The Producers

Where: The Fox Theatre
When: December 10-December 28
How much: $30-$75

Call (314) 534-1111 for ticket information.

To calm your high-strung grade-weary, here are two light-hearted shows that guarantee to make your Reading Week and Finals a much happier time:
The Producers tells the story of a struggling Broadway producer/scam artist who, with his reluctant assistant, hatch a wild scheme to make a profit by backing a play called “Springtime for Hitler.” The twists and turns of the world of theater take their toll and hilarity ensues. There are a lot of big names involved in this sharp and witty musical: Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick were in the original cast and the play was originally an Academy Award winning film by Mel Brooks. The Producers is at the Fox from December 10th to the 28th.
Anything Goes, another musical comedy, takes place on an ocean-liner in the 1930s. What starts out as a normal cruise turns ugly when public enemy #13, Moonface Martin, creates havoc. The criminal is convinced that his standing at #13 has brought him bad luck in gambling and is trying desperately to get promoted to #12. Anything Goes opens at the Repertory Theater of St. Louis today and runs into January.
– Nadee Gunasena

Body Poetic

Where: Edison Theater
When: Friday December 6 – Sunday December 8
How much: $12

Presented by Washington University Dance Theater

The Washington University Dance Theater, a showcase of professionally choreographed works performed by student dancers., returns to the Edison this weekend with Body Poetic. Some 40 students will be performing a dance routines from improvisational ballet to traditional West-African dance.
The Performing Arts Department staff of dance choreographers, who choreographed the show, includes Christine O’Neal who has danced for the American Ballet Theatre and Mary Jean Cowell worked with the Kobo Abe Repertory Company of Tokyo, to name two. Other artists include Cecil Slaughter this year’s director of WUDT, David Marchant,and Diadie Bathily, a new addition to the Wash U dance community from the Ivory Coast, who brings to WUDT the premiere of a West-African dance that honors the sacrifice of mothers everywhere for their children.
Characteristic of each annual production, two resident choreographers’ works are included. This year’s residencies feature a spirited ballet by Trinette Singletonand and a unique modern work set by Bebe Miller, who has had her own dance company for the past two decades. Miller is best known for her work with “partnering,” which involves permitting one’s partner to bear one’s weight. – Lauren Mark

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