Out & About: March 25-31

LADY STRINGS THE BLUES: Grammy-winning legendary blues singer and guitarist Bonnie Raitt comes to town in support of her latest album, “Dig In Deep,” 8 p.m. March 25 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St. For more information or tickets, call 215-790-5847.

 

Theater & Arts

Allowed to Love

Muse Gallery presents an exhibition by Philadelphia artist Carolyn Cohen featuring a series of portraits of activists, artists and others within the LGBTQ community April 1-30, 52 N. Second St.; 215-627-5310.

 

Beautiful: The Carole King Story

The Tony Award-winning story of the successful songwriter through April 3 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 250 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800.

 

Breaking Ground: Printmaking in the U.S., 1940–60

Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition exploring the variety of ways in which artists in the 1940s and ’50s pushed the boundaries of printmaking March 26-July 24, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

 

Drawn from Courtly India: The Conley Harris and Howard Truelove Collection

Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of masterful drawings from the royal courts of northern India through March 27, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

 

Drew Lynch

The comedian seen on “America’s Got Talent” performs March 31-April 2 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215-496-9001.

 

The Fifth Element

The sci-fi film is screened 8 p.m. March 28 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215-922-6888.

 

Freckleface Strawberry: The Musical

The musical based on the children’s book about a young girl learning to love the skin that she’s in, March 31-April 16 at Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St.; 215-574-3550.

 

Holly Trostle Brigham: Sisters and Goddesses

The Michener Art Museum hosts an exhibition of works by Philadelphia-based artist Trostle Brigham featuring seven self-portraits in which she takes the guise of artists of the past, through May 26, 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown; 215-340-9800.

 

International Pop

Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition chronicling pop art’s emergence as a global movement, migrating from the United Kingdom and the United States to Western and Eastern Europe, Latin America and Japan, through May 16, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

 

Jim Norton

The comedian performs 8 p.m. March 31 at The Fillmore Philadelphia, 1100 Canal St.; 215-625-3681.

 

Look Closer: The Work of Michael Newman and Stuart Alter

The William Way LGBT Community Center presents a special exhibition of abstract paintings through April 29, 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220.

 

Meredith Rainey Dance: (In)Visible

Dance Affiliates and the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts present the dance company founded by the Philadelphia choreographer and former Pennsylvania Ballet soloist April 1-2 at Harold Prince Theatre, 3680 Walnut St.; 215-898-3900.

 

Neil Simon’s Rumors

Bristol Riverside Theatre presents the classic farce through April 17, 120 Radcliffe St.; Bristol; 215-313-1575.

 

Philadelphia in Style: A Century of Fashion

The Michener Art Museum hosts a display of approximately 30 dressed forms and additional accessories spanning a century of high fashion through June 26, 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown; 215-340-9800.

 

Picture This: Contemporary Photography and India

Philadelphia Museum of Art presents the work of four contemporary photographers for whom India is an important subject or setting through April 3, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

 

Plays of/for a Respirateur

Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an installation by Joseph Kosuth that includes a selection of his work along with a group of seminal works by Marcel Duchamp through the fall, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

 

Peter and the Starcatcher

Walnut Street Theatre presents the grown-up prequel to “Peter Pan” through May 1, 825 Walnut St.; 215-574-3550.

 

Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn

The Philadelphia Orchestra performs March 31-April 2 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5847.

 

Work on What You Love: Bruce Mau Rethinking Design

Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of designs by the acclaimed commercial artist through April 3, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

 

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REIGNING SUPREME: Diana Ross pretty much was the blueprint for the careers of pop/R&B superstars like Beyoncé, Whitney Houston and many others who followed in their footsteps. Catch the legend in action when she performs 8 p.m. April 1 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J. For more information or tickets, call 609-317-1000. 

Music

Everclear

The alt-rock band performs 8 p.m. March 25 at Valley Forge Casino Resort Event Center, 1160 First Ave., King of Prussia; 610-254-8118.

 

G. Love & Special Sauce

The alt-blues band performs 8 p.m. March 26 at The Fillmore Philadelphia, 1100 Canal St.; 215-625-3681.

 

Halestorm and Lita Ford

The female-fronted rock bands perform 7:30 p.m. at Santander Arena, 700 Penn St., Reading; 610-898-7469.

 

Nightlife

Drag In & Drive In

Astala Vista hosts the drive-in theme movie party, at which “Spice World” will be screened with drag performances, 8 p.m.-2 a.m. March 25 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-964-9675.

 

Spill the Tea Revue

Morgan Wells, Gio Michaels and Hennestacia Beach lead a drag cavalcade 11 p.m.-2 a.m. March 25 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-964-9675.

 

The Divas of Drag

Mimi Imfurst, Wendy Ho, Milk and others perform 8 p.m. March 26 at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-922-1011.

 

Bev’s Bitchfest

Kasha Davis, Mora Love, Iris Spectre and more perform 10 p.m.-2 a.m. March 26 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-964-9675.

 

Happy Bear

The bear-themed happy hour, 5-9 p.m. April 1 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-964-9675.

 

Outta Town

Bruce Vilanch

The actor and comic writer performs 7:30 p.m. March 26 at The Rrazz Room, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 888-596-1027.

 

The Burning

The summer-camp slasher flick is screened 9:45 p.m. April 1 at The Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-1228.

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