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Theater
 AIDA -- Tim Rice and Sir Elton John, with a little help from the House of Mouse, put their own tuneful spin on the classic love story. 8 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Through Feb. 17. $60-$20. Broadway in Cincinnati: Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut St., Downtown. 513-241-SHOW.
ARCADIA -- Playwright Tom Stoppard's comedy takes place in two time periods as a teen-ager explores chaos theory mathematics while her elders engage in a bedroom farce. 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through Feb. 10. $20; $15 students and seniors. Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival, 719 Race St., Downtown. 513-381-BARD.
BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY -- Playwright Pearl Cleage delivers a story of desires, dreams and determination set in 1930s Harlem. 8 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 5 and 9 p.m. Saturday; 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday. Through Feb. 15. $42-$30. Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park: Robert S. Marx Theatre, 962 Mount Adams Drive, Mount Adams. 513-421-3888.
BUS STOP -- The bus can't get through this storm and the passengers are left to weather each other through one soul-searching night. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through Feb. 10. $15; $12. Rising Phoenix Theatre Company: Temple Art Center, 4 N. Main St., Middletown, 513-705-4131.
DING DONG! DEATH CALLING -- Hair products and cosmetics are more lethal than one ever imagined. 8 p.m. Saturday. Through March 9. $32.95. Murder Mystery Players: Dave & Buster's, 11775 Commons Drive, Springdale. 513-671-5501.
FRIENDS OF LUCY -- The alteractive series has plenty of friends as it welcomes back the popular improv troupe. 7 p.m. Monday. $10; $6 students. Alteractive Series: Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, 962 Mount Adams Drive, Mount Adams. 513-421-3888.
A GENERAL FROM AMERICA -- Playwright Richard Nelson tells a different tale about Benedict Arnold. 7 p.m. Monday. $5. Theatre of the Mind: Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, 1127 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine. 513-421-3555.
JOEY AND MARIA'S COMEDY ITALIAN WEDDING -- A comedic wedding tale involving the antics of a typically wacko Italian family. 7 p.m. Saturday. $49.50 includes dinner. BB Riverboats, One Riverboat Row, Newport. 859-261-8500.
LOOKING FOR MR. DO RIGHT -- It's in God's hands now as a 28-year-old hustler careens down a deadly path. 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. $27.50-$24.50. Melody Maker Ministries: Taft Theatre. Fifth and Sycamore streets, Downtown. 513-721-8883.
MACBETH -- Who would have thought the old man to have so much blood in him? Well, Shakespeare for one. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through Feb. 16. $28. The Human Race Theatre Company Loft Series II: The Loft Theatre, 138 N. Main St., Dayton, Ohio. 937-228-3630.
THE MAESTRO -- This children's performance offers a humorous look at a mute maestro's mayham. 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday. $5; $4 ages 4-18. Rosenthal Next Generation Theatre Series: Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, 962 Mount Adams Drive, Mount Adams. 513-421-3888.
MEN ON THE TAKE -- Playwright Carter W. Lewis takes a look into the minds of men as a soon-to-be-divorced man and a psychiatrist have one wild night of adventure. Public Previews: 9 p.m. Saturday; 7 p.m. Sunday; 8 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday. Opens Feb. 14. 8 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 5 and 9 p.m. Saturday; 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday. Through March 10. $43-$28. Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park: Thompson Shelterhouse Theatre, 962 Mount Adams Drive, Mount Adams. 513-421-3888.
MIXED BLOOD, THE NEW AMERICAN GOTHIC -- Take one. Make that take one-acts. Three of them to be exact. In The Dutchman, an African-American man and a white woman clash aboard a subway. Bondage whips things up between a dominatrix and her client. And in Eukiah, a ranch hand must coax a young boy out of hiding. Opens Friday. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Through Feb. 23. $10. The Know Theatre Tribe: Gabriel's Corner, 1425 Sycamore St., Downtown. 513-871-1429.
THE ODD COUPLE -- FEMALE VERSION -- It's the neat freak vs. the slob as Olive and Florence share an apartment. Opens Friday. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through Feb. 16. $6; $4 students and seniors. Princeton High School Theater: Princeton High School, 11080 Chester Road, Sharonville. 513-552-8334.
RUMORS -- They're spreading like wildfire as a couple tries to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary. Opens Thursday. 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. Through Feb. 17. $10; $9 NKU faculty and staff; $8 seniors; $5 students. Northern Kentucky University Department of Theatre: Fine Arts Center, Nunn Drive, Highland Heights. 859-572-5464.
RUMPLESTILTZKIN -- Talk about weaving a yarn, the Brothers Grimm fairy tale comes to life through marionettes. Opens Saturday. 11 a.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. Through Feb. 10. $4. The Frisch Marionette Company: Wyoming Civic Center, 1 Worthington Ave., Wyoming. 513-451-8875.
