Theater
Snohomish County
“No Way to Treat a Lady”: Village Theatre’s production plays the Everett Performing Arts Center through May 24. The cast includes Village favorites Nick DeSantis, Bobbi Kotula, Jessica Skerritt, Dane Stokinger and Jayne Muirhead. For ticket information go to villagetheatre.org or call 425-257-8600.
“The Cemetery Club”: Written by Ivan Menchell and directed by David Alan Morrison, the comedy is about three Jewish widows meet once a month for tea before going to visit their husbands’ graves. Ida is sweet tempered and ready to begin a new life, Lucille is a feisty embodiment of the girl who just wants to have fun and Doris is priggish and judgmental, particularly when Sam the butcher enters the scene. The cast is Leslie Foley as Ida, Melissa Hanbey as Doris, Dawn Cornell as Lucille, Melody Mistlin as Mildred and Michael Hunter as Sam. Performances are 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 29 through June 7 at the Red Curtain Arts Center, 1410 Grove St., Marysville. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors/students/military and are available at brownpapertickets.com or by calling the arts center office at 360-322-7402. Volunteers are needed for backstage and front of house jobs.
“Cabaret”: Tickets are on sale now for Village Theatre’s production, which plays Everett July 10 through Aug. 2. Directed by Pulitzer prize winner Brian Yorkey, the show stars Billie Wildrick, who graduated from Snohomish High School, as well as other Seattle musical theater stars Brian Earp, Jason Collins, Anne Allgood and Peter Crook. For information go to villagetheatre.org or call 425-257-8600.
Seattle
“Jasper in Deadland”: Directed by Brandon Ivie, the new musical plays at the 5th Avenue Theatre through May 24. For tickets and more information, go to www.5thavenue.org or call 206-625-1900.
“If/Then”: Tony Award-winner Idina Menzel will star in the national touring production Nov. 3 through 8 at the Paramount Theatre. Menzel, who starred in the original Broadway hits “Wicked” and “Rent,” debuted “If/Then” on Broadway in 2014. Pulitzer prize winner Brian Yorkey, who has long worked with Village Theatre, wrote the lyrics for the musical. For ticket information, go to STGPresents.org/Broadway or call 888-451-4042.
Dance
Olympic Ballet School: The school’s annual student performances are 4 and 6 p.m. June 7 at Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave. N. Dancers as young as 3 will perform for the first time on a “real” stage. About 40 upper division students also perform with the nonprofit performing company, Olympic Ballet Theatre. Call 425-774-7570 or stop by the Olympic Ballet studios located in the Frances Anderson Cultural Center for more information.
Pacific Northwest Ballet: “Carmina Burana,” May 29 to June 7, McCaw Hall, Seattle Center. More information is at www.pnb.org.
Reflections School of Dance Recital: “Mary Poppins Remix” is the title of the school’s 18th annual recital, set for 2 p.m. June 13, Everett Civic Auditorium, 2415 Colby Ave. Festival seating; doors open at 1:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults or $10 for kids and seniors. More at www.reflectionsschoolofdance.com.
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