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My Fair Lady ( Broadway Musical,Musical )

  Running Dates: July 7 – August 7, 2010
 
MusicalFare Theatre
  Theatre: MusicalFare Theatre
  Contact / Ticket Info: 4380 Main Street, Amherst
716.839.8540

 An all-new 10 person 2 piano version of this beloved classic! Featuring all of its classic songs such as “I Could Have Danced All Night,” “On the Street Where You Live,” and “I’ve grown Accustomed to Her Face,” this production promises to make MY FAIR LADY seem fresh and new all over again!

Insidious ( Adult,Drama,Premiere )

  Running Dates: July 16 - August 1, 2010 Road Less Traveled Productions
  Theatre: Road Less Traveled Productions
  Contact / Ticket Info: 639 Main Street
716.629.3069
"A tense, tough thriller... a man struggles against his darkest demons - as personified by a charismatic street hustler who will not take “no” for an answer. An unflinchingly potent tour through the inner hell of addiction; the inaugural offering of RLTP’s new MAX Series, bringing you edgy and uncompromising dramas. Important - and hardcore."

Macbeth ( Classic,Drama,Family )

  Running Dates:  July 22 - August 15, 2010 Shakespeare in Delaware Park
  Theatre: Shakespeare in Delaware Park
  Contact / Ticket Info: 716.856.4533

ALL-FEMALE CAST!

Shakespeare in Delaware Park has been a Buffalo summer tradition since 1976. It is one of the country's most successful outdoor Shakespeare festivals in terms of audience, attracting an average of 40 to 50 thousand patrons each summer. New York City is nearby but this FREE festival is right in Western New Yorkers beautiful back yard. Our spectacular performances take place in a historic park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, father of landscape architecture, and the nation's foremost park maker. Behind the Park's rose garden stands our grand Tudor-Style stage on a sweeping hill of green. In this beautiful setting under the stars where Shakespeare's stories live on to explore the truths of the human heart; tragedy, jealousy, foolishness, passion, laughter, and love.
 

The Mother ( Drama,Premiere )

  Running Dates: July 22 - August 8, 2010 Subversive Theatre Collective
  Theatre: Subversive Theatre Collective
  Contact / Ticket Info: 3rd Floor, Great Arrow Building, 255 Great Arrow Avenue - 716.408.0499

By Bertolt Brecht

For the 2010 Buffalo "infringement" Festival we are excited to present an interactive version of this extraordinary Brecht work where YOU -- the audience -- become major players amidst the action.  

 

All Shook Up ( Broadway Musical )

  Running Dates: Aug. 12-22 - 27, 2010  
  Theatre: Artpark
  Contact / Ticket Info: Address:  450 South 4th Street, Lewiston, NY
Box Office:              716.754.4375
Administrative:      716.754.9000

Inspired By and Featuring the Songs of Elvis Presley, Book by Joe DiPietro

SHAKESPEARE MEETS JAMES DEAN…all set to the music of Elvis Presley. “All Shook Up” presents a classic lighthearted comedy where everyone falls under love’s spell in this romantic jukebox musical with the song’s that made Elvis famous and an amusing tangled-tale of mismatched lovers inspired by Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.” All Shook Up is a classic – featuring 24 legendary Elvis classics including Heartbreak Hotel, Love Me Tender, Don't Be Cruel, Can't Help Falling in Love, and, of course, All Shook Up. The story is all new - the hits are all Elvis!

Performances Thursday & Friday 8PM; Saturday 2PM & 8PM; Sunday 2PM;
Thursday August 19 performances at 2PM & 8PM.

 

Shout! the Mod Musical ( Family,Musical )

  Running Dates: September 8 - October 17, 2010 MusicalFare Theatre
  Theatre: MusicalFare Theatre
  Contact / Ticket Info: 4380 Main Street, Amherst
716.839.8540

SHOUT! The Mod Musical –SHOUT! takes you back to 1960s England and tracks five groovy gals through a nonstop
journey of infectious and soulful pop anthems and ballads. With such charttopping
hits as “To Sir With Love,” “Downtown,” “Song of a Preacher Man” and
Goldfinger,” this regional premiere is an irresistible blend of hip-swiveling hits,
eye-popping fashion and 1960s dances.

Bring On The Men ( Adult,Comedy,World Premiere )

  Running Dates: September 9-25, 2010 Theatre Plus
  Theatre: Theatre Plus
  Contact / Ticket Info: 672 Main Street
716.853.2600 ext. 0


By Todd Warfield

A gender bending evening of fun featuring Kim Piazza, Guy Tomassi, Stephanie Bax, Michael Hake and Todd Warfield … unofficially dedicated to the Bea Arthur in us all.

 

The Cant ( Premiere,World Premiere )

  Running Dates: September 9 - October 3, 2010  Irish Classical Theatre
  Theatre: Irish Classical Theatre Company
  Contact / Ticket Info: 625 Main Street, Buffalo
716.853.4282
Directed by ICTC Artistic Director Vincent O’Neill and ICTC Producing Director Fortunato Pezzimenti

The first production of the Season is the exciting World Premiere of The Cant, winner of the Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. McGuire International Playwriting Competition, a madcap comedy-drama by Dubliner Shay Linehan.  Special thanks for Larry Quinn, the Buffalo Sabres Foundation and Mr. & Mrs. Frank McGuire for supporting this initiative.

The Cant is a raucous and truly original comedy-drama that weaves together the stories of family members separated by the cruel hand of fate: a father exiled to America; two hapless and hilarious brothers and their newly inherited Irish pub; and a tortured mother protecting her family’s precious history in the tradition of Ireland’s legendary “traveling people.”

Cheapjack Shakespeare: The Non-Musical ( Comedy,World Premiere )

  Running Dates: September 9 – October 3, 2010 New Alt Performance Group
  Theatre: New Alt Performance Group
  Contact / Ticket Info:

716. 868.6847
255 Great Arrow Avenue

by Shaun McLaughlin after his graphic novel

A comedy in the “Animal House” mode that follows the adventures of a college Shakespeare Company as it falls apart over a summer.  Members get involved in infidelity, are struck by lightning and fight with unappreciative members of the audience who heckle them.  Running through it all is the theme of ambition and the need to either leave home, or embrace it and make your life there.  Even if home is the apartment with cinder block bookcases you’ve been living in for 20 years.

Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm & Sundays at 6pm,

In A Dark Dark House ( Drama,Mystery )

  Running Dates: September 9 - October 10, 2010 New Phoenix Theatre 
  Theatre: New Phoenix Theatre
  Contact / Ticket Info: 95 N. Johnson Park
716.853.1334
By Neal LaBute

A taut, psychological drama that’s “practically shrink-wrapped in tension” (Newsday), IN A DARK DARK HOUSE finds two estranged brothers attempting to illuminate a shared and shadowy past – and one another -- in the WNY premiere of a new play by off-Broadway’s most celebrated new voice. RICHARD LAMBERT and DREW KAHN star in this roller-coaster ride of revelations and secrets; Joseph Natale directs. 

