Theater

thurs. 15
The Pillowman - Martin
McDonagh's haunting and profoundly
unsettling play directed by Robert
Waterhouse. Preview pay-what-you-can
performances at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov.
15. Opens at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16,
and continues at 8 p.m. Thursdays
through Saturdays through Dec. 8, The
New Phoenix Theatre, 95 Johnson Park,
Buffalo; $. 853-1334,
www.newphoenixtheatre.com. No
performance on Thanksgiving Day, Nov.
22.
thurs. 15-sun. 18
City of Angels - UB Theatre
and Dance Departments present the
musical in full production with
orchestra, Thursday through Sunday,
Nov. 15-18. Performances: 8 p.m. Nov.
15-17, 2 p.m. Nov. 17 and 18,
University at Buffalo's Drama Theatre,
Center for the Arts, North Campus,
Amherst; $. 852-5000,
www.ticketmaster.com
fri. 16
Godspell - Stephen Schwartz
musical presented by the Niagara
Regional Theatre Guild. Opens at 8
p.m. Friday, Nov. 16. Performances: 8
p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, through
Dec. 1. Also 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18,
Cardinal O'Hara Performing Arts
Center, 39 O'Hara Road, Tonawanda; $.
284-6358
fri. 16-sun. 18
Welcome to the Monkey -
Four short stories written by the late
Kurt Vonnegut Jr., adapted for the stage
by Christopher Sergel, 7 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, Nov. 16 and 17, 2 p.m.
Sunday Nov. 18, Nichols School's
Flickinger Performing Arts Center, 1250
Amherst St., Buffalo; $. 332-6343
South Pacific - Presented by
ATA Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16,
4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday, Nov. 17 and 18, The ATA
Theatre, 5505 Main St., Williamsville;
$. 810-0551
mon. 19
Shaolin Warriors - A fully
choreographed theatrical production with
stunning movement and spectacular
imagery of Kung Fu, 8 p.m. Monday,
Nov. 19, University at Buffalo's
Mainstage Theatre, Center for the Arts,
North Campus, Amherst; $. 645-6775,
www. ubcfa. org
now-Nov. 17
Italian Serenade - Presented by
the Alleyway Theatre. Performances:
7:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and 4
and 8 p.m. Saturdays through Saturday,
Nov. 17, Alleyway Theatre, 1 Curtain
Up Alley, Buffalo; $. 852-2600,
www.alleyway.com
Antigone - Tragedy by
Sophocles translated by Nicholas Rudall.
Directed by Drew Kahn, through Nov.
17. Performances: 8 p.m. Thursdays and
Fridays, and 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays,
Buffalo State College's Warren Enters
Theatre in Upton Hall, 1300 Elmwood
Ave., Buffalo; $ (free for high school
students and teachers with ID).
878-3005
now-Nov. 18
Buffalo Zings! In 3D! -
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
Company - Stephen Sondheim's
Tony Award-winning Broadway musical
presented by Niagara University Theater.
Performances: 2 and 8 p.m. Nov. 17 and
2 p.m. Nov. 18, Niagara University's
Leary Theater, Clet Hall, Lewiston; $.
286-8622, www.niagara.edu/theater,
www.ticketmaster.com
now-Dec. 1
The Bitter Tears of Petra Von

Kant - Presented by Torn Space
Theatre. Performances: 8 p.m. Fridays
and Saturdays, through Dec. 1, Adam
Mickiewicz Dramatic Circle, 612
Fillmore Ave., Buffalo; $. 812-5733,
www.tornspacetheater.com
now-Dec. 2
A Moon for the Misbegotten
- 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, Dec. 2, the Andrews
Theatre, 625 Main St., Buffalo; $.
853-4282, www.irishclassicaltheatre.com
now-Dec. 9
Crazy Mary - Presented by the
Kavinoky Theatre. Performances: 8 p.m.
Thursday and Friday, 4 and 8 p.m.
Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through
Dec. 9, the Kavinoky Theatre, 320
Porter Ave., Buffalo; $. 829-7668,
www.kavinokytheatre.com