Theater

now-March 2 Picnic Starry Night Theatre wraps up its production of William Inge's "Picnic" this weekend at the Ghostlight Theatre in North Tonawanda. The play features Daniel Arrasjid, Amanda Woomer, Megan Blarr, Carolyn Woomer, Joy Ann Wrona and Paul McGinnis under the direction of L. Don Swartz. See theater listing below for performance times.

thurs. 28
.Baby - The musical features
music by David Shire and lyrics by
Richard Maltby Jr., with a book by
Sybille Pearson. The production,
presented by the University at Buffalo
Department of Theatre and Dance,
follows three couples on their journeys
through their pregnancies on a university
campus. Performances: 8 p.m. Thursday
through Saturday, and 2 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday, through March 2, Black
Box Theatre of the UB Center for the
Arts, North Campus; $. 645-2787,
852-5000, ticketmaster.com; Center box
office.
fri. 29
.Six Dance Lessons in Six
Weeks - Richard Alfieri's comedy
about a lonely widow who hires a dance
instructor to pass the time features Mary
Loftus, presented by Buffalo United
Artists. Opens at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 29
and continues at 8 p.m. Fridays and
S aturdays, Alleyway Theatre, 1 Curtain
Up Alley, Buffalo; $. 886-9239,
www. buffalobua. org
.Fool For Love - Sam Shepard
drama starring Lisa Ludwig, Brian
Riggs, David Oliver and Richard
Lambert under the direction of Kelli
Bocock-Natale. Opens at 8 p.m. Friday,
Feb. 29 and continues at 8 p.m.
Thursdays through Saturdays through
Saturday, March 22, New Phoenix
Theatre on the Park, 95 Johnson Park,
Buffalo; $. 853-1334,
www.newphoenixtheatre.com
.Glorious! - Buffalo premiere of
Peter Quilter's comedy about Florence
Foster Jenkins starring Mary Kate
O'Connell, Joseph Demerly, Eileen
Dugan, Anne Gayley, Victoria Perez and
Donn Youngstrom under the direction of
Javier Bustillos. Opens at 8 p.m. Friday,
Feb. 29 and continues at 8 p.m.
Thursdays through Saturdays, 4 p.m.
Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through
Sunday, March 30, Kavinoky Theatre,
320 Porter Ave., Buffalo; $. 829-7668,
www.kavinokytheatre.com
.Nunsensations! - Live from the
Pump Room at the Mystique Motor

Lodge in Las Vegas, it's the most
outrageous Nunsense show ever. When a
parishioner promises a big donation to
the sisters' school only if they perform in
Vegas, the result is the most
feather-filled, sequin-studded,
fan-dancing Nunsense show ever. We can
only hope that what happens in Vegas,
stays in Vegas. Opens at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 29 and continues at 7:30
p.m. March 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14 and 15
and 2 p.m. March 7, 8 and 15. With
additional shows at 2:30 p.m. March 9
and 16, the Lancaster Opera House, 21
Central Ave., Lancaster; $. 683-1776,
www.lancoper a.org
.Our Town - The Niagara
Regional Theatre Guild presents this
drama that opens at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb.
29, and continues at 8 p.m. March 1, 7
and 8, 14 and 15, and 3 p.m. March 9,
Cardinal O'Hara High School's
Performing Arts Center, 39 O'Hara

Road, Tonawanda; $. 284-6358,
www.niagaratheatre.com
tues. 4
.The Drowsy Chaperone - It
all begins when a die-hard musical fan
plays his favorite cast album, a 1928
smash hit called "The Drowsy
Chaperone." The show then magically
bursts to life in a hilarious tale of a
celebrity bride and her uproarious
wedding day, complete with thrills and
surprises that take both the cast (literally)
and the audience (metaphorically) soaring
into the rafters. Opens Tuesday, March
4, and continues through March 9,
Shea's Performing Arts Center, 646 Main
St., Buffalo; $ (box office, 650 Main St.;
Ticketmaster, 852-5000,
www.ticketmaster.com)
wed. 5
.Victory: The Father Baker
Story - World premiere of Heather
Violanti's musical that juxtaposes the life

