18 Webster-Kirkwood Times

September 7 – 13, 2018

“Oklahoma” Closes Kirkwood Theatre Guild

Stages 2018 Season Curtain Rises On 88th Year Nov. 2
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s
unforgettable musical takes to
the Reim Theatre Stage Sept. 7
Stages St. Louis closes its 2018 summer season with
the Rodgers and Ham-
merstein’s timeless mu-
sical, “Oklahoma!” The
show runs Sept. 7-Oct.
7, at the Kirkwood Com-
munity Center’s Robert
Reim Theatre, 111 S. Gey-
er Road.
Seventy years ago,
“Oklahoma!” changed the
face of American musical
theatre. Today, it remains
fresh and vital with its
loving celebration of the American spirit.
This stunning blend of drama, music, and dance
was Rodgers and Hammerstein’s first collaboration.
It features the exhilarating score with such classics as
“People Will Say We’re In Love,” “The Surrey With The
Fringe On Top,” “Kansas City,” “I Cain’t Say No,” and
the pulsating title tune, “Oklahoma!”
A gold standard that set the bar for all great musi-
cals that came after it, “Oklahoma!” is unforgettable
entertainment for the entire family!
For tickets or showtimes, call 314-821-2407 or visit
www.stagesstlouis.org/Shows/Oklahoma.
Kirkwood Theatre Guild will present a variety of
shows for its 88th season.
“Lord Arthur Savile’s Crimes,” a play
written by Constance Cox that is based on
an 1890’s story by Oscar Wilde, will kick
off the season in November. This hilarious
satire will run Nov. 2,3, 8, 9, 10 at 8 p.m. and
Nov. 4 and 11, at 2 p.m.
The thriller by Peter Colley, “I’ll be back
before Midnight,” takes to the stage Jan.
11, 12, 17, 18, 19 at 8 p.m. Jan.13 and 20,at
2 p.m. This play has been described by an
audience member as “More spine tingling
than ‘Deathtrap.’ My ears still ring from
the screams of the girls behind me.”
The theatre guild welcomes spring with “August
Osage County” by Tracy Letts on March 8, 9, 14, 15,
“Making A Scene” Highlights Area Theatres
More than one dozen St. Louis-area theatre compa-
nies will showcase the very best in local performance
art at “Making a Scene: A St. Louis Theatre Expo” on
Saturday, Sept. 29, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. It will be
held at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis in the Lo-
retto-Hilton Center, 130 Edgar Road.
The free event will feature talks, demonstrations,
pop-up performances, backstage tours, children’s craft
activities and more.
Featured speakers include local artistic directors
such as Michael Isaacson of The Muny, Steven Woolf
1, at 8 p.m. and March 10 and 17 at 2 p.m. Winner of
the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best New
Play, it is both dense and funny, vicious and
compassionate, enormous and unstoppa-
ble.
The 2018/2019 season will close with
the musical, “Nice Work If You Can Get It,”
which runs May 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 at 8 p.m. and
May 5 and 12 at 2 p.m. This screwball com-
edy premiered on Broadway in 2012 and
features the songs of George and Ira Gersh-
win, pokes fun at the Prohibition era.
The guild performs in the Kirkwood
Community Center’s Robert Reim The-
atre, 111 S. Geyer Road. For more information about
the season or tickets, visit /www.ktg-onstage.org.
of The Rep and Christina Rios of R-S Theatrics, as well
as St. Louis-based actors and behind-the-scenes tal-
ents who make magic happen onstage.
Companies that will be on-hand to highlight their
seasons include The Rep, Shakespeare Festival St.
Louis, STAGES St. Louis, Stray Dog Theatre, St. Lou
Fringe Festival, New Jewish Theatre and Slightly
Askew Theatre Ensemble.
For a schedule of events, visit the website, www.
repstl.org/events/detail/making-a-scene-a-st-louis-
theatre-expo.
September 7 – 13, 2018 Fall Arts Preview
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
“Evita” Kicks Off 2018 Season
The Repertory Theatre
of St. Louis will present
six shows during its 52nd
Mainstage season.
“Evita” opened the sea-
son on Sept. 5 and will
continue through Sept.
30. Winner of seven Tony
Awards, Andrew Lloyd
Webber and Tim Rice’s tour-de-force
musical revels in the glamour, charisma
and controversy that defined Eva Perón,
the First Lady of Argentina.
“A Doll’s House, Part 2” by Lu-
cas Hnath runs Oct. 10-Nov. 4. This
award-winning theatrical sequel crack-
les with razor-sharp humor that speaks
directly to today’s audiences.
The hilarious and heartwarming tale,
“A Christmas Story” by Philip Grecian
Theatre Guild of Webster Groves
“The Children’s Hour” Sept. 7-16
The Theatre Guild of Webster Groves
opens its 92nd season on Sept. 7 with
Lillian Hellman’s ‘The Children’s Hour.’’
The drama is set in an all-girls boarding
school run by two women Showtimes
are Sept. 7, 8, 14 and 15 at 8 p.m. and Sept
9 and 16 at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for
students and seniors. They are available
at the door only with cash or check.
The guild, located at 517 Theatre
Lane at Summit Avenue, is not wheel-
chair or handicap accessible.
For more information on the 2018-19
season, visit theatreguildwg.org.
Webster-Kirkwood Times 19
comes to life on The Rep
stage, Nov. 28-Dec. 23.
Inspired by true events,
“Alabama Story,” a stirring
testament to free expres-
sion opens the new year,
Jan. 2-27, 2019.
Winner of the 2017
Tony Award for Best Play,
“OSLO,” the breathtaking drama by J.T.
Roger runs Feb 6-March 3.
The wickedly funny play within a
play, “The Play That Goes Wrong” by
Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Hen-
ry Shields will close the Mainstage sea-
son, May 13-April 7.
The Rep performs in the Loretto-Hil-
ton Center, 130 Edgar Road.
For tickets or more information on
the season, visit repstl.org.
Just Keep Swimming!
The end of summer doesn’t mean an end to swimming.
Memberships are available at Webster University’s
indoor pool. Join to swim laps or check out the new
sessions of aqua aerobics and swim lessons that
Nori begin on September 10.
Rhodes,
right, and › 2 months of swimming are only $60
Jessica
Johns
› 3 months cost $85 or pay $275 for a year
Kelly membership at the pool.
in “The
Children’s
Hour.”
For more information, please visit:
webster.edu/uc/pool.html