 

Mookie Cranks A Tater! ( Comedy,Premiere,World Premiere )

  Running Dates: September 9 - October 2, 2010 Alleyway Theatre
  Theatre: Alleyway Theatre
  Contact / Ticket Info: 1 Curtain Up Alley, Buffalo
716.852.2600 ext. 0

Cast off the curse of normalcy, and join the Callahan family as they test every sexual boundary in sight! (btw, a “tater” is a baseball… and the play has absolutely nothing to do with one!) This hilarious new play competition winner features David C. Mitchell, Joyce Stilson, Andréa Andolina, Chris Standart and Maria Pendolino. Suitable for adults. World Premiere Comedy.

The Furies of Mother Jones ( Drama,Historic,Premiere )

  Running Dates: September 9  - October 9, 2010 Subversive Theatre Collective
  Theatre: Subversive Theatre Collective
  Contact / Ticket Info: 3rd Floor, Great Arrow Building, 255 Great Arrow Avenue - 716.408.0499

FURIES OF MOTHER JONES, by Maxine Klein, is a rare working class musical by Obie Award-winning radical playwright and theatre-visionary Maxine Klein.  This gutsy historical drama proudly tells the story of America's incomparable activist, union organizer, and unstoppable rabble-rouser Mary Harris Jones.  Weaving together the recent history of struggling West Virginia Coal Miners of the 1960s with Mother Jones' storied Turn-of-the-Century Era union battles, THE FURIES OF MOTHER JONES offers an impassioned testament to the sacrifices of everyday working people to win many of the rights we take for granted today. 

Our rendition is directed by emerging stage artist and indy musician Megan Callahan and features the virtuoso talents of local actress/singer Sharon Strait as the infamous Mother Jones with musical accompaniment by Buffalo's own beloved bluegrass balladeers The Erie Lackawanna Railroad Band.


 

 

Chuck Basil and Friends ( Musical )

  Running Dates: September 10 - 18, 2010
  Theatre: Buffalo United Artists
  Contact / Ticket Info: 716.886.9239

CHUCK BASIL AND FRIENDS
Chuck Basil will sing and play the piano with special guests.

 

 

Frank & Ella: Together Again ( Musical )

  Running Dates:

September 10 - 11, 2010
Special adult  Curtain Up! performance

Theatre of Youth
  Theatre: Theatre of Youth   
  Contact / Ticket Info: 203 Allen Street
716.884.4400 ext. 304
By Paul Maisano

Limited Engagement!  This rare musical tribute brings together ‘The Chairman of the Board” Frank Sinatra and “The First Lady of Song” Ella Fitzgerald.  Set in the 1960’s at The Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, audiences will travel back in time to experience songs of young love, mature love, love gone wrong and ultimately, love triumphant.  This nostalgic evening of all time musical favorites must not be missed! Starring Paul Maisano and the lovely Joyce Carolyn.  

 

Forever Plaid ( Family,Musical )

  Running Dates: September 10- October 10, 2010 The Kavinoky Theatre
  Theatre: The Kavinoky Theatre
  Contact / Ticket Info: 320 Porter Ave
716.829.7668

By Stuart Ross,  the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway musical revue containing the wonderful songs “Three Coins in the Fountain,” “Cry,” and “Moments to Remember” comes to The Kavinoky Theatre.  You are guaranteed an evening of pure entertainment when you go Plaid.  Limited Engagement!

 

 

 

Trace ( Drama )

  Running Dates: September 16- October 10, 2010

Torn Space Theater

  Theatre: Torn Space Theater
  Contact / Ticket Info: 612 Fillmore Avenue

TRACE 
Written and Directed by Dan Shanahan

Separated during the invasion, a man searches for memories of
the woman he once loved. His journey is reflected in a couple whose
relationship is staked to the mystery of a missing girl. In their
search the characters enter a deceptive and shifting environment pursued by threatening forces.

Adam Mickiewicz Dramatic Circle -
612 Fillmore Avenue

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The Couple Next Door ( Adult,Comedy,World Premiere )

  Running Dates: September 10 - October 3, 2010 Road Less Traveled Productions
  Theatre: Road Less Traveled Productions
  Contact / Ticket Info: 639 Main Street
716.629.3069

A World Premiere play by Donna Hoke - Directed by Scott Behrend

(New Play workshop Selection)

What happens on Grand Island doesn't always stay on Grand Island. When suburbanites Sadie and Vance try to remedy their marriage by hooking up with the swinging-savvy Janet and Rich, all four find that nothing - even chocolate - is as simple as it seems. This sexy, adult comedy asks: Can marriage survive a night with The Couple Next Door? And will there be awkwardness at the mailbox the morning after?

Working ( Dramedy,Family,Musical,Premiere )

  Running Dates: September 23 - October 17, 2010 O'Connell & Company Productions
  Theatre: O'Connell & Company Productions
  Contact / Ticket Info: Erie Community College North Campus 716.848.0800

The hopes, dreams, joys and concerns of the average working American are the focus of this unique, extraordinary musical. The story is based on the Studs Terkel book and features songs by Stephen Schwartz, James Taylor, Mary Rodgers, Micki Grant, Craig Carnelia, Susan Birkenhead & Lin-Manuel Miranda. WORKING is a highly original look at the American landscape that’s simply impossible to forget.

And our signature show ...
Wednesdays at 7:30pm
Western New York's longest running theatrical production!
O'Connell & Company's Award Winning Original Hit ...
DIVA by DIVA A Celebration of Women!
Celebrate the 12th Anniversary Year with very special DIVA-licious performances!

