The cast of The Secret Garden by The Academy Players of East Greenwich includes, from left, Paul Morin, Hannah Schott , Ashley Kenner and Don Cornell. The show is Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. with a Sunday matinee at 2.

OPENING

Bye Bye Birdie, LaSalle Academy, 617 Academy Ave., Providence. 351-7750. Musical about a drafted singing star who gets a big sendoff from his grieving fans. Thu-Fri 7:30 pm; Sat 2, 7:30 pm. $12, students/seniors $10. Closes Sat.

Midsummer Night’s Dream, All Children’s Theatre, The Met School Theatre, 325 Public St., Providence. 782-1222; e-mail act@actinri.org. Adaptation of the Shakespeare classic is set in the 1950s as rock ’n’ roll music makes it debut amid a wave of controversy. Sat 7 pm, Sun 3 pm. $12. Closes May 18.

The Wizard of Oz, Center-Stage Theater, Courthouse Center for the Arts, Route 138, Kingston. 782-1018, www.courthousearts.org. Musical hip-hop adaptation of the L. Frank Baum classic about Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion and their trip to the Emerald City. Fri 7 pm; Sat 2, 7 pm. $15; $12 seniors and members; $10 students. Closes May 17.

ONE DAY ONLY

In the Mood, with the In the Mood Singers and Dancers and the String of Pearls Big Band Orchestra, Stadium Theatre, 28 Monument Square, Woonsocket. 762-4546; www.stadiumtheatre.com. Big band theatrical swing revue featuring the music of Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Harry James, Erskine Hawkins, The Andrews Sisters, Frank Sinatra and other greats of the 1940s. Fri 7:30 pm.

CONTINUING

Providence

Disney’s High School Musical, RISE on Broadway, Columbus Theatre, 270 Broadway, Providence. 621-6123; www.arttixri.com; www.riseonbroadway.org. Contemporary musical comedy about a popular high school basketball star and a shy, academically gifted newcomer who discover they hare a secret passion for singing. Fri-Sat 7:30 pm; Sun 2 pm. Gold circle $20, orchestra $15. 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, neighborhoods and the choices they make that change everything. Thu 7 pm, Fri-Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm. $20, students/seniors $10; Pay-What-You-Can Sunday with talk back after show. Closes May 18.

Paris by Night, Trinity Repertory Company, 201 Washington St., Providence. 351-4242; www.trinityrep.com. Musical, unconventional love story involving two couples. Thu-Fri 8 pm; Sat 2 pm; Sun, Wed 2, 7 pm; , Tue 7 pm. $20-$60. Closes June 1.

Sweet Disaster, Perishable Theatre, 95 Empire St., Providence. 331-2695; www.perishable.org. New multimedia play combines theater and animated film which is a paean to the catastrophic and the ridiculous. Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm. $20; students, seniors, military $15; members $10. Closes Sun.

Rhode Island

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. Fri-Sat dinner 6:30 pm, show 8 pm. $35.50 dinner and show; $20 show only. Closes Sat.

Coincidentally, Firehouse Theater, 4 Equality Park Place, Newport. 849-3473; www.firehousetheater.org. One-act play by Geri Sereno about two women, strangers to each other, who find they have more in common than they realize. Fri-Sat 8 pm, Sun 4 pm. $20; mention The Providence Journal and receive $5 off up to six seats. Post-show performance by The Bit Players Improv Troupe Fri-Sat and by Russian mime VLAD Sun. Closes May 18.

I Ought to Be in Pictures, Granite Theatre, 1 Granite St., Westerly. 596-2341; www.granitetheatre.com. Neil Simon comedy about a Brooklyn teen who goes to Los Angeles to make movies and renew her relationship with her father. Thu-Fri-Sat 8 pm. $18, 62+ $15, children 12 and younger $11. Closes May 25.

The Secret Garden, Academy Players, East Greenwich High School Auditorium, 300 Avenger Drive, East Greenwich. 885-6910; www.academyplayers.org. Story of a frightened orphan who discovers the joyful wonders of life on the Yorkshire Moors with the help of two local boys and a mysterious, abandoned garden. Fri-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20, seniors $16, students $14. Closes Sun.

Massachusetts

Exit the Body, Attleboro Community Theatre, Ezekiel Bates Masonic Lodge, 71 North Main St., Attleboro. (508) 226-8100; www.attleborocommunitytheatre.com. Fri-Sat April 25-26, May 2-3, 9-10 at 8 pm, Sun May 4, 11 at 2 pm. $15, seniors/students with ID $13. Closes May 11 Sun.