Theater

Openings
thurs. 1
Italian Serenade - Area
premiere of Neal Radice's new musical
that celebrates the hopes and heartaches,
failures and glorious victories of the
great immigration that led so many
Italian families to call WNY home.
Show opens 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1
and continues 7:30 p.m. Thursdays and
Fridays and 4 and 8 p.m. Saturdays
through Saturday, Nov. 17 at Alleyway
Theatre, 1 Curtain Up Alley, Buffalo; $.
852-2600, www.alleyway.com
fri. 2
A Moon for the Misbegotten
- The Irish Classical Theatre
Company's production of Eugene
O'Neill's beautiful and haunting gift to
his tortured brother, opens 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 2 and continues 7:30 p.m.
Thursdays and Fridays, 3 and 8 p.m.
Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays through
Sunday, Dec. 2 at the Andrews Theatre,
625 Main St., Buffalo; $. 853-4282,
www.irishclassicaltheatre.com
Whispers & Stephanie Mills -
8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, Shea's Performing
Arts Center, 646 Main St., Buffalo; $.
847-0850, www.sheas.org
tues. 6
Camelot - Lou Diamond
Phillips stars in this classic '60s musical
based on the love triangle of King
Arthur, Queen Guinevere and Sir
Lancelot, opens 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov.
6 and continues at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Nov. 7 and Thursday, Nov. 8; 8 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 9; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 10; and 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov.
11, Shea's Performing Arts Center, 646
Main St., Buffalo; $. 852-5000,
www. sheas. org
Lest We Forget - Niagara Falls
native Marion Boyes' tribute to
American soldiers based on their letters
home, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, Lancaster
Opera House, 21 Central Ave.,
Lancaster; $. 683-1776,
www.lancoper a.org
wed. 7
A Brief History of White
Music - A racially diverse trio of
singers reinterpret the music of the
Andrews Sisters, Buddy Holly, Elvis,
The Beach Boys, The Beatles and many
others artists. Show opens 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 7 and continues 7 p.m.
Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 8
p.m. Fridays, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturdays
and 2 p.m. Sundays through Sunday,
Dec. 9 at MusicalFare Theatre, 4380
Main St., Amherst; $. 839-8540,
www.musicalfare.com
now-Nov. 3
A Winter's Tale - Presented by
Canisius College Little Theatre.
Performances: 8 p.m. Thursday through
Saturday, Nov. 1-3, Canisius College's
Marie Maday Theatre, 2001 Main St.,
Buffalo; free; information: 888-5267,
reservations: 888-3795
Back to Beckett - Three short
plays by Samuel Beckett, directed by
Peter Feldman, 8 p.m. through Nov. 3,
Sullivan-Mahoney Courthouse Theatre
(in Old Courthouse), King and James
St., downtown St. Catharines; $.
Peter.Feldman@Broc kU.c a
Sylvia - Presented by the Buffalo
Laboratory Theatre. Performances: 8
p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Nov.
1-3, Hilbert College's William E. Swan
Auditorium, 5200 South Park Ave.,
Hamburg; $. 926-8860, www.hilbert.edu

now-Nov. 4
Guys & Dolls - Produced by
Opera Lytes. Performances: 2 p.m. Nov.
1; 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2
and 3; 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, the
Lancaster Opera House, 21 Central
Ave.; $. 683-1776, www.lancopera.org
Den of Thieves - 8 p.m.
Thursdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m.
Sundays, through Sunday, Nov. 4,
Niagara County Community College's
Fine Arts Theatre, 3111 Saunders
Settlement Road, Sanborn; $. 614-5970
Oklahoma - Stratford Festival's
Festival Theatre, 55 Queen St.,
Stratford, Ontario; $. 1-800-567-1600,
www.stratfordfestival.c a
now-Nov. 10
The Pillowman - Martin
McDonagh's haunting and profoundly
unsettling play directed by Robert
Waterhouse. Performances: 8 p.m.
Thursdays through Saturdays through
Nov. 10, The New Phoenix Theatre, 95
Johnson Park, Buffalo; $. 853-1334,
www.newphoenixtheatre.com

now-Nov. 11
The Phantom Tollbooth -
Presented by the Theatre of Youth.
Performances: 2 p.m. Saturdays and
Sundays through Nov. 11; also 7 p.m.
Nov. 9, Allendale Theatre, 203 Allen
St., Buffalo; $. 884-4400,
www. theatreofyouth. org
now-Nov. 18
Buffalo Zings! In 3D! - A
comedy presented by O'Connell and
Company. Performances: 7:30 p.m.
Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays, and 2:30 p.m. Sundays
through Sunday, Nov. 18, Cabaret in the
Square Theatre, 4476 Main St.,
Amherst; $. 839-3949,
www.oconnellandcompany.com
Homeland - Presented by Road
Less Traveled Productions.
Performances: 8 p.m. Thursdays through
Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through
Sunday, Nov. 18, Road Less Traveled
Theater, Market Arcade Film & Arts
Center, 639 Main St., Buffalo; $.
629-3069,
www.road lesstraveledproductions.org