 

Twilight Zone Redux ( Classic,Mystery,One Act Play )

  Running Dates: October 14 -30, 2010   

American Repertory of Western New York

  Theatre: American Repertory of Western New York
  Contact / Ticket Info: 716.884.4858

Original take on the classic TV series "The Twightlight Zone"

Written & Directed By Drew McCabe
Rust Belt Books, 202 Allen Street

American Repertory Theater of WNY 2010-11 Season
A Salute to the Golden Age of American Television

Mary Poppins ( Broadway Musical )

  Running Dates: October 14 – 31, 2010
  Theatre: Shea's Performing Arts Center
  Contact / Ticket Info: 646 Main Street
716.847.0850

Kicking off the Shea’s Broadway Season beginning October, 2010, the world’s most famous nanny will arrive at Shea’s!  Combining the best of the original stories by P. L. Travers and the beloved Walt Disney film, the Tony® Award-winning MARY POPPINS is everything you’d hope for in a Broadway musical—and more.  Produced by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, the show includes such wonderful songs as Chim Chim Cher-ee, A Spoonful of Sugar, Let’s Go Fly a Kite and, of course, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.  The NY Daily News hails MARY POPPINS as “a roof-raising, toe-tapping, high-flying extravaganza!”  Let your imagination take flight at this perfectly magical musical!  www.marypoppins.com 

The Last Night of Ballyhoo ( Comedy,Drama,Dramedy,Premiere )

  Running Dates: October 14 -November 7, 2010 Jewish Repertory Theatre
  Theatre: Jewish Repertory Theatre
On stage at Alleyway Theatre
1 Curtain Up Alley 14202
  Contact / Ticket Info: 716.688.4114 ext. 391

JRT will present Tony Award Winning The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry. The piece explores the lives of Jewish southerners, a culture that he introduced to the American theater-going public with his Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Driving Miss Daisy.  It is Atlanta, Georgia in December 1939. Hitler is about to invade Poland, Gone with the Wind is about to premiere, and a Jewish family so highly assimilated they have a Christmas tree in the front parlor - are looking forward to Ballyhoo, a lavish cotillion sponsored by their restrictive country club. Deftly exploring Jewish identity, including prejudice inflicted on Jews by other Jews, Uhry intersperses his serious message with sparkling banter, comedic non sequiturs, and hilarious characters and characterization.   Directed by Saul Elkin

Performances are Thursday 7:30pm, Sat 4pm & 8pm and Sun 2pm
Alleyway Theatre, 1 Curtain Up Alley 14202 (dowtown's theatre district.)  

Subversive Twilight Zones

  Running Dates: October 21 - November 14, 2010 Subversive Theatre Collective
  Theatre: Subversive Theatre Collective
  Contact / Ticket Info: 3rd Floor, Great Arrow Building, 255 Great Arrow Avenue - 716.408.0499

just in time for Halloween...
SUBVERSIVE TWILIGHT ZONES
by Rob Serling, Directed by Kurt Schneiderman,
Virginia Brannon, Jack Agugliaro, and others 
 

Antony & Cleopatra ( Classic,Drama )

  Running Dates: October 22 - November 14, 2010
  Theatre: Road Less Traveled Productions
  Contact / Ticket Info: 639 Main Street
716.629.3069

By William Shakespeare
World Premiere Adaptation by Jon Elston - Directed by Scott Behrend

When military hero Mark Antony meets the beautiful Queen of Egypt, the sparks of their attraction ignite a tempestuous affair of legendary proportions. The affair puts them at odds with Octavius Caesar, Antony’s possessive partner in the triumvirate and threatens to destroy the entire Roman Empire. Jon Elston offers a sharp, contemporary vision of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar sequel -- an immortal tale of obsession, intrigue, valor, betrayal, and tragic love, a true classic that hasn’t been produced in Buffalo for over fifty years.

Buffalo Zings! Hot, Tedium and Wild!! ( Comedy,Musical,Musical Comedy )

  Running Dates: October 28-31, 2010 O'Connell & Company Productions
  Theatre: O'Connell & Company Productions
  Contact / Ticket Info: Erie Community College North Campus 716.848.0800

O’Connell & Company’s original bipartisan banquet of laughter, lampoonery & roasting all your favorite WNY headlines and headliners.


And our signature show ...
Wednesdays at 7:30pm
Western New York's longest running theatrical production!
O'Connell & Company's Award Winning Original Hit ...
DIVA by DIVA A Celebration of Women!
Celebrate the 12th Anniversary Year with very special DIVA-licious performances!

 

On Borrowed Time ( Classic,Comedy,Dramedy,Family,Historic )

  Running Dates: October 29-November 7, 2010  

Playhouse of American Classics

  Theatre: Playhouse of American Classics
  Contact / Ticket Info: 716.873.9644
By Paul Osborn
A funny & heart-warming fable on life & family from the writer of last season’s MORNING’S AT SEVEN
Grandpa traps Mr. Death in his apple tree -- stopping people from dying all over the world
Featuring PAC favorites:  Paul O’Hern, Keith Elkins & Jon Summers

October 29, 30 & 31 and Nov. 5, 6 & 7
Fri. at 7:30 pm;
Sat. at 2:30 & 7:30 pm;
Sun. at 2:30 pm

Performances at the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society (BECHS)
25 Nottingham Court,  Buffalo, NY   (corner of Elmwood Ave. & Nottingham Dr.)
Plenty of Free Parking in Well-lighted Area Adjacent to BECHS
Credit Card phone purchases available one month before each show at:  (716) 873-9644  Ext. 301

 

Caberet ( Comedy,Musical )

  Running Dates: November 3- December 12 , 2010  MusicalFare Theatre
  Theatre: MusicalFare Theatre
  Contact / Ticket Info: 4380 Main Street, Amherst
716.839.8540

MusicalFare's production of CABARET will be a reconceived classic following in the footsteps of our highly acclaimed production of MAN OF LAMANCHA. MusicalFare will be transformed into Berlin’s Kit Kat Club where a moving and memorable story of life during Germany’s Third Reich is played out against the exhilarating music and lyrics of Kander and Ebb.

Inside Out ( Comedy,Family )

  Running Dates: November 5-14, 2010 Theatre of Youth
  Theatre: Theatre of Youth
  Contact / Ticket Info: 203 Allen Street
716.884.4400 ext. 304

INSIDE OUT by Meg Quinn, TOY Artistic Director
Because children in WNY suffer one of the highest rates of obesity in the nation, TOY is producing the most important play of our 39 year history…INSIDE OUT!

When Tom is accidentally involved in a clandestine government operation, he becomes trapped in the body of another kid.  Tom meets the team of workers who exist in that body and are responsible for managing the food choices dumped in there.  An emotional learning experience follows.  Using every theatre trick and tool to heighten learning styles, Inside Out shows the audience the inside effect of sugar and greasy fast food; demonstrates the action of calories in/calories out, depicts how plaque blocks arteries, and much more! 

Opens: Friday, November 5, 2010 at 7pm
Saturdays & Sundays at 2 pm
November 6, 7, 13, 14

Present Laughter ( Classic,Comedy )

  Running Dates: November 5 – December 5, 2010
 
The Kavinoky Theatre
  Theatre: The Kavinoky Theatre
  Contact / Ticket Info: 320 Porter Ave
716.829.7668

Comedy by Noel Coward
This audacious comedy, back by popular demand, features Kavinoky Artistic Director David Lamb as Garry Essendine, a vain matinee idol who becomes entangled in the amusing personal crises of the people around him – which are largely of his own making. 

