning to come unhinged. While promoting her groundbreaking drug for the treatment of neurological disorders, she experiences a disturbing medical episode of her own and begins to lose her own tenuous grasp on reality. The past blurs with the present and fragmented memories collide in this riveting drama where nothing is as it seems.” 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.

St. Louis Actors' Studio continues its seventh season, themed Sins of the Father, with Arthur Miller's The Ride Down Mount Morgan through February 2. Performances take place at the Gaslight Theatre, 358 North Boyle. For more information, call 314-458-2978 or visit stlas.org.  Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

The COCA Theatre Company presents Swallows and Amazons Saturday at 2 and 5 PM and Sunday at 1 PM, January 25 and 26. “ COCA Theatre Company (CTC) presents Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons, adapted for the stage by Helen Edmundson, with songs by Neil Hannon. A musical adventure for the whole family, Swallows and Amazons recalls an idyllic era of endless summer evenings, as a group of imaginative children sets sail on an exotic adventure to encounter savages, capture dastardly pirates and defeat mortal enemies - all before their summer vacation ends.” COCA is at 524 Trinity in University City. For more information, call (314) 725-6555 or visit www.cocastl.org.

New Line Theatre Offline presents What The Hell Are We Doing Here? An Adult Cabaret on Saturday, January 25, at 8 PM. “New Line Theatre Off Line presents a quirky, decidedly adult evening of cabaret, featuring the New Generation of New Liners, Marcy Wiegert (Hair, Cry-Baby, Bukowsical, Night of the Living Dead) and Ryan Foizey (Cry-Baby, High Fidelity, Next to Normal, Bukowsical), with music direction by Justin Smolik and direction by Mike Dowdy.” Performances take place at the Kranzberg Center, 501 North Grand in Grand Center. For more information, call 314-534-1111.

Pat Hazell

Edison Theatre Ovations! Series presents The Wonder Bread Years on Friday and Saturday, January 24 and 25, at 8 PM. “A salute to the Baby Boomer generation, The Wonder Bread Years invites you on a field-trip back to your childhood. No permission slips required! Starring Seinfeld writer Pat Hazell, The Wonder Bread Years is a fast paced, hilarity that walks the line between stand up and theater.” The performances take place at Edison Theater on the Washington University campus. For more information, edison.wustl.edu or call 314-935-6543.

Circus Harmony presents Verismo, described as “the four seasons, circus style,” on Saturdays at 2 and 7 PM and Sundays at 2 PM through January 26. Performances take place at City Museum, 701 N. 15th Street. Museum admission is free with your ticket purchase. For more information: circusharmony.org.

Photo: Andrea Zucker

Dance St. Louis presents the Ballet Memphis production of The Wizard of Oz Friday at 8 PM and Saturday at 2 and 8 PM, January 24 and 25. Based on the popular book and movie, the ballet features choreography by one of Ballet Memphis’ own members, Scotland native and choreographic associate Steven McMahon, as well as music by Gustav Holst, Benjamin Britten and Ralph Vaughn Williams. Ballet-Dance Magazine describes Wizard of Oz as “an entertaining adaptation of this popular American Tale…a new classic.” Performances take place at the Touhill Peforming Arts Center on the UMSL campus. For more information: dancestlouis.org.

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