Theater

Openings
thurs. 13
The Musical of Musicals
- The Musical
O'Connell & Company's production
moves downtown for this production
that stars Pamela Rose Mangus, Jenn
Stafford, Guy Tomassi and Michael
Tosha under the direction of Roger
Paolini. The show opens 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 13 and continues 7:30
p.m. Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays
through Sunday, Oct. 7 at Shea's Smith
Theatre, 660 Main St., Buffalo; $.
847-0850, www.sheas.org. (Curtain Up!
performance, 8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept.
14.)
On Golden Pond
O'Connell & Company's production of
Ernest Thompson's award-winning play
stars Anne Gayley, Ron Swick, David
Butler, Eileen Dugan, Tim Newell and
Alex Race under the direction of Mary
Kate O'Connell. Opens 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 13 and continues 7:30
p.m. Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays
through Sunday, Oct. 14 at Cabaret in
the Square Theater, 4476 Main St.,
Snyder; $. 839-3949,
www.oconnellandcompany.com. (Cur tain
Up! performance, 8:30 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 14.)
The School for Scandal
The Irish Classical Theatre Company's
production of Richard Brinsley
Sheridan's play opens 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 13 and continues 7:30
p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 3 and 8
p.m. Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays
through Sunday, Oct. 14 at The
Andrews Theatre, 625 Main St.,
Buffalo; $. 853-4282,
www.irishclassicaltheatre.com. (Cur tain
Up! performance, 8:30 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 14.)
The Seabirds
World premiere of William Orem's play
concerning a solitary lighthouse that
becomes both refuge and battleground
for two unlikely strangers during the
American Civil War. The play, featuring
Ray Boucher and David Hayes under
the direction of Neal Radice, opens 7:30
p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13 and continues
7:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays and 4
and 8 p.m. Saturdays through Saturday,
Sept. 29 at Alleyway Theatre, 1 Curtain
Up Alley, Buffalo; $. 852-2600,
www.alleyway.com. (Curtain Up!
performance, 8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept.
14.)
fri. 14
All The Great Books
(Abridged)
Three cultural guerrillas tickle your
funny bone as they zip through
everything you didn't get around to
reading in school in this compact
compendium of the world's great books,
presented by Kaleidoscope Productions.
Play opens 8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14
(Curtain Up! performance), and
continues 7:30 p.m. Fridays, 3 and 7:30
p.m. Saturdays through Saturday, Sept.
29 at Canisius College's Marie Maday
Theatre, Lyons Hall, 2100 Main St.,
Buffalo; $. 479-1KTP (1587),
www. kaleidoscopetheatreproductions. com
Arsenic & Old Lace
Martha and Abby Brewster's famous
elderberry wine recipe includes a

teaspoon of arsenic. These sweet old
ladies have developed a very bad habit of
murdering lonely old men and burying
them in their cellar. The show, produced
by The Mystery Company, opens 8:30
p.m. Friday, Sept. 14 (Curtain Up!
per formance) and continues 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 21, 22, 27-29, Oct. 4-6; 2:30 p.m.
Sept. 23, 30 and Oct. 7; and 2 p.m.
Oct. 4 at the Lancaster Opera House,
21 Central Ave., Lancaster; $. 683-1776,
www.lancoper a.org
Hank Williams: Lost
Highway
Randall Myler & Mark Harelik's musical
biography of the legendary
singer-songwriter, Hank Williams. The
play follows Williams' rise from his
beginnings on the Louisiana Hayride to
his triumphs on the Grand Ole Opry to

his eventual self-destruction at 29. Along
the way, you are teased to indelible
songs like "I'm So Lonesome I Could
Cry," "Move It On Over" and "Hey,
Good Lookin'." Show opens 8:30 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 14 (Curtain Up!
per formance) and continues 8 p.m.
Thursdays and Fridays, 4 and 8 p.m.
Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through
Sunday, Oct. 14 at the Kavinoky
Theatre, 320 Porter Ave., Buffalo; $.
829-7668, www.kavinokytheatre.com.
Curtain Up! performance, 8:30 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 14.
It Ain't Nothin' But The
Blues
More than 50 musical numbers ranging
from African chants and spirituals to
Delta and Chicago blues, with plenty of
stops along the dusty roads, riverbanks,

