Summer on Stage
Summer on Stage
When the summer heat and that awful Missouri humidity become unbearable, you'll need a break. Sit down, kick back and feast your eyes on some of the area's best theater offerings. Follow the chart to decide which one to see.
When the summer heat and that awful Missouri humidity become unbearable, you'll need a break. Sit down, kick back and feast your eyes on some of the area's best theater offerings. Follow the chart to decide which one to see.
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The Music Man
The Music Man
A con man poses as a band leader and tricks townspeople into creating a new marching band. He has no musical talent and plans to skip town — until he falls in love with a local librarian.
June 9–11, 16–18, 23–25, 7:30 p.m.; June 12, 19, 26, 2 p.m., Columbia Entertainment Company, $12, $10 seniors, students and children, 474-3699
Funny Girl
Funny Girl
The classic Broadway musical follows Fanny Brice's smooth rise to fame and her not-so-smooth relationship with a cool-guy gambler.
June 1, 4, 8, 10–11, 8 p.m., June 2–3, 5, 8–9, 11, 2 p.m., Lyceum Theatre, $36; $32, seniors; $20, students; $15, children; 660-837-3311
Oliver
Oliver
Based on Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist, this musical tells the story of an orphan who runs away from the orphanage. When Oliver joins a gang of pickpockets, his life takes a drastic turn for the worse, and it takes the whole community to set things right again.
July 28–31, Aug. 4–7, Aug. 11-14, 8 p.m., Maplewood Barn Community Theatre, $9, 227-2276
Murder on the Nile
Murder on the Nile
Agatha Christie's Murder on the Nile is based on her 1937 novel Death on the Nile. The play follows a newlywed couple on their honeymoon down the Nile. But the vacation turns spooky as a murder mystery occurs.
July 23–24, 27–28, 30, 2 p.m.; July 23, 27, 29-30, 8 p.m., Lyceum Theatre, $36; $32, seniors; $20, students; $15, children, 660-837-3311
Truffles and Nougat
Truffles and Nougat
This French comedy comes from playwright Brad Stephenson, who just finished his doctoral degree in theater at MU. When the French police show up at the LeFevre family's door, the household gets swept up in a whirlwind of secret motives, lies and lust.
June 10–11, 17–18, 7:30 p.m.; June 12, 19, 2 p.m., Talking Horse Productions, $13; $11, senior and students, 268-1381
Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias
A group of Southern women form a strong bond of friendship as they manage life's ups and downs.
June 30, July 1–3, July 7–10, 8 p.m., Maplewood Barn Community Theatre, $7, 227-2276