St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of September 4, 2023

What's on St. Louis theater and cabaret stages this coming week. Please leave a comment if anything was wrong or got left out

Ben Nordstrom and
Steve Neale

The Blue Strawberry presents We're Not Cool with Ben Nordstrom and Steve Neale on Thursday and Saturday, September 7 and 9, at 7:30 pm. “Ben and Steve return to Blue Strawberry with their trademark mix of heart and humor sharing songs and stories of fatherhood, marriage and love, a life in the arts, and their meteoric rise into middle age. Songs from Billy Joel to Stephen Sondheim, Ben Rector to Marc Shaiman, Sara Bareilles to Jason Mraz, and more!” The Blue Strawberry is at 364 N. Boyle. For more information: bluestrawberrystl.com.

The Blue Strawberry presents Cocktails With Me and Frank with David Guintoli and Carol Schmidt on Friday, September 8, at 6:30 pm. “David Giuntoli invites you to the Blue Strawberry Lounge, with its "feel of a 1940's supper club (Broadway World)" to celebrate the songs of Frank Sinatra. A cocktail advisory: David likes martinis. Carol Schmidt on piano, along with a special guest or two.” The Blue Strawberry is at 364 N. Boyle. For more information: bluestrawberrystl.com.

Tim Schall

The Blue Strawberry presents Sunday Standard Time with Tim Schall and Carol Schmidt on Sunday September 10 from 6:30 to 9:00pm. “Join Tim Schall (vocals) and Carol Schmidt (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. Carol 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.

Kineteic Tapestry Physical Theatre Company presents Space: A Celestial Circus Show, September 8 through 16. “A cosmic feast for the senses including unicycles, aerial acts, comedy, juggling, and acrobatics set to original music by St Louis composer Abbie Steiling against an incredible backdrop of space images by Frederick Steiling.” Performances take place at the Florissant Performing Arts Center in Florissant, MO. For more information: www.kinetictapestry.org/space

The Lemp Mansion Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre and Jest Mysteries present Zombie Love through November 4. "Calling all Zombies! Tired of being judged for munching on the occasional brain? So what if you're not really "alive" anymore. You can still enjoy socializing with the living and enjoying a hilarious show together. Well, we've got the perfect show for you. Drama! Comedy! Looove! ...And, of course, Zombies! But some zombie has ignored rule number one in the “Zombieing for Dummies” handbook…No biting.  Nina Tina Deena May will never be the same…do you know who’s to blame? And, no, it was not Mike Tyson! " The Lemp Mansion is at 3322 DeMenil Place in south city. For more information: www.lempmansion.com

The Midnight Company presents You Made Me Love You: A Tribute to Judy Garland starring Jennelle Gilreath Owens through September 14. The show is written by Joe Hanrahan with a band headed by John and Lea Gerdes.  Performances take place at The Blue Strawberry is at 364 N. Boyle. .For more information: midnightcompany.com

The Lehman Trilogy

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis presents The Lehman Trilogy, September 5 – 24. “Experience this epic tale of one family’s passionate pursuit of the American Dream and the piercing cost of greed, excess and unbridled power. In the late 1840s, three young brothers from Bavaria arrived in America with near-empty pockets but full of hope and ambition. Over the course of two centuries, their family business grew to unimaginable heights and ultimately collapsed into bankruptcy” Performances take place on the main stage of the Loretto-Hilton Center on the Webster University Campus. For more information: repstl.org

The St. Louis Writers' Group presents a Week 1 of its annual One-Act Play Festival on Tuesday, September 5, at 6:30 pm. The plays are Song of Salomea by Rita Winters, Homily by Guy Selbert, and Last Time, First Time and by Vanessa Roman. The readings take place upstairs at Big Daddy’s in Soulard. For more information, visit the St. Louis Writers' Group Facebook page.

Stages St. Louis presents the musical Million Dollar Quartet September 8 through October 8. “The music industry stars truly aligned by pure happenstance when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins came together for an impromptu 1956 recording session at Sun Records in Memphis. This legendary session became known as the MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET and is the setting for this wildly entertaining audience favorite. Filled with such classic tunes as “Blue Suede Shoes”, “I Walk the Line”, “Hound Dog”, and “Great Balls of Fire”, MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET is sure to have you dancing in the aisles!” Performances take place at the Kirkwood Performing Arts Center in Kirkwood, MO. For more information: stagesstlouis.org

The Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis presents Suddenly Last Summer September 7 – 17. “This fresh retelling of Suddenly Last Summer, first performed in 1957, focuses on the life and death of closeted gay poet Sebastian Venable, who is brutally murdered while on a trip to Italy with his cousin Catharine. After the recent tragedy, Mrs. Venable will stop at nothing to keep her son’s (and her own) secrets safe. Generally accepted as a modern-day horror story, this play has autobiographical roots from Williams’ own family life.” Performances take place at the Berges Theatre at COCA in University City. For more information: twstl.org.

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