Theater

thurs. 29
Kindertransport - Presented by
the Jewish Repertory Theatre,
kindertransport is the informal name for
the rescue effort to save 10,000 Jewish
children and bring them to live in
England during the Holocaust. Diane
Samuels' award-winning play tells the
heart-wrenching story of a Jewish
mother who sends her 9-year-old
daughter on a train to England in order
to save her from the Nazis. The play
opens at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29
and continues at 4 and 8 p.m. Saturdays
and 2 p.m. Sundays through Dec. 22 at
the Road Less Traveled Theatre in the
Market Arcade Film & Arts Center, 639
Main St., Buffalo; $. 688-411, Ext. 334,
www.jewishrepertor ytheatre.com
Butterfingers Angel - Play by
William Gibson is presented by the
Amherst Players and directed by Debra
Cole. Unique retelling of Mary, Joseph
and the birth of Jesus. Opens Thursday,
Nov. 29. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Nov.
29, 30, Dec. 1, 6, 7 and 8; 1:30 p.m.
Dec. 1 and 8, the Harlem Road
Community Center, 4255 Harlem Road,
Amherst; $.
The Complete Works of
Shakespeare - The play by Adam
Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield
is directed by Joseph Snyder and
presented by the Canisius College Little
Theatre, 8 p.m. Thursday through
Saturday, Nov. 29-Dec. 1, Canisius
College, 2001 Main St., Buffalo; free.
888-5267, 888-3795
fri. 30
You're A Good Man, Charlie
Brown - Presented by Theatre in the
Mist and directed by Joanne Kinney.
Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, Nov. 30-Dec.
9, Stella Niagara stage, corner of
Pletcher and Lower River Road,
Lewiston; $. 877-856-0694
fri. 30-sat. 1
Le jeu de l'amour et du
hasard - Department of Theater and
Fine Arts and the Department of
Modern and Classical Languages at
Niagara University sponsor this
theatrical event in conjunction with the
Palisano Foundation, 8 p.m. Friday, Nov.
30 and 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1,
Niagara University's Leary Theatre, Clet
Hall, Lewiston; $. 286-8622,
www.niagar a.edu
wed. 5
DIVA by DIVA: A Celebration
of Women - 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Dec. 5, O'Connell & Company, The

Cabaret in the Square Theatre, Snyder
Square, 4476 Main St. at Harlem Road,
Snyder; $. 839-3949
now-Dec. 1
The Bitter Tears of Petra Von
Kant - Presented by Torn Space
Theatre. Performances: 8 p.m. Friday
and Saturday, through Saturday, Dec. 1,
Adam Mickiewicz Dramatic Circle, 612
Fillmore Ave., Buffalo; $. 812-5733,
www.tornspacetheater.com
Godspell - Presented by the
Niagara Regional Theatre Guild.
Performances: 8 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, through Saturday, Dec. 1,
Cardinal O'Hara Performing Arts
Center, 39 O'Hara Road, Tonawanda; $.
284-6358
Final Notice - Presented by
Western Door Playhouse. Performances:
8 p.m. Friday and Saturday through
Saturday, Dec. 1, Niagara Arts and
Culture Center, 1201 Pine Ave., Niagara
Falls; $. 297-5910
now-Dec. 2
A Moon for the Misbegotten
- Presented by the Irish Classical
Theatre Company. Performances: 7:30
p.m. Thursday and Friday, 2 and 7:30
p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday

through Sunday, Dec. 2, the Andrews
Theatre, 625 Main St., Buffalo; $.
853-4282, www.irishclassicaltheatre.com
now-Dec. 8
The Pillowman - Presented by
the New Phoenix Theatre.
Performances: 8 p.m. Thursdays through
Saturdays through Saturday, Dec. 8, The
New Phoenix Theatre, 95 Johnson Park,
Buffalo; $. 853-1334,
www.newphoenixtheatre.com.
now-Dec. 9
A Brief History of White
Music - Presented by MusicalFare
Theatre. Performances: 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, MusicalFare Theatre, 4380 Main
St., Amherst; $. 839-8540,
www.musicalfare.com
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
Sunday, Dec. 9, the Kavinoky Theatre,
320 Porter Ave., Buffalo; $. 829-7668,
www.kavinokytheatre.com