Theater

Blackfriars
Theatre, 28 Lawn St (454-1260; www.blackfriars.org): Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit, Oct. 5-26. Dirty Blonde, Dec. 7-29, with
performances Dec. 31. Fully Committed,
March 1-22. Rags: A Musical, May
3-24, 2003. Tickets: $20-$22; $35 on New Year’s Eve.

Bristol
Valley Theatre, 151 S. Main St, Naples (374-6318;
www.bvtnaples.org): Horseplay!, 8
p.m. Sept. 20-21. In My Head I’m Thin,
8 p.m. Sept. 27-28. An Old Time Music
Celebration, 8 p.m. Oct. 11-12. Call for ticket info.

Downstairs
Cabaret Theatre (325-4370): Suds,
Ain’t Misbehavin: The Music of Fats
Waller, and I Love You, You’re
Perfect, Now Change, continuing. Call for ticket info.

Gates
Community Theatre, in the Roberts Wesleyan College Hale Auditorium,
2301 Westside Drive (594-6008): Miracle
on 34th Street, Dec. 14-15. $8. Tickets go on sale Nov. 4.

Geva
Theatre, 75 Woodbury Blvd (232-GEVA): On the Mainstage: Cookin’ at the Cookery, through oct. 6. Proof, Oct. 15-Nov. 17. A Christmas Carol, Nov. 29-Dec. 29. Brighton Beach Memoirs, Jan. 7-Feb. 9,
2003. 36 Views, Feb. 18-March 23,
2003. Theophilus North, April 1-May
4, 2003. 1776, May 14-June 22, 2003.
On the Nextstage: Billy Bishop Goes to
War, Nov 12-Dec 8. Lobby Hero,
March 18-April 6, 2003. September Shoes,
June 3-22, 2003. Big Theatre for Little People (for children ages 5-11): Meet Me Incognito, Jan-Feb, 2003. Panadero: The Baker’s Tale, May, 2003.

Henrietta
Community Theatre, Rush Henrietta Senior High School, 1799 Lehigh
Station Road (359-2540): Lend Me a Tenor,
Sept. 13-14, 20-21. Call for ticket info.

Jewish
Community CenterStage, 1200 Edgewood Ave (461-2000, x235;
www.jccrochester.org): Shtik! A Queer
Play on Jewish Vaudeville, Oct. 19-20. Laughter
on the 23rd Floor, Dec. 7-31. The Trouble with Peggy: Pieces of Guggenheim, Feb. 8-9, 2003. The Chosen, March 1-22. Dinner with Friends, May 3-17.

Monroe
Community College, MCC Theatre, Building 4, 1000 E. Henrietta Rd
(292-2534): Smokey Joe’s Café: The Song
of Leiber and Stoller, Nov. 22-24. $8; $5 with MCC ID and for children
under 12.

Nazareth
College Arts Center, 4245 East Ave (389-2170): Reduced Shakespeare
Company, Nov. 1. The Jungle Book, Nov. 23-24; Dec. 14-15. The Capitol Steps, Jan. 25, 2003.The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Feb. 15, 2003. As You Like It, May 2, 2003. I
Never Saw Another Butterfly, May 11, 2003. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, May 31, 2003.

Nazareth
College Theatre Arts Department, 4245 East Avenue (389-2170): Tartuffe, Oct. 18-20, 25-27. The House of Yes, Nov. 15-17, 22-24. The Laramie Project, Feb. 21-23, Feb.
27-March 2. A Lie of the Mind, April
10-13 and 16-17. Tickets: $8; $7 students; $6 seniors.

Off-Monroe
Players, (234-0500; www.ggw.org) HMS Pinafore, Nov 8-10, 15-17, 22-23. Performances
at Salem United Church of Christ, 60 Bittner Street. Call for ticket info.

Pittsford
Musicals, Pittsford-Mendon High School (586-1500;
www.pittsfordmusicals.org): South Pacific,
Nov. 15-16, 22-23. Call for ticket info.

Roberts
Wesleyan College, Roberts Wesleyan Cultural Life Center, 2301
Westside Drive (594-6008; www.roberts.edu/clc): RWCCT production of The Wizard of Oz, Nov. 1-3, 8-10. Spring
production TBA.

