Performing Arts

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dance

• FLAMENCO DEL ENCUENTRO This traditional flamenco cuadro led by guitarist Tito Rubio features vocals by Antonia Arias and percussion by Joseph Tayoun. A rotating schedule of dancers includes Anna Arias Rubio, Liliana Ruiz, Hersjel "el Ache" and Samantha "la Joyita." Every Wed & Fri, 9pm, FREE , Amada Restaurant, 217 Chestnut St., 215-625-2450.
• THE HIDDEN RIVER PROJECT This free, public event conceived by Anne-Marie Mulgrew and Dancers Company features six vignettes — music, dance, visual art and spoken word — performed by 15 local dancers. The pieces are completed by music by Juilliard-trained guitarist Keith Calmes and projected images by photographer Stan Sadowski. Sat, Aug. 25, 5 & 7pm, FREE , Schuylkill Banks, 24th & Walnut sts., 215-462-7720.
• SNAPPY DANCE THEATER The Boston-based company combines dance, theater and acrobatics for shows that are offbeat, quirky and often funny. Tue, Aug. 28, 7:30pm, free with admission, Longwood Gardens, US Rt. 1, Kennett Sq., 610-388-1000.
• STORAGE This three-person show examines the spaces between thoughts and memories, and the content we leave behind during idle moments sleeping and waiting. Directed by Kate Hopkins. Runs through Aug. 26, $10, Media Bureau Networks, 725 N. 4th St., 215-870-7790.

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• BROADWAY'S BEST This revue promises to touch on all the great moments from the Great White Way's history, from Gershwin to "Les Mis" to "Jersey Boys." Runs through Oct. 11, $37, American Music Theatre, 2425 Lincoln Hwy East, Lancaster, 717-397-7700.
• CHESS, THE MUSICAL This musical by Tim Rice is the story of a love triangle between two chess players, one American and one Russian, and the woman who manages one but falls in love with the other. Runs through Aug. 25, $15, The Barn Playhouse, Christopher Lane & Rittenhouse Blvd., Jeffersonville, Pennsylvania, 610-539-2276.
• DO LORD, REMEMBER ME During the Great Depression, FDR commissioned writers to interview the last generation of Americans who had once lived as slaves. For this play, dramatist James de Jongh adapted the actual interviews and combined them with spirituals. Directed by Thom Wilkins. Runs through Aug. 26, $15, FreshVisions Theatre, 4821 Germantown Ave., 267-226-7135.
• IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY It's three days before Christmas in a London hospital, and Dr. David Mortimore just wants to perfect the lecture that could lead to his knighthood. But events spin wildly beyond his control in this madcap British farce, the sixth in Hedgerow's annual series of Ray Cooney slapsticks. Directed by Andrew Chown and Penelope Reed. Runs through Sept. 9, $10-$25, Hedgerow Theatre, 164 W. Rose Valley Rd., Media, 610-565-4211.
• NUNSENSE In this very complicated comedy, Sister Julia of the Little Sisters of Hoboken, NJ accidentally serves vichyssoise soup tainted with botulism to her fellow nuns, killing 52. Runs through Sept. 30, $25-$47, The New Candlelight Theatre, 2208 Millers Rd., Ardentown, DE, 302-475-2313.
• QUICK SILVER Kira Obolensky's darkly whimsical tale includes a flyaway head and a runaway debutante, along with a tiger, a journalist, a poet, some puppets and animated bric-a-brac. Directed by Tim Harbeson. Runs through Sept. 16, $20, The Adrienne, 2030 Sansom St., 215-407-0556.
• SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS The Collaborative Act Studio presents this drama, adapted from William Inge and Elia Kazan's award-winning film. It follows Deanie and Bud, two Kansas teenagers in love in 1928. The stock market crash of 1929 only complicates their doomed love. Runs through Aug. 25, 8pm, $10-$12, The Grand Theatre, 405 Main St., Williamstown NJ, 856-417-6741.
• TAPE In Stephen Belber's drama (which was made into a film starring Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman), three friends from high school reunite in a dank motel room and gradually uncover the secrets of their pasts. Directed by Joseph Marrella. Runs through Aug. 26, $15, Walnut Street Theater, Studio 5, 825 Walnut St., 609-617-6702.
• TONY 'N TINA'S WEDDING The original environmental-theater show keeps chugging along. Join the happy couple and their wacky guests for anything but a traditional ceremony. Runs through Dec. 31, $89, Spirit of Philadelphia, Penn's Landing, Pier 3, 215-297-8540.
• WICKED: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE WITCHES OF OZ This musical based on Gregory Maguire's novel tells an alternate history of the land of Oz before Dorothy started stealing shoes and dropping houses. Elphaba, the eventual Wicked Witch of the West, is just a misunderstood teenager, and the Wizard ain't so wonderful after all. Runs through Sept. 9, $30-$150, Academy of Music, Broad & Locust sts., 215-893-1999.

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• BOB'S BIG MONDAY SHOWCASE Seven or eight performers do two songs at these weekly shows. Every Mon, 7:30pm, $8, The Stockton Inn, 1 Main St., Stockton, NJ, 609-397-1250.
• NEIL BERG'S 100 YEARS OF BROADWAY Featuring five singers fresh from their roles on and off-Broadway, producer Neil Berg's showcase highlights songs from all of musical theater's big names: Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Kander and Ebb, Andrew Lloyd Webber and more. Sat, Aug. 25, 2 & 8pm, $27-$45, Mountain Laurel Center for Performing Arts, Rts. 209 & 402, Bushkill, 570-693-4100.