THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP — A PENNY DREADFUL | Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater stages Charles Ludlam's satire, which takes off from Rebecca (the Daphne du Maurier novel and the Alfred Hitchcock film) in its tale of Lord Edgar and Lady Enid, the occupants of Mandacrest Estate, and Lord Edgar's deceased first wife, Irma. Remember that Irma Vep is an anagram of "vampire" and you'll see what's coming — well, some of it. | Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, Julie Harris Stage, 2357 Rte 6, Wellfleet | 508.349.WHAT | Through June 20 | Curtain 8 pm Thurs-Sat | $25-$32
A NIGHT AT THE ROCK OPERA | Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra, a Boston-based group "committed to bringing the best of classic rock to life for those who've never had a chance to hear it LIVE in 3-D," reprises its evening-long orgy of the Who, David Bowie, the Beatles, and Queen — and threatens to throw some Led Zeppelin into the mix. | Stuart St Playhouse, 200 Stuart St, Boston | 800.447.7400 | Through June 27 | Curtain 7:30 pm Sat | $39.50
ON THE VERGE | "Machetes" are promised in this comedy (we think) show written by Eric Overmyer, directed by Wesley Savick, and presented by Nora Theatre. Also (seems to be a '50s theme) "Rock 'n' Roll. Burma Shave. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Discover the unpredictable land of Terra Incognita with three intrepid women explorers who can never be quite sure where — or when — their next steps will lead them. . . ." | Central Square Theater, 450 Mass Ave, Cambridge |www.centralsquaretheater.org| Through June 21 | Curtain 7:30 pm Thurs | 8 pm Fri-Sat | 3 pm Sun | $32; $22 seniors; $18 students; $12 students day-of
PINTER'S MIRROR | Shakespeare and Company offers Elizabeth and Malcolm Ingram in three one-act plays. | Shakespeare & Company, Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre, 70 Kemble St, Lenox | 413.637.3353 | Through August 2 | Curtain various times | $16-$34; $11-$29 students, seniors
PLAYWRIGHTS' PLATFORM ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS | Actor, director, and playwright Chris King produces this 37th annual festival of new plays. On the bill for week #2: Robert Boulrice, Ron Pullins, Dan Bancroft, Michael Quint, Don Tongue, Bruno Alterescu, Holly L. Jensen, Ellen Davis Sullivan, Lydia Bruce, and Sandy Burns. | Boston Playwrights' Theatre, 949 Comm Ave, Boston | 866.811.4111 | Through June 20 | Curtain 8 pm Thurs-Sat | $17; $14 students, seniors
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN | Gloucester Stage opens its 2009 season with the popular Peanuts musical. Shelley Bolman, Mary Callanan, Steve Gagliastro, Katie Mulholland, Arlo Hill, and David Krinitt star; Scott LaFeber directs, with musical direction by Michael Kreutz. | Gloucester Stage Company, 267 East Main St, Gloucester | 978.281.4433 | Through June 21 | Curtain 8 pm Thurs-Fri | 3 + 8 pm Sat | 4 pm Sun | $32-$37
INDEFINITELY
BLUE MAN GROUP | The Drama Desk Award–winning trio of cobalt-painted bald pates begin their delightful and deafening evening of anti–performance art beating drums that are also deep buckets of paint, so that sprays of color jump from the instruments like breaking surf, and end by engulfing the spectators in tangles of toilet paper. | Charles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton St, Boston | 617.931.ARTS | Indefinitely | Curtain 8 pm Tues-Thurs | 7 pm Fri | 2 + 5 + 8 pm Sat | 4 pm + 7 pm Sun | $48-$62; $30 student rush