“This play about a close-knit and insular set of unusually theatrical theater types suits the Kavinoky gang quite nicely, and provides David Lamb in particular with a sublimely perfect vehicle.” – The Buffalo News
 

Murder Squared ( Drama,Mystery )

  Running Dates: November 11 - December 5, 2010  

American Repertory of Western New York

  Theatre: American Repertory of Western New York
  Contact / Ticket Info: 716.884.4858

Hitchcockian Twist on Murder "Murder Squared"
Written By Gary Earl Ross

Produced in association with Ujima Theatre Company
Directed by Matthew LaChiusa & Lorna Hill
Theatreloft, 545 Elmwood Avenue

American Repertory Theater of WNY 2010-11 Season
A Salute to the Golden Age of American Television
 

 

James Joyce's The Dead: A Christmas Play with Music ( Holiday,Musical,Premiere )

  Running Dates: November 11 - December  5, 2010

Irish Classical Theatre

 
  Theatre: Irish Classical Theatre Company
  Contact / Ticket Info: 625 Main Street, Buffalo
716.853.4282

Directed by ICTC Associate Director Derek Campbell
Three generations gather together in the turn-of-the-century Dublin home of Gabriel Conroy’s music-loving aunts.  Memories and good cheer are exchanged, and a profound memory is awakened in Gretta Conroy revealing a long-buried passion.  Adapted from Joyce’s touching short story of the same name from “The Dubliners,” The Dead is a touching, memorable and utterly captivating holiday show.

Tony Award Winning Musical. 

Story of Daniel ( Musical,Premiere,Spiritual )

  Running Dates: November 18 - 21, 2010 O'Connell & Company Productions
  Theatre: O'Connell & Company Productions
  Contact / Ticket Info: Erie Community College North Campus 716.848.0800

A staged reading of an award winning film script by John Fantini, that tells the story of Daniel to find love and favor with God on his spiritual journey back from tragic loss.


 
And our signature show ...
Wednesdays at 7:30pm
Western New York's longest running theatrical production!
O'Connell & Company's Award Winning Original Hit ...
DIVA by DIVA A Celebration of Women!
Celebrate the 12th Anniversary Year with very special DIVA-licious performances!

Marat/Sade ( Classic,Drama )

  Running Dates: November 26 - December 19, 2010 Subversive Theatre Collective
  Theatre: Subversive Theatre Collective
  Contact / Ticket Info: 3rd Floor, Great Arrow Building, 255 Great Arrow Avenue - 716.408.0499

MARAT/SADE
by Peter Weiss, Directed by Brian Zybala
Starring Christopher Standart and Rebecca Ward

A Charle Brown Christmas ( Holiday )

  Running Dates: November 26 - December 19, 2010 Road Less Traveled Productions
  Theatre: Road Less Traveled Productions
  Contact / Ticket Info: 639 Main Street
716.629.3069

The music of Vince Guaraldi
Directed by Doug Weyand

Back by popular demand! 2009’s holiday hit, A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Music Of Vince Guaraldi, was a delightful fusion of live music, dance, nostalgia, and humor. This year, the effervescent Bonnie Jean Taylor returns with a few new surprises, but all the classic Peanuts-flavored holiday good cheer that you know and love.

Once Upon A Celtic Christmas ( Holiday,Musical )

  Running Dates: December 2-19, 2010 O'Connell & Company Productions
  Theatre: O'Connell & Company Productions
  Contact / Ticket Info:

Erie Community College North Campus 16.848.0800

An original Holiday Celebration for the entire family filled with stories, music, song, dance & humor infused with Irish Christmas tales & traditions and featuring WNY’s Irish musicians & performers. RunningDecember 2 - 19, ONCE UPON A CELTIC CHRISTMAS will make this season special for everyone on your list.

And our signature show ...
Wednesdays at 7:30pm
Western New York's longest running theatrical production!
O'Connell & Company's Award Winning Original Hit ...
DIVA by DIVA A Celebration of Women!
Celebrate the 12th Anniversary Year with very special DIVA-licious performances!

A Christmas Carol ( Classic,Family,Holiday,Musical )

  Running Dates: December 9 - 19, 2010 Alleyway Theatre
  Theatre: Alleyway Theatre
  Contact / Ticket Info: 1 Curtain Up Alley, Buffalo
716.852.2600 ext. 0

Don’t be sold out! British actor John Smeathers returns in Buffalo’s longest running holiday treat! Scrooge, Tiny Tim and the Alleyway Carolers will all be on hand to warm the cockles of your holiday heart for the 28th joyous season! Suitable for all ages. Annual Holiday Production. A Christmas Carol Dickens’ classic adapted and directed by Neal Radice.

A Little House Christmas ( Family,Holiday )

  Running Dates: December 10-19, 2010 Theatre of Youth
  Theatre: Theatre of Youth
  Contact / Ticket Info: 203 Allen Street
716.884.4400 ext. 304

Adapted from the series by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder has charmed generations of readers with wholesome adventures about what it was like to live two centuries ago, in the land of covered wagons.

Join the Ingalls on Christmas Eve when they invite friends and neighbors to their new home. Although Laura's good behavior is tested by busybody Nellie Olesen, she and her sister do their best to help Ma and Pa trim the tree and prepare a marvelous dinner. When an approaching winter storm threatens to postpone Santa’s visit, Pa tries to make it to town for supplies. By Christmas Eve he still hasn’t returned! Based on several events from the ‘Little House’ books, this heartwarming adventure shows how, with help from a surprise visitor, Laura and Mary learn the true meaning of Christmas!

Opens: Friday, December 10, 2010 at 7 pm
Saturdays & Sundays at 2 pm
December 11, 12, 18, 19
 

Dreamgirls ( Broadway Musical )

  Running Dates: December 14 – 19, 2010 Shea's Performing Arts Center
  Theatre: Shea's Performing Arts Center
  Contact / Ticket Info: 646 Main Street
716.847.0850

  
CATCH THE DREAM!  Direct from Harlem’s world famous Apollo Theater in New York City, a sensational new stage production of DREAMGIRLS comes to Buffalo!  Full of onstage joy and backstage drama, DREAMGIRLS tells the story of an up-and-coming, 1960s singing girl group, and the triumphs and tribulations that come with fame and fortune. With music by Academy® Award nominee Henry Krieger and book and lyrics by Tony® and Grammy®-Award winner Tom Eyen, DREAMGIRLS features the unforgettable hits: "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," "One Night Only" and "Listen." Broadway director and choreographer Robert Longbottom along with some of Broadway's top designers, re-envision this Tony® and Academy® Award winning musical so it sparkles like never before!  www.dreamgirlsonstage.com

It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play ( Classic,Family,Holiday )

  Running Dates: December 16 – December 19, 2010 The Kavinoky Theatre
  Theatre: The Kavinoky Theatre
  Contact / Ticket Info: 320 Porter Ave
716.829.7668

Holiday Classic adapted by Joe Landry 
(Not part of subscription series.)

