Out & About: May 20-26

‘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.

 

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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.

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