Friday 5/19
Young Shakespeare Players East Presents As You Like It: Friday, 6 p.m.; Saturday, 10:30 a.m. Free. The Shea Theater, 71 Avenue A, Turners Falls. (802) 258-7922, rubisuz@gmail.com, youngshakespeareplayerseast.org.
Dancing at Lughnasa: Brian Friel’s moving Irish masterpiece about family bonds, courage, and humor, set in Donegal, Ireland — 1936. Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. $12-$14. Barre Players Theater, 64 Common St., Barre. (978) 355-2096, diana.canterbury@gmail.com, barreplayerstheater.com.
Trolls Movie in the Park: 8 p.m. Beacon Field, 101 Sanderson St., Greenfield.
Joel McHale: 104.5 WXLO presents. 8 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St., Worcester.
Maydance Performance Festival: Performances by Jen Polins, Katie Martin, Aretha Aoki, Barbie Diewald, Kate Seethale. Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. $10-$12. STUDIO4, 25 Main St., Northampton. (413) 695-1799, jenscdt@gmail.com, scdtnoho.com.
Twin Peaks — Fire Walk With Me: David Lynch’s prequel to his cult television series Twin Peaks. Friday and Sunday, 9:45 p.m. Amherst Cinema, 28 Amity St., Amherst.
Saturday 5/20
Twelfth Night: HD screening of performance by Britain’s National Theatre. 12:30 p.m. Amherst Cinema, 28 Amity St., Amherst. amherstcinema.org.
Lower School Class Concert with Peter and the Wolf presented by Amherst Ballet: Also featuring a new, modern dance performance piece. 1 p.m. $10. South Hadley High School, 153 Newton St., South Hadley. (413) 549-1555, info@amherstballet.org, amherstballet.org/performing/upcoming-performances.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead: 1 p.m. The Clark Art Institute, 225 South St., Williamstown.
Happier Family Comedy Show: Family-friendly improv comedy show, best for 5-12-year-olds and their adults. 4 p.m. $5-$10. Eastworks Community Room, 116 Pleasant St., Easthampton. (413) 6584615, info@happiervalley.com, happiervalley.com.
As You Like It: Young Shakespeare Players East presents. Saturday, 4 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m. Free. The Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies at UMass, 650 E. Pleasant St., Amherst. (802) 258-7922, rubisuz@gmail.com, youngshakespeareplayerseast.org.
It’s a Magical Life: Imagine if David Copperfield, Lester Young, Steven Wright, and Garrison Keillor put on a show together, that’s what Jonas Cain brings to the stage. 7 p.m. $12. Hooker-Dunham Theater, 139 Main St., Brattleboro. (800) 969-9778, jonas@jonascain.com, jonascain.com/event.
Sunday 5/21
15th Annual Anti-Racism Film Festival: Presents three thought-provoking films — A Thunder-Being Nation, 13th, and The Visitor with facilitated discussion. 1:30 p.m. Free. All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 399 Main St., Greenfield. (413) 773-5018, mollychambers41@gmail.com.
The End of Men, An Ode to Ocean: Dance-theater work on masculine vulnerability, and dynamics of cultural domination. 4:30 p.m. $12-$15. STUDIO4, 25 Main St., Northampton. (413) 587-0077, jenscdt@gmail.com.
Tuesday 5/23
Motown the Musical: Featuring classic songs from the heyday of the Motown era, the musical tells the story of Berry Gordy’s journey from a featherweight boxer to the heavyweight music mogul who launched the careers of Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Michael Jackson and many more musical icons. Tuesday and Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. $49-$59. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St., Worcester.