Our annual holiday production! This beloved and captivating American holiday classic comes to life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve.   "One of the best holiday shows around. This is a fresh and inventive way of reconnecting with a classic story of love and redemption." – Chicago Sun-Times

Third ( Premiere )

  Running Dates: January 7 – February 6, 2011 The Kavinoky Theatre
  Theatre: The Kavinoky Theatre
  Contact / Ticket Info: 320 Porter Ave
716.829.7668

WNY Premiere by Wendy Wasserstein

Pulitzer Prize and Tony award winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein’s THIRD broadmindedly examines the subjects of stereotyping, politics, and generational issues.  Woodson Bull III, or “Third”, a jingoistic jock at a liberal arts college, is accused of plagiarizing a sophisticated essay on King Lear.  When confronted by the Committee of Academic Standards, the professor and student alike debate the accusation and grapple with their contrasting outlooks on relationships, age and our increasingly polarized political environment.  “THIRD exhales a gentle breath of autumn, a rueful awareness of death and of seasons past, that makes it impossible to dismiss it…It’s the certainty of uncertainty in life that makes THIRD so affecting.” – NY Times
 

I Am A Man ( Premiere )

  Running Dates: January 13 - February 5, 2011 Subversive Theatre Collective
  Theatre: Subversive Theatre Collective
  Contact / Ticket Info: 3rd Floor, Great Arrow Building, 255 Great Arrow Avenue - 716.408.0499

opening the weekend of Martin Luther King Day
I AM A MAN
by Oyamo
Directed by Annette Daniels-Taylor

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ( Classic,Dramedy )

  Running Dates: January 13  -  February 6 , 2011  

Irish Classical Theatre

  Theatre: Irish Classical Theatre Company
  Contact / Ticket Info: 625 Main Street, Buffalo
716.853.4282

Directed by ICTC Associate Director Greg Natale
Repressed love, frustrated sexuality and greedy ambition fuel the turbulent relationships on a steamy Mississippi estate.  Controversial when it was penned in 1955, this American masterpiece continues to engage audiences with its sensuality, excitement and compelling and iconic characters:  Maggie, Brick and Big Daddy.  Filled with scenes of tremendous dramatic and theatrical power, audiences will also be moved by Williams’ poetic beauty.

Pulitzer Prize Winner

Nunset Boulevard ( Broadway Musical,Comedy,Family,Musical Comedy )

  Running Dates: January 20- February 13, 2011 O'Connell & Company Productions
  Theatre: O'Connell & Company Productions
  Contact / Ticket Info: Erie Community College North Campus 716.848.0800

 What better way to start the New Year than with The Little Sisters of Hoboken? Dan Goggin's latest installment Nunsense is onstage with NUNSET BOULEVARD. Running January 20 to February 13, NUNSET BOULEVARD finds the Sisters at the Hollywood Bowl-erama” presenting their brand new variety show complete with all the Nunsense magic!

And our signature show ...
Wednesdays at 7:30pm
Western New York's longest running theatrical production!
O'Connell & Company's Award Winning Original Hit ...
DIVA by DIVA A Celebration of Women!
Celebrate the 12th Anniversary Year with very special DIVA-licious performances!

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  Running Dates: January 26 -  March 6, 2011 MusicalFare Theatre
  Theatre: MusicalFare Theatre
  Contact / Ticket Info: 4380 Main Street, Amherst
716.839.8540

The regional premiere of this Tony nominated musical about two young songwriters
in New York City trying to write a show about … well … two young songwriters in
New York City! A backstage love letter to the theatre and the art of collaboration,
[title of show] is an entirely unique piece of musical theatre. PLEASE NOTE: [title
of show] contains adult language that may not be appropriate for pre-teens or
adults who don’t like to laugh.

Bitch Bares All ( Dramedy,World Premiere )

 

  Running Dates: January 28 - February 13, 2011 Road Less Traveled Productions
  Theatre: Road Less Traveled Productions
  Contact / Ticket Info: 639 Main Street
716.629.3069

A world premiere play by Lisa Vitrano - Directed by Kristen Tripp-Kelley

She’s sixteen, she’s pregnant, and she’s one more lecture-by-Mom away from totally freaking out about it. RLTP Resident Actress Lisa Vitrano debuts her one-woman show weaving theatre and poetry together into a brave, touching, and funny autobiographical journey of self-discovery and motherhood.

Angel Street ( Classic,Family )

  Running Dates: February 4-13, 2011 Playhouse of American Classics 
  Theatre: Playhouse of American Classics
  Contact / Ticket Info: 716.873.9644
By Patrick Hamilton

One of Broadway’s longest-running mysteries
Mrs. Manningham is being convinced she is losing her mind by her new husband. 
Is she?.....Or does her new husband have a malevolent plan and bad end in store for her?
Filmed by MGM as GASLIGHT and won a Best Actress Oscar for Ingrid Bergman

Feb. 4, 5 & 6 and Feb. 11, 12 & 13
Fri. at 7:30 pm;
Sat. at 2:30 & 7:30 pm;
Sun. at 2:30 pm

Performances at the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society (BECHS)
25 Nottingham Court,  Buffalo, NY   (corner of Elmwood Ave. & Nottingham Dr.)
Plenty of Free Parking in Well-lighted Area Adjacent to BECHS
Credit Card phone purchases available one month before each show at:  (716) 873-9644  Ext. 301

Number the Stars ( Drama,Family,Historic )

  Running Dates: February 5-13, 2011 Theatre of Youth
  Theatre: Theatre of Youth
  Contact / Ticket Info: 203 Allen Street
716.884.4400 ext. 304

NUMBER THE STARS
Adapted from the Newbery Award-winning book by Lois Lowry.

On September 29, 1943, Danish freedom fighters of all ages risked everything in daring, hurried rescue attempts of Denmark’s entire Jewish population. This fictionalized account of one such escape story is brought to life through the eyes of 14-year-old Annemarie Johannesen. The Johannesen family harbors Annemarie’s best friend, Ellen Rosen, on the eve of the round-up and helps smuggle Ellen’s family out of the country to safety.  The courage, ingenuity and love wielded by two young best friends makes this a very inspiring and unforgettable young adult drama.

Opens: Friday, February 4, 2011 at 7pm
Saturdays & Sundays at 2 pm
February 5, 6, 12, 13

The Fall of the House of Usher ( Classic,Multi-Media,Mystery,Premiere )

  Running Dates: February 10 - March 6, 2011   

Torn Space Theater

  Theatre: Torn Space Theater
  Contact / Ticket Info: 612 Fillmore Avenue

By Edgar Allen Poe
Adapted by Steven Berkoff

Directed by Vincent O’Neill

Presented in Association with the Irish Classical Theatre Company, this innovative adaptation of Poe’s famous story will be brought to life through Vincent O’Neill’s evocative talents in physical theater. Steven Berkoff describes his adaptation as “energy twisted in upon itself; it is about the refined last stages of obsessive madness.”

