Albemarle Ballet Theatre and the Studio for the Performing Arts will present their fifth Spring Dance Gala at 3 p.m. Sunday on the main stage of the V. Earl Dickinson Building at Piedmont Virginia Community College.

Charlottesville Ballet will present “Quicksilver Dreams,” the final performance of its inaugural season, at 7:30 tonight and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Theatre at Ix.

Scottsville native Langden Mason will present his new musical, which adapts a 1960s comedy film for the stage, at 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at the Carysbrook Performing Arts Center.

Disney on Ice will present “Disney-Pixar’s Finding Nemo” at John Paul Jones Arena from Oct. 29 to Nov. 1. Tickets will go on sale Aug. 28.

Heritage Theatre Festival has announced the productions for its 2009 season.

If you are looking for something different to do for your mom this weekend, there very well may be a solution in Nelson County.

Bishop brings youthful eye, energy to his illusion show

Some musicals almost seem to write themselves. Who needs to sit around the computer keyboard trying to dream up the characters Brenda and Eddie when Billy Joel already created them at his piano keyboard?

The 24th annual Community Children’s Dance Festival will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Martin Luther King Jr. Performing Arts Center.

Live Arts will be offering a free preview of “Tartuffe,” Moliere’s controversial comedy, at 8 p.m. Thursday.

Persimmon Tree Players will present “Prescription: Murder” at 8 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Sunday at the Palmyra School on U.S. 15. Other performances will be at 8 p.m. May 2 and 3 p.m. May 3.

“Verona” is a wordy play even for Shakespeare.

“The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley” takes a favorite book character who has inspired countless class projects and makes him the star of his own family production.

Charlottesville’s fourth-graders will show off what they’ve learned this year in Minds in Motion, a program with the Richmond Ballet that combines dance and history to teach discipline, dedication and self-awareness through choreography

Play On!  A New Virginia Theatre is bringing the works of Stephen Sondheim to its home stage, the Theatre at Ix, for an intimate performance by five Charlottesville-area singers.

Local favorite John R.C. Carden has had a lot of people rooting for him since he announced production of his musical comedy “Fabulous Flavio,” for which he wrote book, music and lyrics.

Scott Craig Jones will bring his one-man show “Edgar Allan Poe Comes Alive!” to Play On’s Theatre at Ix at 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.

The University of Virginia Department of Drama will present “Fuddy Meers” at 8 tonight, Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in the Helms Theatre.

The University of Virginia Department of Drama will present “Fuddy Meers” at 8 tonight, Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in the Helms Theatre.

This big musical has been sized for its space, but there’s nothing small about it.

Four County Players will present “Oliver!’’ at 8 tonight, 2:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Barboursville Community Center.

Zephyrus will perform the music of 16th-century English composer Thomas Tallis at 8 p.m. Sunday at St. Paul’s Memorial Church at 1700 University Ave.

The Live Arts Dance Festival continues at 8 tonight and Saturday with performances by inFluxDance, UpRooted Dance, Good Foot and R Squared in Live Arts’ DownStage space.

Old Michie Theatre will present “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” at 7 tonight and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday.

Darius Rucker will be bringing his new country sounds to the Paramount Theater at 8 p.m. March 19.

Many folks can think back to a favorite childhood cat, but there aren’t many who can say that a kitty launched a career.

The Relache Ensemble will premiere works written by University of Virginia doctoral music students at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Cabell Hall Auditorium.

Want to see dancing or stepping? There’s no need to choose when both will be featured in the Best of Both Worlds Dance and Step Competition, which begins at 7 p.m. Saturday at Martin Luther King Jr. Performing Arts Center.

In the world of improvisational theater, it’s hard to find a better pedigree than training at Second City, a Chicago based improvisational troupe that introduced the world to comedic talents including John and Jim Belushi, Alan Arkin and many, many others.

Romanian pianist Radu Lupu will make his first Charlottesville appearance next week.