Theater

thurs. 27
Madeline and
The Bad Hat
An original musical based on
the much-loved book series
of a Parisian girl who learns
that first impressions aren't
everything, 2 and 7 p.m. Thursday,
March 27, Lancaster Opera House,
21 Central Ave., Lancaster; $.
683-1776, www.lancopera.org

.Buffalo Quickies - Annual
festival of one-act plays feature world
premieres of recent finalists and one-act
winners of the Maxim Mazumdar New
Play Competition, 7:30 p.m. Thursdays
and Fridays; 4 and 8 p.m. Saturdays,
through April 12, Alleyway Theatre,
One Curtain Up Alley, Buffalo; $.
852-2600, www.alleyway.com
fri. 28-sun. 30
.Brilliant Traces - Presented by
the Buffalo Laboratory Theatre, 8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, March 28 and 29,
2 p.m. Sunday, March 30, William E.
Swan Auditorium, Hilbert College,
5200 South Park Ave., Hamburg; $.
926-8843
sat. 29
.Senior Showcase - Presented
by Niagara University's Theater
Department senior students, which
includes songs, monologues and a group
production number as well as design
exhibits by the design/technology
students, 8 p.m. Saturday, March 29,
Leary Theater, Niagara University,
Lewiston; $. 286-8480, arh@niagara.edu
.Life in a Jar - Interactive
theatrical presentation about Irena
Sendler, Polish rescuer of Jewish
children during the Holocaust, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 29, Montante Cultural
Center at Canisius College, 2045 Main
St., Buffalo; $. 888-2542
sun. 30
.Life in a Jar - Interactive
theatrical presentation about Irena
Sendler, Polish rescuer of Jewish
children during the Holocaust, 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 30, Temple Beth Am,
4660 Sheridan Drive, Amherst.
.Play-Rites of Spring - A
selection of staged readings of plays,
Sunday March 30 and Monday, March
31, Alleyway Theatre, 1 Curtain Up
Alley, Buffalo; $. 852-2600,
www.alleyway.com
wed. 2
.DIVA by DIVA: A Celebration
of Women - 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
March 2, O'Connell & Company, The
Cabaret in the Square Theatre, Snyder
Square, 4476 Main St. at Harlem Road,
Snyder; $. 839-3949
now-March 29
.My Name is Rachel Corrie -
Buffalo United Artists Theatre in
association with the Subversive Theatre
Collective presents the internationally

acclaimed one-woman play by Alan
Rickman and Katharine Viner, featuring
Katie White under the direction of
Timothy Klein. The one-act is compiled
entirely from the e-mails and journal
entries of Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old
peace activist who died on March 16,
2003, after being run over by an Israeli
bulldozer while standing in defense of
Palestinian houses in the City of Rafah
in the Gaza Strip. Performances: 8 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays through Saturday,
March 29, Buffalo's Main Street
Cabaret, 672 Main St., Buffalo; $.
886-9239, www.subversivetheatre.org
now-March 30
.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. Performances: 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
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.
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, the Allendale Theatre, 203
Allen St., Buffalo; $. 884-4400,
www. theatreofyouth. org