July 31-August 6, 2003

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More stuff going on this week...

Author, comic book artist, zine maker and all around rock 'n' roller Fly will read from Peops: Portraits and Stories (Soft Skull Press), about her time on the road as a bassist with the band God Is My Co-Pilot. Tue., Aug. 4, 7 p.m., free, Robin's Bookstore, 108 S. 13th St., 215-735-9600.

Talk about a site-specific production: The Merry Wives of Windsor gets a Jersey-style update from the Princeton Rep Shakespeare Festival. The director has moved the scene from Elizabethan Windsor, England to 1990s West Windsor and Princeton. Special cast members: WHYY's Marty Moss-Coane's unmatched voice in recordings about the community's current affairs, and appearances by local luminaries like Jaws author Peter Benchley, the mayors of Princeton and West Windsor and local business owners. Fri.-Sun., Aug. 1-3, 8-10 and 15-17, 8 p.m., free, Pettoranello Gardens Amphitheatre, Route 206 and Mountain Ave., Princeton Township, N.J.; Sat., Aug. 9, 2 p.m., free, The Green at Palmer Square, downtown Princeton, N.J.

Danny Zolli (national tour of Jesus Christ Superstar) and Kristine Fraelich (Evita at the Walnut) take on a show of biblical proportions: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's first musical theater collaboration. Aug. 1-16, $40-$45, Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center, 130 Tomlinson Mill Rd., Marlton, N.J., 856-983-3366.

I've Got You Under My Skin -- Musical Treasures of the 1930s, a "summer musicale" culled from the works of Cole Porter, the Gershwins and Harold Arlen, is on for a few more days. Through Aug. 3, $25, Act II Playhouse, 56 E. Butler Ave., Ambler, 215-654-0200.