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This weekend is your last chance to catch Clinton's Ditch in Buffalo's Inner Harbor (photo by Lukia Costello)

Opening

AS YOU LIKE IT, comedy by William Shakespeare presented by Shakespeare in Delaware Park, directed Eileen Dugan, starring Jerrold Brown, Morgan Chard, Steve Vaughan, Anne Roaldi, Tim Newell, Jul 21-Aug 14, Tue-Sun at 7:30. Shakespeare Hill, Delaware Park, behind the Rose Garden (856-4533).

THE WORLD GOES ’ROUND, musical revue by Kander and Ebb presented by Niagara University Theatre, directed by Derek Roland, starring Michele Roberts Benzin, Lou Colaiacovo, Carmen Ruby Floyd, Paschal Frisina, Vanessa Gawinski. Jul 21-31, Thu at 7, Fri & Sat at 7:30, Sun at 2. Leary Theatre, Clet Hall, on the NU campus (286-8685).

Ongoing

ONE MORE FOR MY BABY, world premiere of the revue conceived by David Grapes, John Fredo, and Randall Kramer, directed by Kramer, starring John Fredo, Don Gervasi. Through Aug 6, Wed & Thu at 7, Fri at 8, Sat at 4 & 8. MusicalFare Theatre, 4380 Main St., Amherst (839-8540).

Special Presentations

FOLLIES, concert version benefit performance for Buffalo United Artists, starring Kerrykate Abel, Kelli Bocock-Natale, Lou Colaiacovo, Lisa Ludwig, Debbie Pappas, Marc Sacco, Jul 27 at 7:30, BUA Theater, 119 Chippewa St. (886-8239).

Closing

CLINTON’S DITCH: the Story of the Building of the Erie Canal, historical drama by Anne Porter Paris and Hugh Pratt, presented by the Erie Canal Drama Theater, directed by Dan Shanahan, starring Richard Lambert, Tilke Hill, Carman Swans, James Wild, Stephanie Dale, G. Anton Moore, Joseph Westphal, Elise Hoffman, Danica Riddick, James Heffron, Eyton Robinson, Andrew Kotter, James Steiner, Elizabeth Oddy, Dinah Iglesias. Jul 22, 23, 24 at 8. Canalside on the Buffalo Harbor, free admission.

Upcoming

MRS. WARREN SMITH, workshop/staged reading of a play by Tina Bampton, directed by Robert Waterhouse, starring Christian Brandjes, Johnathan Shuey, Jessica Wegryzn, Tina Rausa. Jul 28 at 8. New Phoenix Theatre, 95 Johnson Park.

OKLAHOMA!, classic musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, directed by Debby Koszelak Swartz, starring Katherine Quattrini, Dan Zerpa will. Aug 4 at 7. Aug 5-20, Fri & Sat at 8, okys Aug 21 at 2. Ghostlight Theatre, 170 Schenck St, North Tonawanda (743-1614).