Theater

Openings
thurs. 18
The Pillowman - Martin
McDonagh's haunting and profoundly
unsettling play directed by Robert
Waterhouse opens 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct.
18 and continues 8 p.m. Thursdays,
Fridays and Saturdays through Saturday,
Nov. 10 at The New Phoenix Theatre,
95 Johnson Park, Buffalo; $. 853-1334,
www.newphoenixtheatre.com
fri. 19
Guys & Dolls - Based on Damon
Runyon's novel "The Idyll of Miss Sarah
Brown," Frank Loesser's musical will
feature Susana Breese as Miss Adelaide,
Michelle Lynn Bates as Sarah Brown,
Josh Snyder as Nathan Detroit and
Chris Turton as Sky Masterson, opens
7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, continues
through Oct. 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, Nov. 2
and 3; 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1; and
2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4 at the
Lancaster Opera House, 21 Central
Ave.; $ 683-1776, www.lancopera.org
The Phantom Tollbooth -
Sponsored by Roswell Park for Today's
Generation, this Theatre of Youth
production of Susan Nanus' play was
adapted from the novel by Norton Juster.
Stars Christopher LaBanca, Bryan
Patrick Stoyle, Kevin Kelcher, Rebecca
Elkin, Matthew LaChiusa, Sariels
Matos, Andrew King, Bret McCormick,
Rolando Gomez and Gordon Tashjian
under the direction of Meg Quinn.
Opens 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, continues
2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, 27 and Nov. 3
and 10; Sundays, Oct. 21, 28, Nov. 4
and 11; and 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9,
Allendale Theatre, 203 Allen St.,
Buffalo: $. 884-4400,
www. theatreofyouth. org

A Year with Frog and Toad -
The beloved family musical based on the
popular children's book series, 7 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 19; 10:30 a.m and 2 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 20; 1 and 4:30 p.m.,
Sunday, Oct. 21, Shea's Performing Arts
Center, 646 Main St., Buffalo; $.
847-0850, www.sheas.org
fri. 19 & sat. 20
Autumn Leaves, Jack
O'Lanterns and Ghost Stories -
Presented by Marty and Mary Sue
Bauer of the Homewood Theatre
Company, 7:30 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, Oct. 19 and 20, Ascension
Lutheran Church, Main Street and
Burroughs Drive, Amherst; $.
sat. 20
Witches Brew Dinner Theater
- A Halloween cabaret with art show
by Robert Finn. Will the witch of
Halloween succeed in making it
Halloween every day or will three lost
souls foil her plan? Come find out as the
ghoulish story unfolds, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 20, Orchard Park
Country Club, 4777 South Buffalo St.,
Orchard Park; $. Presale tickets only,
662-5701
Stash and Stella's Mostly
Traditional Polish Wedding -
Dinner theater, 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
20, Knights of Columbus, Madonna
Council, 755 Erie Ave., North
Tonawanda; $. Tickets and reservations,
731-3629 or 628-1973
now-Oct. 20
Real Women Have Curves -
Presented by Theater Plus.
Performances: 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday,
Alleyway Theatre's Main Street Cabaret,
672 Main St., Buffalo; $. 852-2600