Theater

Friday, March 14-Sunday, March 23

“The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” musical by Rupert Holmes, directed by Wil Kilroy, produced by USM Department of Theatre and School of Music at Russell Hall, USM Gorham campus, 37 College Ave. $10-$21. 780-5151 or usm.maine.edu/theatre for times and tickets.

Through Sunday, March 16

“Veils,” contemporary drama about bridging the gap between the West and the Middle East, Portland Stage Company, Portland. $35-$45. www.portlandstage.org.

Thursday, March 20-Friday, March 21

Gym Dandies community performance, 6:30 p.m. at Scarborough High School. Doors open at 6 p.m. Adults $5, seniors $4, school age $3, preschool, free. www.gymdandies.org.

Thursday, March 21-Sunday, April 6

“Private Lives,” Noel Coward comedy, shows at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2:30 p.m., Portland Players, 420 Cottage Road, South Portland. $15-$20. 799-7337 or portlandplayers.org.

Saturday, March 22

“Man of La Mancha,” 2 and 8 p.m., presented by Portland Ovations at Merrill Auditorium, Portland. $41-$70. www.portlandovations.org, contact PortTIX, 842-0800 or visit the box office window at Merrill Auditorium.

Weekends through March 23

Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast, Jr,” presented by Windham Center Stage Theater, at Town Hall, Fridays at 7 p.m., Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m. $5-$10. 893-2098 or windham.beauty.beast@gmail.com.

Concerts

Saturday, March 15

“Something Old, Something New,” CD pre-release concert, 8 p.m., USM Gorham. Anastasia Antonacos, USM School of Music piano artist faculty, presents an evening of classical and contemporary works. 780-5151 or usm.maine.edu/theatre.

Sunday, March 16

Jazz musician Alicia Phelps, in concert, 1 p.m., West Gorham Union Church, 190 Ossipee Trail, Gorham. For more information contact the Rev. Matt McDonald, 213-3095.

Friday, March 21

Graduate Showcase Concert, USM School of Music students, 8 p.m., Russell Hall, USM Gorham campus. Free. 780-5151 or usm.maine.edu/theatre.

Saturday, March 29

Windham Chamber Singers 2014 tour preview concert, 7:30 p.m., North Windham Union Church, Route 302, to benefit Windham Neighbors Helping Neighbors. $12 at the door. 892-7149.

Sunday, April 6

“Legends: The Music of Judy Garland,” featuring Kelly Caulfield, 2:30 p.m., Raymond Village Community Church. $5. 939-7947 or kstrange228@gmail.com.

Wednesday, April 16

Benefit dance performance by Drouin Dance Center and My Place Teen Center, 6:30 p.m., Westbrook Performing Arts Center. $10. 854-2221. To benefit scholarship fund for MPTC dance students.

Events

Friday, March 14-Sunday, March16

Maine Boatbuilders Show, opens at 10 a.m. all three days, 58 Fore St., Portland. www.portlandcompany.com.

Saturday, March 15

Lowry’s Lodge monthly poetry series, 7 p.m., Saccarappa Art Collective, 861 Main St., Westbrook. Featured poets Julie Vohs and Jim Mello.$3 suggested donation.

Exhibits

Through Friday, April 11

“Beyond the Object,” featuring contemporary realism works by Jonathan Eiten and Liz Patterson at Saccarappa Art Collective Gallery, Main Street, Westbrook. Maine landscapes by guest artist Diana Johnson and new work by collective members: Andy Curran, Mary Brooking, Jim Flahaven, Tanya Fletcher, Caren-Marie Michel, Susan Orfant, Melissa Post van der Burg, and Frank Valliere. Open Wednesday-Saturday, noon-7 p.m., or by appointment. Email saccarappaart@gmail.com or call 591-7300.

The role of Chairman is played by Caleb Lacy, in the musical, “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” opening Friday at Russell Hall on the Gorham campus of the University of Southern Maine.