Theater

wed. 26
.DIVA by DIVA: A Celebration
of Women - 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
March 26, O'Connell & Company, The
Cabaret in the Square Theatre, Snyder
Square, 4476 Main St. at Harlem Road,
Snyder; $. 839-3949
now-March 22
.Hair - Presented by the Buffalo
State College Theater Department and
Casting Hall Productions, and directed
by award-winning Broadway performer
Andre De Shields. Performances: 8 p.m.
March 20-22; 2 p.m. March 20, Warren
Enters Theatre at Upton Hall, Buffalo
State College, 1300 Elmwood Ave.,
Buffalo; $. 878-3005,
www. buffalostate. edu/ theater.
.Fool For Love - Sam Shepard
drama starring Lisa Ludwig, Brian
Riggs, David Oliver and Richard
Lambert under the direction of Kelli
Bocock-Natale. Performances: 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
now-April 6
.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.
Performances: 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
.The Great Gilly Hopkins -
Presented by Theatre of Youth. David

Paterson and Steve Liebman play,
adapted from Katherine Paterson's
National Book Award-winning novel,
follows 11-year-old foster child Gilly
from unmanageability to an accepting
and loving young girl. Performances: 2

p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, through
April 6 with a 7 p.m. Friday, April 4
performance. There are no performances
on March 22 or 23, the Allendale
Theatre, 203 Allen St., Buffalo; $.
884-4400, www.theatreofyouth.org