Be their guest
Belle, the Beast and the whole ensemble bring their ‘tale as old as time’ to the Civic Center.
Big ‘Bang’ theory
The Hidden Castle provides a home for Bang Bang’s underground performance art, long missing in Norman’s entertainment options.
You tease
A local burlesque troupe mixes offbeat humor with sensuality for a sinfully fun evening.
Ribald, not ‘Rotten’
The Pollard stages a musical adaptation of the comedy film ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,’ but first, may we go to the bathroom? ... Thank you.
Musical ‘Dream’
Reduxion stages a bold, sexy version of William Shakespeare’s classic ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream.’
Bam!
Maria Bamford brings her self-deprecating humor to City Arts Center.
Laugh tracks
One-upsmanship abounds for two local comics releasing albums
Lift off
Lyric takes to the skies with ‘Boeing Boeing,’ a comedy that initially idles on the Tarmac.
‘Strange’ magic
The Pollard hits a high note with its latest musical.
Mind Rader
Does this mentalist display psychic prowess or is he simply an astute observer? Decide for yourself Saturday.
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Performing Arts
Carpenter union
Carpenter Square Theatre puts its pieces back together as it finally settles into a new, permanent space.
Performing Arts
Eric Webb
A performing-arts institution with nearly 30 years of history in Oklahoma City, Carpenter Square Theatre has settled into a new location, after being forced out of its long-term home at Stage Center from heavy rain waters flooding the basement.
‘Bally’ who?
The cast does its best with a lackluster script in CityRep’s season debut of ‘Last Night.’
Performing Arts
Larry Laneer
The Last Night of Ballyhoo
7:30 p.m. Friday, 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 1:30 p.m. Sunday
Civic Center Music Hall
201 N. Walker
297-2264
$30-$35
There will be blood
OU’s University Theatre sinks its teeth into ‘Dracula.’ Mwah-ha-ha.
Performing Arts
Eric Webb
Dracula
8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday
Rupel J. Jones Theatre
563 Elm, Norman
325-4101
$14-$22
‘Special’ performance
Could it be ... Satan? No, it’s Dana Carvey.
Performing Arts
Becky Carman
Dana Carvey
9 p.m. Friday
Winstar World Casino, Thackerville
1-800-622-6317
$35-$55
Peep show
Stories of the male member get top billing in a collection of vignettes at The Boom.
Performing Arts
Eric Webb
Beneath the Zipper
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday
The Boom
2218 N.W. 39th
tarsplace.com
286-9298
$10
A decade on stage
Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre celebrates its 10th anniversary with a new season and a new honor.
Performing Arts
Eric Webb
Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre began its 10th-anniversary season last weekend with “The Last Night of Ballyhoo.”
Pioneer woman
In ‘Quilters,’ OKCTC kicks off its 13th season with a musical about the American West and the women who settled it.
Performing Arts
Larry Laneer
Quilters
8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday through Oct. 2
Civic Center Music Hall
201 N. Walker
297-2264
$25, $20 students/seniors
Star is born again
Oklahoma City University revives the 1970s hit ‘Jesus Christ Superstar.’
Performing Arts
Eric Webb
Jesus Christ Superstar
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday
Kirkpatrick Auditorium
2501 N. Blackwelder
208-5227
$12-$25
Fighting words
Combining writing with a lifelong obsession with professional wrestling, Rob Sturma hopes to inject new life into the state’s slam scene.
Performing Arts
Charles Martin
Extreme Championship Poetry
8 p.m. Friday
Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery
706 W. Sheridan
iaogallery.org
232-6060
Free
Time to make the ‘Donuts’
Carpenter Square kicks off its new season with ‘Superior Donuts,’ a superior production.
Performing Arts
Larry Laneer
Superior Donuts
7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through Sept. 24
Carpenter Square Theater
800 W. Main
232-6500
$20, $15 senior/student/military
Tall tales
The Oklahoma City Storytelling Festival includes workshops to help attendees craft their own well-told tales.
‘Pan’ am
Cathy Rigby returns in ‘Peter Pan,’ a role she intends to keep as long as she can: ‘If I can, I should and I will,’ she says. ‘Nothing much more complicated than that.’
Performing Arts
Rod Lott
Peter Pan
7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, through Sept. 18
Civic Center Music Hall
201 N. Walker
okcciviccenter.com
297-2264
$20-$60
Mean girl
Insult comic Lisa Lampanelli has built loyal audiences the old-fashioned way: tearing them a new one.
Performing Arts
Rod Lott
Lisa Lampanelli
7 p.m. Friday
Firelake Grand Casino
777 Grand Casino, Shawnee
firelakegrand.com
964-7777
$24
Down the ‘Rabbit Hole’
The Pollard presents a tragedy that avoids the maudlin.
Performing Arts
Larry Laneer
Rabbit Hole
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday through Sept. 17
Pollard Theatre
120 W. Harrison, Guthrie
282-2800
$21.85
Itsy bitsy ‘Bikini’
Despite being packed full of hit songs, a slight story and underdeveloped characters keep ‘The Bikinis’ from being much more than a fun musical revue.
Performing Arts
Eric Webb
The Bikinis
8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, through Sept. 18
Jewel Box Theatre
3700 N. Walker
521-1786
$15-$19
