St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of January 20, 2024

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

Chicken and Biscuits
Photo: Keshon Campbell

The Black Rep presents the comedy Chicken and Biscuits through January 26.  “Nothing is sacred in this laugh-out-loud comedy as rival sisters Beverly and Baneatta bring the drama to their father’s funeral….God rest his soul. But the side eyes aren’t just for each other. Beverly tries to keep a lid on her daughter’s curiosity while Baneatta has some attitude for her son and his Jewish boyfriend. In the middle of it all-a shocking family secret is revealed. Get ready to gasp and clutch your pearls” Performances take place at the Edison Theatre on the Washington University campus. For more information: www.theblackrep.org.

The Blue Strawberry presents singer/actress Laka in Whitney, a tribute to Whitney Houston, on Saturday, January 25, at 7:30 pm . “Laka traces Whitney Houston’s journey from the earliest Billboard #1 albums to her last chart toppers, with excursions to the deeper cuts and the popular soundtracks Bodyguard and Waiting to Exhale. Laka tells the artist’s story the way it happened - from peak to peak to peak, and the tragic descent.” The performance takes place in at The Blue Strawberry, 364 N. Boyle. For more information: bluestrawberrystl.com.

Six: The Musical
Photo: Joan Marcus

The Fabulous Fox presents Six: The Musical opening on Tuesday, January 21 and running through February 2. “From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a Euphoric Celebration of 21st century girl power! This new original musical is the global sensation that everyone is losing their head over!” The Fabulous Fox is on North Grand in Grand Center. For more information: fabulousfox.com. [See my interview on Chuck's Culure Channel]

Kirkwood Theatre Guild presents the Yazmina Reza’s God of Carnage Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 2 pm through through 25. “Present day. A playground altercation between eleven-year-old boys brings together two sets of Brooklyn parents for a meeting to resolve the matter. At first, diplomatic niceties are observed, but as the meeting progresses, and the rum flows, tensions emerge and the gloves come off, leaving the couples with more than just their liberal principles in tatters.” Performances take place at the Reim Theatre in the Kirkwood Community Center on South Geyer Road. For more information, ktg-onstage.org.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis presents the Athena by Grace Gardner through February 9 “Mary Wallace and Athena are brave, and seventeen, and fencers, and training for the Junior Olympics. They practice together, they compete against each other, they spend their lives together. They wish they were friends.” Performances take place in the Emerson Studio Theatre of the Loretto-Hilton Center on the Webster University campus. For more information: www.repstl.org.

Upstream Theater presents the US premiere of Pictures from a Revolution (Quadri di una rivoluzione) translated by Haun Saussy, January 24 through February 7. “Three last resistance fighters of an unidentified revolution are living inside the walls of a stadium, while enemies lurk outside, watching and waiting. One of the men goes looking for food and winds up bringing a woman into their closed circle. Are they right to trust her? The ensuing scenes echo a series of famous paintings by Rembrandt, Matisse, Degas, and others, and highlight themes touched on in the dialogues of this deep and darkly comic piece.” Performances take place at The Marcelle in Grand Center. For more information: www.upstreamtheater.org.

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