Theater

ICTC's "The School for Scandal" features Leah Russo as Lady Teazle and ICTC co-founder and artistic director Vincent O'Neill as Sir Peter Teazle. Scandalous The Irish Classical Theatre's production of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's delightful farce "The School for Scandal" continues through Oct. 14. Wealthy, middle-aged Sir Peter Teazle has recently married the young and beautiful Lady Teazle who delights in the daily rounds of fashion, young men and malicious gossip. Meanwhile, Lady Sneerwell desires Charles Surface who desires Maria, the ward of Sir Peter, while Lady Teazle rebuffs the seductive advances of Sir Oliver Surface. The wickedly funny and intriguing plot only thickens with an aptly named cast of tittle-tattle cliques, including Mr. Snake, Mrs. Candour and Sir Benjamin Backbite. "The School for Scandal," directed by ICTC Associate Director Derek Campbell, features Vincent O'Neil, Robert Rutland, Tim Klein, Neal Moeller, Casey Denton, Todd Benzin, Kurt Guba, Peter Palmisano, Joe Natale, Nathan Winklestein, Jeffrey Coyle, Leah Russo, Anne Roaldi, Josephine Hogan, Kelli Bocock-Natale, Mary Jayne Ertel and Rich Kraemer. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 3 and 7:30 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Sunday, Oct. 14 at the Andrews Theatre, 625 Main St., Buffalo. Tickets are $37-$42 general and $32-$35 seniors, and are available by calling 853-ICTC. Tickets for students under the age of 25 are $15 and are sold one hour before curtain, in person only.

now-Sept. 29
Thrill Me
Presented by the New Phoenix Theatre.
Performances: 8 p.m. Thursdays through
Saturdays through Saturday, Sept. 29,
The New Phoenix Theatre, 95 Johnson
Park, Buffalo; $. 853-1334, www.new
phoenixtheatre. com
The Seabirds
Presented by Alleyway Theatre. Performances:
7:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays,
4 and 8 p.m. Saturdays through
Saturday, Sept. 29, Alleyway Theatre, 1
Curtain Up Alley, Buffalo; $. 852-2600,
www.alleyway.com
Oedipus Rex
Presented by Theater Helden. Performances:
8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays
through Saturday, Sept. 29, Main Street
Cabaret, 672 Main St., Buffalo; $.
now-Sept. 30
Boilermakers and
Martinis
Presented by Road Less Traveled Productions.
Performances: 8 p.m. Thursdays
through Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays through
Sunday, Sept. 30, Road Less Traveled Theater,
639 Main St. (inside the Market Arcade
Film and Arts Center), Buffalo; $. 629-3069,
www.roadlesstraveledproductions.org
Oliver
Presented by the Aurora Players. Performances:
8 p.m. Sept. 27-29; 2:30 p.m.
Sept. 30, Roycroft Pavilion, Hamlin
Park, South Grove St., East Aurora; $.
687-6727, www.auroraplayers.org
High School Musical -
On Tour!
Performances: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 27, 8 p.m.
Sept. 28 and 29, 2 p.m. Sept. 29, 1 and
6:30 p.m. Sept. 30, Shea's Performing
Arts Center, 646 Main St., Buffalo; $.
847-0850, www.sheas.org
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,

Kaleidoscope Theatre Productions' "All the Great Books (abridged)" features Keith Wharton, Beth Gerardi and Matthew Slazak. Literary license Kaleidoscope Theatre Productions will be closing the book on "All the Great Books (abridged)" this weekend. Confused by Confucius? Thoroughly thrown by Thoreau? Wish Swift was swifter? Tennyson tinier? Care for a little Dic kens? Buckle up and hop aboard as the three cultural guerrillas of KTP zip through everything you didn't get around to reading in school. The literary canon explodes as a brand-new comic outrage is unleashed on an unsuspecting public. This compact compendium of the world's great books. "All the Great Books (abridged)," by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor, will tickle your funny bone and guarantee that you won't fall asleep in this class. The production features Keith A. Wharton, Beth A. Gerardi and Matthew Slazak. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28 and 3 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29 at the Marie Maday Theatre at Canisius College, Lyons Hall, Main Street, Buffalo. Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for seniors and students and are available by calling 479-1KTP (1587). Visit www.Kaleido scopeTheatreProductions.com for more information.

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 Musical of Musicals
- The Musical
Presented by O'Connell & Company.
Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 8
p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2:30 p.m.
Sundays through Sunday, Oct. 7, Shea's
Smith Theatre, 660 Main St., Buffalo;
$. 847-0850, www.sheas.org.
Arsenic & Old Lace
Presented by The Mystery Company.
Performances: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 27-29,
Oct. 4-6; 2:30 p.m. Sept. 30 and Oct. 7;
and 2 p.m. Oct. 4, the Lancaster Opera
House, 21 Central Ave., Lancaster; $.
683-1776, www.lancopera.org
It Ain't Nothin' But The
Blues
Musical review presented by the Paul
Robeson Theatre Co. Performances: 8
p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays
through Sunday, Oct. 7, the Paul
Robeson Theatre, 350 Masten Ave.,
Buffalo; $. 884-2013,
www. PaulRobesonTheatre. org
The Philanderer
Shaw Festival's Royal George Theatre,
85 Queen St., Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ontario; $. 1-800-511-7429,
www.shawfest.com
now-Oct. 14
Altar Boyz
Presented by MusicalFare Theatre. Performances:
7 p.m. Wednesdays, 7:30
p.m. Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays, 4 and 8
p.m. Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays through
Sunday, Oct. 14, MusicalFare Theatre,
Daemen College, 4380 Main St.,

Amherst; $. 839-8540, www.musicalfare.
com
On Golden Pond
Presented by O'Connell & Company.
Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 8
p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2:30 p.m.
Sundays through Sunday, Oct. 14,
Cabaret in the Square Theater, 4476
Main St., Snyder; $. 839-3949,
www.oconnellandcompany.com
Hank Williams: Lost
Highway
Presented by the Kavinoky Theatre.
Performances: 8 p.m. Thursdays and
Fridays, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, 2 p.m.
Sundays through Sunday, Oct. 14, the
Kavinoky Theatre, 320 Porter Ave.,
Buffalo; $. 829-7668,
www.kavinokytheatre.com.
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