SHINE: WOMEN'S PERSPECTIVES -- It's time to go on the road again with this traveling performance of poetry, music and spirituality featuring the works of Maya Angelou, Sylvia Plath, Abbey Lincoln, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Safiya Henderson and Alice Walker. Through Feb. 23. ... 8 p.m. Friday. Barnes & Noble, 9891 Waterstone Blvd., Deerfield Twp. ... 7 p.m. Saturday. Weston Art Gallery, 650 Walnut St., Downtown. ... Free. The Know Theatre Tribe. 513-871-1429.
SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN -- The Sanders Family do more than just rub a couple of sticks together in this rousing musical. Lunch: 11:15 a.m. Show: 12:45 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday and Sunday; Dinner: 6:15 p.m. Show: 8 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday. Through March 10. $47-$35. LaComedia Dinner Theatre, 765 W. Central, Springboro. 800-677-9505.
STEPPING OUT -- Taps into the spotlight as it follows a beginner's tap dance on their way to their first performance. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; 7 p.m. Sunday. Through Feb. 16. $13. Footlighters, Inc.: Stained Glass Theater, Eighth and York streets, Newport. 513-891-1965.
THE TEMPEST -- Shakespeare's last play combines mysticism, passion and lamentation as Prospero uses his magic to guide the situation around him. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through Feb. 10. $17.50; $13.50 students and seniors. Stage First Cincinnati: Aronoff Center for the Arts, Fifth Third Bank Theater, 650 Walnut St., Downtown. 513-241-SHOW.
TEVYA & HIS DAUGHTERS -- There's no reason to hum your way through this one. This is the play version of the musical Fiddler on the Roof. Opens Wednesday. 8 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday and Saturday; 4 p.m. Sunday. Through Feb.17. $9. Stagecrafters: Reading High School Auditorium, 810 E. Columbia Ave., Reading. 513-351-1234.
TWO ROOMS -- In one room, a man is held by terrorists. In another, his wife waits for his return. 8:30 p.m. Friday; 5 and 8:30 p.m. Saturday; 7 p.m. Sunday. Through Feb. 17. $15; $12 students. Queen City Off Broadway: Carol's On Main, 825 Main St., Downtown. 513-681-2043.
WAITING FOR THE PARADE -- This dramatic comedy displays the viewpoint of five women that join the workforce in World War II while they're waiting for their husbands to return home. Opens Wednesday. 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday; 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday; 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Feb. 23. $9 Villager Players: 8 North Fort Thomas Ave. Fort Thomas. 859-751-3583.
Classical Music
CINCINNATI POPS ORCHESTRA -- Is all pepped up with The Olympic Spirit as aerialists, acrobats, gymnasts, archers and ice dancers join in. 7 p.m. Sunday. Through Feb. 10. $46-$16.50. Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine. 513-381-3300.
CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA -- It's A Midsummer Night's Dream as Music Director Emeritus Jesus López-Cobos returns to conduct the CSO and guest violinist Chee-Yun. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday. $51-$12. Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine. 513-381-3300.
COLLEGE-CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC -- The Concert Orcehstra, with student conducting competition winners, hums along with music by Mozart, Weber, Hummel and Haydn. 4 p.m. Saturday. Free. Corbett Auditorium. ... The Graduate Classical Guitar Ensemble gang up on solos, duos and chamber music by Bach, Gangi, Sainz de la Maza and Piazzolla. 7 p.m. Sunday. Free. Watson Hall. ... The Starling Chamber Orchestra handle works by Vivaldi and Dvorak. 7 p.m. Sunday. Prices vary. Robert J. Werner Recital Hall. ... The Faculty Jazz Septet are a lucky seven as they present chamber music in an intimate setting. 8 p.m. Monday. Prices vary. Robert J. Werner Recital Hall. ... The Faculty Artist Series likes mezzo-soprano Karen Lykes and pianist Donna Loewy. 8 p.m. Tuesday. Free. Robert J. Werner Recital Hall. ... University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Clifton. 513-556-4183 or www.ccm.uc.edu.
DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA -- Praises the work of Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, Pastoral. 8 p.m. Saturday. $24-$6. Memorial Hall, 125 E. First St., Dayton, Ohio. 937-224-9000.
2002 JAZZ ODYSSEY CONCERT -- The SCPA Jazz Ensemble, Meridian 8 and Jazz Poetry take audiences on a true odyssey. Opens Friday. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Through Feb. 9. $5. School for Creative and Performing Arts, Abigail Cutter Theater, 1310 Sycamore St., Over-the-Rhine. 513-632-5900, ext. 6907.
MUSIC LIVE WITH LUNCH -- Has good neighbors in Clasical guitarist Pamela Beaty and flutist Inger Neighbors. 12:10 p.m. Tuesday. Free. Christ Church Cathedral, 318 E. Fourth St., Downtown. 513-621-1817.
NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTIAL CONCERT SERIES -- Surges ahead with pianist Sergei Polusmiak and his students. 2 p.m. Sunday. Free. Northern Kentucky University, Memorial Hall, Nunn Drive, Highland Heights. 859-572-5810.
ANDRÉ WATTS -- Gets audiences in the mood for love with pieces by Chopin and Liszt. 7:30 p.m. Friday. $18; $16 seniors; $9 students and youth. Miami University, Hall Auditorium, Oxford. 513-529-3200.
Vocal Arts
ATHENAEUM CHORALE -- Points the finger at music by Mendelssohn, Arnatt and Fissinger. 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Free. Athenauem of Ohio -- Mount St. Mary's Seminary, 6616 Beechmont Ave., Beechmont. 513-231-2223.
THE CRUCIBLE -- It's time to burn the witches at the stake as Cincinnati Opera Artistic Director Nicholas Muni guest directs the opera based on Arthur Miller's play about false accusations. Opens Thursday. 8 p.m. Thursday-Friday; 2:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Through Feb. 10. Prices vary. College-Conservatory of Music Mainstage Opera Series: University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Patricia Corbett Theatre, Clifton. 513-556-4183 or www.ccm.uc.edu.
GOSPELFEST 2002 -- The Miami University Gospel Singers will host guest choirs from other universities for the big fest. 4 p.m. Saturday. $7; $5 in advance. Miami University, Hall Auditorium, Oxford. 513-529-4154.
MUSE -- CINCINNATI WOMEN'S CHOIR -- Presents their ninth annual New Spirituals Project Concert which includes Rachel Bagby's Daughterwise Suite. Opens Friday. Pre-Concert Talk: 7 p.m. Concert: 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Through Feb. 9. $15. House of Joy, 5918 Hamilton Ave., College Hill. 513-221-1118.
MUSIC WITH A MISSION -- Choirs from 35 various churches compete in a competition that will raise funds for the David Meredith Education Fund. 3 p.m. Sunday. Freewill Offerings. Indian Hill High School, 6845 Drake Road, Indian Hill. 513-561-3932.
Dance
KHAMISI DANCE THEATRE -- 11 a.m. Saturday. Free. Eralnger Branch Library, 3130 Dixie Hwy., Erlanger. 859-491-7610.
PINOCCHIO -- Instead of noses growing, legs will extend as Alexei Kremnev offers new choreography on the old classic. Opens Thursday. 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through Feb. 10. $20-$12. Next Generation Dance Company: Aronoff Center for the Arts, Jarson-Kaplan Theatre, 650 Walnut St., Downtown. 513-241-SHOW.
Mixed Media
A WEE BIT O' IRELAND -- It's never too early to celebrate St. Patty's Day as tenor Michael Maguire, the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, the McGing Irish Dancers and the Columbus Pipes and Drums perform. 3 p.m. Sunday. $15; $12 seniors; $8 students. South Dearborn High School auditorium, Hwy. 350, Aurora, Ind. 812-926-1778.
SHADOWBOX CABARET -- Has Sex at the 'Box. 7 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday; 8 and 11 p.m. Saturday. Through April 6. $20; $10 students and seniors. Newport on the Levee, Newport. 859-581-ROCK.
Comedy
GO BANANAS -- Laugh 'til you bust a spleen. 8:30 p.m. Thursday; 8 and 10:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 8:15 p.m. Sunday. Prices vary. 8410 Market Place, Montgomery. 513-984-9288.
GREENWICH COMEDY SHOWCASE -- Comedian/actor Jaboreè makes the laugh-filled evening a jamboree. 9:30 p.m. Thursdays. 2442 Gilbert Ave., Walnut Hills. 513-221-1151.
JOKERS COMEDY CAFE -- Get yourself a big heaping helping of laughter. 8 p.m. Thursday and Sunday; 8 and 10:30 p.m. Friday; 7, 9:15 and 11:15 p.m. Saturday. Prices vary. 8900 Kingsridge Drive, Dayton, Ohio. 937-433-5233.
KITTY'S COMEDY CLUB -- Catches the comedy mouse, whatever that means. 8:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday. $10. Quality Inn, 10900 New Haven Road, Harrison. 513-894-4003.
NOTHING SACRED PLAYERS -- Explores the Anatomy of Improv Comedy. 9 p.m. Thursdays. $5. Miatri Lodge, 4122 Hamilton Ave., Northside. 513-587-2640, ext. 5804. www.NothingSacredPlayers.com.
WIT'SENDSDAY -- Whose line is it anyway? Why, Wit's End and Tower Players share the duties. 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. $3. York Street Café, 738 York St., Newport. 513-922-7131.
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