Rochester
Academy of Performing Arts(RAPA),
727 E. Main Street(325-3366): Nunsense, Oct. 11-20; $12. Bah, Humbug! Scrooge’s Christmas Carol (Junior Players): Dec. 6-15. $10. Annie,
Jan. 31-Feb. 23, 2003; $14; $10 students. Footloose
(Teen Players): May 2-18, 2003; $12.

Rochester
Broadway Theatre League (222-5000, 232-1900, ): Jim
Brickman, Sept. 26-29. The Vagina
Monologues, Oct. 1-6. West Side
Story, Oct. 8-13; Mamma Mia!,
Nov. 26-Dec. 8. The Music Man, Feb.
3-9. The Full Monty, March 18-23. Blast!, April 29-May 4. All shows at the
Auditorium Center. Season tickets: $116.50-$293.50.

Rochester
Children’s Theatre, School of the Arts, 45 Prince St (271-7870): Cirkus Inferno, Oct. 19-20. Jack and the Beanstalk, Oct. 26-Nov. 10.
Hansel and Gretel, Nov. 30-Dec. 8.
Circo Comedio with juggling master Monsier Saucier, Jan. 11, 2003. Show Queen, Jan. 25-Feb. 9, 2003. Ramona Quimby, March 15-30, 2003. Stuart Little, April 5-27, 2003. One Family/ One Planet, May 10, 2003.
Call for ticket information.

The
Shakespeare Company of Greater Rochester, at St Stephen’s Episcopal
Church, 350 Chili Ave (334-7429): Twelfth
Night, Sept. 26-28, Oct. 3-5. Free; suggested donation $5; $3 children.

The
Shaw Festival, Niagara on the Lake (800-511-SHAW; www.shawfest.com):
At the Festival Theatre: Candida,
through Nov. 23; Caesar and Cleopatra,
through Oct. 27; Detective Story,
through Sept. 21; Hay Fever, through
Nov. 24. At the Court House Theatre: Return
of the Prodigal, Oct. 5. House of
Bernarda Alba, through Oct. 5. His
Majesty, through Sept. 21. Chaplin,
through Oct. 6. At the Royal George: The
Old Ladies, through Oct. 27. Merrily
We Roll Along, through Oct. 26. The
Old Lady Shows Her Medals, through Sept. 21.

Shipping
Dock Theatre, 151 St. Paul St (232-2250; www.shippingdocktheatre.org):
Spinning Into Butter, Oct. 4-27; Fuddy Meers, Dec 6-31. Low Level Panic, Feb. 7-March 2, 2003.
TBA, April 11-May 4. The Most Fabulous
Story Ever Told, June 13-July 6, 2003. Tickets: $18; $16 students with ID
and seniors 62 and over.

The
Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ontario, Canada (800-567-1600;
www.stratfordfestival.ca): Festival Theatre: My Fair Lady through Nov. 10; Romeo
and Juliet through Nov. 2; King Lear through Nov. 3. Avon Theatre: The
Threepenny Opera through Nov. 2; The
Scarlet Pimpernel through Nov. 2. Richard
III: Reign of Terror, through Nov. 3. Tom Patterson Theatre: Henry VI: Revenge in France, through
Sept. 28. The Two Noble Kingsmen,
through Nov. 29. Studio Theatre: The
Swanne: Part 1, through Nov. 2. Call for ticket information.

Studio
Arena Theatre, 710 Main Street, Buffalo (856-8025): A Streetcar Named Desire, through Oct.
13. Cookin’ at the Cookery, Oct.
20-Nov. 17. The Mousetrap, Dec. 1-28.
Shooting Craps, Jan 5-Feb. 2. The Drawer Boy, Feb. 14-March 9. Shear Madness, March 16-April 13. Call
for ticket information.

SUNY
Brockport, Tower Fine Arts Theater (395-ARTS): Blithe Spirit, Oct. 3-6; Picasso
at the Lapin Agile, Nov. 21-24. Festival
of Ten, Feb. 28, March 1, 2, 7-9, 2003. Twelfth
Night, April 25-27, May 2-4. Student Theatre Production in the Tower Fine
Arts Lab Theatre: True West, Oct. 31,
Nov. 1-2. Tickets: $10; $7 students and seniors.

SUNY
Geneseo(245-5873): After Magritte and The Real Inspector Hound, 8 p.m.
Oct. 3-8, Robert Sinclair Theatre. Into
the Woods, 8 p.m. Nov. 6-10, Alice Austin Theatre, Brodie Hall.

This article appears in Sep 11-17, 2002.