ON STAGES THEATER
Kelsey Mogensen and Kate LoConti in The Constant Wife, opening January 19 at the Irish Classical Theatre Company. Photo by Gene Witkowski.
PLAYBILL = OPENING SOON
AN ACT OF GOD: Joey Bucheker takes a comic turn as the Almighty in David Javerbaum’s play. Through February 11 at O’Connell & Company, in residence at the Park School, 4625 Harlem Road, 848-0800, oconnellandcompany.com. BENNY ANDERSON AND BJORN ULVAEUS’S MAMMA MIA!: The music of ABBA, transformed into an international hit musical, with a stellar local cast. Through January 28 at the Kavinoky Theatre, 320 Porter Avenue, 829-7668, kavinokytheatre.com. THE BOY AT THE EDGE OF EVERYTHING: A coming-of-age story woven through with travels through time, space, and dreams. Opens January 20 at Theatre of Youth, 884-4400, theatreofyouth.org. THE CONSTANT WIFE: W. Somerset Maugham’s biting comedy about marriage, infidelity, and London high society. Opening January 19 at Irish Classical Theatre Company, Andrews Theatre, 625 Main Street, 853-4282, irishclassicaltheatre.com.
HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE: Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer-winning drama whose main character reflects on her youth, replete with incest, pedophilia, and misogyny. Opening January 18 at Subversive Theatre Collective, Manny Fried Theatre, 3rd floor, Great Arrow Building, 255 Great Arrow Avenue, 408-0499, subversivetheatre.org.
THE NETHER: In the near future, the Internet has evolved into the “Nether,” a place where gender, age, identity, and truth are malleable, and your darkest desires and fears are obtainable. Opening January 19 at
Road Less Traveled Productions, 500 Pearl Street,
629-3069, roadlesstraveledproductions.org.
SKELETON CREW: The third play in Dominique Morisseau’s prize-winning Detroit trilogy tells the story of workers and their families reacting to the closure of an auto stamping plant. Opening January 19 at Paul Robeson Theatre, 350 Masten Avenue, 884-2013, aaccbuffalo.org.
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