Thu., May 2, 7:30 p.m., Fri., May 3, 8 p.m., Sat., May 4, 8 p.m., Wed., May 8, 7:30 p.m., Thu., May 9, 7:30 p.m., Fri., May 10, 8 p.m., Sat., May 11, 8 p.m., Sun., May 12, 3 p.m., Wed., May 15, 7:30 p.m., Thu., May 16, 7:30 p.m., Fri., May 17, 8 p.m. and Sat., May 18, 8 p.m.
Duke Energy Theater - Uptown
Price: $22-$24 Queen City Theatre Company presents this comedy by Elizabeth Fuller. Based on a true story about her time living with Hollywood legend Bette Davis in the summer of 1985. Directed by Glenn T. Griffin.
Sat., May 18, 5 p.m.
Mugs Coffee - South Charlotte
Price: FREE The KOOL KIDS Open Mic Night is the only place in Charlotte where the kids truly come first! Please join us in getting the word out about this FREE event for kids. We strongly believe in providing children with new experiences that will help shape them into well-rounded individuals. Please help us in this mission by sharing this information with your friends, family, and the community.
Fri., May 17, 6 p.m. and Sat., May 18, 6 p.m.
Children's Theatre of Charlotte - Uptown
Price: 8 Inspired by the mania of Elvis Presley and his hysterical teenage fans, Bye Bye Birdie is the story of how one lucky town gets a visit from the biggest rock ‘n roll star in America. Conrad Birdie is being drafted into the Army and high-schooler Kim MacAfee from Sweet Apple, Ohio was chosen to get one last kiss before he goes. This high-energy musical will take you back in time for some good old-fashioned fun! Recommended for 3rd grade students and up.
Sat., May 18, 8 p.m.
Actor's Theatre of Charlotte - Uptown
Price: 10.00 online; 12.00 at the door As I “celebrate” my 20th wedding anniversary this year, I find myself wondering if married people have it better than single people. I love being married but the wife watches SNAPPED tv episodes(true stories where the wife kills the husband). I’m not worried for my safety or anything, however, she does have the show marked as a Favorite and NOT to delete on the DVR. And her favorite quote which she cross-stitched onto a pillow from Rottenecards and gave me as a Christmas present was “One more smart ass comment, you will be my next co- star on "snapped."
Sun., May 19, 7 p.m.
Belk Theater - Uptown
Price: $30-$45
Tue., May 7, 7:30 p.m., Wed., May 8, 7:30 p.m., Thu., May 9, 7:30 p.m., Fri., May 10, 8 p.m., Sat., May 11, 2 & 8 p.m., Sun., May 12, 1:30 & 7 p.m., Tue., May 14, 7:30 p.m., Wed., May 15, 7:30 p.m., Thu., May 16, 7:30 p.m., Fri., May 17, 8 p.m., Sat., May 18, 2 & 8 p.m. and Sun., May 19, 1:30 p.m.
Knight Theater - Uptown
Price: $20 and up Combining acrobatics with the energy of street performance, this modern circus-like production includes music, dance, and some very impressive moves.
Mondays, 5 p.m. Continues through May 20
Elevation Blakeney - General Charlotte Area
Price: $125 Acting classes for kids ages 6-11. Drama Kids International. See why the Difference is Dramatic.
Fridays, 5 p.m. Continues through May 24
Elevation Blakeney - General Charlotte Area
Price: $66.00 per month After School drama classes for kids ages 6-11- Where the difference is dramatic!
Thu., May 30, 7:30 p.m. and Fri., May 31, 8 p.m.
McGlohon Theater - Uptown
Price: $19.50 Based on the book by author John Gray, this show is a fusion between theater and stand-up. Presented as vignettes, topics will cover everything from dating to marriage and bedroom activity.
Fri., May 31, 8 p.m.
Knight Theater - Uptown
Price: $18 True tales of seduction, revenge, murder and violence come to life in three dance pieces choreographed by E.E. Balcos and composed by John Allemeier.
May 29-31, 7 p.m. and Sun., June 2, 7 p.m.
UpStage - NoDa
Price: $5 suggested donation Presented by Citizens of the Universe. For more information, visit www.citizensoftheuniverse.org.
Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m. and Sundays, 2:30 p.m. Continues through June 2
Carolina Actors Studio Theatre (CAST) - NoDa
Price: $18.00 - $28.00 Catherine, a troubled young woman who has spent years caring for her father, a brilliant but unstable mathematician. Following his death, she must deal with the arrival of her estranged sister and the attentions of her father’s former student who hopes to find valuable work in the notebooks he left behind. A burgeoning romance and the discovery of a mysterious notebook draw Catherine into the most difficult problem of all: how much of her father’s madness —or genius — did she inherit?
Fri., May 17, 8 p.m., Sat., May 18, 8 p.m., Sun., May 19, 2:30 p.m., Wed., May 22, 7:30 p.m., Thu., May 23, 7:30 p.m., Fri., May 24, 7:30 & 11 p.m., Sat., May 25, 8 p.m., Sun., May 26, 2:30 p.m., Wed., May 29, 7:30 p.m., Thu., May 30, 7:30 p.m., Fri., May 31, 8 p.m., Sat., June 1, 8 p.m. and Sun., June 2, 2:30 p.m.
Theatre Charlotte - Elizabeth
Price: $25-$27 The part-puppet, part-human comedic musical follows college grad Princeton to his new shabby N.Y.C. apartment in Avenue Q, where he and his new friends struggle to find dates, jobs and purpose in life.
Thu., May 9, 8 p.m., Fri., May 10, 8 p.m., Sat., May 11, 8 p.m., Thu., May 16, 8 p.m., Fri., May 17, 8 p.m., Sat., May 18, 8 p.m., Thu., May 23, 8 p.m., Fri., May 24, 8 p.m., Sat., May 25, 8 p.m., Sun., May 26, 2:30 p.m., Thu., May 30, 8 p.m., Fri., May 31, 8 p.m., Sat., June 1, 8 p.m. and Sun., June 2, 2:30 p.m.
Carolina Actors Studio Theatre (CAST) - NoDa
Price: $18-$28 Playwright David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play about a troubled you woman who must balance the tasks of taking care of her ailing father, a brilliant mathematician. Upon her father’s death she faces the task of being confronted by her father’s former student and an estranged sister that causes her to question her own sanity.
Thu., May 30, 8 p.m., Fri., May 31, 8 p.m., Sat., June 1, 3 & 8 p.m. and Sun., June 2, 3 p.m.
Duke Energy Theater - Uptown
Price: $25 Miles & Coltrane is back for a limited run and fundraiser for its return to The Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August.