THEATER

American Idol: Who Killed Simon?, Murder On Us Dinner Theater, The Barnsider, 375 South Main St., Providence. 245-5850; www.murderonus.com. Comedic murder mystery. 8 pm. $39.95, includes four-course dinner, show, tax, gratuity. Through June.

Bedroom Farce, Newport Playhouse and Cabaret Restaurant, 102 Connell Highway, Newport. 848-7529, www.newportplayhouse.com. Comedy about three couples, three bedrooms and one long Saturday night. Buffet 6:15 pm, show 8 pm. Dinner/show $48.95, includes tax and post-show cabaret. Show only $33.95. Reservations recommended. Closes May 18.

Beauty and the Beast, Rhode Island School for the Deaf Gymnasium, 1 Corliss Park, Providence. 222-3525, 222-3388 (TTY), www.rideaf.net. The students of the school sign their lines and songs in Disney’s classic while it is simultaneously voice interpreted. 7 pm. $6. Closes tonight.

Bless Me, Father, Mill River Theater, 499 High St., Central Falls. 721-0909; www.millrivertheater.com. A comedy about parish life in a small suburban London town set in the early 1950s. Dinner 6:30 pm, show 8 pm. $35.50 dinner and show; $20 show only. Closes May 10.

Blithe Spirit, Trinity Repertory Company, 201 Washington St., Providence. 351-4242; www.trinityrep.com. Noel Coward comedy about a man haunted by the ghost of his first wife. 8 pm. $20-$60; $10 seats on the Chace Theater’s 12th-row bench seat. Closes May 4.

Dead Man Walking, Roger Williams University, Performing Arts Center, 1 Old Ferry Rd., Bristol. 254-3666, www.departments.rwu.edu/theatre. 8 pm. $10; $5 students and seniors. Closes Sat.

The Dining Room, Firehouse Theater, 4 Equality Park Place, Newport. 849-3473; www.firehousetheater.org. Hilarious and touching portrait of a vanishing species — the middle-class WASP. 8 pm. Closes Sun.

The Etymology of Bird, Providence Black Repertory Company, 276 Westminster St., Providence. 351-0353; www.blackrep.org; 621-6123; www.arttixri.com. Love story about neighbors and the choices they make that change everything. 8 pm. $20, students/seniors $10. Closes May 18.

Exit the Body, Attleboro Community Theatre, Ezekiel Bates Masonic Lounge, 71 North Main St., Attleboro. (508) 226-8100, www.attleborocommunitytheatre.com. Mystery writer rents a New England vacation house unaware the house is a rendezvous for jewel thieves 8 pm. $15; $13 seniors and students with ID. Closes May 4.

Into the Woods, Prout School’s Performing Arts Department, Prout School Auditorium, 4640 Tower Hill Rd., Wakefield. 789-9262; www.theproutschool.org. Stephen Sondheim musical based on fairy tales, darkly read. 7:30 pm. $15; $12 students and seniors. Closes Sun.

Little Shop of Horrors, JWU Players, Johnson & Wales University, Xavier Auditorium, 261 Pine St., Providence. 598-1000, www.jwuplayers.com. Nerdy florist shop worker raises a plant that feeds on human blood. 7 pm. Free. Closes Sun.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Center-Stage Theater, Courthouse Center for the Arts, Route 138, Kingston. 782-1018. www.courthousearts.org. Tale of a patient at a mental hospital and his battles with the oppressive Nurse Ratched. 8 pm. $25, seniors/CCA members $23, students $20. Closes Sat.

Paris by Night, Trinity Repertory Company, 201 Washington St., Providence. 351-4242; www.trinityrep.com. Musical unconventional love story involving two couples. Curtain times vary. $20-$60; pay-what-you-can Fri. Closes June 1.

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, University of Rhode Island Theatre, Upper College Road, Kingston. 874-5843. Eccentric schoolteacher at an Edinburgh girls school devotes herself to her charges, choosing them above the two men who love her. 7:30 pm. $14, seniors $10, students $8. Closes Sun.

The Sound of Music, Triboro Youth Theatre, Thacher School, 7 James St., Attleboro. (508) 222-6624; www.triboroyouththeatre.org. Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. 7 pm. $15, students/seniors $8. Closes Sun.

The Scarecrow, Daydream Theatre Company, Bell Street Chapel, 5 Bell St., Providence. 290-7865, 573-4230, e-mail DaydreamTheatre@aol.com. Autobiographical play about a male anorexic. 8 pm. $10; $5 students and seniors. Closes Sat.

Sweet Disaster, Perishable Theatre, 95 Empire St., Providence. 331-2695; www.perishable.org. 8 pm. $20; $15 students, seniors and military; $10 members. Previews Fri-Sun, $10. Closes May 11.

Tape, Theater of Thought, Lighthouse Inn, 307 Great Island Rd., Galilee. 789-9341. Site-specific theater initiative; audience members will check-in at the front desk and be given a key to a room where the action will be under way, or choose to view from the interior courtyard. 8 pm. $25. Closes May 4.

Twelfth Night, Swamp Meadow Community Theatre, Captain Isaac Paine School Auditorium, Foster Center Road (Routes 94 and 6), Foster. 397-4740; www.swampmeadow.org. Shakespeare’s romantic comedy of love lost and found. 7 pm. $10, students/seniors $5, family maximum $30. Closes May 18.

COMEDY

Catch A Rising Star, Twin River, 100 Twin River Rd., Lincoln. 723-3200, (800) 720-7275, www.catcharisingstar.com/providence.html. Sherry Davey. 8, 10 pm. $20.

