Opening
Nicholas Student Center John Tyler Community College in Chester hosts the Latin Ballet of Virginia for a performance of hip-hop, capoeira and Latin dance March 8 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5. 13101 Jefferson Davis Highway. 706-5188.
Swift Creek Mill Theatre “Cotton Patch Gospel,” the story of the death and reserrection of Jesus set in rural Georgia, opens March 10 at 8 p.m. Through May 27. Tickets are $28.50-$31.25. 17401 Jefferson Davis Highway. 692-3586.
Ongoing
Barksdale Theatre The Barksdale Theatre presents “The Lark” through March 19. Tickets are $34-$38.
Also, Theater IV presents a children’s adaptation of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” through Mar. 26. Tickets are $12. 1601 Willow Lawn Drive. Call 344-8040 or www.theaterivrichmond.org.
Fieldens Cabaret Theatre The Richmond Triangle Players present “Southern Baptist Sissies” at 8 p.m. Through March 18. Tickets are $14-$16. 2033 W. Broad St. 346-8113.
Firehouse Theatre The Firehouse Theatre Project presents Israel Horovitz’s “Compromise” at 8 p.m. Through March 25. Tickets are $20. 1609 W. Broad St. Call 355-2001 or www.firehousetheatre.org.
Funny Bone Shakespeare’s 37 plays are covered in less than two hours in “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” every Monday at 8 p.m. through March 20. Tickets are $12. 11800 W. Broad St. 521-8900.
Hanover Tavern The Barksdale Theatre at Hanover Tavern presents Neil Simon’s “Barefoot in the Park” at 8 p.m. Through April 2. Tickets are $38. 13181 Hanover Courthouse Road. 282-2620.
Mystery Dinner Playhouse The dinner theater presents “The Butler’s Been Murdered!” a four-course mystery, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. in the Best Western Governor’s Inn. Through June 10. Tickets are $36.95. 9826 Midlothian Turnpike. Call 649-2583 or visit www.mysterydinner.com.
Second Presbyterian Church The Richmond Shakespeare Theatre presents “Othello” at 8 p.m. with 2 p.m. Saturday matinees. Through April 5. Tickets are $13-$23. 5 N. Fifth St. (866)
