Opening This Week
The Carpenter Center The Modlin Center’s yearlong focus, WomenROCK: Innovators, Leaders and Seismic Shifters presents “Twyla Tharp Dance,” Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m. Call 289-8980 for tickets.
The Richmond Symphony’s Masterworks Concert Series continues with “The Exotic East,” Jan. 25 and 27 at 8 p.m. Tickets $13. 600 E. Grace St. 282-8003.
The Firehouse Theatre “Su-Real World,” an evening of short mocumentaries and documentaries done by board members and artistic committee members of Yellow House Productions, opens Jan. 23 at 8 p.m. Repeat performances Jan. 24 and 25. $10. 1609 W. Broad St. 254-2610.
“The Meeting” The theatrical performance about a hypothetical meeting between Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, takes the stage at 7 p.m. Jan. 22 in the Singleton Center at VCU with a repeat performance Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. in Tyler Haynes Commons at the University of Richmond. 828-8824.
The Modlin Center Tango Buenos Aires, an illustration of the evolution of tango through dance and music, performs “The Golden Age of Tango,” Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m. in Alice Jepson Theatre. Repeat performance Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. University of Richmond. Call 289-8980 for tickets.
Continuing
Comedy Alley “ComedySportz” improv shows similar to “Whose Line Is it Anyway?” Fridays and Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. 7115 Staples Mill Road. $9-$10. 266-9377.
Mystery Dinner Playhouse Enjoy a four-course dinner while solving a scintillating school-dance murder mystery during “A Prom to Die For,” Fridays and Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. Through Feb. 8. 9826 Midlothian Turnpike. $24.95-$34.95.
