Stage calendar

Theater

Snohomish County

“Mary Poppins”: Village Theatre brings its production of the musical to Everett Jan. 9 to Feb. 8, Everett Performing Arts Center, 2710 Wetmore Ave, Everett. Performances are 7:30 p.m Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays and 2 and 7 p.m. Sundays. Ticket information is available at 425-257-8600 or online at www.villagetheatre.org/everett/Mary-Poppins. Based on the timeless books of P.L. Travers and with beloved songs from the Oscar-winning Disney film, this stage musical tells the inspirational tale of the amazing flying nanny who’s practically perfect in every way. The songs include “Spoonful of Sugar,” “Chim Chim Cher-ee” and “Jolly Holiday.”

“Lark Eden”: From the Driftwood Players’ Theatre of Intriguing Possibilities series. Written by Natalie Symons and directed by Doug Staley, the show runs 8 p.m. Jan. 15 through 17 and 2 p.m. Jan. 18, Wade James Theatre, 950 Main St., Edmonds. Thelma (played by Carissa Meisner Smit), Mary (Patty Bonnell) and Emily (Lily Kister) have been friends since childhood. From teenage tribulations to aged reminiscence, their letters are darkly comic and deeply moving, leaving fingerprints on the hearts of those they love.

“Crimes of the Heart”: Curtain Call Theatre Northwest presents the Beth Henley play, Jan. 23 to Feb. 7, Soundgate musical hall theater, Everett Mall. For ticket information, call 206-473-0278.

Seattle

“Dirty Dancing–The Classic Story on Stage”: Jan. 20 to Feb. 11, Paramount Theatre, 911 Pine St., Seattle. Tickets start at $25. Call 1-877-784-4849 or go to www.stgpresents.org.

“All the Way” and “The Great Society”: Seattle Repertory Theatre presents Seattle playwright Robert Schenkkan’s Tony award-winning play “All the Way,” a dramatization of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s first year in office, through Jan. 4 in the Bagley Wright Theatre at the Seattle Center. Tickets are available now through the Seattle Rep Box Office at 206-443-2222 as well as online at www.seattlerep.org.

Opera

Puccini’s “Tosca”: Seattle Opera presents the story of the fiery prima donna who struggles to free her true love from the clutches of a wicked police chief, Jan. 10 through 24 in McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St., Seattle Center. For tickets, call 206-389-7676 or 800-426-1619. More information is at www.seattleopera.org. A free preview is offered at noon Jan. 5, Freeland Library, 5495 South Harbor Ave.; 2 p.m. Jan. 5, Coupeville Library, 788 NW Alexander St.; Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park; 2 p.m. Jan. 9 at Everett Public Library, 2702 Hoyt Ave.; 6:30 p.m. Jan. 14, Edmonds Library, 650 Main St.

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