Biting farce
Theater
Douglas Carter Beane's Tony Award-nominated comedy, "The Little Dog Laughed," will be presented by Buffalo United Artists, Friday, Jan. 4 through Saturday, Jan. 26 at the Alleyway Theatre.

Dubbed "the tastiest homegrown comedy of manners to hit New York in years," by Ben Brantley of The New York Times, "The Little Dog Laughed" is a deliciously biting farce about Hollywood. The players in this hilarious comedy include a screen idol hiding in the closet, an ambitious male prostitute and his naive girlfriend and a brash, driven Hollywood agent who can spin anyone and everything. "The Little Dog Laughed" was a 2007 Tony nominee for Best Play.

The production, directed by Javier Bustillos, features Caitlin Coleman, Rebecca Elkin, Kevin Keleher and Marc Sacco.

It opens at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4 and continues at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Saturday, Jan. 26 at the Alleyway Theatre, 1 Curtain Up Alley, Buffalo. For more information and tickets, call 886-9239 or visit www.buffalobua.org. No one under 18 will be admitted.
fri. 4
.Buffalo Pleasure Night -
Theatre Helden presents a new cabaret
event starring Tim Eimiler, Becky
Globus, Bryan Patrick Stoyle, Jacob
Albarella, Lindsey Salamone, Melissa
Pedro, Jordan Levn, under the direction
of Drew McCabe, opens 8 p.m. Friday,
Jan. 4 and continues at 8 p.m.
Thursdays through Saturdays through
Saturday, Jan. 12, Main Street Cabaret,
672 Main St., Buffalo; $. 400-7778
.Twelve Angry Men - Reginald
Rose's courtroom drama presented by
the Kavinoky Theatre and directed by
Brian Cavanagh. Features Christian
Brandjes, John Buscaglia, Louis
Colaiacovo, Steven Cooper, Don
Gervasi, Peter Jaskowiak, Phil Knoerzer,
Gerry Maher, Jim Maloy, Steve Nassif,
Norm Sham, Guy Wagner and Doug
Weyand. Performances: 8 p.m.
Thursdays and Fridays, 4 and 8 p.m.
Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays through
Sunday, Feb. 3, Kavinoky Theatre, 320

Porter Ave., Buffalo; $. 829-7668,
www.kavinokytheatre.com
wed. 9
.Sweeney Todd - Stephen
Sondheim's musical thriller starring John
Fredo, Lisa Ludwig, Philip Farugia,
Kurt Guba, Christopher M. Howard,
Eliza Hayes Maher, Loraine O'Donnell,
Tom Owen, Debbie Pappas and Robert
E. Tucker, under the direction of
Randall Kramer. Opens 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 9 and continues 7:30
p.m. Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays, 4 and 8
p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays
through Sunday, Feb. 10, MusicalFare
Theatre, Daemen College, 4380 Main
St., Amherst; $. 839-8540,
www.muiscalfare.com
.DIVA by DIVA: A Celebration
of Women - 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Jan. 9, O'Connell & Company, The
Cabaret in the Square Theatre, Snyder
Square, 4476 Main St. at Harlem Road,
Snyder; $. 839-3949