STAGE
The Portland Ballet
The company and youth ballet academy debut a major piece by Anne Mueller, Day by Day. Witty and humorous, its choreographed to Mozarts Strong Quartet in Bflat Major to be played by the PSU Orchestra. The Thanksgiving weekend production also reprises Firebird, by the companys artistic adviser, John Clifford.
1 and 4 p.m. Friday-Sunday, Nov. 27-29, Lincoln Hall, 1620 S.W. Park Ave., www.theportlandballet.org, $35, $15 youth
Beauty and the Beast
NETworks Presentations presents the Disney smash stage hit coming to Portland as part of the U.S. Bank Broadway in Portland series, featuring an Academy Award-winning score by Alan Menken and lyrics by the late Howard Ashman and additional songs by Menken and lyrics by Tim Rice.
The original creators of the Broadway production reunited for the new touring production. Its directed by Rob Roth and choreographed by Matt West. Its the story of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, a young prince trapped in a spell placed by an enchantress and who needs to learn to love and be loved before its too late.
7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, Dec. 1-4, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, Keller Auditorium, 222 S.W. Clay St., www.BroadwayinPortland.com (check for tickets)
A Midsummer Nights Dream
Portland Actors Conservatory puts on Shakespeares beloved play, set in Alaska amid snow, northern lights and frosty relationships. The discord between people has an environmental impact, says Elizabeth Rothan, director. The Alaskan setting demonstrates the coldness of the human spirit that can be melted away by love, adds Tara Spires, who plays Helena.
7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, Dec. 2-20, Portland
Actors Conservatorys Firehouse
Theater, 1436 S.W. Montgomery St., www.actorsconservatory.com, $5-$25
Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca
White Bird welcomes the authentic flamenco touring company and dancer Soledad Barrio, with dancers, singers and guitarist Salva De Maria. The company will perform Sombras Sangradas (Sacred Dreams), displaying its transcendence and deep emotion.
7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 3-5, Newmark Theater, 1111 S.W. Broadway, www.whitebird.org, starting at $26
The Spin
The 18th season of BodyVox dance company begins with The Spin, by artistic directors Jamey Hampton and Ashley Roland, a show that blends dance and the spontaneity of improvisation with a game show wheel audience members take the stage to spin the wheel throughout the show to determine what comes next. There will be 25 possible dances with costumes and dancers ready to go. Funny, theatrical and creative, its inspired by the 1986 Spectacular Spinning Songbook tour by Elvis Costello.
7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, Dec. 3-19, 2 p.m. Dec. 12 and 19, BodyVox Dance Center, 1201 N.W. 17th Ave., www.bodyvox.com, $25
MISC.
Spiegelworlds Empire
The all-new adult-oriented cirque burlesque show, with its sexy, seductive performers and comedy and music, takes place in a heated tent at the Rose Quarter through December. Characters named Oscar and Fanny are the emcees.
7 p.m. most nights, and also 9 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, through Dec. 27, Rose Quarter, www.rosequarter.com, $19-$74.50
All aboard!
The Columbia Gorge 2015 Model Railroad Show takes place Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 28 and 29, at 2505 N. Vancouver Ave. ($7, $3 kids 3-11, www.columbiagorgemodelrailroad club.com). The 4,200-square-foot layout depicts areas between Portland and Hood River.
MUSIC
Zappa Plays Zappa
Dweezil Zappa heads the band that pays tribute to his father, Frank Zappa, and the 40th anniversary of The Mothers of Inventions One Size Fits All album. The band also will play more from Frank Zappas vast catalog.
8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 30,
Roseland Theater, 8 N.W. Sixth Ave., www.roselandpdx.com, $25-$65
Oregon Trail Trio
Artists Repertory Theatres Artists Rep in Concert series presents a night of Appalachian music, featuring Phil and Gayle Neuman and Mick Doherty from The Trail Band. The series is curated by Susannah Mars and is an effort by Artists Rep to integrate music into the companys emerging ArtsHub.
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1, Artists Repertory Theatre Morrison Stage, 1515 S.W. Morrison St., www.artistsrep.org, $30