Adam Mickiewicz Dramatic Circle on 612 Fillmore
(716) 812-5733

 

Shrek the Musical ( Broadway Musical,Family,Holiday )

  Running Dates: February 22 – 27, 2011
  Theatre: Shea's Performing Arts Center
  Contact / Ticket Info: 646 Main Street
716.847.0850

   
Based on the Oscar®-winning DreamWorks film that started it all, brings the hilarious story of everyone’s favorite ogre to life the stage. In a faraway kingdom turned upside down, things get ugly when an unseemly ogre – not a handsome prince – shows up to rescue a feisty princess. Throw in a donkey who won’t shut up, a bad guy with a SHORT temper, a cookie with an attitude and over a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you’ve got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there’s one on hand… and his name is Shrek. Featuring a terrific score of 19 all-new songs, big laughs, great dancing and breathtaking scenery, USA Today proclaims SHREK THE MUSICAL, “ALTOGETHER IRRESISTIBLE.  A BIG FAT HIT!” SHREK THE MUSICAL is part romance, part twisted fairy tale and all irreverent fun for everyone! www.ShrekTheMusical.com

Hooray For Hollywood ( Family,Musical )

  Running Dates: February 24-27, 2011 O'Connell & Company Productions
  Theatre: O'Connell & Company Productions
  Contact / Ticket Info:

Erie Community College North Campus 716.848.0800

This year’s American Songbook Series is a Musical Salute to the Silver Screen.

And our signature show ...
Wednesdays at 7:30pm
Western New York's longest running theatrical production!
O'Connell & Company's Award Winning Original Hit ...
DIVA by DIVA A Celebration of Women!
Celebrate the 12th Anniversary Year with very special DIVA-licious performances!

 

The Mandrake ( Comedy )

  Running Dates:

 March 3 - 27, 2011

Irish Classical Theatre

 
  Theatre: Irish Classical Theatre Company
  Contact / Ticket Info: 625 Main Street, Buffalo
716.853.4282

Directed by ICTC Producing Director Fortunato Pezzimenti
Wickedly funny!  Set in sixteenth century Florence this zany comedy by Machiavelli tells the story of the love-struck Callimaco who sets out to win the heart of the most beautiful woman in Italy.  In a preposterous plan to ensnare the virtuous Lucrezia, who is already married to the rich and older Nicia, farcical situations, colorful characters and the magic potion of the Mandrake root lead to high spirits and hilarity.


 

 

Buffalo Quickies ( Comedy,Drama,Dramedy,Multi-Media,One Act Play,Premiere,World Premiere )

  Running Dates: March 3 - 19, 2011 Alleyway Theatre
  Theatre: Alleyway Theatre
  Contact / Ticket Info: 1 Curtain Up Alley, Buffalo
716.852.2600 ext. 0


Directed by Joyce Stilson, The annual festival of one-act plays features world premieres of recent finalists and one-act winners of the Maxim Mazumdar New Play Competition. A smorgasbord of tasty theatrical tidbits flavored with the spice of life!
Suitable for adult audiences.
20th Annual Festival Of New One-Act Plays.  

Rock 'n' Roll ( Dramedy,Musical,Premiere )

  Running Dates: March 4 – April 3, 2011 The Kavinoky Theatre
  Theatre: The Kavinoky Theatre
  Contact / Ticket Info: 320 Porter Ave
716.829.7668

WNY Premiere by Tom Stoppard

ROCK ‘N’ ROLL is an electrifying collision of the romantic and the revolutionary.  It is 1968, and the world is ablaze with rebellion, accompanied by a sound track of the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan. 

“ROCK ‘N’ ROLL touches the heart while stimulating the mind.  An intellectually challenging, intensely theatrical piece of work that is destined to be talked about wherever playgoers gather.  I wouldn't have missed it for the world.” – The Wall Street Journal
 

Screenplay ( Dramedy,Premiere )

  Running Dates: March 4 - March 27 , 2011 Road Less Traveled Productions
  Theatre: Road Less Traveled Productions
  Contact / Ticket Info: 639 Main Street
716.629.3069

By A.R. Gurney - Directed by Scott Behrend

(year 2 of 3-year A.R. Gurney Retrospective)

From the author of 2010’s smash hit comedy, A Light Lunch. Flash-forward to 2025: Everybody comes to Nick’s, WNY’s hottest nightclub, where persecuted liberals make the mad dash to freedom across the northern border. David Hayes (Light Lunch) returns in a wry political satire that turns Casablanca on its head, with a Buffalo-flavored twist.

Laughter on the 23rd Floor ( Comedy,Family )

  Running Dates: March 4-25 2011
 
American Repertory of Western New York 
  Theatre: American Repertory of Western New York
  Contact / Ticket Info: 716.884.4858

Where it all began"Laughter on the 23rd Floor"
Written By Neal Simon

Directed by Thomas LaChiusa
Theatreloft, 545 Elmwood Avenue

American Repertory Theater of WNY 2010-11 Season
A Salute to the Golden Age of American Television

 

Over The Pub ( Musical )

  Running Dates: March 17 - April  10, 2011  O'Connell & Company Productions
  Theatre: O'Connell & Company Productions
  Contact / Ticket Info: Erie Community College North Campus 716.848.0800
March comes in like a ... leprechaun?! Well, it does indeed with Tom Dudzick's new twist on “Over the Tavern”, OVER THE PUB. Dudzick has transformed his Buffalo Polish family to an Irish family in Cork while keeping all the charm, laughs and love of the original intact.

And our signature show ...
Wednesdays at 7:30pm
Western New York's longest running theatrical production!
O'Connell & Company's Award Winning Original Hit ...
DIVA by DIVA A Celebration of Women!
Celebrate the 12th Anniversary Year with very special DIVA-licious performances!

 

 

Aunt Dan and Lemon ( Classic,Drama,Premiere )

  Running Dates: March 17- April 10, 2011  

Torn Space Theater

  Theatre: Torn Space Theater
  Contact / Ticket Info: 612 Fillmore Avenue

By Wallace Shawn

Directed by David Oliver

In 1985 “AUNT DAN” was considered the culmination of Wallace Shawn’s theatrical success and this production will mark its 25th Anniversary. In our current social and political climate of moral ambiguity the play remains painfully relevant. As Lemon is drawn into her beloved Aunt Dan’s seductive beliefs the power of human influence plays out.

