The Red Curtain cast of “The Fantasticks” continues its run of the musical through Sept. 24 in Marysville.

The Red Curtain cast of “The Fantasticks” continues its run of the musical through Sept. 24 in Marysville.

Theater, dance and opera around the region

Theater

Edmonds Driftwood Players: Wade James Theatre, 950 Main St., Edmonds; www.edmondsdriftwoodplayers.org or 425-774-9600, option 3. Season tickets still available. Ken Ludwig’s “Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery,” directed by Paul Fouhy, runs through Sept. 24. Tickets are $28 general admission, and $25 for seniors, juniors and miltary. Auditions for the holiday production of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” are Sept. 17-18. Sign up at edmondsdriftwoodplayers.org/participate/auditions.

Red Curtain: The Red Curtain Arts Center, 9315 State Ave., Suite J, Marysville (in the Goodwill shopping center, behind the Everett Community College cosmetology school). Box office hours are 2 to 6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday or call 360-322-7402. For more information about classes and for tickets the coming season, go to www.redcurtainfoundation.org. “The Fantasticks” runs through Sept. 24. Auditions for “My 3 Angels” are 6 p.m. Sept. 26 and 27. Call the office to schedule.

Outcast Players: The male and the female versions of Neil Simon’s “Odd Couple” will be presented on alternating nights Sept. 21 through Oct. 8 at the Historic Everett Theatre. Shows are Thursdays at 7 p.m. (two-for-one senior night), Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. Tickets are $12. Call 425-258-6766.

Phoenix Theatre: The comedy theater is at 9673 Firdale Ave., Edmonds. Call 206-533-2000 or go to www.phoenixtheatreedmonds.org. Season 10 tickets are now available via the website. “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” will be presented Oct. 6-29.

Village Theatre: Everett Performing Arts Center, 2710 Wetmore Ave.; 425-257-8600 or www.villagetheatre.org/everett. “Into the Woods” Oct. 27-Nov. 19.

“Dance with Death”: A Murder Mystery Dinner Theater at the Marysville Opera House is set for 6:30 p.m. Sept. 23 at the opera house, 1225 Third St., Marysville. Tickets are $45, with a maximum of six people to a table. Limited seating. Registration closes Sept. 18. Call 360-363-8400 or go to www.marysvillewa.gov. When murder strikes at the sock hop, the night turns into a party foul. Whodunit? Come dressed in ’50s attire and hairdos. Enjoy a three-course catered dinner. Interrogate the suspects, gather clues and help the mystery experts crack the case before the killer gets away.

Lamplight Productions: A group of Edmonds Driftwood Players regulars are on stage at the Bathhouse Theater at Green Lake in Seattle doing a production of “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.” Directed by Ted Jaquith, the cast includes Terry Boyd, Cindy Giese French, Molly Hall, Connor Kinzer, Amy Gentry and Laura McFarlane. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14-16, and at 2 p.m. Sept. 17. More at www.lamplightproductions.org.

Dance

Olympic Ballet Theatre: Beaux Arts annual fundraiser includes performance sneak peeks, dinner, silent and live auctions, 5:30 p.m. Oct. 14, Lynnwood Convention Center, 3711 196th St. SW. Call 425-774-7570.

Comedy

Improv Comedy Night: Held on third Saturdays. The next one is 7 p.m. Sept. 16 at Cafe Zippy, 1502 Rucker Ave., Everett. Free.

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