“Grease, the Musical,” Ogunquit Playhouse

May 22 -25, Thursday – Sunday, 2:30pm and 8pm/Thurs, 8pm/Fri, 3pm and 8:30pm/Sat, 2pm and 7pm/Sun, “Grease,” get out your leather jackets and pull on your bobby socks for the most “electrifyin’” musical of all time – Grease, it’s a thrilling injection of pure fun with astounding dancing and amazing songs that will make you want to stand up and shout, “A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop a-wop-bam-boom” $39 – $79, Ogunquit Playhouse, 10 Main Street, Ogunquit. FMI: 207-646-5511, www.ogunquitplayhouse.org.
May 23 – 25, Friday – Sunday, Friday – Saturday 7:30 p.m., Sunday 2:00 p.m., “You Can’t Take it with You,” this 1937 Pulitzer Prize winner by Kaufman and Hart is one of the funniest and most endearing plays of modern times, mayhem ensues when Tony Kirby, attractive Wall Street banker, and Alice Sycamore, granddaughter in a family of lovable eccentrics, fall in love and Tony brings his parents to dine at the Sycamore home on the wrong evening, the Kirbys are converted to the happy madness of the Sycamores after a visit by an ex-Grand Duchess, earning her living as a waitress, despite a father who makes fireworks in the basement and a Grandpa under investigation for tax evasion, $20 tickets, $2 convenience fee, City Theatre, 205 Main St., Biddeford. FMI: 207-282-0849, www.citytheater.org.
May 23, Friday, 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m., “Varla Jean Merman,” Jeffery Roberson aka Varla Jean Merman starred in the new musical Lucky Guy opposite Leslie Jordan in NY at the Little Schubert in spring 2011 prompting The New York Times to rave, “If Carol Burnett and Harvey Korman had stood in front of the right pair of funhouse mirrors, they might have resembled Ms. Merman and Mr. Jordan in stature as well as comedic talent”, Jeffery recently completed shooting the feature film Girls Will Be Girls 2012 and Varla Jean and the Mushroomheads, he played the title role of Giancarlo Menotti’s opera The Medium in New York at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theatre in October of 2012, no entertainment charge, Admirals Inn Lounge, 95 Main Street, Ogunquit. FMI: 207-646-7093, www.admiralsinn.com.
May 24, Saturday, 9am-4pm, ” Memorial Day Weekend Craft Fair,” 35 booths of juried crafts, homemade lunch and treats, benefits Schools Around Us, $2,  Consolidated School, 25 School Street, Kennebunkport.  FMI:  207-967-3143, www.schoolaroundus.org.
May 24, Saturday, 9:00 a.m.- to sellout, “Annual Plant Sale,” for all gardeners, plant lovers and wanna-be gardeners, find new plants for your garden -at reasonable prices -and talk to fellow gardeners about how to grow your selections, browse our white elephant sale and take a chance on hand-crafted items made by our talented members, open to the public no charge, 17 State Road, Kittery. FMI: www.harboursidegc.org.
May 24, Saturday, 7pm, “Gazpacho,” 80’s cover band, dancing on the sunset patio overlooking mountains and lakes, $15, Province Lake Golf Club, 18 Mountain Road, Parsonsfield. FMI: 207-793-4040, www.provincelakegolf.com.
May 24, Saturday, 7:00 p.m., “Tom Wopat,” all it takes is a phrase or two from Tom Wopat’s warm, engaging baritone to trigger the desire to hear more and the more one listens, the better it gets — from the way he finds the heart of a song’s story to his lyrical phrasing and his gently swinging, jazz-infused rhythms, Wopat’s dynamic live show features songs from his critically acclaimed new album, “I’ve Got Your Number,” in which he performs new arrangements of Great American songbook classics, as well as contemporary songs of Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor and more, show only $27.50, plus $4 service fee, show plus dessert and beverage, valet/shuttle service additional $14, Jonathan’s Ogunquit, 92 Bourne Lane, Ogunquit. FMI: 207-646-4777, www.jonathansogunquit.com.