At the Adam Mickiewicz Dramatic Circle
612 Fillmore Avenue (716) 812-5733

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing ( Family )

  Running Dates: March 25 - April 3,  2011 Theatre of Youth
  Theatre: Theatre of Youth
  Contact / Ticket Info: 203 Allen Street
716.884.4400 ext. 304

Adapted from the book by Judy Blume

Peter Hatcher's little brother is a big problem. Farley Drexler Hatcher—"Fudge"— causes chaos in Peter's life at every turn, through a disastrous school project, an impromptu haircut, and . . . wait! Where's the pet turtle? Based on the delightful book by Judy Blume, your family will enjoy seeing the first installment of the FUDGE series hilariously come to life!

Opens: Friday, March 25, 2011 at 7 pm
Saturdays & Sundays at 2 pm
March 26, 27, April 2 & 3

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ( Broadway Musical,Comedy,Family,Musical )

  Running Dates: April 6 - May 15, 2011 MusicalFare Theatre
  Theatre: MusicalFare Theatre
  Contact / Ticket Info: 4380 Main Street, Amherst
716.839.8540

THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE is a hilarious tale of
overachievers' angst as six adolescent outsiders vie for the spelling championship of
a lifetime. The show's Tony Award winning creative team has created the unlikeliest
Broadway musical about the unlikeliest of heroes: a quirky, yet charming cast of
outsiders for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit
in at the same time. Featuring audience members who compete onstage, THE 25th
ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE will be directed by Buffalo native and
SPELLING BEE Broadway cast member, Greg Stuhr.

Mame ( Comedy,Family,Musical,Musical Comedy )

  Running Dates: May 12 - June 5 , 2011 O'Connell & Company Productions
  Theatre: O'Connell & Company Productions
  Contact / Ticket Info: Erie Community College North Campus 716.848.0800

Our Mainstage Season wraps upnwith Jerry Herman's charming and delightful Broadway musical classic, MAME. This production is a collaboration with Playhouse of American Classics and is presented in the chamber theatre tradition & style. There’s something for everyone inMAME – a little Christmas, a little romance and lots of life! "Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death."

And our signature show ...
Wednesdays at 7:30pm
Western New York's longest running theatrical production!
O'Connell & Company's Award Winning Original Hit ...
DIVA by DIVA A Celebration of Women!
Celebrate the 12th Anniversary Year with very special DIVA-licious performances!

Young Frankenstein ( Broadway Musical )

  Running Dates: March 22 – 27, 2011 Shea's Performing Arts Center
  Theatre: Shea's Performing Arts Center
  Contact / Ticket Info: 646 Main Street
716.847.0850


The classic Mel Brooks movie is ALIVE...and it's headed here! You'll have a monstrously good time at this spectacular new production, winner of the 2008 Outer Critics Circle Award and the Broadway.com Audience Award for BEST MUSICAL! This wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Frankenstein legend follows bright young Dr. Frankenstein (that's Fronkensteen) as he attempts to create a monster--but not without scary and hilarious complications. The brains behind the laughter is mad genius and three-time Tony® winner Mel Brooks himself--who wrote the music and lyrics and co-wrote the book- along with his record-breaking team from The Producers: five-time Tony-winning director and choreographer Susan Stroman and three-time Tony-winning writer, Thomas Meehan. www.YoungFrankensteinTheMusical.com

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot ( Drama,Historic,Premiere )

  Running Dates: April 22 - May 22, 2011 Road Less Traveled Productions
  Theatre: Road Less Traveled Productions
  Contact / Ticket Info: 639 Main Street
716.629.3069

By Stephen Adly Guirgis - Directed by Scott Behrend
Starring Tony Award nominee Stephen McKinley Henderson

(American Theatre Master Series)

On the docket: the case of history’s most vilified traitor. Character witnesses include Pontius Pilate, Mary Magdalene, Satan, Sigmund Freud, Mother Theresa, an assortment of saints, and the victim, Jesus Christ. At stake: the fate of Judas Iscariot’s immortal soul. RLTP’s American Theatre Master selection is a hilarious, incendiary, and ultimately thought-provoking masterpiece of modern drama by playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis (Jesus Hopped The “A” Train). Featuring Stephen McKinley Henderson, star of the original Off-Broadway world premiere production, supported by an amazing ensemble.

Wicked ( Broadway Musical )

  Running Dates: April 27 – May 22, 2011
 
  Theatre: Shea's Performing Arts Center
  Contact / Ticket Info: 646 Main Street
Ticket info: 1.800.745.3000
General: 716.847.0850

Back by “Popular” demand!  Entertainment Weekly calls WICKED "the best musical of the decade,” and when it first played at Shea’s in 2008, it broke box office records!  Winner of 26 major awards, including a Grammy and three Tony Awards, WICKED is Broadway’s biggest blockbuster, a cultural phenomenon and was just named “the defining musical of the decade" by The New York Times.   Long before that girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz. One - born with emerald green skin - is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these two grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good makes for "the most complete and completely satisfying new musical in a long time" (USA Today). www.wickedthemusical.com
 

 

Shining City ( Drama,Mystery,Premiere )

  Running Dates: April 28 - May 22, 2011

Irish Classical Theatre

 
  Theatre: Irish Classical Theatre Company
  Contact / Ticket Info: 625 Main Street, Buffalo
716.853.4282

Directed by ICTC Guest Director Gordon McCall
Shining City tells the spell-binding tale of four lost souls searching for hope in a counselor’s office in working class Dublin.  A middle aged widower confides to his fledgling priest-turned-therapist that he has been seeing the ghost his dead wife.  Guided by the deft hand of master storyteller and Tony-nominated playwright Conor McPherson to its shocking conclusion, this is a first-class ghost story in the tradition of “The Weir.”

Tony Award Nominated Playright.

Grand Manner ( Comedy,Premiere )

  Running Dates: April 29 – May 29, 2011 The Kavinoky Theatre
  Theatre: The Kavinoky Theatre
  Contact / Ticket Info: 320 Porter Ave
716.829.7668


WNY Premiere by A.R. Gurney
Playwright A.R. Gurney, a young prep school student in 1948, traveled to New York to attend Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra and to meet its star, “The First Lady of the American Stage,” Katharine Cornell, who agrees to see him because, like her, he was raised in Buffalo.  A mix of remembrance and imagination, THE GRAND MANNER is a love letter to this fabled actress and a heartfelt look back at the glorious heyday of the Broadway theatre.

