Curtain Call

Those Jazz Age vamps and feuding would-be queen bees Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly strut their stuff again at the Wharton Center when the tour of "Chicago" arrives Thursday.

’Chicago’

Wharton Center 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 12; 8 p.m. Friday, May 13; 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, May 14; 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 15 $25-$55 (800) WHARTON www..whartoncenter.com

Big night for ’Princesses’

It’s a parent’s nightmare: having to buy It’s a parent’s nightmare: dozens of pairs of shoes on a regular basis to replace the ones your daughters are wearing out. But that’s the daily predicament of a frazzled king in Mid Michigan Family Theatre’s "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," based on the Brothers Grimm tale of a dozen maidens that can’t resist stepping out every night after the rest of the castle’s residents have gone to bed.

Cassidy Gardner, Sabrina Boxer, Cami Hancock, Madison DeClercq, Annabel Allen, Lily Blake, Sarah Hermanek, Sophie Lewis, Claire McCabe, Racahel Steffens, Olivia Cmejrek and Abby Roney play the title roles.

’The Twelve Dancing Princesses’

Mid Michigan Family Theatre 440 Frandor Ave., Lansing Through May 22 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays $6 general admission; $4 for pre-schoolers midmichfamilytheatre@ gmail.com (517) 339-2145

From A to Z, from Albee to ’Zoo’

Lansing theater vets Doak Bloss and Eric Dawe take center stage at Riverwalk Theatre’s Black Box stage this weekend for a double feature of Edward Albee one-acts, "At Home at the Zoo" and "The Zoo Story." Both shows are directed by Addiann Hines.

Written in 1958, "Zoo Story" was the first play from Albee, author of "Who’s Afriad of Virginia Woolf?," "A Delicate Balance," "Seascape" and "The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?" In "Zoo Story," we meet Peter and Jerry, men from different walks of life. Peter is an executive in the publishing world, while Jerry is an isolationist with peculiar behavioral traits. They meet up by chance in Central Park, where an unusual series of events leads to a surprising finale.

In 2009, Albee wrote "At Home at the Zoo," which sets up the events of "Zoo Story" by showng us Peter’s homelife with his wife (Marni Darr Holmes).

“You may not see any live animals at Riverwalk Theatre, but you’ll certainly see some very skilled actors on stage delivering some powerful dialog,” Hinds said in a press statement.

’At Home at the Zoo’ and ’The Zoo Story’

Riverwalk Theatre 218 Museum Dr., Lansing Through May 22 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays $14 general admission; $12 seniors, students and military personnel (517) 482-5700 www.riverwalktheatre.com