broken county hearts and juke joints in
between. Opens 8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept.
14 (Curtain Up! performance) and
continues 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays
and 2 p.m. Sundays through Sunday,
Oct. 7 at the Paul Robeson Theatre, 350
Masten Ave., Buffalo; $. 884-2013,
www. PaulRobesonTheatre. org
Given a Choice ... An
Evening with Matthew
Crehan Higgings
A reflection of more than 11 years living
out of the closet with national
award-winning playwright Matthew
Crehan Higgins, 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14
(Curtain Up! performance), the Arts
Council of Buffalo & Erie County, 700
Main St., Buffalo.
sat. 15
What's Done in the
Dark
The mood around the hospital is that
strange things happen when the moon is
full, especially when desperate women do
desperate things. According to this story,
everyone has a song and dance to tell but is
everyone telling the whole story? Learn the
answer to this and other questions in Tyler
Perry's play that opens 3 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 15 and continues 8 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 15 and 3 and 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16
at Shea's Performing Arts Center, 646 Main
St., Buffalo; $. 847-0850, www.sheas.org
now-Sept. 16
Grease
Performances continue 7:30 p.m.
Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 13-15,
and 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday,
Sept. 15 and 16, Harlem Road
Community Center, 4255 Harlem Road,
Amherst; $. 713-2649
Viagara Falls

Performances continue 2 p.m. Thursday,
Sept. 13, 7 p.m. Friday through Sunday,
Sept. 14-16, Riviera Theatre, 67
Webster St., North Tonawanda; $.
692-2413, www.rivieratheatre.org
now-Sept. 29
Thrill Me
Performances continue 8 p.m. Thursdays
through Saturdays, The New Phoenix
Theatre, 95 Johnson Park, Buffalo; $.
853-1334, www.newphoenixtheatre.com.
(Curtain Up! performance, 8:30 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 14.)
now-Sept. 30
Boilermakers and
Martinis
Performances continue 8 p.m. Thursdays
through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays,
Road Less Traveled Theater, 639 Main
St. (inside the Market Arcade Film and
Arts Center), Buffalo; $. 629-3069,
www.road lesstraveledproductions.org.
(Curtain Up! performance, 8:30 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 14.)
now-Oct. 5
A Mother's Comedy
Shaw Festival's Court House Theater, 26
Queen St., Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ontario; $. 1-800-511-7429,
www.shawfest.com
now-Oct. 6
The Kiltartan Comedies
Shaw Festival's Court House Theater, 26
Queen St., Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ontario; $. 1-800-511-7429,
www.shawfest.com
A Month in the Country
After Ivan Turgenev
Shaw Festival's Court House Theater, 26
Queen St., Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ontario; $. 1-800-511-7429,
www.shawfest.com
Tristan
Shaw Festival's Court House Theater, 26
Queen St., Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ontario; $. 1-800-511-7429,
www.shawfest.com
now-Oct. 7
The Philanderer
Shaw Festival's Royal George Theatre,
85 Queen St., Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ontario; $. 1-800-511-7429,
www.shawfest.com
Don't Talk to the Actors
Performances continue 7 p.m. Tuesdays,
7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Thursday
through Saturday, 4 p.m. Saturdays, 2
and 7 p.m. Sundays through Sunday,
Oct. 7, Studio Arena Theatre, 710 Main
St., Buffalo; $. 856-5650,
1-800-77STAGE. (Curtain Up!
performance, 8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept.
14.)
now-Oct. 14
Altar Boyz
Performances continue 7 p.m.
Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 8
p.m. Fridays, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturdays
and 2 p.m. Sundays, MusicalFare
Theatre, at Daemen College, 4380 Main
St., Amherst; $. 839-8540,
www.musicalfare.com. (Curtain Up!
performance, 8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept.
14.)
now-Oct. 27
Saint Joan
The Shaw Festival's Festival Theatre, 10
Queen's Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ontario; $. 1-800-511-7429,
www.shawfest.com
Hotel Peccadillo
The Shaw Festival's Festival Theatre, 10
Queen's Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ontario; $. 1-800-511-7429,
www.shawfest.com
Summer and Smoke
Shaw Festival's Royal George Theatre,
85 Queen St., Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ontario; $. 1-800-511-7429,
www.shawfest.com
now-Oct. 28
Mack and Mabel
Shaw Festival's Festival Theatre, 10
Queen's Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ontario; $. 1-800-511-7429,
www.shawfest.com
now-Nov. 11
The Circle
Shaw Festival's Royal George Theatre,
85 Queen St., Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ontario; $. 1-800-511-7429,
www.shawfest.com