Opening
Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen The On-the-Air Radio Players tape a live radio broadcast of classic scripts Oct. 25-26 at 8 p.m. Free. 2880 Mountain Road. 501-5115.
Landmark Theater The Virginia Opera presents Verdi’s “La Traviata,” Oct. 21 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 23 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $20-$85. 6 N. Laurel St. Call 262-8100 or visit www.ticketmaster.com.
Modlin Center Savion Glover, performer, choreographer and director, presents “Classical Savion” at UR’s Camp Concert Hall, Oct. 24-25 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $8-$32. 289-8980.
Richmond Shakespeare Theatre The Encore! Theatre Company opens a second theater at Second Presbyterian Church for a fall production of the Bard’s plays, opening with “Romeo and Juliet” Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $18. Through Nov. 19. 5 N. Fifth St. (866) BARD-TIX.
VUU Performing Arts Theatre The VUU Department of Fine Arts presents “Take a Giant Step,” a play about a black 17-year-old boy living with his family in an all-white neighborhood in the ’50s, Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10. Through Oct. 30. 1500 N. Lombardy St. 257-5601.
Ongoing
Barksdale Theatre Michael Healey’s “The Drawer Boy,” Wednesday-Sunday through Nov. 6. Tickets are $32-$34.
Also, Theatre IV presents the vampire rabbit musical “Bunnicula” through Nov. 6. Tickets are $12. 1601 Willow Lawn Drive. 282-2620.
Science Museum of Virginia The Carpenter Science Theatre Company presents “Shakespeare and Galileo,” a fictional encounter between the two historical figures, shows Tuesday-Friday at 11 a.m. and Saturday-Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets are $8. Through Oct. 30. 2500 W. Broad St. 864-1400.
Swift Creek Mill Theatre “Lucky Stiff,” a musical murder-mystery farce about a dead man on vacation, runs Thursday-Saturday through Oct. 29. Tickets are $28.50-$41.25. 17201 Jefferson Davis Highway.
