On stage: April 19-25

Review

“Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play” — The Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre. See story on Page 21.

Opening

“Finding Neverland” — Broadway in Tucson. See story.

“The Diary of Anne Frank” — Arizona Theatre Company. See story.

“Mr. Goldberg’s Prodigal Son” — Invisible Theatre, 1400 N. First Ave. Family is at the center of this John W. Lowell play. And we all know how messy that can get. Three generations come together and while there is plenty of chaos, there are also plenty of lessons. And even more laughs, we expect. Molly Lyons directs and David Alexander Johnston, Susan Cookie Baker, Susan Claassen, Christopher Koval and Andrey Lull make up the cast. It previews at 7:30 p.m. April 24; regular performances are 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through May 6. $34. 882-9721 or invisibletheatre.com.

“HARK!” Community Performance Piece — YWCA, 525 N. Bonita Ave. The YWCA and a group of artists led by Eugenia Woods have been listening and talking and listening some more all over the Old Pueblo. Called “Hark!,” the listening events provided “opportunities for people to cross the lines of social, political, racial and gender-based divides to contribute to a collective conversation on identity, participation and civic resonance in the context of our fractured culture,” according to a press release. Woods and choreographers Kimi Eisele and Natalie Brewster Nguyen have taken those conversations and created a collage performance. It previews at 7:30 p.m. April 19 and opens at 7:30 p.m. April 20. Regular performances are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through April 29. $15 with discounts available. 884-7810. taprootproductions.com.

“Generator: Death of Arthur” — Harold Dixon Directing Studio, 1025 N. Olive Road. University of Arizona theater students used the legend of King Arthur as the source and inspiration to create this experimental theater piece. In a press release, UA Prof Greg Pierotti, who is overseeing the project, says the play “promises a good bit of levity while simultaneously taking on some serious contemporary themes. There is one guarantee, it will be unlike any Arthurian adventure the audience has ever seen before.” Ages 18 and up. Performances are 8 p.m. April 19-21 and 2 p.m. April 22. $7. 621-1162.

“The Man Who Came to Dinner” — Ironwood Ridge High School Black Box, 2475 W. Naranja Drive, Oro Valley. Set during Christmas in the 1930s, famous radio personality Sheridan Whiteside is invited to dinner at the home of a rich factory owner. Before Whiteside enters the house, he falls and hurts his hip and ends up staying at the home to recover and consequently terrorizes the lives of everyone in the house. Tickets only sold at the door. 7p.m. April 18-20. $8; $7 senior citizen/military; $6 students. 407-4244.

“The Little Glass Slipper” — Valley of the Moon, 2544 E. Allen Road. Walk through this magical place while hearing and participating in the story of “Cinderella.” 6-8:30 p.m. April 20-22, 27-29. $10. 323-1331.

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“Eurydice” — Pima Community College Center for the Arts, 2202 W. Anklam Road. Playwright Sarah Ruhl’s adaptation of the Greek myth tells the story from Eurydice’s perspective. She is the wife of Orpheus, leaving him despondent when she steps on a viper and instantly dies. Orpheus, with music in tow, heads to the Underworld in hopes of bringing her back to the land of the living. But she has been dipped in the river of forgetfulness and has met up with her father. The question is, does she want to return to the land of the living? The New York Times calls it a “moving exploration of the theme of loss.” Nikki Martinez directs the cast of PCC students. Final performances are 7:30 p.m. April 19-21; 2 p.m. April 22. $18. 206-6986. Pima.edu.

“Buried Child” — Speak The Speech Theatre, 1881 N. Oracle Road. Speak the Speech Theater takes on Sam Shepard with this uneven production of the playwright’s 1978 Pulitzer Prize-winning play. No one does dysfunctional families as well as Shepard, and there is a very dysfunctional one at the center of this play. The cast includes Lissa Staples, Boz Lomasney, Davin Wang, David Zinke, Marcus Gallegos, Veronica Conran and Ken Beider. Dan Reichel directs. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through April 22. $20. 904-8054 or ststheatre.org.

Continuing

“The Pajama Game” — Marroney Theatre, 1025 N. Olive Road. Oh, the workers in the pajama factory are not happy in this musical by Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, Richard Bissell and George Abbott. They want a raise — 7½ cents is all. Management balks, labor strikes and oh, yeah, love happens. The musical is chock -full of some wonderful songs — “Hernando’s Hideaway, “Steam Heat,” and “Hey There” among them. This is an exuberant production with impressive performances from the University of Arizona theater students. Danny Gurwin directs with a sense of wit. Various times through April 29. $15-$31. 621-1162 or theatre.arizona.edu.

“Women in Jeopardy” — Live Theatre Workshop, 5317 E. Speedway. Girlfriends can be so comforting. And suspicious. You’ll find that in the trio of friends in this Live Theatre Workshop production of Wendy MacLeod’s play. Jo, Mary and Liz have long been friends. But when Liz falls for a guy who is, well, kind of boorish, and whose receptionist has disappeared, Jo and Mary think they’ve got a serial killer on their hands. They set out to discover the truth. This production is “packed with laughter from misunderstandings, misjudgments, mistrust and missteps,” says the Star’s review of the play. Annette Hillman, Missie Scheffman and Rhonda Hallquist play the friends with a hilarious abandon. Roberto Guajardo directs. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through May 5; there’s an additional 3 p.m. matinee May 5. $20. 327-4242. Livetheatreworkshop.org.

“Rock-A-Billy Raceway” — The Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway. Gaslight takes us back to the 1950s, when hair gel and race cars were all the rage. Expect the melodrama to spoof famous shows such as “Happy Days,” “Hairspray,” and “Grease.” Various times through June 3. $21.95. 886-9428 or thegaslighttheatre.com.

“Perfect Timing” — Roadrunner Theater, 8892 E. Tanque Verde Road. An uppity London art critic, Cornelia (but of course that’s her name) cleverly trashes artists with abandon — “The only thing worth hanging is the artist himself,” she wrote about one. But her latest victim, Gerrard, doesn’t take offense — he falls in love with her. She has long been involved with a banker named Alex; he is nuts about her. That does not discourage Gerrard. And so begins this zany farce by Kristi Kane. Chloe Loos directs and the cast includes Damien Garcia, Michele Holland, Vincent O’Neill, Christine Peterson, Joanne Mack Robertson, Alan Smith, Myani Watson, and Michael F. Woodson. Performances are 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through April 29. $20. 207-2491. Roadrunnertheatrecompany.org.

“Spaceman Zero” — Live Theatre Workshop, 5317 E. Speedway. Live Theatre’s family arm is chock-full of talented writers and composers whose works have premiered at LTW and then been published and performed by children’s theaters around the country. That is an impressive claim. And all the more reason why you and the kids want to rush out to see this new musical about Casper, a sixth-grader totally taken with space. So, being a smart, industrious kid, he builds a rocket ship. And launches himself in it. While everyone on Earth is trying to figure out how to get him back, Casper is having a fine adventure. The story is by Kristian Kissel, who also directs, and the music is by David Ragland. The cast includes Bree Boyd, Evan Cipra, Sarah Drottz, Trenton Hilliker, Austin Killian and Tyler West. Performances are 12:30 p.m. Sundays through June 3. $10. 327-4242 or Livetheatreworkshop.org.