Theater

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.DIVA by DIVA: A Celebration
of Women - 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
May 21 presented by O'Connell &
Company at The Cabaret in the Square
Theatre, Snyder Square, 4476 Main St.,
Snyder; $. 839-3949,
www.oconnellandcompany.com
now-May 18
.Dames at Sea - O'Connell and
Company production continues at 7:30
p.m. Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through
Sunday, May 18 at the Cabaret in the
Square Theatre, 4476 Main St.,
Williamsville; $. 839-3949,
www.oconnellandcompany.com
.Charley's Aunt - The Irish
Classical Theatre presents Brandon
Thomas' comedy of manners about
mistaken identities, cross-dressing and
crazy uncles. Performances: 7:30 p.m.
Thursdays and Fridays, 3 and 7:30 p.m.
Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through
Sunday, May 18 at the Andrews
Theatre, 625 Main St., Buffalo; $.
853-4282, www.irishclassicaltheatre.com
.The Lottie & Bernice Show -
World premiere of L. Don Swartz's
comedy concerning grumpy old ladies
who take over a Buffalo morning talk
show - television will never be the
same. Performances: 8 p.m. Friday, May
16 and Saturday, May 17 and 2 p.m.
Sunday, May 18 at the Ghostlight
Theatre, 170 Schenck St., North
Tonawanda; $. 743-1614,
www.starr ynighttheatre.com
.HATS! The Red Hat Musical -
This original musical comedy is about a
49.999-year-old woman who reluctantly
faces the BIG Five-O... until she meets

several remarkable women who show her
fun, friendship and the lighter side of
maturity. Performances: 7:30 p.m.
Thursdays-Saturdays and 3 p.m.
Sundays, through May 18 at The
Riviera Theatre, 67 Webster St., North
Tonawanda; $. 692-2413,
www.r ivieratheatre.org
.High School Musical - This
high-energy musical tells the story of a
basketball captain and a beautiful
bookworm breaking all the rules of
"school society" and teaching their

classmates about acceptance, teamwork
and being yourself. Performances: 7:30
p.m. Friday, May 9, and 2 and 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 10 at the Lancaster Opera
House, 21 Central Ave., Lancaster; $.
683-1776, www.lancopera.org
now-May 25
.Beyond the Rainbow: The
Judy Garland Story - A regional
premiere musical that tells the tragic and
memorable story of Judy Garland. Stars
Todd Benzin, Loraine O'Donnell,
Michele Marie Roberts, Marc Sacco and

Kathy Weese under the direction of
Doug Weyand. 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,
May 25 presented by MusicalFare
Theatre Company at Daemen College,
4380 Main St., Amherst; $. 839-8540,
www.muiscalfare.com
.Steal Away- The rollicking farce
is set in Depression-era Chicago, and
the action focuses on five church ladies,
who hold bake sales to raise money to

send deserving young "colored" girls to
college. The fun begins when their latest
beneficiary, Tracyada, convinces them
that robbing a bank is a better way to
secure her tuition. Performances: 8 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays and 4 p.m.
Sundays, through May 25 at the Paul
Robeson Theatre, 350 Masten Ave.,
Buffalo; $. 884-2013
now-June 1
.A Picasso - Pablo Picasso has
been summoned to a storage vault for an
interrogation by a beautiful German
occupation officer whose mission is to
discover which of the three Picasso
paintings recently confiscated by the
Nazis from their Jewish owners are real.
Performances: 8 p.m. Thursdays and
Fridays, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturdays and 2
p.m. Sundays, through June 1 at the
Kavinoky Theatre, 320 Porter Ave.,
Buffalo; $. 829-7668,
www.kavinokytheatre.com
.If You Give a Pig a Party -
The Theatre of Youth presents Nancy
Schaeffer's musical adaptation of Laura
Numeroff 's best-selling book "If You
Give A Pig A Party," with music and
lyrics by B. Wolf. Performances: 2 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays, through June 1
with a 7 p.m. Friday, May 30 presented
by Theatre of Youth at the Allendale
Theatre, 203 Allen St., Buffalo; $.
884-4400, www.theatreofyouth.org
.Vamping - GUTWorks, a New
York-based theater and film company, is
coming to Buffalo to bring an original
multimedia play about Alzheimer's
disease. Performances: 8 p.m. Thursday,
May 15 through Sunday, May 18 at the
Road Less Traveled Theater inside the
Market Arcade Film and Arts Centre;
639 Main St., Buffalo; $.
1-800-838-3006,
www.brownbagtickets.com