Comedy Factory:

•River Falls Restaurant and Lounge, Piano Lounge, 74 South Main St., Woonsocket. 235-9026. Featuring Larry Norton, Rodney Norman, Josh Factor and John Perrotta, 8:30 pm. $25 dinner and show; $10 show only.

Friday Night Live: Improv Comedy for the Masses, Carriage House Stage, 7 Duncan Ave., Providence. 831-9479, www.everettdancetheatre.org. 7-8 pm. $5.

Loretta LaRoche: Women in Comedy, Providence Performing Arts Center, 220 Weybosset St., Providence. 421-2787, www.ppacri.org. 8 pm. $23-$63. Portion of proceeds benefit Big Sisters of Rhode Island.

MUSIC

CLASSICAL

Community College of Rhode Island, 400 East Ave., Warwick. 825-1175. Free.

• Classical Voice and Piano Students, 1 pm, in Room 0540.

Rhode Island College Wind Ensemble, conducted by Robert Franzblau, with Jens Lindemann and Joseph Foley, trumpet, and duets by Katie Walters and Caitlyn Craig, flute, Jason Stelle, trumpet, and Joshua Kane, trombone, Rhode Island College, Roberts Hall Auditorium, 600 Mount Pleasant Ave., Providence. 456-8144. 8 pm. $7; $5 seniors and non-RIC students; RIC students, faculty and staff free.

University of Rhode Island, Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, 105 Upper College Rd. (off Route 138), Kingston. 874-2431.

• URI Concert Band, Brian Cardany, conductor, 8 pm. $8; $2 students.

West Bay Chorale and Community College of Rhode Island Chorus and Chamber Singers, directed by Joseph Amante, Beneficent Congregational Church, 300 Weybosset St., Providence. 463-6055, www.westbaychorale.org. Salut a la France. 7pm. $5.

POP

The Atwater-Donnelly Band with Cathy Clasper-Torch and Kevin Doyle, folk, Pulaski School Auditorium, 1097 Braley Rd., New Bedford. (508) 990-0457. 7 pm. $10. Benefit for Fort Taber Historical Society.

Brass Attack, pop, Twin River, Lighthouse Bar, 100 Twin River Rd., Lincoln. 723-3200, (877) 827-4837, www.twinriver.com. 9 pm. No cover. 18+.

Classic Albums Live: Texas Flood, tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan, Mohegan Sun, Wolf Den, Mohegan Sun Boulevard (exit 79A off Route 395), Uncasville, Conn. (888) 226-7711, www.mohegansun.com. 8 pm. No cover.

Dolly Parton, country, Mohegan Sun, Arena, Mohegan Sun Boulevard (exit 79A off Route 395), Uncasville, Conn. (888) 226-7711, www.mohegansun.com. 8 pm. $45, $65.

The Providence College Jazz Ensembles, Providence College, Ryan Concert Hall, Smith Center for the Arts, River Avenue, Providence. 865-2183. 7 pm. Free.

The Wallflowers, rock, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Fox Theatre, Route 2, Mashantucket, Conn. (800) 200-2882, www.foxwoods.com. 9 pm. $22, $33.

Brooks Williams, blues, Blackstone River Theatre, 549 Broad St., Cumberland. 725-9272, www.riverfolk.org. 8 pm. $12. CD release.

Young Neal and the Vipers, rhythm and blues, Chan’s Restaurant, 267 Main St., Woonsocket. 765-1900. 8 pm. $12.

PERFORMANCES

Manhattan at the Bay: Cabaret 25: A Memoir, St. Mary Academy Bay View, 3070 Pawtucket Ave., Riverside. (800) 595-4849, www.smabv.org. 7, 9:15 pm. $20-$25 ages 18+.

Festival Ballet Providence: Swan Lake, Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 1 Avenue of the Arts, Providence. 272-4862, (800) 919-6272, www.tickets.com. 7:30 pm. $17-$62.

Spring Cabaret: Girls of the Night, Bradford Citizens Club, 124 Woody Hill Rd., Bradford. 932-0376. 8 pm. $12; $10 seniors and children under 12.

Student Chreography Showcase, Rhode Island College, Nazarian Center, Forman Theatre, 600 Mount Pleasant Ave., Providence. 456-8144. 8 pm. $8; $6 seniors and non-RIC students; $4 RIC students.

KIDS’ EVENTS

Providence Children’s Museum, 100 South St., Providence. 273-5437, www.childrenmuseum.org. Hands-on activity center for children 1-11 and their families. Tue-Sun 9 am-6 pm. $6.50; members free. Animals Alive, children ages 3-5 hold chicks and ducklings and learn about their journey as they hatch from eggs 9:10 am-1:40 pm. Walk-in registration on a space available basis for an $8 fee above the price of admission.

DANCING

The Dancin’ Feelin’ Ballroom Dance, Knights of Columbus Hall, 1675 Douglas Ave., North Providence. 461-0110. Music by Kathy and Randy. 8-11 pm. $12, full-time college students with ID $7.

ETC.

Great French Painters Throughout History, discussion with Robin Alcott, Epoch Assisted Living on the East Side, 1 Butler Ave., Providence. 275-0682. 2 pm. Free.

Spring Clothing Sale, Westminster Unitarian Church, 119 Kenyon Ave., East Greenwich. 884-5933. 9 am-3 pm.

Spring Rummage Sale, Shepherd of the Valley United Methodist Church, 604 Seven Mile Rd., Hope. 821-8217. 9 am-8 pm.GET ON THIS LIST

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