Meadow Brook Theatre: western runs Oct. 7 to Nov. 1

ROCHESTER. Meadow Brook Theatre opens "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" Oct. 7, running through Nov. 1 on the Oakland University campus. It's the first western the theater has staged in years, part of its 60th season. The play, written by Jethro Compton from a Dorothy M. Johnson short story, follows a New York scholar who heads west and runs into a brutal outlaw. Travis W. Walter directs a cast led by Stephen Blackwell, Chris Blisset and Marley Boone.

Tickets run $43 to $49 through Ticketmaster or the box office at 248-377-3300. Groups of eight or more get a discount by calling 248-370-3316.