story of Father Nelson Baker against the
current effort to secure his ordination as
an official saint of the Catholic Church.
"What makes a saint?" "How do you
measure the worth of one man?" and
"Can one person change the world?"
These and other questions are examined
while the Nun, Priest and Scientist tour
Our Lady of Victory Basilica and survey
the changes that have occurred in the
larger community beyond. The
production stars Louis Calaiacovo, Ellen
Horst, Marc Sacco and Norman Sham
under the direction of Randall Kramer.
Opens at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 5
and continues at 7 p.m. Wednesdays,
7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays, 4 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m.
Sundays through Sunday, April 6,
MusicalFare Theatre, Daemen College,
4380 Main St., Amherst. Tickets are
$30-$34. 839-8540,
www.musicalfare.com
.DIVA by DIVA: A Celebration
of Women - 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
March 5, O'Connell & Company, The
Cabaret in the Square Theatre, Snyder
Square, 4476 Main St. at Harlem Road,
Snyder; $. 839-3949
now-March 1
.Dark of the Moon - Howard
Richardson and William Berney's play
set in the Smokey Mountains concerns a
witch boy who becomes mortal to pursue
his love of a human girl, presented by
The Amherst Players under the direction
of David Hall. Performances: 7:30 p.m.
Thursday through Saturday and 1:30
p.m. Saturday through Saturday, March
1, Harlem Road Community Center,
4255 Harlem Road, Amherst; $.
866-2173,
www.amherst.ny.us/news/players.asp
now-March 2
.Picnic - William Inge's play
features Daniel Arrasjid, Amanda
Woomer, Megan Blarr, Carolyn Woomer,
Joy Ann Wrona and Paul McGinnis
under the direction of L. Don Swartz.
Performances: 8 p.m. Friday and
Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, through
March 2, Ghostlight Theatre, 170
Schenck St., North Tonawanda; $.
743-1614, www.starrynighttheatre.com
now-March 9
.When Ya Comin' Back Red
Ryder? - American Repertory Theatre
of WNY presents Mark Medoff 's play
set in a New Mexico rest stop where the
characters endure emotional torment
when everyone is held hostage. Features
Linda Stein, Andrew Michalski, Nick
Dostal, Jonathan Scotch, Michael
Leszczynski, Heather Violanti and Emily
Littler under the direction of Matthew

LaChiusa. Performances: 8 p.m.
Thursdays through Saturdays, and 2 p.m.
Sundays, through March 9, Theatreloft,
545 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo; $.
884-4858, www.artofwny.org
.Lucky Stiff - Presented by
O'Connell & Company. This murder
mystery musical by Lynn Ahrens and
music by Stephen Flaherty features
Nicole Marrale Cimato, Robert J. Cooke,
Jeffrey Coyle, Wendy Hall, Kelly Jakiel,
Pamela Rose Mangus, Andrew Kenneth
Moss, Eric Rawski, Josh Snyder and
Michael Tosha under the direction of
Chris Kelly. Performances: 7:30 p.m.
Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays,
and 2:30 p.m. Sundays through Sunday,
March 9, The Cabaret in the Square
Theatre, Snyder Square, 4476 Main St.
at Harlem Road, Snyder; $. 839-3949
now-March 16
.Halpern & Johnson - Two
elderly gentlemen meet at a grave site,
one Jewish, one Catholic, and share a
common bond - the love of a good
woman. Lionel Goldstein's play features
Saul Elkin and Jim Maloy under the
direction of Peter Palmisano for the
Jewish Repertory Theatre. Performances:
7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 4 and 8 p.m.
Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through
Sunday, March 16, the Alleyway Theatre,
1 Curtain Up Alley, Buffalo; $. 688-411,
Ext. 334,
www.jewishrepertor ytheatre.com
.Bonegrinders - Road Less
Traveled Productions presents this story
by Melody Von Smith of a war journalist
who returns home after his best
friend/fellow journalist has been killed.
Features Joe Wiens, Kate LoConti, Beth
Donahue, Arianna Boykins, Tim
Eimiller, Bob Grabowski and Peter
Jaskowiak under the direction of Kyle
LoConti. Performances: 8 p.m.
Thursdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m.
Sundays through Sunday, March 16,
Market Arcade Film & Arts Centre, 639
Main St., Buffalo; $. 629-3069,
www.road lesstraveledproductions.org
now-March 22
.Faith Healer - The Irish
Classical Theatre presents Brian Friel's
mystery starring Vincent O'Neill,
Josephine Hogan and Gerry Maher
under the direction of Derek Campbell.
Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays and
Fridays, 3 and 7:30 p.m. Saturdays and 2
p.m. Sundays through Saturday, March
22, the Andrews Theatre, 625 Main St.,
Buffalo; $. 853-4282,
www.irishclassicaltheatre.com