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The Peking Acrobats and the Shanghai Circus
This show features sensational Chinese acrobatics, comedy, balancing feats, and much more, amazing crowds with the grace and precision of the performers whose skills are honed through years of dedicated training and discipline. And? They're accompanied by live musicians playing traditional Chinese instruments.Sun., March 26, 7:30pm. $34.50 and up.
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Nightbird
In R. Eric Thomas' newly commissioned play, Chelle, an artist, has recently purchased her childhood home in Baltimore; her brother Willard is working on refurbishing it. But the home renovation takes a backseat as Willard prepares for a Juneteenth festival in the adjacent park and Chelle struggles with a recent commission: What should be built in place of a recently removed Confederate monument?Through March 25. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 2pm. $34-38 (Thu., pick your price). -
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Steel Magnolias
The City Theatre serves up Robert Harling’s wisecracking and wise Southern comedy about life, love, and laughter that’s as warm and comforting as sweet potato pie.Through March 26. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 3pm. $15-25.
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The Dragonfly Princess
The Vortex presents ethos' classic tale of magic, power, and transformation. Inspired by Joseph Conrad’s novella Heart of Darkness, Chad Salvata created the story, music, and aesthetics of this epic wherein we "journey with Princess Mala as she rides Xéphyra the Dragonfly into the wilds in search of Vyn, the renegade Sorceress. The Magic of the Pearls, the Mysteries of the Temples, and the Secrets of the Ages are revealed as Mala is transformed from the Green Princess into the Red Queen." The intense musical spectacle won a B. Iden Payne Award in 2007, and this new production directed by Bonnie Cullum features eight additional scenes and songs – and all new designs and choreography.Through April 15. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 6pm. $15-37. -
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The Tavern
Different Stages presents this rollicking George M. Cohan melodrama, first produced in the 1920s, set in a tavern on a dark and lonely road in the middle of the night, and here directed by Norman Blumensaadt. "During a fierce storm, the tavern owner, his son, and their servants give lodging to the Governor and his family, a vengeful woman, and a mysterious vagabond."Through April 2. Fri.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2pm. $15-35.
