‘FINALLY’ IN NEW HOPE: Cece Peniston comes to the area to keep the dance floor packed for New Hope’s Pride festivities. The dance/pop singer performs 8 p.m. May 21 at The Rrazz Room, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope. For more information or tickets, call 888-596-1027.
Theater & Arts
1776: The Musical
The Media Music Theatre Company presents the historical musical comedy set when our country was on the brink of declaring independence through May 22, 104 E. State St., Media; 610-891-0100.
Always … Patsy Cline
Walnut Street Theatre presents the stories of laughter and heartache that brought together a housewife and a legendary country singer through July 3 at Independence Studio on 3, 825 Walnut St.; 215-574-3550.
Arnez J
The comedian performs May 26-29 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215-496-9001.
Breaking Ground: Printmaking in the U.S., 1940–1960
Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition exploring the variety of ways in which artists of the 1940s and ’50s pushed the boundaries of printmaking through July 24, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.
Cirque Goes to the Movies
The Philly POPS perform with circus-performance artists May 20-22 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800.
Creative Africa
Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of photography, fashion, sculpture and architecture by artists from Africa through Sept. 25, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.
Deana Martin
The singer performs a tribute to Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra 8 p.m. May 20-21 at The Rrazz Room at The Prince, 1412 Chestnut St.; 215-422-4580.
Holly Trostle Brigham: Sisters and Goddesses
The Michener Art Museum hosts an exhibition of works by the Philadelphia-based artist featuring seven self-portraits through May 26, 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown; 215-340-9800.
HUMP! Film Festival
The adult short-film festival created by Dan Savage screens at 6, 8:15 and 10:30 p.m. May 21 at TLA, 334 South St.; www.humptour.com.
Inside Out
Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of large-scale, high-quality replicas of favorite works from the museum’s collection to neighborhoods in and around Philadelphia through Nov. 1; 215-763-8100.
Margaret Cho
The out comedian performs through May 21 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215-496-9001.
Mel Brooks: Back in the Saddle Again!
The comedy icon and filmmaker screens his classic “Blazing Saddles,” followed by a live Q&A, 8 p.m. May 21 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800.
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.
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.
Sister Act
Walnut Street Theatre presents the musical comedy based on the hit film through July 17 at the Mainstage, 825 Walnut St.; 215-574-3550.
WENDY … IS THE WATER WARM ENOUGH?: Prince may no longer be with us but we can still party like it’s 1999 while we mourn by watching his star-making blockbuster “Purple Rain,” screened 8 p.m. May 23 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St. For more information or tickets, call 215-922-6888.
Music
Explosions in the Sky
The rock band performs 8 p.m. May 20 at The Fillmore Philadelphia, 1100 Canal St.; 215-625-3681.
Rufus Wainwright
The out singer-songwriter performs 11 p.m. May 20 at The Fillmore Philadelphia, 1100 Canal St.; 215-625-3681.
WMMR BBQ
Rock festival with Disturbed, 3 Doors Down, Shinedown and more, 1 p.m. May 21 at BB&T Pavilion, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden; 609-365-1300.
PVOP Concert: The Armed Man, A Mass for Peace
Philadelphia Voices of Pride perform a concert accompanied by Prometheus Chamber Orchestra 8-10 p.m. May 21 at Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, 23 S. 38th St.; 215-386-0234.
Apocalyptica
The cello-based hard-rock group performs 7:30 p.m. May 22 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215-922-6888.
Alaska Thunderfuck
The drag queen rocks out 8 p.m. May 27 at Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St.; 215-291-4919.
Clutch
The Mr. & Mrs. Philadelphia bar night, 9 p.m. May 20 at The Bike Stop, 206 S. Quince St.; 215-627-1662.
Nightlife
Rasputin’s Room
Lil’ Steph presents a burlesque show 9 p.m.-midnight May 20 at Second Story, 1700 S. Columbus Blvd.; 215-463-6900.
RAISED
The aerial acrobatics show benefiting the 2016 Fringe Arts Festival, 7-10 p.m. May 27 at Franky Bradley’s, 1320 Chancellor St.; 215-735-0735.
Outta Town
Joe Posa as Joan Rivers in “The Bitch is Back!”
The impersonator performs 7:30 p.m. May 20 at The Rrazz Room, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 888-596-1027.
Big Pants & Hot Flashes: Kevin Meaney and Julia Scotti
The out comedians perform 8 p.m. May 20 at Bucks County Playhouse, 70 S. Main St., New Hope; 215-315-7788.
SON!A
The out singer-songwriter performs 8 p.m. May 20 at Steel City Coffeehouse, 203 Bridge St.; Phoenixville; 610-933-4043.
The Craft
The teen horror thriller is screened, 9:45 p.m. May 20 at The Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-1228.
Cece Peniston
The R&B/club singer performs 8 p.m. May 21 at The Rrazz Room, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 888-596-1027.
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
The fantasy/romance classic film is screened 2 p.m. May 22 at The Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-1228.
The Hooters and Southside Johnny & The Asbury Dukes
The rock bands perform 8 p.m. May 27 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000.
Jo Koy
The comedian from “Chelsea Lately” performs 9 p.m. May 27 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000.