Fool for Love

OPENING

BABY, musical by Maltby and Shire presented by UB Department of Theatre and Dance, directed by Jerry Finnegan. Feb 27-Mar 2, Wed-Fri at 8, Sat at 2 & 8, Sun at 2. Black Box Theatre, UB Center for the Arts (645-ARTS).

THE BM MILITIA AND CHAMPIONSHIP BOWLING TEAM & WHAT THE HELL IS MITOSIS?, two one-act plays by Paul Lawton, presented by the Springville Players. Feb 28-Mar 2, Thu-Sat at 8, Sun at 2. Springville Center for the Arts, 37 North Buffalo St., Springville (592-9038).

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, touring production of the Broadway musical presented by Shea’s and Al Nocciolino. Mar 4-9, Tue-Thu at 7:30, Fri at 8, Sat at 2 & 8, Sun at 2 & 7. Shea’s Performing Arts Center, 646 Main St. (847-0850).

FOOL FOR LOVE, drama by Sam Shepard directed by Kelli Bocock-Natale, starring Lisa Ludwig, Brian Riggs, David Oliver, Richard Lambert. Feb 29-Mar 22, Thu-Sat at 8. . New Phoenix Theatre on the Park, 95 Johnson Park (853-1334).

GLORIOUS!, comedy by Peter Quilter directed by Javier Bustillos, starring Mary Kate O’Connell, Joseph Demerly, Eileen Dugan, Anne Gayley, Victoria Perez, Donn Youngstrom. Feb 29-Mar 30, Thu & Fri at 8, Sat at 4 & 8, Sun at 2. The Kavinoky Theatre, 320 Porter Ave. (829-7668).

NUNSENSATIONS!, musical by Dan Goggin presented by TNT Productions. Feb 29-Mar 16. Lancaster Opera House, 21 Central Ave., Lancaster (683-1776).

OUR TOWN, drama by Thornton Wilder presented by the Niagara Regional Theatre Guild, directed by Les Bailey, starring Scott Mackmin, Brook Heatley. Feb 29-Mar 15, Fri & Sat at 8, plus Mar 9 at 3. Cardinal O’Hara Performing Arts Center, 39 O’Hara Rd., Tonawanda (284-6358).

VICTORY: THE FATHER BAKER STORY, world premiere of a musical by Heather Violanti and Randall Kramer, directed by Kramer, starring Louis Colaiacovo, Ellen Horst, Marc Sacco, Norman Sham. Mar 5-Apr 6, Wed at 7, Thu at 7:30, Fri at 8, Sat at 4 & 8, Sun at 2. MusicalFare Theatre, 4380 Main St., Amherst (839-8540).

ONGOING

BONEGRINDERS, world premiere of a play by Melody Von Smith, directed by Kyle LoConti, starring Joe Wiens, Kate LoConti, Jennifer Linch, Arianna Boykins, Tim Eimiller, Bob Grabowski, Peter Jaskowiak. Through Mar 16, Thu-Sat at 8, Sun at 2. Road Less Traveled Theater, Market Arcade Film & Arts Centre, 639 Main St. (629-3069).

FAITH HEALER, drama by Brian Friel presented by the Irish Classical Theatre Company, directed by Derek Campbell, starring Vincent O’Neill, Josephine Hogan, Gerry Maher. Through Mar 22, Thu & Fri at 7:30, Sat at 3 & 7:30, Sun at 2. Andrews Theatre, 625 Main St. (853-ICTC).

HALPERN AND JOHNSON by Lionel Goldstein, presented by the Jewish Repertory Theatre of WNY, directed by Peter Palmisano, starring Saul Elkin, Jim Maloy. Through Mar 16, Thu at 7:30, Sat at 4 & 8, Sun at 2. Alleyway Theatre, One Curtain Up Alley (688-4114 x391).

HAMBONE, drama by Javon Johnson. Through Mar 16, Fri & Sat at 8, Sun at 4. Paul Robeson Theatre at the African American Cultural Center, 350 Masten Ave. (884-2013).

LUCKY STIFF, murder mystery musical by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, presented by O’Connell & Company, directed by Chris Kelly, starring Nicole Marrale Cimato, Robert J. Cooke, Jeffrey Coyle, Wendy Hall, Kelly Jakiel, Pamela Rose Mangus, Andrew Kenneth Moss, Eric Rawski, Josh Snyder, Michael Tosha. Through Mar 9, Thu at 7:30, Fri & Sat at 8, Sun at 2:30. The Cabaret in the Square Theatre, Snyder Square, 4475 Main St., Snyder (839-3949).

WHEN YA COMIN’ BACK, RED RYDER? by Mark Medoff, presented by the American Repertory Theater of WNY, directed by Matthew LaChiusa, starring Linda Stein, Andrew Michalski, Nick Dostal, Gary Darling, Michael Leszczynski, Heather Violanti, Emily Littler. Through Mar 9, Thu-Sat at 8, Sun at 2. Theatreloft, 545 Elmwood Ave. (884-4858).

CLOSING

AUNT RAINI by Tom Smith, presented by SUNY Fredonia Department of Theatre and Dance, directed by Tom Loughlin. Through Mar 1, Thu-Sat at 8, Sun at 2. Bartlett Theatre, Rockefeller Arts Center, SUNY Fredonia. (673-3501).

DARK OF THE MOON by Howard Richardson and William Berney, presented by the Amherst Players, directed by David Hall. Through Mar 1, Thu & Fri at 7:30, Sat at 1:30 & 7:30. Harlem Road Community Center, 4255 Harlem Rd., Amherst.

PICNIC by William Inge, directed by L. Don Swartz, starring Daniel Arrasjid, Amanda Woomer, Megan Blarr, Carolyn Woomer, Joy Ann Wrona, Paul McGinnis. Through Mar 1, Fri & Sat at 8, plus Mar 2 at 2. Ghostlight Theatre, 170 Schenck St., North Tonawanda (743-1614).

SPECIAL

PRESENTATIONS

DIVA BY DIVA: A Celebration of Women, presented by O’Connell & Company, open-ended run, Wed at 7:30. The Cabaret in the Square Theatre, Snyder Square, 4475 Main St., Snyder (839-3949).

UPCOMING

THE GREAT GILLY HOPKINS, by David Paterson and Steve Liebman, adapted from the from the novel by Katherine Paterson, presented by Theatre of Youth, directed by Meg Quinn, starring Anne Roaldi, Rosalind Cramer, Henry Wojtasik, Alton Bowens, Tim Newell, Joyce Carolyn, Kaila-Rose Proulx, Dana Block, Lisa DelVecchio. Mar 14 at 7. Mar 15-Apr 6, Sat & Sun at 2, plus Apr 4 at 7 (no performances Mar 16, 22, 23). Allendale Theatre, 203 Allen St. (884-4400).

MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE, one woman play by Alan Rickman and Katharine Viner presented by Buffalo United Artists in collaboration with Subversive Theatre Collective, directed by Timothy Klein, starring Katie White. Mar 7-29, Fri & Sat at 8. Main Street Cabaret, 672 Main St. (886-9239).