Lebensraum ( Drama,Historic,Premiere )

  Running Dates: May 5 - 29 , 2011 Jewish Repertory Theatre of Western New York, a project of the JCC of Greater Buffalo
  Theatre: Jewish Repertory Theatre
On stage at Alleyway Theatre,
1 Curtain Up Alley 14202
  Contact / Ticket Info: 688-4114 ext. 391

Lebensraum (Living Space) by Israel Horovitz, Directed by Saul Elkin, JRT will present Lebensraum (Living Space) by Israel Horovitz, one of America's most celebrated contemporary and produced playwrights. Lebensraum is based on the fanciful and explosive premise that a German Chancellor might, as an act of redemption, invite six million Jews to relocate to Germany with promises of citizenship and employment. This dramatic, daring and darkly comic piece of theatre takes you from Boston to Bremerhaven, from Israel to Australia to Berlin. It explores the possibility of making restitution for the Holocaust. Theatrical and inventive in its storytelling, with three actors playing over 40 sharply drawn characters, this story of love, economics, revenge, and forgiveness is guaranteed to get you talking.

Performances are Thursday 7:30pm, Sat 4pm & 8pm and Sun 2pm
Alleyway Theatre, 1 Curtain Up Alley 14202 (dowtown's theatre district)  

Not Not Not Not Not Enough Oxygen ( Dramedy,Premiere )

  Running Dates: May 8 - May 22, 2011

Torn Space Theater

  Theatre: Torn Space Theater
  Contact / Ticket Info: 612 Fillmore Avenue

By Caryl Churchill

Directed by Dan Shanahan

This production marks a new Association with the Irish Classical Theatre Company’s Sundays at Seven Series

Caryl Churchill is known for her use of poetic and sparse language set in theatrically challenging environments. This production is focused on an airless claustrophobic apartment to reveal an urban dystopia of ecological disaster and a crumbling economic climate.

The Sundays at Seven Series - In this Association with the ICTC, Torn Space will be in residence at the Andrews Theatre with this production of NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT ENOUGH OXYGEN. Established by the ICTC during its 1998-1999 Season, the one-act plays for this series are selected with an eye to more contemporary, experimental material.

Sundays @ 7:00 - May 8th – 22nd
(716) 812-5733

Mame ( Classic,Comedy,Historic,Musical,Musical Comedy,Romantic Comedy )

  Running Dates: May 12 - June 5, 2011  

Playhouse of American Classics

  Theatre: Playhouse of American Classics
  Contact / Ticket Info: 716.873.9644
The mad-cap musical about everyone’s favorite aunt and the nephew that changes her life.
Playhouse of American Classics Co-Produces This Buoyant Musical with  O’Connell & Company
Music & Lyrics by Jerry Herman        Book by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee
Starring Mary Kate O’Connell  as Mame    &    featuring Pamela Rose Mangus  as Vera
                                        Directed by Terence McDonald

Performances at O’Connell & Company
in Gleasner Hall, ECCC North Campus, North Campus, 6205 Main Street, Williamsville

Plenty of Parking Just Outside The Theatre’s Front Door
O'Connell & Company is located in Gleasner Hall on the Erie Community College North Campus at
6205 Main St.  in Williamsville, New York and the corner of Youngs Rd.
Gleasner Hall is in the Administration Building which faces Youngs Rd., midway between Main St. and Wehrle Dr.
There is a well-lighted parking lot directly in front of the building, accessible from Youngs Rd.
Handicapped parking and a ramp are located behind the building.
May 12, 13, 14 & 15
May 19, 20, 21 & 22
May 26, 27, 28 & 29
June 2, 3, 4 & 5
Thurs.-Sat. at 7:30 pm
Sun. at 2:30 pm
BY PHONE - Credit-Card Purchases available at: (716) 848-0800

How I Became A Pirate ( Family )

  Running Dates: May 13-22, 2011 Theatre of Youth
  Theatre: Theatre of Youth
  Contact / Ticket Info: 203 Allen Street
716.884.4400 ext. 304


Based on the book by Melinda Long
Illustrated by David Shannon

AARRRRGH! Really, who doesn't want to be a pirate? When young Jeremy Jacobs and his exceptional digging skills are recruited by Captain Braid Beard for treasure burying purposes, Jeremy thinks the pirate life is for him. Until he realizes that the simple things in life, like a kiss and a warm tucking in at night are those that are most important. How I Became A Pirate is a wonderfully fun musical adventure about finding one's own heart - a path that can't be found on a treasure map.

Opens: Friday, May 13, 2011 at 7pm
Saturdays & Sundays at 2 pm
May 14, 15, 21, 22

 

Gentlemen's Gentlemen ( Comedy,Musical,Musical Comedy,Premiere )

  Running Dates: June 16 - 19, 2011 O'Connell & Company Productions
  Theatre: O'Connell & Company Productions
  Contact / Ticket Info: Erie Community College North Campus 716.848.0800

A tribute to all the Good Guys! Inspired by DIVA by DIVA, this is a cabaret-style format of songs, readings, dance, poetry, humor & quotes performed by a cast of men.

And our signature show ...
Wednesdays at 7:30pm
Western New York's longest running theatrical production!
O'Connell & Company's Award Winning Original Hit ...
DIVA by DIVA A Celebration of Women!
Celebrate the 12th Anniversary Year with very special DIVA-licious performances!

The Playboy of the Western World ( Classic,Comedy )

  Running Dates: June 2 - 26, 2011  Irish Classical Theatre
  Theatre: Irish Classical Theatre Company
  Contact / Ticket Info: 625 Main Street, Buffalo
716.853.4282
Directed by ICTC Associate Director Derek Campbell
Legendary Irish playwright and co-founder of Ireland’s Abbey Theatre, John Millington Synge, takes us on a delightful romp through the fantasy life of a small Irish village.  Christy Mahon, a young man who runs away from his farm to a small pub in town claiming to have killed his father, is hailed as a hero by the locals and catches the romantic attention of feisty barmaid, Pegeen Mike.  Then the fun really begins. 

 

 

Westside Story ( Broadway Musical,Classic )

  Running Dates: June 7 – 12, 2011 Shea's Performing Arts Center
  Theatre: Shea's Performing Arts Center
  Contact / Ticket Info: 646 Main Street
716.847.0850


 More than 50 years ago one musical changed theater forever.  Now it’s back on Broadway mesmerizing audiences once again. From the first note to the final breath, WEST SIDE STORY soars as the greatest love story of all time. Directed by Tony Award®-winner Arthur Laurents, WEST SIDE STORY remains as powerful, poignant and timely as ever.  Winner of the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album.
  “So exciting IT MAKES YOU ACHE WITH PLEASURE.” –John Lahr, The New Yorker    www.broadwaywestsidestory.com
 

One For My Baby ( Musical,Premiere )

  Running Dates: July 6 - August 6, 2011 MusicalFare Theatre
  Theatre: MusicalFare Theatre
  Contact / Ticket Info: 4380 Main Street, Amherst
716.839.8540

The East Coast premiere of this new musical featuring the songs made famous by
Frank Sinatra! Starring John Fredo, ONE FOR MY BABY comes to MusicalFare
directly from its world premiere production at Colorado’s Little Theatre of the
Rockies.

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