Theater

A musical musical Take one simple plot: An innocent waif, her charming and heroic suitor, a menacing landlord and rent that's past due. Then rewrite the story in five different styles, as though it were penned by the most famous Broadway composers and lyricists of all time: Rodgers & Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, Kander & Ebb, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jerry Herman. This weekend is your last chance to see the deft and daffy O'Connell & Company production of Eric Rockwell and Joanne Bogart's "The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)," onstage 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 5 and 6, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7 at The Shea's Smith Theatre, 660 Main St., downtown Buffalo. Tickets are $30 for Thursday and Sunday and $35 for Friday and Saturday performances, and are available at the Shea's box office, 650 Main St., by calling 852-5000 or by visiting www.ticketmas ter. com.

Openings
Oct. 4
The Baltimore Waltz
By Paula Vogel, directed by Donn
Youngstrom, presented by Buffalo State
College Theatre Department and
Casting Hall Productions, 8 p.m. Oct.
4-6, 11-13; 2 p.m. Oct. 6 and 13,
Flexible Theater, Donald Savage
Building, Buffalo State College, 1300
Elmwood Ave., Buffalo; $. 878-3005
Child's Play
The Tony Award-winning thriller by
Robert Marasco presented by Starry
Night Theatre, 8 p.m. Oct. 4-6, 12-13,
19-20; 2 p.m. Oct. 21, the Ghostlight
Theatre, 170 Schenck St., North
Tonawanda; $. 743-1614,
www.starr ynighttheatre.com
Our Town
Niagara University Theater presents the
classic drama by Thornton Wilder, 8
p.m. Oct. 4-6, 12-13; 2 p.m. Oct. 7 and
14, NUs Leary Theater, Clet Hall,
Niagara University, Lewiston: $.
852-5000, ticketmaster.com
Oct. 5
Broadway Revue
Features vocalists Timothy Gastle, Gail
Graesser, Sarah Ha, Shamela Rogers,
Christie Shafer, Louis Shafer and
Michael Wah performing selections
from "The Phantom of the Opera,"
"Dreamgirls," "Chicago," "Aida" and
more, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 5 and 6, and 3
p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, the Palace Theatre,
2 East Ave., Lockport; $. 438-1130,
www.LockportPalaceTheatre.com
Some Men
New play by Terrence McNally
presented by Buffalo United Artists,
featuring Tray Ballard, Frank Cannata,
Dave Haefner, Matthew Crehan
Higgins, Matthew Hurley, Chris Kelly,

Bill Schmidt, Doug Weyand and Jimmy
Janowski, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays,
Oct. 5-27, Alleyway Theatre, Buffalo; $.
852-2600, www.alleyway.com. No one
under 18 admitted.
Oct. 10
The Search for Justice
Gary L. Anderson portrays Clarence
Darrow, America's most infamous, hated
and celebrated attorney in history, 5:45
p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, Erie County
Courthouse, Ceremonial Courtroom, 92
Franklin St., Buffalo; free. 842-2800,
852-3600
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
Arsenic & Old Lace
Presented by The Mystery Company.
Performances: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4-6; 2:30
p.m. 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. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday
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
The School for Scandal

Presented by The Irish Classical Theatre
Company. Performances: 7:30 p.m.
Thursdays and Fridays, 3 and 8 p.m.
Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays through
Sunday, Oct. 14, The Andrews Theatre,
625 Main St., Buffalo; $. 853-4282,
www.irishclassicaltheatre.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