On the Boards is presented by the Irish Classical Theatre Company. To be considered for On the Boards, submissions must be received by 5pm on Wednesday one week prior to publication. Send notice VIA e-mail to: ontheboards@artvoice.com.

ONGOING

BUA TAKES 10, collection of LGBT short plays presented by Buffalo United Artists, starring Caitlin Baeumler Coleman, Kevin Craig, Timothy Patrick Finnegan, Jimi Konidis, Jessica K. Rasp, Marc Sacco, Alisse Sikes. Through Apr 11, Fri & Sat at 8. Main Street Cabaret at Alleyway Theatre Complex, One Curtain Up Alley (886-9239).

BUFFALO QUICKIES, festival or one-act plays directed by Joyce Stilson, starring Stephanie Bax, Tyler Brown, Jacquie Cherry, Bethany Sparacio, Michael Starzynski. Through Apr 11, Thu-Sat at 7:30. Alleyway Theatre, One Curtain Up Alley (852-2600).

WHY TORTURE IS WRONG, AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM, comedy by Christopher Durang presented by Subversive Theatre, directed by Thomas LaChiusa, starring Andrea Andolina, Michael Votta, Christopher Standart, Victor Morales, Becky Globus, Mike Seitz, James Cichocki. Through Apr 12, Thu-Sat at 8, Sun at 7 (no performance Apr 5), plus Apr 4 at 2. Manny Fried Playhouse 255 Great Arrow Ave., third floor (408-0499).

CLOSING

AFTER AMERICA: WASTELAND 2015, world premiere of a play by Jon Elston, directed by Scott Behrend, starring Lisa Vitrano, Peter Palmisano, Steve Brachmann, Monish Bhattacharyya, Danica Riddick, Kelsey Mogensen. Through Apr 4, Thu-Sat at 7:30, Sun at 2. Road Less Traveled Theater, Market Arcade Film & Arts Centre, 639 Main St. (629-3069).

ANGELS FALL, play by Lanford Wilson directed by Gail Golden, starring Mike Randall, Richard Lambert, Pam Rose Mangus, Candice Kogut, Justin Fiordaliso, Lucas Lloyd. Through Apr 4, Thu-Sat at 8. New Phoenix Theatre, 95 Johnson Park (853 1334).

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

MASS APPEAL, comedy/drama by Bill C. Davis, directed by Jay Desiderio, starring Marc-Jon Filippone, Matt Snyder. Through Apr 19. Desiderio’s Dinner Theatre, 5827 Broadway, Lancaster (683-7767).

UPCOMING

CAROUSEL, musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, directed by Randall Kramer, starring Charmagne Chi, Steve Copps, Arin Lee Dandes, Paschal Frisina III, Gregory Gjurich, Edith Grossman, Wendy Hall, Robert Insana, Matthew Iwanski, Dudney Joseph, Jr., Celine Keefe, Cecilia Snow, Michael Wachowiak. Apr 15-May 17, Wed & Thu at 7, Fri at 8, Sat at 4 & 8, Sun at 2. Musicalfare Theatre, 4380 Main St., Amherst (839-8540).

LOVE, SEX, AND THE IRS, comedy by William Van Zandt and Jane Milmore presented by Buffalo Chrysalis Theatre Company, directed by Matthew Mooney, starring Melissa Leventhal, Ryan Kaminski, Ricky Needham, Rhiannon Sherlock, Mark Bursztyn, Timothy Bookhagen, Leigh Hinkle, Thomas Wilger. Apr 10-26, Thu-Sat at 8, Sun at 2. Grange Theatre, 22 Main St. , third floor, Hamburg (903-9288).

HARBOR, comedy by Chad Beguelin, presented by Buffalo United Artists, directed by Todd Fuller, starring Kerrykate Abel, Matthew Crehan Higgins, Rick Lattimer, Sabrina Kahwaty. Apr 17-May 9, Fri & Sat at 8. Alleyway Theatre, One Curtain Up Alley (886-9239).

THE QUEEN OF BINGO, comedy by Jeanne Michels & Phyllis Murphy presented by O’Connell & Company, directed by Mary Kate O’Connell, starring Joey Bucheker, Guy Tomassi, Jerry Mosey. Apr 9-26, Thu-Sat at 7:30, Sun at 2:30. The Park School, 4625 Harlem Road, Snyder (848-0800).

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, stage musical based on the classic MGM film, directed by David Bondrow, starring Kevin Leary, John Kaczorowski, Tara Kaczorowski, Valerie Stevens, Scot Kaitanowski, David Silverthorn, Marisa Caruso. Apr 10 – 26, Fri & Sat at 7:30, Sun at 2:30. Lancaster Opera House, 21 Central Ave., Lancaster (683-1776).