Ready to boycott movies after this summer’s flops? Too tired to be on your feet for three hours to see a concert? Venture toward the stage. The following is a sampling of this fall’s offerings from theatres around St. Louis, on campus and beyond.

Saint Louis University Theatre

Xavier Hall

The theme of this season at SLU Theatre is classic plays-themes and stories that have stood the test of time. The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams will run from Sept. 28-Oct 6. This award winning play is set in St. Louis in the 1940’s. It is the story of a dysfunctional family and the illusions that bring them to the breaking point.

The other three productions will be Tartuffe, Godspell and The Crucible.

According to SLU Theatre’s Publicity Coordinator John Lamb, if you see these four plays, you’ll have a good introduction to significant theatre. Season tickets are available at a discounted rate. Ticket prices range from $5-$8.

The Fabulous Fox

527 N. Grand Blvd.

(one block north of SLU)

Upcoming features this Fall at the Fox include “Blast!” which will run September 7-16. The show incorporates 60 brass, percussion and visual performers, and is an art form evolved from the showmanship of outdoor pageantry. St. Louis will be the first stop on this production’s national tour, which is currently performing on Broadway.

Another promising show at the Fox will run October 12-13-The National Ballet of China. This performance will incorporate elements of both Western and Eastern classical ballet. The show commences with Bournonville’s La Sylphide, and finishes with the Chinese ballet The Yellow River.

Also look for Contact, Fool for Love, and Late Night Catechism this Fall at the Fox.

Tickets available through MetroTix; call (314) 534-1111, or toll free 1-800-293-5949

Saint Louis Shakespeare at the Grandel Theatre

3610 Grandel Square

(one block north of the Fox)

The Saint Louis Shakespeare Company will be putting on “MacBeth” August 24- Sept. 2. Covering everything from politics to magic, one of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies indulges in the ideas of corruption and heroism. The Twelfth Night, a comedy about romantic confusion, runs from Nov. 16-25. Tickets on sale now through MetroTix or at box office one hour prior to performance, $8-$12

Center of Contemporary Arts

523 Trinity Ave.

(In the U.City Loop)

COCA’s Family Theatre Series offers a lighter side of the stage. The season begins with The Bobs, a comedic a cappella group who will perform from Sep.21-23.

It continues with The Thunder of Horses, a production commissioned by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. This Blackfoot Indian legend will be performed by children from the St. Louis area, but this is no elementary-school play.

Ross Bell of the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis told the University News that this new opera is “geared toward children but not cartoonish.” Bell said that Thunder “takes a serious art form and bends it slightly for a younger ear.” Older ears are sure to appreciate this popular opera as well.

Also at COCA on Nov.2-4 The Shangri-La Chinese Acrobats will defy gravity and combine dazzling costumes with daring. acrobatics.

Tickets are available through MetroTix. Visit www.cocastl.org for more information.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis/ The Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts at Webster University

130 Edgar Rd, Webster Groves.

The Rep’s Fall productions include Gypsy, a look at Vaudeville and stardom, which runs Sept.5-Oct5.

The season continues with King Lear, Shakespeare’s tale of Tyranny, loyalty and love. Also check out the Studio Theatre which is running God’s Man in Texas by David Rambo, a look at salesmen and faith.

For tickets call the box office at (314) 968-4925.

St. Louis Black Repertory Company

This fall begins the 25th Anniversary celebration with the production, Scenes, Songs and Monologues: Celebrating 25 years, The Best is yet to Come!

This show will consist of scenes from the last twenty five years of performances in productions like like Pearly, The Wiz and Jitney. The show will run Sept. 6-9. Also this fall is the production Boo! A Musical Fantasy, about the Boogeyman. It runs Oct. 10-28. For more information call the box office at (314)534-3810.

Hothouse and Newline Theatre Companies

Hothouse and Newline will collaborate this fall to produce an exciting event in their shared home, the Art Loft Theatre.

Newline will be performing the historical 1937 “labor musical,” The Cradle Will Rock. Cradle is the only play in history that the United States government shut down for subversive content.

Hothouse will produce It’s All True, the story behind the government’s attack on Cradle.

There is the opportunity to see both plays on the same day; check the schedule at www.newlinetheatre.com.

Hothouse will also perform Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage, a comedy by Jane Martin.

Tickets are available through MetroTix.