February 8, 2013 – 3:06 pm
Saturday, Feb. 9 School of Sharks Theater 770 Eastern Parkway • 636-1974 squallispuppeteers.com $10 (minimum donation); 6-11 p.m. Man, the Squallis Puppeteers have always freaked me out. It’s almost an uncanny valley reaction (look it up) on my part, and yet that can’t really be, can it? But one thing I can’t knock the Squallis [...]
February 8, 2013 – 3:00 pm
Feb. 8-9, 15-16 Headliners Music Hall 1386 Lexington Road headlinerslouisville.com $20; 8 p.m. Well, it’s getting close to the big day, but don’t worry. You can always come out to Headliners this weekend to celebrate Va Va Valentine’s Day — and if you don’t have anyone special yet, make all the Vixens your Valentine this [...]
February 7, 2013 – 10:23 am
Feb. 7-17 Bunbury Theatre 604 S. Third St. • 585-5306 bunburytheatre.org $10-$21; 7:30 (plus 2:30 Feb. 10) Bunbury Theatre is back with A.R. Gurney’s two-person piece that celebrates the lost art of letter writing, and if it’s anything like those movies (fine, chick flicks) featuring romantic correspondence, the audience may celebrate the art of crying. [...]
February 7, 2013 – 10:22 am
Feb. 7-23 Alley Theater 1205 E. Washington St. • 713-6178 thealleytheater.org $20; 7:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. on Feb. 17) Sister Elizabeth Dunderstock has a problem. A lifelong member of the Squeamish religious order, she has sustained her community for years with sales of her renowned cheese balls. But when a visitor, Brother Brightbee, threatens to [...]
January 30, 2013 – 2:29 pm
Jan. 30-Feb. 3 U of L Playhouse 1911 S. Third St. • 852-6814 louisville.edu/theatrearts $12-$18; 8 p.m. (plus 3 p.m. Sat. & Sun.) It’s difficult now to think of Haiti without painfully remembering the earthquake, but the U of L African-American Theatre Program’s current production takes us back to pre-devastation with a Caribbean fairy tale [...]
January 16, 2013 – 1:32 pm
Jan. 16-20 Kentucky Center 501 W. Main St. • 584-7777 kentuckycenter.org $25+; various times The legwarmers. The off-the-shoulder gray sweatshirt. The hot female welder who dreams of being a dancer. The bucket of water. Need I go on? Can you believe Jennifer Beals jiggled her dirty bits 30 years ago in “Flashdance”?! Thirty years? To [...]
January 16, 2013 – 1:30 pm
Through Jan. 20 CenterStage at Jewish Community Center 3600 Duchmans Lane • 459-0660 centerstagejcc.org $18-$20; various times It’s a painfully familiar social situation — being the third, fifth or 13th wheel in a room full of couples. In Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning musical “Company,” based on George Furth’s book, 35-year-old Robert finds himself at a [...]
January 10, 2013 – 3:51 pm
Jan. 10-12 MeX Theater, Kentucky Center 501 W. Main St. • 584-7777 $18 ($12 students/seniors); 8 p.m. (plus 2 p.m. Sunday) An anonymous invitation, a mysterious island, a sudden death that shatters the bucolic idyll — these are the first clues in Agatha Christie’s classic whodunit “And Then There Were None.” Ten strangers find themselves [...]
January 10, 2013 – 3:50 pm
Jan. 10-20 Henry Clay Theatre 604 S. Third St. • 495-8358 $17-$20; 7:30 p.m. (2 p.m. Sun.) In Kentucky native Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer Prize-winning piece, two brothers are facing society’s uncomfortable relationship with race along with their own struggles of being abandoned by their parents as teens. As brothers Lincoln and Booth, local theater veterans [...]
January 10, 2013 – 3:48 pm
Jan. 10-Feb. 2 Actors Theatre 316 W. Main St. • 584-1205 actorstheatre.org $30+; various times A Jewish Confederate soldier returns home after the Civil War to find his home occupied by two of his former slaves in Matthew Lopez’s drama, part of the Brown-Forman series. “Matthew’s play is where history ends and life begins,” says [...]
January 4, 2013 – 10:02 am
Jan. 4 & 11 The Bard’s Town 1801 Bardstown Road • 749-5275 babyhorsetheatre.tumblr.com $10; 7:30 p.m. Baby Horse Theatre Group is blaming it on the alcohol in the next installment of their genesis season of experimental, hands-on performance art. The cast of characters — or contestants, rather — will be subjected to physical and mental [...]
January 3, 2013 – 10:07 am
Jan. 3-5 Henry Clay Theatre 604 S. Third St. • 216-5502 pandoraprods.org $18; 7:30 p.m. Just about a month after the Supreme Court’s decision to hear arguments regarding California’s Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), Pandora Productions is presenting a staged reading of “8,” a play about the case that led to [...]
December 13, 2012 – 10:17 am
Dec. 13-23 The Bard’s Town 1801 Bardstown Road • 749-5275 thebardstown.com $10-$15; 7:30 p.m. It’s the King family’s 10th Christmas since losing their Elvis-impersonating magician father — the Magistic King, as he was known — to death (or disappearance) during his nationally televised magic show. As if that’s not enough to kill a Christmas buzz, [...]
December 13, 2012 – 10:15 am
Dec. 13-23 Henry Clay Theatre 604 S. Third St. • 585-5306 bunburytheatre.org $21 ($10 students); 7:30 p.m. (plus 2:30 p.m. Dec. 16 & 23) It’s here: the final countdown. Only nine days left until the end of the world. Whether you believe the Mayans were onto something, or if you just want an excuse to [...]
December 5, 2012 – 10:08 am
Dec. 5-23 Actors Theatre 316 W. Main St. • 584-1205 actorstheatre.org $24+; various times Ralphie and his pink bunny PJs have been put to bed for the year, but the holiday season at Actors is still dashing away all December long (almost). In its 37th year, “A Christmas Carol,” sponsored by Fifth Third Bank, is [...]
November 20, 2012 – 9:58 am
Nov. 20-Dec. 2 Kentucky Center broadwayinlouisville.com $50+; various times Before the Beatles came ashore, Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons ruled the rock ’n’ roll airwaves. Their first No. 1 hit, “Sherry,” was released in 1962, followed by classics “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Walk Like a Man,” “Candy Girl” and many others. The Broadway show [...]
November 16, 2012 – 1:58 pm
Nov. 16-25 MeX Theater Kentucky Center • 584-7777 $16; 8 p.m. (2:30 p.m. Sun.) The As Yet Unnamed Theatre Company keeps their 16th season rocking with this musical based on Elizabeth Spencer’s novella, which finds a wealthy mother and daughter spending the summer in Italy together where — guess what — daughter Clara meets an [...]
November 14, 2012 – 10:43 am
Nov. 14-18 U of L Thrust Theatre 2314 S. Floyd St. • 852-6814 louisville.edu/theatrearts $10-$15; 8 p.m. (plus 3 p.m. Sun.) This show has been everywhere lately, and for good reason. Who doesn’t love gossip and trickery, especially when it’s Shakespeare style? It’s like Elizabethan reality TV, and with this particular production, the U of [...]
November 8, 2012 – 3:00 pm
Nov. 8-11 CenterStage at Jewish Community Center 3600 Dutchmans Lane • 459-0660 centerstagejcc.org $18-$20; 7:30 p.m. (2 p.m. Sun.) Whether or not your candidate won the election, you can still celebrate and feel patriotic with this cheery little Tony Award winner. “Ragtime: The Musical” has spectacular tunes and a touching story, and CenterStage always brings [...]
